Cherokee County Wills and Estates

Cherokee County was created from the 1832 Georgia Land Lottery and drew residents from all over the State, especially the North Georgia Counties. Many families passed through this county to go on to settle in Cobb and Paulding Counties. Earliest settlers were: James Anderson, Edmund Bagby, Daniel M. Bird, William H. Bell, Samuel Cook, John Cox, Alfred Coulter, John Corbin, Samuel Cobb, William Carmichael, William Dinsmore, John Delaney, John Donald, William Ellison, John Epperson, James Fielder, James Flower, Andrew Green, John Garrison, Littleberry Holcombe, A. S. Hansell, Thomas Hutcherson, Thomas S. Johnson, Wilkinson Jamison, William Kinsey, Alfred Law, Ambrose Manning, John McCoy, Newton Perkins, Richard Ragsdale, Charles Scott, Robert Trout, Elijah Underwood and Nicholas Waddell.

Research Tips

If you are researching persons during the drawing of the 1832 Land Lottery, it is a good idea to also search the Tax Digests to learn more about whn and where they resided. Also, note on the digests the names of the members of the family. This research helps to locate the parents and other relatives!

Marriages 1841 to 1849

Index	pp 1-50	pp 51-100
pp 101-133	pp 134-150	pp 151-170
pp 171-200	pp 201-218	pp 217-247

Marriages 1849 to 1858

Index	pp 1-50	pp 51-100	pp 101-150
pp 151-200	pp 201-248	pp 249-285

Marriages 1854 to 1870

Index

pp 27-100

pp 101-150

pp 151-200

Marriages 1885-1886

1849 Tax Digest

• Dist. 792, Capt. Brannon
• Dist. 817, Capt. Parrot
• Dist. 818, Capt. Dickerson
• Dist. 820, Capt. Surry
• Dist. 890, Capt. Edwards
• Dist. 892, Capt. Rucker
• Dist. 899, Capt. Howel
• Dist. 960, Capt. Harman
• Dist. 971, Capt. Smith
• Dist. 1000, Capt. Drummond
• Dist. 1008, Capt. Strain
• Dist, 1010, Capt. Pucket
• Dist. 1015, Capt. Batey
• Dist. 1019, Capt. Simpson
• Dist. 1026, Capt. Johnson
• Dist. 1028, Capt. Ford
• Dist. 1031, Capt. Conn
• Dist. 1032, Capt. Stephens
• Defaulters