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The act establishing the county provided that commissioners be appointed
to select a site centrally located for the erection of a courthouse
and to have the building erected. In 1781, an act was passed to levy an
additional tax for the completion of the public buildings. The Legislature
of 1830-31 passed an act which said that the place now known as Gates Court
House, in the county of Gates, shall in the future be known and described
by the name of Gatesville.1
Gates County was
named in honor of General Horatio Gates, who commanded American Army at
the Battle of Saratoga.1
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