{"id":438,"date":"2023-11-10T03:10:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T21:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.skstechsolution.us\/?post_type=country&#038;p=438"},"modified":"2023-11-16T23:57:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T18:27:13","slug":"dekalb","status":"publish","type":"county","link":"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/?county=dekalb","title":{"rendered":"Dekalb"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"438\" class=\"elementor elementor-438\" data-elementor-post-type=\"county\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-173122b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"173122b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4009f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e4009f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37dd445 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"37dd445\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DeKalb County Wills, Estates, Deeds, Church Records, Cemeteries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad5f0f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad5f0f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DeKalb County was created in 1822 after the Muskogee (Creeks) Indians ceded the lands by treaty and was taken from Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette Counties. It was named after Baron Johann DeKalb, a German hero of the American Revolution. In 1853 Fulton County was created from the northern portion of DeKalb County. Many of the settlers to DeKalb County were in search of new lands and were farmers. When researching DeKalb County, Henry (the parent County) and Fulton Counties should also be researched. Unfortunately, the estate records do not begin until 1840. If you have an ancestor who resided within the boundaries of present-day Atlanta, those records will be found in DeKalb County. Remember, the journey from Atlanta to present-day Decatur to file a deed, will, or other record was quite a trip.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46965db e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46965db\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e548301 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e548301\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dekalb1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1481\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dekalb1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dekalb1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aaaca0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9aaaca0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cafeb6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3cafeb6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61b7a4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61b7a4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lyonfarmhouse.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1485\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lyonfarmhouse.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lyonfarmhouse-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/lyonfarmhouse-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2272364 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2272364\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a069e23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a069e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Archaeological Dig at the Lyon Farm on the South River<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a54335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a54335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Alliance and The Georgia Historic Preservation Division hosted dozens of volunteers during public archaeology days to dig on the Lyon Farm, supposed to be one of the oldest homesteads in DeKalb County. It was built ca 1820 or later. <a href=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/content\/indextogabibles.html\">Find your Ancestors in the Georgia Bible Records<\/a><br \/>Dekalb County Georgia Genealogy Records Available Online to Members<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73b4894 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"73b4894\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee9a895 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee9a895\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d3d9c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d3d9c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Miscellaneous Wills and Estates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a5ee25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a5ee25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Adair, Thomas O., estate<\/li><li>Adair, William, deed dated 1849<\/li><li>Adams, W. D., estate<\/li><li>Akin, Martha, estate<\/li><li>Allen, William, estate<\/li><li>Anderson, William C., estate<\/li><li>Argoe, Robert, estate<\/li><li>Armstrong, John, estate<\/li><li>Collier, John, Annual Return of Estate<\/li><li>Evans, John, deed dated 1850<\/li><li>Holland, Edmund W. (deeds) 1851, 1852<\/li><li>Jordan, Solomon, deed dated 1851<\/li><li>Leitch, Arthur, Estate<\/li><li>Perkinson, Dempsey, LWT (1876)<\/li><li>Plaster, Benjamin, Sr.<\/li><li>Smith, David, LWT (1853)<\/li><li>Spain, William S., Inventory and Appraisement of Estate.<\/li><li>Sprayberry, Benjamin, LWT (1848).<\/li><li>Sprayberry, Brice, LWT (1876).<\/li><li>Sprayberry, W. H. E., LWT (1911).<\/li><li>Waits, Sarah, LWT (1869)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74ff45d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"74ff45d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d13df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29d13df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><h2>Marriages<\/h2><ul><li>1840-1848 (images)<\/li><li>1848-1856 (index)<\/li><li>1856-1872 (index)<\/li><li>1885-1886 from newspapers<\/li><\/ul><h2>Maps<\/h2><ul><li>Map of DeKalb County County<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c62316 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c62316\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb734a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb734a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a444b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a444b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DeKalb County Wills<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b94191 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b94191\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DeKalb County Probate Records by Jeannette Holland Austin comprizes the content of these records.