Baldwin County Probate and Court Records
Baldwin County was created in in 1803 by Creek cessions of June 1802. Three years later, the land was distributed by the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. After the second lottery (1807),five new counties were created from parts of Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties: Morgan, Randolph (later Jasper), Jones, Putnam, Telfair. In 1806, 1807, 1856 and 1872 portions of Wilkinson County were added; in 1807 portions of Hancock and in 1807, 1812 and 1826 portions of Washington; with some of Jones County added in 1856. The court house burned in 1861. The county was named after Abraham Baldwin; Milledgeville was named after George's first governor, John Milledge.
Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers Baldwin County Will Book A 1806-1829 (abstracts)
Baldwin County Wills 1829-1854 (abstracts)
Baldwin County Marriage Book A 1806-1820
Baldwin County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886
Index to Baldwin County Wills, Book B 1829-1868
Index to Baldwin County Wills, Book C 1868-1936
Index to Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book A 1813-1820
Index to Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book B 1820-1824
Index to Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book C 1824-1831
Index to Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book D 1831-1842
Index to Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book E 1839-1856
1819 Baldwin County Order Book; appliccants of windows of late war, orphans of Britton and Indians, Revolutionary War Officers and soldiers and persons who served in the Seminole War (digital images)
1820 Baldwin County Land Lottery (Those who were eligable to draw) (digital images)
1820 Baldwin County Tax Digest (digital images)
1820 Baldwin County Land Lottery (digital images)