Macon County, Georgia
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Macon County is a county in southern Georgia.
Macon County in the News
On January 20, 2006, rioting erupted in Marshallville, Georgia following the death of Clarence Walker, an African-Ameican, in police custody. Approximately 100 of the town's residents burned the house of Police Chief Stephen J. Stewart in anger. Stewart is white. The (2003) population of Marshallville was 1,303, of whom 79% are African-American. Demograpghic Data. Source: Elliott Minor. "Police Chief's Home Burns After Man in Custody Dies." Associated Press. January 21, 2006.