Jasper

Jasper County Wills, Estates, Annual Returns, Vouchers, Marriages

Baldwin, Butts, Putnam, and Morgan County records should also be researched by genealogists. The earliest settlers were: Seymour Byrom, Moses Duff, William Deal, Radford Ellis, Robert Estes, Ira Foreman, John Freeman, Stewart Owens, James Patrick, John Parks, William Vardeman, and Joseph White. Jasper was the first Old Randolph County. Jasper County was created in 1807 from Baldwin County and called Randolph County. The present-day Randolph County was created on December 20, 1828. Part of Jasper was given to Morgan in 1815 and part to Newton in 1821. The name was changed on December 10, 1812, to Jasper County and named in honor of William Jasper, an officer in Colonel William Moultrie’s Second South Carolina Infantry, in 1775. The county seat is Monticello.

Note: Most of the Jasper County wills and estates are not indexed. Except for this publication, you would have to go page by page to know if your ancestors were there.

Indexes to Probate Records

  • Wills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, 1813-1820.
  • Wills 1815-1820.
  • Wills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, 1797-1819.

Marriages

  • Book A (1808-1820)
  • Book B (1811-1841).

Miscellaneous Wills & Estates

  • Holland, G. W., original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, Henry Holland, original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, James W. Holland, original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, Jonas, original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, Lawson S., original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, Lewis C., original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, L. P., original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, Margaret, original papers, estate (image)
  • Holland, William T. Holland, original papers, estate (image)
  • Langham, James, LWT (1823) (Image)

Traced Genealogies:
Jasper County Families

  • Burks
  • Cornwell
  • Freeman
  • Grant
  • Hill
  • Lynch
  • McMichael
  • Morgan
  • Preston
  • Reeves
  • Spearman

New Addition: Images of Wills, Estates, etc. 1809-1815

An old opera presented in Atlanta, Georgia ca 1888 is reminiscent of what has been lost in the past. The great opera houses, traveling actors, and artists seem to have faded well into the memories of our own ancestors. Likewise, something as beautifully elegant and memorable as the old cursive scripts, the teaching of cursive handwriting is forgotten in our school system. This book at the courthouse includes forty pages of olden estates from 1809 to 1815. It was written by the clerk of the court in old-style handwriting, however, it was scanned with new technology and the result is that it is quite visible and readable. Notably, the handwriting of county clerks varies with the person and era. Although genealogists are familiar with the styles used by early colonists to the present day, cursive recognition appears to be overlooked in this generation’s education systems.

Images of Wills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, Book C, 1797 to 1819

Testators: Appling, Otho ; Bryers, Laurence ; Buis, John ; Butler, Thomas; Chapman, Edmond ; Doggett, John ; Ellis, Radford ; Hadley, Thomas ; Heard, Thomas ; Hill, William ; Hills, Theophilus ; Huff, Thomas ; Jackson, John ; Jones, Hugh ; Lasseter, Charles; Loyd,Thomas ; Mapp, Jeremiah ; McMichel, William ; Messer, Joseph ; Moses, John ; Mullins, Timothy ; Nall, Nathan ; Paschal, Samuel ; Pinson, James ; Ramsey, Alexander; Ray, Solomon ; Shuffield, Barnaby ; Weathersby, Owen ; White, Samuel ; Wise,Patton

Images of Wills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, Book 9, 1828 to 1829

Testators, estates: Cornwell, Elijah; Deadwilder, Eve; Grimmett, Sarah; Harris, James, minor; Higginbotham, Jacob; Holland, Lewis C., guardian of wife, Lavisa; McDaniel, Yancey; McMurray, John; Meriwether, Thomas; Purifoy, Arrington

Images of Wills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, Book 1, 1813 to 1817

Testators: Fitzpatrick, William ; Ivie, Lott ; Laws, Martin ; Mayo, Nancy ; McAfee, Green ; McMichael, William; Phillips, Isaac ; Powell, William ; Waits, John: Wise, Barney

Images of ills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, Book 2, 1813 to 1820

Testators: Anthony, James ; Bass, Allen ; Brown, Leyman ; Bryers, Lowrance ; Bullard, Wiley ; Byrom, Seymour ; Cassels, John ; Cole, Rene ; Dennis, Jesse ; Estes, Robert ; Freeman, John ; Graham, James ; Greer, Aaron ; Hodge, William ; Kendrick, Shelldrake ; Lanier, William ; Lawson, William ; Lee, William ; McGehee, Edward; McMichael, James ; Moffett, Thomas ; Morgan, John ; Morgan, M. ; Morris, John ; Parks, John ; Patrick, James ; Patrick, John ; Reeves, Jesse ; Reid, Nancy ; Richardson, Enoch; Robinson, John ; Slappey, John ; Smith, Abraham ; Smith, Nathan ; Stean, Burton ; Sullivan, John ; Towns, Joel ; Whatley, Gennett ; White, Joseph

