Decatur County Wills and Estates
Decatur County was created from Early County in 1823 by an Act of the General Assembly It was named after U.S. Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur. In 1920, Seminole County was created entirely from Decatur County. Also, portions of Decatur County were used to help create Thomas County (1825) and Grady County (1905). South Georgia counties adjacent to Decatur, as well as counties in Florida should also be researched. Early Settlers: Samuel Braswell, W. H. Barbour, B. F. Byrd, Absalom Brown, John Birch, Robert H. Butler, J. J. Chason, A. B. Campbell, John Cameron, Alfred Chester, Jesse Collins, Hardy Crawford, J. L. Durham, John Dollar, William Donalson, R. F. Evans, H. S. Farish, Jesse Glover, Peter Gray, William Hutchinson, R. H. Harrell, D. P. Hines, Jacob Zeigler, and others.
Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
- Decatur County Wills 1828-1838 (abstracts).
- Index to Decatur County Minute Bks A & B (includes Wills).
- Index to Decatur County Wills, 1828-1913.
- Decatur County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886.
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Index of Student Names 1818-1900
Index of Student Names 1901
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
Decatur County Court House.
Philomath Presbyterian Church, founded in 1788 as Liberty Church (1848 present site).
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Georgia Bible Records by Jeannette Holland Austin
The Georgia Frontier, 3 volumes, by Jeannette Holland Austin
Georgia Intestate Records by Jeannette Holland Austin
The Georgians by Jeannette Holland Austin
Index to Georgia Wills by Jeannette Holland Austin
30,638 Burials in Georgia by Jeannette Holland Austin
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