Forsyth County Online Genealogy Records: Wills, Estates, Marriages
Forsyth County was formed in 1832 and given away in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery.
The early settling families were: Braselton, Bruton, Porter, Julian, Jackson, Hutchins, Merritt, Mills, Harding, Sanford, Cochran, Wills, Strickland, McGinnis, Westbrook, Creamer, Whitmire, Owens, Kellogg, Wofford, Ezzard, Bell, Garrett, Williams, Gilstrap, Patterson Sewell, Pilgrim, Lindsey, Mangum, Hansard, Vaughn, and others.
Marriages
- Index to Marriages 1833-1848
- Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886
Online Images of Will Book 1856-1892
Testators: * Allen, Beverly * Baily, John * Barnett, Casander * Bell,George W. * Billis, Phillip * Blake, John M. * Braselton, Mary * Brown, Robert * Burrass, Phillip * Burton, Young J. * Camp, John * Cawly, Frances M. * Chastain, James W. * Cochran, Nevel * Cox, Phillip * Creamer, Matthew * Dollar, James * Echols, Charles B. * Edwards, Andrew * Ezzard, John T. * Garrett, Daniel * Garrett, Jacob * Hendrix, William * Holbrook, Hannah * Hope, Ellison * Hutchens, Alman G. * Jackson, Charles * Jackson, James * Julian, George H. * Kellogg, George * Lummus, Andrew J. * Martin, Peter H. * Mayfield, Balus * McAfee, Alexander * McCormick, Hector D. * McGinnis, Sarah * Merritt, William G. * Mills, William E. * Monroe, Dugald * Monroe, Jesse * Morehead, Majer * Morgan, C. C. * Orr, Samuel * Owen, Sumpter * Owens, Wiley * Page, William * Pool, Young P. * Rump, John * Sample, Jesse * Sanford, George * Sewell, Joshua C. * Sims, Thomas * Strickland, John * Townly, John R. * Wallis, William * Westbrook, Samuel * Whitman, Christopher * Whitmire, Christopher * Williams, William * Wills, James H. * Wofford, John * Woodliff, Josiah * Yott, John * Youngblood, James W.
Indexes to Probate Records
- Annual Returns, Vouchers, Sales, 1827-47
- Will Book C 1892-1936
- Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Vouchers 1877-1883
- Miscellaneous Estates 1848-1852
- Miscellaneous Estates 1854-1855
- Estates 1833-1844
- Estates 1844-1848
- Estates 1855-1856
- Estates 1857-1858
- Estates 1861-1866
Forsyth County Minute Book
- Index 1833-1844
Traced Genealogies of Forsyth County Families
- Fincher
- Whelchel