{"id":520,"date":"2023-11-10T23:49:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T18:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.skstechsolution.us\/?post_type=country&#038;p=520"},"modified":"2023-11-21T21:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T15:59:21","slug":"telfair","status":"publish","type":"county","link":"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/?county=telfair","title":{"rendered":"Telfair"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"520\" class=\"elementor elementor-520\" data-elementor-post-type=\"county\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-214a06e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"214a06e\" 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-1f23cb0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1f23cb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0541b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0541b07\" 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\">Telfair County Genealogy, Wills, Estates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c6bfae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c6bfae\" 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\tTelfair County was created from Wilkinson County by an act of the General Assembly approved Dec. 10, 1807, and was named for former governor and congressman Edward Telfair (1735-1807). In 1812, the legislature transferred the portion of Telfair County between the Oconee and Little Ocmulgee rivers to Montgomery County. In 1819 and 1825, the legislature transferred respectively land lots 1 and 6 in Appling County to Telfair County. As a result, Telfair included land south of the Ocmulgee River until 1854 when the legislature transferred this area to Coffee County. The county seat is McRae, Georgia.\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-a4e55d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4e55d2\" 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>Early Settlers: George Browning, Barnabus Livingston, Mitchell Wilcox.<\/p><ul><li>Index to Telfair County Wills, Bk F, 1869-1921.<\/li><li>Index to Telfair County Annual Returns, 1879-1937<\/li><\/ul>\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-4ba2527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ba2527\" 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\">Telfair County Wills 1857-1890 (Digital Images)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d831d52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d831d52\" 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\tTestators: Bain, John;Beacham, Mark;Caldwell, Josiah; Campbell, Archibald;Campbell, Margaret;Campbell, M. M.;Clark, Wesley;Clemins, L. H.;Fussell, Jacob; Hubbard, Catharine;J arrell, John;Johnson, Walter, Mrs.;Livingston, Barnabus;McLean, Anne;McLean, John;McRae, Duncan;Mims, Archibald; Simons, Jonathan;Smith, Alfred;Smith, Flora;Stewart, Charles; Swiney, Emiline;Webb, Crawford;Wilcox, John;Wilcox, Mitchell G.; Williamson, James\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-19f4d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19f4d5b\" 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\">Marriages<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f6c0c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f6c0c1\" 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>1807 to 1858<\/li><\/ul><h5>Traced Genealogies: Telfair County Families<\/h5><table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"8\" cellpadding=\"8\" align=\"center\"><tbody><tr><td>Anderson<\/td><td>Coffee\/Coffey<\/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 class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-042c72b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"042c72b\" 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=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/musketball.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3021\" 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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-520","county","type-county","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Telfair - Georgia Pioneers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/georgiapioneers.com\/?county=telfair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telfair - Georgia Pioneers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Telfair County Genealogy, Wills, Estates Telfair County was created from Wilkinson County by an act of the General Assembly approved Dec. 10, 1807, and was named for former governor and congressman Edward Telfair (1735-1807). 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