{"id":462,"date":"2023-11-10T21:15:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.skstechsolution.us\/?post_type=country&#038;p=462"},"modified":"2023-11-17T20:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T14:51:56","slug":"hancock","status":"publish","type":"county","link":"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/?county=hancock","title":{"rendered":"Hancock"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"462\" class=\"elementor elementor-462\" data-elementor-post-type=\"county\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c83080 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c83080\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa9742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1aa9742\" 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\">Families in Hancock County, Georgia Wills and Estates\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15030c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15030c4\" 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\tThe Creeks and Cherokees occupied this land until they ceded it to the State of Georgia in 1789 and 1790. Gwinnett County was named after Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of Georgia, who died from wounds on May 19, 1771, after dualling in the streets of Savannah with General Lachlan McIntosh, commander of the American forces during the Revolutionary War. Persons who drew in the 1827 and 1832 land lotteries settled in Gwinnett County. The early settling families were: Andrews, Ambrose, Addison, Bracewell, Bridges, Bruton, Bullock, Burton, Burns, Brandon, Carter, Carroll, Choice, Chester, Cosley, Connelly, Cowan, Day, Deaton, Dover, Edwards, Dyer, Durham, Dunlap, Etheridge, Edwards, Glaze, Garmany, Franklin, Freeland, Flowers, Gresham, Gray, Holcombe, Howell, Jackson, James, Kicker, Killian, Kinney, Knight, Lankford, Lester, Light, Lockridge, Martin, Malone, Mann, McKinney, McGinnis, Maynard, Montgomery, Norton, Owen, Pace, Plunkett, Pool, Perkerson, Rakestraw, Rowden, Spruce, Snow, Terrell, Terry, Thomas, Tait, Warbington, Waits, Venable, Vinyard, Wells, Wiley, Whitehead, and others.\t\t\t\t\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-4d3c602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d3c602\" 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-4ee1ae1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4ee1ae1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4153608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4153608\" 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\">Families in Hancock County, Georgia 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-2165585 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2165585\" 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>Genealogists should research Hancock and Elbert Counties for families who settled together and inter-married. The scanned images of Wills and Estates not previously indexed (and thus ignored by most researchers) have been properly indicated and may be viewed by simply clicking on the link. If you did not previously have the time to search every page, it would be wise to use this site to find your lost generations of ancestors. Hancock was created in 1793 from Greene and Washington Counties, Hancock County. The county borders Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Putnam (Oconee River), Taliaferro, Washington, and Warren (Ogeechee River), It was named after John Hancock, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Sparta is the county seat. Early settlers were General H. Mitchell, Bolling Hall, Charles Abercrombie, General Adams, Henry Graybill, Joseph Bryan, William Rees, Jonathan Adams, John Montgomery, Jacob Dennis, Archibald Smith, T. Holt,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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-df32ef7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df32ef7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc992c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc992c8\" 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=\"800\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/poweltonbapchurch.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/poweltonbapchurch.jpg 979w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/poweltonbapchurch-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/poweltonbapchurch-768x548.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\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-6bb5c52 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bb5c52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-363b129 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"363b129\" 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>Thomas Raines, James Bishop, Isham Rees, M. Martin, R. Clarke, R. Shipp, F. Tucker, L. Barnes, W. Wyley, William Saunders, James Thomas, Jesse Pope, Jonas Shivers, William Hardwick, L. Tatum, Robert Moreland, and William Pentecost. Hancock County should always be researched with Greene. The Hancock County Wills and Estates (inventories, annual returns, guardianships, vouchers, sales, etc.) were bound together in the same volumes for specific time periods. The records contain