Richmond County Georgia Genealogy Records Available to Members
Images of Will Book A (1777-1798)
Testators: Appling, John (1773),Appling, John,Baldwin, David, Barnes, James,Barrett, Thomas,Barron, William, Beall, Jacob,Bedingfield, John,Booker, Thomas, Bright, Unity,Bugg, Jeremiah,Bugg, William (1772), Bugg, William (1780),Campbell, McCartin,Carnes, Peter, Clayton, Abia,Clem, Valentine,Cocke, Nathaniel, Connell, Thomas,Cowen, Thomas,Crawford, Joel, Crawford, Nathan,Dikes, George, Sr.,Dikes, George, Dixon, Robert (1792),Dyess, Moses,Evans, Mary, Farish, Robert,Glascock, William,Goldwire, I. or J., Goldwire, James,Harris, Benjamin (1785),Harris, Sarah, Hodgen, John, Hollenger, Titus,Huff, Elizabeth, Hunt, George,Irby, Jeremiah,,Jackson, William , Jameson, John,Jarvis, Elizabeth,Johnston, Daniel, Johnston, Samuel,Jones, John,Lander, Mary,Marshall, Daniel, May, John,McCarty, Daniel,Macdelin, Ann,McGibbon, James, Mears, Stephen,Meeks, John,Mitchel, John,Moore, Richard, Morgan, Jesse,Morris, Thomas Mote, Uriah,Murray, Alexander Ross,Petty, John,Philips, John, Pittman, John,Randolph, George,Ricketson, Timothy,Row, Isaac,Schmidt, John H.,Scott, John,Sherwood, William, Slade, Joseph (1792), nun-cupative LWT,Spear, William (1771:1791), Story, Robert,Thomas, James E.,Turkeynis, Peter,Vaughan, James, Vernon, James,Wade, John,Walton, John,Washington, Thomas, Watkins, Thomas,Watson, Daniel,Watts, Joseph,Webster, Anner, Wells, Benjamin,Wells, Humphrey,Williams, Benjamin, Williams, Payde,Wood, Nathaniel,Wright, Dionysius,Zachry, James
Images of Wills 1798-1810
Testators: Anselm Bugg, John Hanford, Henry Osborne, William Allen, Joseph Cox, John Smith (2), Archibald Robins, Eleazor Brack, Mary Moon, Garland Snead, John Evans Anderson, Smith Milner, Elizabeth Connell, John Eades, James Simmons, Lewis Furman, Zephaniah Beal (estate), Thomas Grubbs (estate), Hodges Holmes (estate), Catharine Smith (estate), William Mead, Lawrence Somers, George Cormick, William Kennedy, Isabella Rae, Joseph Ward, Nathaniel Beach, Joshua Tulloss.
Images of Wills 1810-1829 Testators: Atwell, John,Bacon, William,Beal, Hezekiah, Beall, Archibald,Blacke, Anthony,Blair, Janet,Blaylock, Harden,Bosworth, Wiley,Boulet, Peter, Bouyer, Francis,Brazeel, Wiley,Bugg, William,Bury, Harrison, Bush, David,Buzz, William,Campbell, Abiel,Campbell, John,Cart, Joseph Cashin, John,Clarke, John,Cooke, Roger, Cooper, Bridget, Coppinger, Penelope,Cresswell, Robert,Crook, Jonathan, William,Dale, Jane, Dawson, Sabra,Drury, Sarah,Dunkley, Carlton,Dunlap, Patrick, Edwards. James,Fox, Mary,Gardner, Thomas,Garvin, John,Graves, George, Gray, Christian,Gray, Eleanor,Gregory, Charles,Griffin, Richard, Grinage, Mary,Harris, James,Harris, Lewis,Harris, Sophia,Harrison, Andrew, Hay, Andrew,Herbert, Isaac,Hogan, Richard,Hornby, Eleanor,Hudson, Ann,Hudson, Ann (2),Hull, Jean,Hunster, Sarah,Innes, Andrew,Jones, Fanny,Jones, Francis,Jones, Seaborn,Joyner, Eliza