Images of Will Book A (1814-1818)
  • Testators:
  • Bass, Allen
  • Bullard, Wiley
  • Bullard, William
  • Bynum, Solomon
  • Byron, Seymore
  • Capels, John
  • Cole, Rene
  • Davis, Thomas
  • Dennis, Jesse
  • Duff, Moses
  • Estes, Robert
  • Greer, Aaron
  • Harro?, John
  • Hall, Nathaniel
  • Hartsfield, Sarah
  • Hill, Lawson
  • Hill, Samuel
  • Hodge, William
  • Holloway, Samuel
  • Huggins, John M.
  • Jackson, Isaac
  • Kelsey, George
  • Lawson, Richard
  • Lawson, William
  • Lee, Will
  • McMichel, James
  • McMichel, James (same as above, darkened)
  • Megehee, Edward
  • Miller, John
  • Mitchell, Richard
  • Moffett, Thomas
  • Moore, John
  • Morgan, John
  • Morris, John
  • Owens, Stewart
  • Parks, John B.
  • Parrott, Henry Estate
  • Patrick, James
  • Patrick, John G.
  • Patrick, Jonathan
  • Patrick Orphans
  • Reeves, Jesse
  • Reeves, Samuel
  • Richardson, Crock
  • Right, James
  • Robertson, John B.
  • Robinson, John
  • Rogers, Lawrence
  • Sanders, Sterling
  • Smith, Abraham
  • Smith, Nathan
  • Starr, Burton
  • Stean, Burton
  • Steedman (or Studman), John
  • Taylor, Hampton
  • Taylor, James
  • Traylor, C. T.
  • Traylor, Thomas
  • Vardeman, William
  • White, Joseph
  • Wise, Patton
Images of Wills & Estates 1837-1856

Testators:

  • Andrews, James (Orphans0
  • Baldwin, Andrew
  • Barber, Joseph
  • Belcher, Green Berry
  • Boswell, Elizabeth
  • Boswell, William
  • Boswell, Williamson
  • Brooks, W. L., minor
  • Bryers, Alfred
  • Cargile, Joseph
  • Clay, Hezekiah
  • Crain, Elizabeth
  • Crawford, Samuel
  • Dodson, Elijah
  • Duncan, Thomas
  • Folds, James
  • Gaston minors
  • Goolsby, James B.
  • Hairston, Thomas
  • Hancock, William
  • Horton, Joseph
  • Johnson, James
  • Johnston, Francis
  • Johnston, William
  • Jones, William Sr.
  • Knight, John
  • Lawson, Mary
  • Lewis, James
  • Mason, Mabel
  • McClendon, Joel
  • McDowell, Mary Ann
  • McKennie, James
  • Minter, Richard
  • Morgan, Ada
  • Morgan Orphans
  • Morgan, Luke J.
  • Paten, Anthony
  • Peeler, Anthony
  • Peeler, Edna
  • Peeler, Samuel
  • Penn, William
  • Roby, Williamson B.
  • Saunders, Ephraim
  • Sisson, Edward S.
  • Slaughter, John B.
  • Tuggle, Rebecca
  • Waits, Alphonso
  • Waits, Benjamin
  • Walton, Bluford
  • Ware, Joseph D.
  • Weldon, Andrew
  • Wellborn, William T.
  • Wood, John
  • Willson?, Elijah, orphan of Joseph Wilson
  • Wise, James
  • Wright George W.
  • Wright, John
  • Young, George
Will Book B (1818-1836)

