Chatham County Court House Records (Probate, Estates, Wills, etc.)
The Site of Savannah was established and drawn out by General James Oglethorpe. This is the seat of the first English settlement in Georgia. 114 persons came with Oglethorpe on his first voyage and erected huts with saw-palm roofs. Within a year, over one hundred wooden homes were constructed, while vessels transported more settlers. Several parishes governed the area, viz: Christ Church, St. Andrews, and St. Marys. After the Revolutionary War, the parishes were dispensed with as boundaries and counties established. Chatham was named for William Lord Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Many prominent citizens emerged from the first settlers into the settled gentry and poltical figures. During the American Revolution, Loyalists marked as traitors escaped into Florida and to Bermuda where they established plantations. If you have lost someone from this period, that is where to search!
Earliest Settlers: Charles Alexander, Michael Bottomley, Jonathan Clark, Raymond Demere, Thomas Dawson, William Gilbert, John Houstoun, William Jordan, Alexander Lesley, David Montaigut, William Mortimer, John Mackay, Charles Ogilvie, Daniel Pendleton, Augustus Rogers, Richard Seymore, Nicholas Witzen, and Nathaniel Zettler.
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Chatham Wills 1781-1824 (abstracts)
Chatham Misc. Wills (abstracts)
Chatham Will Book B (1777-1787) Digital Images.
Testators: Achord, Lewis;Adams, Nathaniel Sr.;
Alder, James;Alendanone, Joseph;Aleion, Ann;Barnard, Mary;
Beatty, Eleanor;Becu, Abraham;Beecroft, Elizabeth Ann;Boyd, Charles;Brailsford, Elizabeth, widow of Samuel;Brickell, John;
Brooks, Benjamin;Bryan, Joseph;Buckhalter, Joshua;Buire, Francis;Buffett, George;Campbell, George;Campbell, Martha Gadsden;
Cochran, Jane;Courvois, John Francis William;Crane, John;
Crawford, William;Cummins, Esther;Cuthbert, James;Cuthbert, Lewis G.;Davis, Elizabeth;Davis, Joseph;Dawson, Joseph;DeGrandmont, Jacques Philips Rossignol; Densler, Barbara, daughter of Henry;
Densler, Michael;Densler, Michael estate continued;Deakins, William Jr.;Despinfer;Deubele, John;DeVillers, F. D.;Dixon, Joseph;Doon, John;Dotson, Celia;Driscoll, Margaret;Enne, George;
Farley, Grace;Farley, Sarah;Feay, Obediah;Ferguson, Mary;Fraser, John L.;Fraser, Mary;Gaddy, Joseph;Germain, Michael;Gibbons, Barack;Gibbons, John;Gibbons, John Barton;Gibson, Robert S.;
Ginovely, Mary;Gunn, Christopher;Gunn, James;Habersham, James;
Hale, NathanieL; Harlick, John;Harper, Ann;Harris, Jack;
Harrison, Edward;Hartsene, Benjamin;Hendley, John U.;Herd, Catherine;Hill, Joseph M.;Hogg, Eunice;Hogg, Thomas;Holmes, Joseph B.;Houstoun, Richard D.;Hugenin, Daniel;Hughes, Owin;Hulse, Justus;Hurd, George;Hutchinson, Elisa;Imfield, Anthony;Irvine, Ann Elizabeth, wife of John;Jaffray, Alexander;Johnston, David;Johnston, James;Johnston, Sarah;Jones, Sarah (Mrs.);Jones, Sarah, widow of Dr. Jones;Kiefer, David;Latour, Peter Grassett;