<\/p><ul><li>Wills &amp; Estates 1841-1869<\/li><li>Wills &amp; Estates 1870-1889<\/li><li>Wills &amp; Estates 1890-1919<\/li><li>Appraisements &amp; Returns 1852-1858<\/li><\/ul><h2>Indexes to Probate Records<\/h2><ul><li>Deed Book L 1846-1852<\/li><li>Deed Book M 1850-1853<\/li><li>Deed Book N 1852-1854<\/li><li>Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1842-1852<\/li><li>Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1852-1859<\/li><li>Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1858-1863<\/li><li>Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1863-1868<\/li><li>Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1868-1884<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e39707a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e39707a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43543dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43543dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"161\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/dekalb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1492\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6147ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b6147ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1bc701 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1bc701\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69bbbc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69bbbc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Deeds<\/h2><ul><li>1846 to 1846, Book H<\/li><\/ul><h2>Church Records<\/h2><ul><li>Utoy Baptist Church, Ft. McPherson, Georgia (members)<\/li><\/ul><h2>Cemeteries<\/h2><ul><li>Index to Burials in the Decatur Cemetery<\/li><\/ul><h2>Military Records<\/h2><ul><li>Members of 1863 Reconstructed Georgia Militia<\/li><li>Confederate Deaths, etc., 38th Regt.<\/li><li>Pension Rolls of Disabled Soldiers 1890-1916<\/li><li>Pension Rolls of Indigent Soldiers 1890-1909, 1910<\/li><li>Indigent Widows of Soldiers Roll 1890-1916<\/li><li>Widows of Deceased Soldiers, 1890-1916<\/li><li>Confederate Pensions<\/li><\/ul><h2>Traced Genealogies:<br \/>DeKalb County Families<\/h2><table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" align=\"center\"><tbody><tr><td>Collier<\/td><td>Durham<\/td><td>Gober<\/td><td>Goldsmith<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Grogan<\/td><td>Hyde<\/td><td>Jordan<\/td><td>Mangum<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Marbut<\/td><td>Pounds<\/td><td>Prince<\/td><td>Reeves<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aafa7b2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aafa7b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b5aa4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90b5aa4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b8a81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36b8a81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\" He was so near me I could have touched him with my hand.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6d334a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6d334a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>DeKalb County was among the first to enroll troops for Confederate service. The first volunteers from Decatur were James L. George, Hardy Randall, L. J. Winn, and Beattie Wilson, who went with the Atlanta Greys during the last part of May 1861. The first company was that of Captain John W. Fowler, called the DeKalb Light Infantry which was mustered into service in Atlanta as part of the 7th Georgia Volunteers. This company left Atlanta for Virginia on the 1st of June, 1861. Those going from DeKalb county in this company were: First Lieutenant, John J. Powell; Second Lieutenant, John M. Hawkins; Third Lieutenant, James L. Wilson; First Sergeant, M. L. Brown; Second Sergeant, D. C. Morgan; Third Sergeant, D. E. Jackson; Fourth Sergeant, John W. Fowler, jr.; Corporals: H. H. Norman, R. F. Davis, C. W. L. Powell; Privates: W. W. Bradbury (afterward captain), E. M. Chamberlain, W. W. Morgan, W. L. Herron, P. H. Pate, C. E. McCulloch, James W. McCulloch, L. C. Powell, H. G. Woodall, J. S. Woodall, A. W. Mashburn, V. A. Wilson, W. J. Mason, J. V. Austin, W. M. Austin, John Eads, E. A. Davis, Dr. A. S. Mason, John W. Norman, E. L. Morton, Henry Gentry,[Pg 23] W. M. Cochran, J. B. Cochran, James Hunter (promoted captain), W. W. Brimm, William Carroll, C. W. McAllister, J. O. McAllister, and many others from the county, making it a full company.\u00a0<u>The second company<\/u>\u00a0from DeKalb was the Stephens Rifles, captain, L. J. Glenn which became part of Cobbs Legion in August of 1861. Dr. Liddell, Frank Herron, Norman Adams, John McCulloch, John J. McKoy, and some others, went from Decatur in this company.\u00a0<u>The third company<\/u>\u00a0was the Murphey Guards, captain, John Y. Flowers. These soldiers came from the upper part of the county, near Doraville, and were named in memory of Hon. Charles Murphey, of DeKalb county, a prominent lawyer and member of Congress was recently deceased. The company was uniformed by the people of the county, a large share being contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Candler, and Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Mason. Mrs. Candler, whose maiden name was Eliza Murphey, the only child of Charles Murphey, gave the banner, upon which was inscribed, &#8221; The God of Jacob is with us.&#8221; The Fourth Company was The Bartow Avengers, Captain William Wright, from the lower part of the county around South River. The Fifth Company, Captain Rankin, was from Stone Mountain. In September of 1861, these three last mentioned companies went into the 38th Georgia Regiment and belonged to the Virginia Army. The Sixth Company, Captain E. L. Morton, entered service on the last of August 1861, in the 36th Georgia Regiment, and was with the Western Army under Johnston. The Seventh Company, the Fowler Guards, Captain Clay, went into the 42nd Georgia Regiment in the early part of 1862 and was also in the Western Army. There were several companies that were made up to go to the camp of instruction near Decatur. Moses L. Brown was Captain of one, and L. D. Belisle of another. Besides the companies already named, all of which went into the infantry, there were many soldiers from DeKalb that went into the Cavalry and Artillery service of the regular army.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb5cbe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8cb5cbe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4fa347 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d4fa347\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75f94c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75f94c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Oakland Cemetery<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca5154d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca5154d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you wish to discover the first families in Atlanta, Oakland Cemetery is the place to look. It was founded in 1850 and is the final resting place of many persons who built Atlanta. The cemetery was closed to burials sometime before 1890, however, people who owned lots were buried there afterward. Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone with the Wind is such a person. 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