Dooly

Dooly County Wills, Estates, Marriages

Dooly County was created in 1821 by an Act of the General Assembly and was named for the famous Colonel John Dooly (1740-1780), who was killed at the Battle of Kettle Creek in 1780. The song Tom Dooly was written for him and lingers in Georgia’s memory Hang down your head Tom Dooly, hang down your head and die The Georgia Land Lottery of 1821 distributed lands of the Creeks located between the Ocmulgee and Flint rivers at the signing of the Treaty of Indian Springs. Later, portions of Dooly County were used to create the following counties: Worth (1853), Wilcox (1857), Crisp (1905), and Turner (1905). Early Settlers: Levin Adams, Joseph Bridges, Ezekiel Butler, Brinkley Brown, William F. Bealle, Irwin Bullock, W. B. Cone, Wesley Calhoun, Robert Depree, Noah Daniel, Caleb Fullington, John Godwin, Jack Herring, Elbert Hodges, John Hammond, William P. Jordan, Donald Jones, William King, James Lester, Hugh McLain, Henry Mashburn, Henry Oliver, Moses Pipkins, Hardy Royal, Mathew Sheppard, John Truluck, and Gideon Watson.

Images of Wills 1847 to 1867

Names of Testators: Adams, John Q.;Adams, Leven; Adams, William;Bealle, James;Bealle, William;Bothwell, Davis; Bridges, Joseph;Bridges, William;Brown, Brinkley;Buckelew, James;Bullock, Irwin;Butler, Matthew;Cato, Benjamin;Collins, Henry;Culpepper, Joel;Daniel, Isaac;Daniel, Noah;Fenn, Elizabeth;Fenn, Henry;Gammage, James;Hammond, John;Harvard, Stephen;Higdon, Charles;Hodges, Elbert;Johnson, Solomon; Jones, Donald;Lasseter, Shemuel;Lester, James;Lewis, James; Lock, Joseph;Mayo, Harmon;Olliff, Benjamin;Pipkins, Moses; Powers, John H.;Rea, Elizabeth;Rowell, Oliver;Royal, Hardy; Royal, John C.;Royal, John;Rutland, Blake; Sheppard, Mathew; Smith, John; Staley, Elizabeth Ann; Stephens, Richard;Thompson, E. W.; Truluck, John; Ward, David; Webb, Benjamin; Wood, John; Wright, Henry; Youbanks, Jane

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Abstracts of Wills 1849 to 1931.

Indexes to Probate Records

  • Annual Returns, Vouchers, Bk 2, 1855 to 1859.
  • Annual Returns, Vouchers, Bk I, 1847 to 1854.
  • Appraisements and Sales 1847-1854
  • Wills, Bk A, 1847 to 1901.

Marriages

  • Marriages 1847 to 1852

Military Records

  • Confederate Disabled Soldiers, Widows, Indigent Rolls, Deceased Soldiers

Miscellaneous

  • Memoirs of Georgia

Traced Genealogies:
Dooly County Families

  • Moore
  • Thomas

Georgia Obituaries 1740 to 1935

Genealogy Tips by Jeannette Holland Austin
A collection of Georgia Obituaries (1740-1935) is available to members of Georgia Pioneers. It is an alphabetical database of persons who died in Georgia when an obituary or death notice of some sort was published in old newspapers. Actually, every page should be read because notices were spread throughout the newspaper.
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