Bibb County Records
1960's photo Bibb County was created on Dec. 9, 1822 from portions of Jones, Monroe, Twiggs and Houston Counties. It was named for Dr. William Bibb, who was the first elected governor of Alabama. Dr. Bibb lived in Elbert County, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives in the U.S. Senate. He was appointed governor of the Territory of Alabama in 1816 and became the first elected governor of that state. In 1823 Macon was incorporated; named after Senator Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina. Researchers in Bibb County should also research the Jones County Records.
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Abstracts of Wills
- Wills 1823-1855
- Wills 1851-1864
Digital Images of Wills 1823 to 1840Testators:
Asbury, Jonathan; Beall, Robert Augustus; Burnett, John; Burton, Robert ;Chambless, Henry; Church, Redman; Crockett, David ;Cutland, Redden; Daniel, William; Darragh, Archibald; Dixon, Thomas ;Fluker, Baldwin; Fort, Robert; Godfrey, Francis; Harrell, Hardy ;Howard, John; Huff, Edward; Jemison, Henry ;Jeter, Andrew; Johnston, William; King, John; Lamar, Benjamin; Lanier, John; Napier, Thomas; Nixon, William; Owens, Benjamin; Rogers, William ;Sapp, Henry; Scott, John ;Sigueux, Peter ;Smith, Henry ;Smith, James ;Summerlin, Sarah ;Tharp, John; Victory, Thomas ;Weed, Joseph ;Wells, Nicholas ;Williams, John; Williams, John D.
Digital Images of Bibb County Wills 1851 to 1865Testators:
Alexander, Elam;Allen, David;Bailey, James;Bailey, John;Ballard, C. M.;Blackshear, Albert;Blake, Eleanor;Bond, Joel;Bond, Joseph;
Bonds, Penelope;Brewer, Edward Ebenezer;Brown, Turner;Busbee, W. R.;Boren, Alfred;Bowman, John;Brown, Eliza;Campbell, Watson;
Carey, Martha Ann;Castlen, John;Champion, Elizabeth;Colbert, Frederick;Coleman, Robert;Collins, Charles;Collins, Robert;
Collins, William; Cray, Mary; Damour, James;Daniel, Clarissa;
Dean, William;Dempsey, Dermot;Dillard, Colin;Dillard, Olive;
Eaves, John;Ernest, Asa;Evans, Rufus;Farrell, John;Feagin, Robert;Franklin, Marcus;Freerman, Robert;Gamble, William;Gilbert, Edward;Gorman, Thomas;Grierson, George;Griffin, James W.;Griffin, Larkin; Graybill, Midas;Groce, Margaret;
Hazlehurst, Robert;Hughes, Frances;Huguenin, Edward, Colonel;
Huguenin, Edward;Huguenin, Julia;Hunter, George R.;Irwin, John;
Johns, Isaac;Johnson, Henry;Johnson, William J.;Jordan, Absalom;
Kearney, Arthur;Kelly, Francis;Kelly, Julia;Kenedy, Nancy; Kilpatrick, William;Kunz, John Michael;Lamar, John;Lamar, John B.;Leslie, Ann;Lunsford, Priscilla;Malden, Caleb;Malone, Cherry;
Massey, William;Mathews, Martha;May, Benjamin;McCall, Eleazer;
McEver, Robert;McGuire, Martha;McMichael, John;Mitchell, Alexander;Munroe, Nathan;Newsom, Henry;Newsom, Henry (2);Norman, Sarah;Parker, Burwell;Peterson, John;Powers, Abner Parrott;
Powers, Julia;Pye, Andrew;Raines, Cadwell;Ramsey, Mary;Rea, James;Reynolds, S. O.;Roach, Patrick;Ross, William A.;Shad, Elias;Simmons, Mary;Sims, Susan;Smith, James;Stevens, Elijah;
Stevens, Simon;Stotesbury, Louisa;Stotesbury, Robert;Stubbs. James;Stubbs, Peter;Sullivan, John;Summerlin, Elison;Tharp, Elizabeth;Thomas, Merrel;Thomas, Micajah;Thomas, S. L.;Thomas, William;Thompson, Charles;Towns, George W.;Usher, Sarah;Wakeman, James;Ward, E. B.;Watts, Adelaide;Weed, Henry;White, Joseph;
Wiley, Ann;Wiley, John B.;Wood, Lewis;Woolfolk, Thomas;Yearty, Thomas
Indexes to Probate Records
- Index to Wills and Estates (1823-1855)
- Index to Wills and Estates (1851-1871)
- Index to Wills and Estates (1870, 1891, 1914)
- Index to Wills and Estates (1891-1907)
- Index to Annual Returns (1823-1844)
- Index to Annual Returns (1843-1851)
- Index to Annual Returns (1851-1854)
Marriages
- Marriage Book A 1831-1839
- Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886
Maps
- 1846 county map
- 1855 county map
- 1864 county map
- Map of Macon, founded 1823. Bibb County.
- Map of Macon, South from the Public Reserve. Bibb County
Miscellaneous Will Images
- Calhoun, Elbert Estate
- Chambliss, Christopher Estate
- Chambliss, Henry Estate
- Edmonds Estate
- Gilbert, Edmund, LWT (1858)
- Jemison, Robert W., minor
- Johns, C. P. H. Estate
- Lamar, Mrs. Mary Louisa Lamar, admx for estate of John Lamar, deceased
- Lamar, John Estate
- McLeod, Roderick Estate
- Moore, J. G. Estate
- Odum Orphans
Books
- Bibb Notes by Jeannette Holland Austin
- Memoirs of Georgia
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