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John W. Henley was born March 26, 1852, in Dahlonega - one year before Pickens County was formed. While attending the North Georgia Agricultural College, at the age of 23, Henley walked through Jasper on his journey from Dahlonega to Resaca for a teaching assignment. The following year, he came back to Jasper to teach school at Jasper First Baptist Church (NOTE: there were no Public Schools in Jasper in 1876.) He opened the Jasper Institute (a private school at the time) i