Mary,Lamar, Basil,Lang, Robert,Lang, Sarah, Leavenworth, Melinder,Leigh, Walter, Ligon, John,Low, Isaac, Lueman, John,Lumpkin, Nancy,McKinne, John,McLean, William, McNair, Daniel,MacIver, John,Magee, Hugh,Magnan, Magnan, Malone, Isham,Matheson, Murdock,Matthews, George,Meigs, Daniel, Milledge, John,Nesbitt, Hugh, Pearre, James,Posson, Dr. L., Rainey, John,Ross, William,Saben, Elijah, Sandwich, Thomas, Savage, John,Sayers, John,Scarle, Elisha, Scurry, Richardson, Sego, Joshua,Sikes, William,Skinner, William,Smelt, Dennis, Taylor, John,Teryon, John,Thompson, John,Thompson, Nancy, Tordy, Jacques,Twiggs, Abraham,Twiggs, John (General), Tyer, Frizzel,Walker, Francis,Walshe, John,Ware, Nicholas, Watkins, Anderson,Watkins, Robert,Watthall, Richard,Whitehead, Amos, Williams, Felix,Willson, Hugh,Willson, John,Willson, John (2), Willson, Joseph,Woolfolk, Austin,Young, Moses,Young, William.
Images of Wills 1829-1839
Testators: Abrahams, Jacob,Anderson, John,Arnold, Keziah,Bailey, William,Barfield, Lewis,Beal, James,Beall, Ann,Bigon, John,Bohl, Anthony,Bohler, William, Bones, William,Bowen, David,Bowyer, B.,Brogan, Barney,Brown, Henry, Burney, Job,Burton, John,Carns, Peter,Clayton, Elizabeth,Course, John, Cox, Honor,Crafton, Mary,Craig, Allen,Cumming, Thomas,Dillon, William, Dubose, Isaac,Dunbar, George,Dunn, Levicy,Eve, Oswell,Fox, John,Futcher, James,Gibson, William,Gilbert, Israel,Greenwood, Henry,Greenwood, John,Griffin, Thomas,Hagerty, James,Hamilton, Elizabeth,Harper, Arthur,Harris, Mary,Hart, Elizabeth,Hatcher, Henry,Hatcher, Mary,Hayden, Lawrence,Hurst, James,Ivy, Francis,Kent, Reuben,Kirkpatrick, Robert,Knight, Walton,Lampkin, Sampson,Lenges, Jean,Lloyd, Mary,Longstreet, Hannah,Longstreet, James,Low, Polly,Marvin, Mary,Marshall, Howell,McFarlane, Ann,McGovern, James,McMillan, Martha,McTyeir, Mary,McWhorter, Susan,Mims, Britton,Mitchell, William,Molloy, Thomas,Morse, Jacob,Murphy, Edmond,Musgrove, Robert,Oakman, Henry,O'Connell, James,Picote, Joseph,Powers, Lovey,Quins, Edward,Rhodes, Aaron,Rhodes, Lewis,Rolen, William,Rowell, Edward,Ruffin, Harriet,Savage, Daniel,Slator, Mary,Smars, Rebecca,Snead, Nancy,Stoy, Abigail,Toole, James,Tubman, Richard,Urquhart, Ann,Verdery, William,Walker, John,Walker, Rachel,Walston, Riddon,Ward, Edward, Watson, Majer,White, Mary Ann,Wise, John,Woolfolk, Louisa,Wynn, Fields
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The Berckman plantation house once occupied by Baron Berckman is owned today by the Augusta National Club House. The three-story home built in 1854 to serve as the home of indigo plantation owner Dennis Redmond, is believed to be the first concrete house built in the South. The walls were 18 inches thick! After the earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina during the late 1800s, several cracks were discovered in the walls. A Belgian horticulturist by the name of Baron Louis Berckmans purchased the 365-acre property in 1857 and formed a partnership with his son, Prosper Julius Alphonse, to establish Fruitland Nurseries. When the property was discovered in 1931, the charter for the nursery had long since expired.