Lecon, Nina, wife of David;Leubin, Jean;Lewden, William;Lewis, Christianna;Lloyd, Edward;Lovett, John;Lucena, Lucas;Maclean, John;McAllister, George;McIntosh, Henry;McKinty, Patrick;McQueen, Ann;McQueen, Elizabeth, wife of Alexander;McLeod, Francis;
Mendenhall, Thomas;Millen, John;Miller, Susanna;Miller, Zachariah;
Minis,Isaac;Morel, John;Mulcaster, George;Myers, George;Narzarett, Nicholas;Neyle, James;Norton, Elijah;Odingsell, Charles;O'keel, Patrick;Owins, Owen;Page, Joseph;Payart, C. Louis;Pelot, Francis;
Pitt, Thomas;Platt, James;Portalis, Joseph;Port, William F.; Proctor, George V.;Read, Jacob;Rigger, Levin;Roney, Daniel;
Roper, William;Savery, John;Scott, Charles;Scott, Gavin;Scull, Ann;Shaffer, Balthaser;Shaw, William;Sheftall, Levi;Simons, Saul;
Sims, James;Smith, Elizabeth;Smith, Jane;Spencer, William Henry;
Starr, John (or Stow);Stebbins, Rebecca;Stebere?, Peter;Stiles, Richard M.;Stuart, Ann;Stutz, Joseph;Tapenzie, John B.;
Tattnall, Josiah Jr.;Taylor, Ann;Tebeau, John;Telfair, Edward;
Thompson, Lewis B.;Threadcraft, Elizabeth;Tidd, Benjamin;
Tiott, Charles;Trusbet, Charles;Tuffs, Jane;Turner, Joseph;
Ullam, John;Valloton, Elizabeth;Vernon, Michael;Villeponboux, Jane, widow of Benjamin;Wayne, Richard;Whitefield, George;
Whitefield, Joseph;Williams, Jordan;Williams, Thomas F.;
Williamson, John C.;Wills, Elijah;Willson, William;Wilson, William;Wilson, Mary M.;Wood, James;Woolf, John;Wright, Sarah, wife of James Wright, baronet;Young, Elizabeth;Young, Margaret
Chatham Will Bk H (1817-1827) Digital Images
Testators:
Ahart, Jacob; Antonio, John; Arnee, Juan Bastista;
Ashley, Mary A. F. Augund, Thomas; Baker, Artemus Mitchell;
Baldwin, David; Barnard, John; Bass, Samuel; Bellenger, B. B.; Black, William; Blackwell, Sarah; Boguille, Joseph; Bond, Phineas; Bourquin, Benedict; Bourquin, Henry; Bowler, Eliza C.; Branbury, John; Bruce, Aldxander; Bulloch, Mary; Cantrell, Peter; Cessar, Peter; Christie, Ann; Clark, Charity; Clark, James; Clay, Ann; Clone, Jonathan; Collins, William; Cooper, William; Courvois, John Francis William; Cowper, Mary; Crawford, William; Curran, Charles; Davies, Thomas; Dawson, Mary; Dennart, Elizabeth;
Douglass, Amos; duhamel, Rene Francis Robert Landon; Dungren, William; Dunn, James; Eppinger, John; Ewing, Robert S.;
Favard, Peter; Fell Elizabeth Susannah; Flournoy, Robert;
Forrest, James; Fox, Josiah; Fox, William B.;
Gardiner, John; Gibbons, Thomas; Gizorme, John Pete;
Groves, Peter; Gruber, Rachel M.; Gugal, Mary;
Guger, John Christopher; Hall, Ann;
Hamilton, Ann; Hamilton, James; Harden, Thomas; Hutson;
Harrison, Martin; Hartredge, John E.; Herb, George;
Hoschkiss, Mary Ann, consort of Daniel; Houstoun, Ann; Houstoun, Sarah;Howard, Benjamin; Howard, Charles; Howard, Peter; Hunk, Christian F.; Hurst, Harriet; Johnson, Thomas;
Johnston, James; Jones, Elizabeth; Jones, Noble Wimberly;
Jones, Owen ;Jordan, Henry W., Dr.; Kelly, William;
