Editing Quitman, Georgia (section)

==History==
Quitman was designated the county seat of the newly formed Brooks County in 1858. It was incorporated as a town in 1859 and as a city in 1904.<ref name="Hellmann2004">{{cite book|author=Paul T. Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|page=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQ-R4O2L3nEC|date=1 November 2004|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-203-99700-0}}</ref> As the county seat, it was the center of trading in the county, which was devoted to cotton plantations before and after the [[American Civil War]]. The community was named for [[John A. Quitman]], a hero of the [[Mexican–American War]].<ref>{{cite book | url=http://www.kenkrakow.com/gpn/q.pdf| title=Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins | publisher=Winship Press | author=Krakow, Kenneth K. | year=1975 | location=Macon, GA | pages=183 | isbn=0-915430-00-2}}</ref>