Wilkes County, Georgia was created in 1777 from the northern part of St. Paul's Parish. This land was acquired from the Creek and Cherokee Indians in payment for debts owed to Indian Traders. It is the parent county, in whole or part, for Elbert, Greene, Hart, Lincoln, Madison, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, and Warren counties.
Contents of Volume 1 (409 pages): Ceded Lands, 1773-1775; Mixed Records, Wills, 1777-1819, 1819-1836; Inventories and Appraisements, 1784-1812; Minutes of Inferior Court; Returns of Administrations and Guardians Book 1, 1809-1816; Remnant of Oldest Deed Book, 1784-1785; Deed Books, 1785-1790; Land Court Records, 1786-1792; Land Lotteries, 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, 1832; Paschal family Bible Record; Index.
Contents of Volume 2 (421 pages): Minutes of First Court; Tax Digest, 1785; Deed Books GG and HH; Will Books, 1819-1836; Index to Will Book II, 1837-1877; Returns of Estates; Returns of Administrators and Guardians; Original Marriage Bonds, 1792-1816; First Marriage Book, 1792-1834; Index These volumes jointly contain the names of over 42,000 individuals.
Grace Gilliam Davidson
(1933), 2017, cloth, 844 pp.
ISBN: 9780893080068
117-GA14