Kieffer, Henry; Kingston, George; Kollock, Henry;
Kollock, Lemuel; Lawler, Howard; Lawson, John;
Leffer, John; Lehay, Michael; Lewis, Jonathan;Lillibridge, John; Limbert, William; Lincoln, Robert, Dr.;
Lloyd, Thomas Edward Long, Michael Loper, Ara
Lovett, John; Lucena, Thomas; Martingale, Love;
McAllister, Hannah; McCall, Hugh;McClaren, Archibald; McFarlane, Peter; McIntosh, Mary;McKenzie, Daniel W.; McKinney, Roger; McKoy, Henry;McQueen, John; Melrose, Thomas ;Menafee, Serenius; Mendenhall, Thomas; Milledge, John; Miller, Hannah Christiana; Miller, Stephen; Minis, Judith; Mitchell, Esther; Moore, James; Moreau, Peter M. ;Morgan, Anne;
Nun, Elizabeth; Nungezer, Georg;e O'Neal, Mary;;
Owens, Louisa; Palmer, Charlotte Ann; Patterson, Arthur
Pente, Richard J. T.; Pervical, Warren; Polock, Rachel;
Pray, John; Rawlin, Anthony Rene; Richards, Hannah Barbara
Robbins, Thomas H.; Roma, Francis; Ross, Abner;
Roudol, Edm.; Royston, William; Rutherford, Marie Catharine;
Sanders, Mary; Sandland, John; Savage, Benjamin;
Scaffino, Andrew; Schlosser, Matthias; Shaw, William;
Sheftall, Francis; Sheftall, Pula; Skipwith, Charles;
Smilley, John; Smith, Elizabeth; Smith, John;
Sorey, Andrew; Stark, Ebenezer; Stephens, William;
Stevens, Mary; Stevens, Thomas; Stewart, Charles;
Stout, George; Stoaf, Isidore; Taliman, Francis;
Telfair, Thomas; Thirp, Thomas; Tobler, Ulrich W.;
Trucheliet, Joseph; Tufts, Gardner; Turnbull, Nichol;
Wakerly, John; Warren, Nestor, Dr.; Watts, Leleah, wife of Robert;
White, James; Williams, Bryan; Wilson, Elsey;
Wilson, Le;ighton; Worrell, Robert; Wylly, Mary;
Young, Christiana
Chatham Will Bk I (1827-1840) Digital Images
Testators: Autry, Margaret;Bain, Sarah Ann;
Bandy, William;Barfield, Josiah;Barnard, John W.;Barnard, William;
Bell, Eleanor F.;Bevan, Joseph V.;Bond, Ann;Bourquin, David;
Bourquin, Mary;Brooks, Sarah;Brown, George;Brown, Harriet T.;
Bryan, Josiah;Clark, Samuel;Cook, Martha;Cunningham, Michael;
Davis, Edward;Davies, William;Delegal, Edward;Delamotte, Sarah;
Dubesque, Jean Baptiste;Dunn, William;Early, Jane M.;Fisher, Michael;Fowlar, James;Garrar?, Dorcas M.;Green, Stephen C.;
Greene, Harmon D.;Hall, Joseph;Harbert, Joseph B.;Harris, Charles;
Holmes, Elizabeth;Isaac, Robert;Johnson, James;Kary?, H. M.;
Kollock, Mehetabel, widow;Marshall, William;McNiel, Diana, widow of Daniel;McVean, John;Mougin, David;Nichols, Abraham;Norris, Sarah Hill, wife of James B.;Norton, William;Pendergast, Patrick;
Penfield, Elizabeth Lucretia;Pidge, David;Pope, William;
Ratry, Margaret;Raynes, Mary;Rice, Thomas;Russell, Jane M.;
Scott, William C.;Shad, Solomon;Shaffer, Hannah;Sheftall, Esther;
Sheftall, Moses;Smith, Frances Sophie;Storm, John (Major);
Strother, Abram;Tattnall, Edward;Telfair, Alexander;Telfair, Sarah;Timothy, David;Tippen, James Josiah;Varn, Benjamin;
Waring, Jacob;Waters, Sarah;Wells, Andrew;Whitfield, John;
Wightman, William;Wilkins, Martha;Wilkins, Pam;Wilson, Benjamin;
Wood, Ezekiel
