Town of Willacoochee

The first known Mayor was Dr. Jefferson Wilcox in 1891.  Jefferson Wilcox was the first native Coffee Countian to receive a degree of Doctor of Medicine.  (At this time, Willacoochee was still located in Coffee County.)  He graduated from the Southern Medical College in Atlanta in 1883, second in a class of thirty-seven.  On December 1, 1888, he located in Willacoochee and began practicing medicine.  During the Spanish-American War, Dr. Wilcox formed a company of volunteers to fight Cuba; he served as Captain of the group.

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