Camden County Records
The first known residents were the Mocoma Indians, a predecessor to the Creek confederacy which controlled this land until 1763. On San Pedro Island the Spanish built two missions and had a presidio,
at least for a while. By 1690 the Spanish mission was gone but this county was dangerously close to St. Augustine Florida and the site of the Spanish fort which ruled the country until 1745 when General
Oglethorpe of Georgia won the land war against Spain. Throughout the colonial period, the Spanish converted local Indians to Catholism (called "Spanish-Indians" and used them for raids against the Georgia colony. Two parishes were created during Colonial days, the Parishes of St. Thomas and St. Mary in 1765, from the Creek Land Cession of 1763. This country played a vivid history during the American Revolution, with Loyalists escaping into Florida via the St. Mary's River. After the Revolutionary War, it was one of te the "Original Counties" which were created in the 1777 and was named for Charles Pratt, the Earl of Camden, who was a strong supporter of American Independence.
During the 19th century some of the Loyalist traitors returned to Georgia to reside in Camden County. Reseaching the census records for Camden County reveals persons born in Florida and Georgia.
Researchers should consider bordering Florida counties as a source of
Will Book B was burned.
Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
Camden County Wills 1795-1829 (abstracts)
Camden County Will Book A 1795-1829 (Digital Images)
Camden County Will Book C 1885-1900 (Digital Images)
Camden County Marriages 1818-1890
Camden County Marriages from Newspapers 1885-1886
Camden County World War I Service Records 1917-1919 (Army, Navy, Marines (Digital Images)
Origins of Early Settlers of Camden County
1892 St. Marys, Georgia City Directory (Digital Images)
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Index of Student Names 1902
Index of Student Names 1903
Index of Student Names 1904
Index of Student Names 1905
Index of Student Names 1906
Index of Student Names 1907
First Presbyterian Church, established 1822, Rev. Horace Southworth
