and Anderson Area Medical Center (AnMed) in Anderson, South Carolina. Notable people Brent Adams, NFL Offensive Lineman for Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams Amos T. Akerman, U.S. Attorney General under Ulysses S. Grant, fought railroad corruption and the Ku Klux Klan William Wyatt Bibb, appointed first governor of Alabama, U.S. senator, 1813–1816 Paul Brown, 14-term U.S. congressman, 1933–1961 Clark Gaines, NFL running back for New York Jets George Rockingham Gilmer, two-term governor of Georgia, U.S. congressman Derek Harper, University of Illinois and 16-year NBA point guard Corra May Harris, early 20th century author, lived at Farm Hill Nancy Hart, Revolutionary War heroine Stephen Heard, governor of Georgia, 1780–1781 William H. Heard, former slave, clergyman and U.S. ambassador to Liberia Joseph Rucker Lamar, former United States Supreme Court justice Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, lived in Elbert County Juanita Marsh, third female judge in Georgia, 2020 Georgia Women of Achievement inductee Arnall Patz, discovered cause of blindness in premature infants and helped develop laser treatment of diabetic retinopathy Charles Tait, U.S. senator, 1809–1819 Otha Thornton, White House Communications Agency J1 director and presidential communications officer (Bush and Obama administrations), 2013 Ebony Power 100, 53rd National Parent Teacher Association president and chairman of the board, and 2018 state Democratic nominee for state school superintendent Wiley Thompson, U.S. congressman and Indian agent, oversaw removal of Seminoles from Florida (Second Seminole War) Daniel Tucker, preacher, possible subject of "Old Dan Tucker" song Chester Willis, former NFL halfback Chester Webb, Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Sister cities Elberton has a sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI): Mure, Japan (1983) The program sends and receives high school students and chaperones each year. They stay in Elbert County with host families for two weeks. Many long-term relationships have formed between the two cities. The thriving program celebrated its 35th year in 2017. See also Georgia–Carolina Memorial Bridge References External links City of Elberton official website Elberton at City-Data.com New Georgia Encyclopedia: Granite Elbert Theatre Mainstreet Elberton Elberton Granite Association Cities in Georgia (U.S. state) Cities in Elbert County, Georgia County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)