a great deal of probate information about the possessions of the deceased as well as how their estates were distributed to the heirs. Such details are of my interest to the genealogist assembling family puzzles. No index is included in any volume and I have never seen any published. Therefore, scanning these images helps the researcher find ancestors otherwise unknown and provides a great a new resource for all genealogists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44fd1de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44fd1de\" 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>Tax Digests<\/h2><ul><li>1796<h5>Images of Deeds<\/h5><ul><li>1793-1798<\/li><\/ul><h5>Origins<\/h5><ul><li>Origins of Early Settlers<\/li><\/ul><h5>Hancock Wills 1804-1814 (abstracts)<\/h5><h5>Online Images of Wills, Inventories, Returns, Guardianships, Sales, etc. Book G 1811 to 1815<\/h5>Testators: Adams, Isaac, Andrews, Milly, Battle, Benjamin, Bonner, Richard, Bordon, Benjamin, Brown, Aaron, Bullock, William, Byrum, Henry, Cadenhead, Thomas, Chambers, John, Dunn, Drury, Echols, Frederick, Elliot, Isaac, Ellis, Isaac, Flournoy, Gipson, Frazer, John, Furguson, Henry, Hart, William, Harvey, Sarah, Harwell, Mason, Hedge, Jeremiah, Howard, Joseph, Hutchinson, William, Leneaves, Samuel, McLemore, James, Moore, Jonathan, Picket, Halbert, Robertson, Nathaniel, Rutland, Martha, Sasnett, Richard, Smith, Nehemiah, Tatum, Nathaniel, Tison, Job, Turk, Theodocius<h5>Online Images of Wills, Inventories, Returns, Guardianships, Sales, etc. Book H 1811 to 1815<\/h5>Testators: Alford, James, Allen, Freeman, Allen, Harris, Andrews, Gray, Barnes, William, Breedlove, William, Buckner, Joel, Camp, Cloudsley, Chambers, Robert, Chandler, William, Danielly, James, Davis, Owen, Dent, William, Doughty, E., Duggar, Sampson, Evans, Stephen, Furguson, Henry, Gilbert, Thomas, Grant, Charles, Griffis, William, Grigg, Jesse, Hall, Hugh, Hall, Samuel, Capt., Hamilton, William, Harton, William, Humphrey, Willie, Jernigan, Needham, Johnston, Jacob, Langford, Euclid, Lewis, Gale, Lucas, James, Martin, Archibald, McCulluh, John, Medlock, George, Mershon, Enos, Morgan, Ellington, Peek, John, Read, Benjamin, Ross, Francis, Sallard, William, Ship, Frances, Ship, Richard, Simmons, Benjamin Sr., Smith, Nehemiah, Smith, William, Tait, Robert, Thweatt, James, Vickers, Thomas, Wallace, William, Webb, Francis, Welch, John<h5>Images of Wills, Inventories, Returns, Guardianships, Sales, etc. Book I 1815 to 1818<\/h5>Testators: Alford, Kinchen, Barnes, William, Bonner, Alexander, Boswell, Charity, Bynum, Byre, Daniell, James, Dennis, Daniel, Duke, Buckner, Easter, James, Evans, Stephen, Ezell, Jesse, Fort, Arthur, Foster, Philemon, Harrison, James, Harwell, Isham, Holsey, James, Johnson, John, Lassiter, Willis, Lewis, Sterling, Nolley, Richmond, Parham, Robert, Peek, John C., Sr., Peterson, John, Pike, Joseph, Pritchet, Philip, Rabun, John, Roe, Sarah, Ross, Francis, Sanders, Mark, Saunders, William, Simms, Robert, Stonum, Bryan, Thorp, Joseph, Thweatt, James, Tyres, Joshua, Wallace, John Sr., Waller, James<h5>Online Images of Wills and Estates, includes Annual Returns, Inventories, Guardianships, Vouchers, Book J, 1818 to 1824<\/h5>Testators: Andrews, Warren , Bosworth, Roderick, Burch, John, Byrom, Henry, Chandler, William , Clayton, Easter , Duckworth, Jacob, Eubanks, Thomas , Fort, Matthew , Gindratt, Henry, Griggs, William Sr., Hamilton, John , Hamilton, William, Holsey, James , Johnson, Nehemiah D., Kelly, John , Lenoir, Lewis, Lewis, Sterling, Lundy, Henry , Mathis, Charles, McAllister, David, Medlock, George , Michael, John , Moon, Susannah, Murphy, William , Pritchett, Joseph , Rabun, Matthew , Rucker, Littleberry, Saunders, William , Skinner, Oliver , Tyus, John , Waller, Nathaniel, West, Ephraim , Wiley, Isaac H. , Williamson, Elizabeth, Wing, William E.<h5>Online Images of Hancock County Wills,Book L, 1820 to 1828<\/h5>Testators: Barnes, Elizabeth;Bledsoe, Gilmore;Brown, William F.;Cannon, Eunice;Colquitt, Henry;Harris, Nelson;Kilgore, John;Lovett, Richard;Maddox, Samuel;Morrism Nathan;Pope, Jesse;Smith, Ezekiel;Stinson, Zadock;Traywich, Robert;Womack, Sherwood<h5>Online Images of Hancock County Will Book M, 1823 to 1828<\/h5>Abercrombie, John;Alford, William Sr.;Appling, Otho;Askew, John; Berry, John;Brooking, Edward;Denson, John E.;Dent, Peter;Grammer Peter;Graybill, Henry;Griffis, Dempsey;Griggs, John;Harris, Absalom;Henderson, John;Huff, James;Lucas, Joshua;McClellan, William;Miller, Charles;Miller, William;Peek, Henry;Ray, William;Reese, James;Sanders, Nathan;Simmons, Sarah;Taylor, Hugh;Temple, Nancy; Wright, Abednego<h5>Online Images of Hancock County Wills, Book N, 1831-1834 &#8211; Not enough space to add names here<\/h5><h5>Indexes to Probate Records<\/h5><ul><li>Wills 1862 to 1881<\/li><li>General Estate Index<\/li><li>Divisions of Estates, Bk U, 1880-1958<\/li><li>Estate Sales 1863-1957<\/li><li>Guardian and Administrator Bonds 1856-1909<\/li><li>Guardian Returns, Vol. 3, 1895-1903<\/li><li>Letters of Guardianship\/Administration 1860-1881<\/li><li>Letters of Guardianship\/Administration 1882-1922<\/li><\/ul><h5>Images and Transcripts of Miscellaneous Wills<\/h5><ul><li>Butler, Edmond LWT (1801)<\/li><li>Danielly, Arthur, deed (digital image)<\/li><li>Danielly, John, deed (digital image)<\/li><li>Harris, Absalom, LWT (1818), transcription<\/li><li>Holland, Benjamin, deed (digital image)<\/li><li>Rudisell, Henry, LWT (1807), transcription<\/li><li>Rudisell, John, LWT (1850), transcription<\/li><li>Rudisell, John, LWT (1804), transcription<\/li><\/ul><h5>Marriages<\/h5><ul><li>1808-1816; 1810-1823; 1823-1836; 1836=1852; 1851-1860; 1860-1866<\/li><li>Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886<\/li><\/ul><h5>Military Records<\/h5><ul><li>1863 Georgia Militia<\/li><\/ul><h5>Images of Deeds<\/h5><ul><li>1793-1798<\/li><\/ul><h5>Origins<\/h5><ul><li>Origins of Early Settlers<\/li><\/ul><h6>Traced Genealogies of Hancock County Families<\/h6><table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\"><tbody><tr><td align=\"center\">Aaron<\/td><td align=\"center\">Abercrombie<\/td><td align=\"center\">Austin<\/td><td align=\"center\">Bass<\/td><\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">Battle<\/td><td align=\"center\">Chappell<\/td><td align=\"center\">Coffee\/Coffey<\/td><td align=\"center\">Devereaux<\/td><\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">Dickson<\/td><td align=\"center\">Gay<\/td><td align=\"center\">Hall<\/td><td align=\"center\">Hearn<\/td><\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">Miller<\/td><td align=\"center\">Parker<\/td><td align=\"center\">Pike<\/td><td align=\"center\">Ross<\/td><\/tr><tr><td align=\"center\">Simms<\/td><td align=\"center\">Waller<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\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-6fcf5e8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6fcf5e8\" 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-454a47a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"454a47a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9129ff7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9129ff7\" 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\">The Battle of Cold Harbor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bddd18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bddd18d\" 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\tJohn Marshall, a native of Virginia, settled in Hancock County, Georgia the early part of the 19th century. He was a Primitive Baptist preacher and a soldier in the war of 1812. His son, John Marshall, enlisted in the War Between the States and engaged in some hard-fought bloody battles, viz: Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, Chancellorsville, James Island, Ocean Pond, Weldon, Kurstin, and Bentonville. He was severely wounded in the battle of Cold Harbor, and was in the hospital for two months but spent three months at home recovering before returning to the army. He was again wounded at the Battle of Bentonville. When the war ended he resumed farming and bought his first land, a small farm in 1867, to which he has added. Ref: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. I.\t\t\t\t\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-f1cd17b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1cd17b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f9a30a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1f9a30a\" 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=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/coldharbor-1-1024x711.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1959\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/coldharbor-1-1024x711.png 1024w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/coldharbor-1-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/coldharbor-1-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/coldharbor-1.png 1440w\" 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\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-d6134b9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6134b9\" 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-73b02ad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"73b02ad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd6b0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1cd6b0f\" 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=\"620\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/granitehill-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1963\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/granitehill-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/granitehill-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/>\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\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e09724 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e09724\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a468b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a468b4\" 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\">Granite Hill Plantation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11405ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11405ec\" 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 Granite Hill plantation was owned by Andrew Jackson Lane in the 1850s. The grounds consisted of 2200 acres and 22 structures. 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