Chatham County Will Book K, 1839-1852 (Digital Images)
Testators: Askew, Ann;Bernard, Timothy;Bryan, P. O.;
Buffet, Marianne;Bullock, W. G.;Carter, Charles;Carter, Cyrus;
Cherrier, Michael;Cobb, Mary;DeVillers, F. D.;Dotson, William;
DuBruney, Alexander T.;Egriel, O. C.;Franklin, W. R.;Gallahan, Martin;Haydon, A. B.;Henry, Jacob;Houstoun, Patrick;Irvine, Eliza;
Jenckes, Ebenezer;Jorden, William;Kieffer, Frederick;Melson, Martha Matthews;Miller, Henrietta;Mitchell, Peter;Neyle, S.;
Oliver, Charles;Robinson, John;Saunders, Ellenor;Sears, Susanna;
Sulfuer, John;Taylor, Henry;Taylor, William;Wagner, John;Wallace, James;Wilkinson, John;Wood, James
Chatham Will Bk L (1850-1861) Digital Images
Testators:
Abbott, Ophelia S.; Abendanone, Grace;Abrahams, orothea;Babliest, Besty, free black;Barnard, Catherine E.;Barry, John;Bartholmess, John;Bartow, Theodosius;Bee, Sarah W.;Berrien, John McPherson;Bolton, Sarah;Bradley, Sarah Jane;Brooks, Sarah L.;Brown, Gilbert J. G.;Bruen, Peter;Burroughs, Benjamin;
Campbell, Harriet T.;Cannon, Catherine Mrs.;Cass, John;
Cassels, Samuel S. (or Capels); Cavenaugh, Margaret;
Charlton, Robert M.;Cleary, James; Collins, Thomas;
Cooper, Thomas;Courtner, Susan;Cowper, Mary Anna;Cremin, Cornelius;Cuyler, Ann D.;Cullen, Hugh;Daily, John;Damer, John;Daniel, T. S.;DeLaMeottee, Jacob (translates to DeLaMottee);Densler, Mary M.;Diamond, Robert;Dibble, Samuel P.;
Dillon, Margaret;Dorgan, Morty;Dotson, Matthew;Douville, Rebecca, widow;Duffy, Ellen, widow of Terence;Duffy, Patrick;Edwards, Maria;Elliott, Ralph E.;Evans, Sophia;Fairchild, David;Falligant, John G.;Felt, Joseph;Fleetwood, Green;Freind, Jacob;Fulton, Elizabeth;Garl, Francis Haner;Gerkin, Martin;Gibbons, Caroline G.;
Gibbons, William;Gilbert, James B.;Giles, William;Glen, George;
Gordon, George;Green, Thomas;Grimball, Mary Ann;Guerard, Robert Godin;Guilmartin, John F.;Habersham, Sarah;Habersham, Stephen;
Harnon, Abraham;Haupt, Henry;Haupt, John;Healy, Catharine, alias Farley;Heyward, Maria Louisa;Hodgens, Mary;Holland, John;
Hover, John;Hunter, John;Hutchison, Robert;James, Margaret;
Jewett, Eliza Ann;Johnston, William W.;Jones, Sarah, widow of William;Juhan, Mary;Kane, Daniel;Keller, Paul;Kelly, John J.;
Love, James;Mackay, William;MacKenzie, Henry Charles;Marsh, Mulford;Marshall, Andrew;Marshall, Joseph;Martin, Patrick;
Mathau, Margaret;Maxwell, Mary, widow;McAllister, Charlotte E.;
McDonald, Margaret;McIntire, James;Morel, Ann;Nagle, Nancy;
Newfville, Mary;Norton, Ann S., widow;Nosbrand, George;
Nuttman, Samuel;O'Donnell, Owen;Oliver, George;O'Reilly, Owens;
Owens, George W.;Palin, James;Pendergast, Michael;Pettibone, Sarah;Postell, Jane Eliza, widow;Potter, James;Potter, Thomas;
Quantock, William Sr.;Quantock, William;Raiford, Robert;
Reed, Charles;Reid, John;Reilly, Elizabeth;Reilly, Julia Ann, widow of Philip;Rhodes, Robert John;Richardson, Cosmo P.;
Roberts, Eliza;Robertson, William;Robinson, William;Rode, Henry;