Alexander, Adam

  • Allen, David
  • Appling, Otho H.
  • Ball, Jesse
  • Blount, John, orphans of
  • Boram, George
  • Boram, John
  • Brooks, James
  • Brown, Jeremiah
  • Brown, Mary
  • Brown, Samuel
  • Bryers, Laurence
  • Buis, John
  • Bullard, James, Jr.
  • Bullard, Jesse
  • Butler, Thomas
  • Byrom, John
  • Callaway, John
  • Cargile, Charles, Jr., orphan of John
  • Cargile, Lavisey W.
  • Caswell, Elijah
  • Chapman, Edmond
  • Churchwell
  • Clements, Allen
  • Clements, Peyton
  • Cochran, John
  • Couch, Moses
  • Crain, Spencer
  • Croll, James
  • Deadwilder, David
  • Deal, M.
  • Doggett, John
  • Ellis, Radford
  • Emmett, William
  • Evans, Benjamin
  • Flournoy, Gibson
  • Freeman, Timothy
  • Gaston, Thomas
  • Grant, Thomas
  • Greenwood, Sarah E.
  • Gregory, Matthew
  • Grinell, James T.
  • Hadley, Thomas
  • Harris, John
  • Hawkins, John W.
  • Hays, James
  • Heard, Thomas
  • Hill, Isaac
  • Hill, Theophilis
  • Hill, William
  • Hobson, John
  • Holifield, Mary
  • Huff, Thomas
  • Jackson, John
  • Jefferson, Barnaby
  • Jones, Hugh
  • Jones, John W.
  • Kelly, Daniel
  • Lasseter, Charles’ Orphans
  • Ledbetter, Benjamin
  • Loyd, Thomas
  • Lucas, John
  • Mapp, Jeremiah
  • McCushin, John
  • McDavid, Nancy
  • McDowell, Temperance
  • McHenry, John
  • McKleroy, William and John
  • McMichael, David
  • Meriwether, George A.
  • Moffett, John
  • Moses, John
  • Moses, Joseph
  • Ozborn, William
  • Parkam Orphans
  • Parkwood, John
  • Paschal, Samuel
  • Perkins, Archibald
  • Perkins, Doct. A.
  • Pinson, James
  • Pou?, James
  • Ramey, Alexander
  • Ray, Solomon
  • Reeves, George
  • Respass, Christopher
  • Sistrunk, Samuel
  • Smith, Elizabeth
  • Turner, John G.
  • Waddell, Marshal
  • Warren, Nathan
  • Weathersby, Owen, John
  • White, Samuel
  • Willis, Jonathan
  • Wise, Patten
  • Wooten, Elizabeth
  • Wright, George W.
  • Wright, John
    Images of Wills, Appraisements, Inventories, etc., Book 3 (1821 to 1823)
    • Testators: Estates:
    • Darden, John
    • Elliot, William
    • Flowers, Edward
    • Gardner, Etheldred
    • Gray, Martha
    • Harval, Mason
    • Henderson, John
    • Hodnett, Benjamin
    • Johnson, Walter
    • Lloyd, Edmund
    • McLemore, Catherine
    • McLemore, John
    • McMichel, Zachariah
    • Powell, Moses
    • Robinson, Elizabeth
    • Robinson, Thomas
    • Rodgers, John
    • Rodden, Abner
    • Slaughter, Henry
    • Smart, Francis
    • Tucker, Thomas
    Images of Wills, Appraisements, Inventories, etc., Book 4, 1822 to 1823

    Testators:

  • Boykin, Francis Compton, Pleasant
  • Cole, Duke ; Dabney, Anderson; Harral, James ; Higginbotham, Joseph; Holloway, Jesse ; Johnson, William ; Lunsford, Leonard ; McDowell, William ; McLemore, Catherine ; Moseley, Henry ; Pickett, John ; Starnes, Elizabeth; Taylor, Anna ; Ware, Henry ; Williamson, Isaac; Wilson, Joseph
    Images of Wills, Appraisements, Inventories, etc., Book 5, 1824 to 1833

    Testators: Benton, Jeremiah ; Brewer, J. E. ; Brown, Bartlett ; Collier, John ; Daniel, Levi ; Farley, James ; Farley, John ; Goolsby, John ; Hayes, James ; Mitchell, William ; Tinsley, Lucy ; Willis, Arthur ; Willson, John;

    Images of Wills, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Annual Returns, Book 10, 1830 to 1839

    Testators: Abbott, Ezekiel ; Adams, David ; Adams, Jonathan ; Alexander, Adam ; Alexander, James, minor ; Armstrong, William ; Banks, John ; Beasley, Robert ; Bender, John ; Boswell, Henry ; Brooks, Walker ; Buchanan, James ; Bullard, James ; Bullard, Sarah ; Cargile, John ; Case, Wiley ; Clay, Jesse ; Coats, James ; Cox, Middleton, orphans of ; Cox, Sarah ; Dean, Thomas ; Digby, John ; Egrew, William ; Estes, Catherine ; Ezell, John ; Germain, William ; Glenn, Thornton ; Goode, Jesse ; Harvey, Zephaniah ; Holifield, Wiley ; Jenkins, Francis ; Knight, James ; Ledbetter, Henry ; Lloyd, John ; Malone, Sherod ; Mays, Abner ; McDaniel, Benjamin, orphans of ; McFall, Nancy ; McMichael, David ; Miller, William ; Montgomery, Benjamin ; Montgomery, David ; Morgan, Stokely ; Morris, John ; Payne, John ; Phillips, James ; Potts, Stephen ; Pou, James ; Ramey, Absalom ; Rivers, James ; Robey, Nathan ; Robey, Williamson ; Robinson, Cornelius ; Ross, James (75 pages); Rucker, Martin ; Sale, A. ; Sharp, James ; Smith, Abraham and Sarah ; Smith, Alexander ; Smith, Eliza ; Smith, Thomas ; Stokes, William ; Sturdivant, John ; Thompson, Hannah ; Turner, John ; Waldrop, Solomon ; Walker, Moses ; Welden, Isaac ; Whitaker, Ensign ; White, William ; Wilkins, David ; Wilkins, Drury ; Wilson, Archillus ; Wilson, Elijah ; Wilson, Sarah ; Winn, Franklin ; Wisdom, Francis ; Wooten, Elizabeth

    Images of Wills and Estates, Book 11, 1836 to 1844

    Testators:

    • Adams, David
    • Armstrong, William
    • Askew, WIlliam
    • Banks, D.
    • Breedlove, Anne
    • Bruce, John
    • Castleberry, Thomas
    • Cox, Mary
    • Cox, Sarah
    • Cross, John
    • Doggett, Garner
    • Doggett, Mary Ann
    • Doggett, Nancy
    • Dunn, Gates Wood
    • Edmondson, Matilda
    • Eubanks, Magers
    • Ezell, John
    • Goode, Jesse
    • Gross, John
    • Henderson, James
    • Huff, Ralph
    • Johnson, Thomas
    • Jones, Reuben Sr.
    • King, Nancy and William
    • King, Richard
    • Lumsden, Jeremiah
    • Malone, Jarrett
    • McClendon, Stephen
    • McDaniel, George
    • McDaniel, Jacob
    • Meriwether, George
    • Moreland, Francis
    • Morgan, Charles
    • Moss, Arabella
    • Newby, John
    • Penn, William
    • Pope, Alex
    • Pou, James
    • Ratcliff, Moses
    • Reid, Samuel
    • Robertson, Cornelius
    • Robey, Elizer Jane
    • Roby, Milledge
    • Ross, James
    • Russell, Charles
    • Russel, Charles T.
    • Stokes, Ignatius
    • Traylor, William H.
    • Traylor, William Tuggle, GarnerTuggle, Robert
    • Waggoner, Hiram
    • Wiggins, Wade
    • Wilson, Joseph A.
    • Wilson, Joseph
    • Willson, Joseph

The Plantation Journal of Seaborn Hawks

Seaborn Hawks kept a daily journal for his plantation in Jasper County. In addition to an inventory of medicines such as laudanum, he also maintained a list of eight or more paid workers and the amounts. On February 13, 1855, he noted that it was a rainy day and night. On February 17th he nearly finished planting cotton and nine lambs were sheared. That season he also planted corn along the creek field and elsewhere, sending 9 bushes to the mill. It appears that he had about 500 acres of land, also a number of slaves. Records were always kept on the plantation including such items as promissory notes given by neighbors, money borrowed for crops, expenses of equipment and repairs, and so on. The more costly items were exported from England. When buildings were torn down, lumber was stacked in a heap and inventoried. Also, items such as nails and windows. Croppers shipped goods to Augusta, Savannah, and Charleston.

Ft. Defiance and Camp Hope on the Georgia Frontier

The conflict of Georgia during the War of 1812 was a Naval one. Ft. Morris at Sunbury was regenerated to protect the coast from British invasion, but it was a poor one. Initially, a resort town dating from the 1740s, Sunbury suffered a hurricane ca 1800 which devastated the town. The other important site was a fort at St. Mary’s designed to prevent the British who had conquered St. Catherines Island, from seizing the coast. The British ultimately won, and continued the fight until about 1816, because they were unaware that the conflict had ended.
Meanwhile, Georgia was engaged in a devastating Creek war. This was the war which Andrew Jackson fought against the ” Red Sticks” (creeks) in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with the final battle in Ft. Mims, Alabama in August of 1814, ending the war. Morgan County was the frontier. There were several forts involved. On the edge of Jasper County and near the frontier was Ft. Defiance. A temporary camp to train 36,000 volunteers was Camp Hope (sometimes called Ft. Hope) which was located on Georgia Highway 49 near the Bibb and Jones Counties line near Fort Hawkins. One should follow the officers to determine what activity one’s ancestor had in this fight. In the War of 1812 records I found my ancestor as follows: ” William Holland, Morgan frontier Feb 13, 1813. Captain William Barton. Last muster Feb 11, 1814.”

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