Roden, Bernard;Sandergreen, Ann C.;Saseliffe, Abram;Sausey, Joachim R.;Scott, Margaret;Screven, James P.;Scudder,Amos;Shaffer, Jacob;Sharpe, James;Sheftall, Judith;Smets, Alexander Augustus;Snider, Benjamin;Stafford, Mary Ann;Stafford, William G.;
Starr, William;Stirk, James Elton;Strous, John H.;Suers, John;
Telfair, Margaret;Toley or Foley, Owen;Truehelut, Francis;Turel, John G.;Ulmer, Philip;Wade, William;Wait, George S.;Waldburg, George M.;Walden, Charles Carroll;Wallace, Norman;Wardrobe, Harriett Louisa;Washburn, Joseph;Webb, James F.;Westman, John L.;
Willberger, Peter;Williams, Martha Ann, wife of William Thaddeus;
Wills, Ashbel;Winkler, Shadrack N.;Woodhopter, Sarah;Wright, William;Wyer, Henry Otis;Zitterouer, Charles
Chatham Tax Digest for 1793 Digital Images Index to Chatham Estate Inventories, etc. 1783-1788 Digital Images Index to Chatham Estate Inventories, etc. 1794-1805 Digital Images Index to Chatham Wills, Book A, 1775-1801 (image) Index to Chatham Wills, Book B, 1777-1787 (image) Complete Card Index Files (typed) of All Wills, Estates, etc. in Chatham County for Specific Surnames have been added to Georgia Pioneers This is an excellent resource for locating the many, many estate records and references in Chatham County. All of the index file in the Chatham County Court House has been filmed, from A to Z and is available on this website. This reference is a boom to those researching Chatham County, and should be examined first because it contains so much information, viz: what Country (or other State) they came from, date of birth, date of death, names of other heirs. All of Chatham County records have been preserved and thus are extensive. The old records have been placed in storage in a separate location and to examine them one must order them sent to the court house in advance. Index to Chatham County Wills and Estates, Surnames A to Z (1733 to 1838) Chatham County Marriages from newspapers 1886-1887 Map of Chatham County Map of the Savannah River Plantations Origins of Early Chatham County Residents from the Notes of Jeannette Holland Austin 1898 City Directory of Savannah 1899 City Directory of Savannah
Miscellaneous Court House Documents (Digital Images) BROWN. Ann Brown, administratrix of Estate of James Brown, deceased (1799 Letters of Administration COPP. Letters of Administration of Mary and Dr. James Brown, exrs LWT of John Copp of Savannah CROP. Inventory of Estate of John Crop (1796) DELANNOY. Last Will and Testament of John D. Delannoy, 1876. GRAHAM, John, Esq., Inventory of Slaves (image),Loyalist Claim in Great Britian 1774-1784 GWINNETT, Ann, LWT (1785) (image) of Charleston McLEAN, John, Transcript of LWT (1775) NORMENT. Deed of William and Elizabeth Norment to Slaughter Cowling 25 June 1795 SHEFTALL, Levi, LWT (1725), image of original document
-See Names (Testators) in the following will books. The wills and other original documents have been digitized (Digital Images of original documents) are available on this website.