Columbia County Wills, Estates, Deeds

Columbia County was created in 1777 and is the site of Augusta, Georgia where the earliest Indian trading posts thrived during Colonial days, trading peltswith whites from Savannah to Augusta.

Genealogy Tips

After the American Revolution, a group of Quakers settled in Columbia County in that portion which later became McDuffie County.

Researchers should research Richmond and Columbia Counties together, because land boundaries and the overlapping of family plantations, etc.

The Estate Accounts represent where heirs were paid, etc. Inventories and Sales also reflect purchases from the estate by family members. Letters of Administration prove a person's death irregardless of whether a will or other estate records was found. A good rule of thumb is that the heirs usually filed within several days of decedent's death.

Maps were scanned in such a manner as to provide details for locating creeks, branches, rivers, lakes, churches, schools and cemeteries. This will enable you to better locate the old homeplace using the description from old non-specific deeds. Also, a convenience in locating both private and public cemeteries in the area.

Images of Plats 1794-1824

• Index
• pp 1-50
• pp 51-100
• pp 101-150
• pp 151-200
• pp 201-end

Images of Miscellaneous Documents

• Beal, Hezekiah, estate
• Burnsides, Thomas (1828)
• Burnsides, Thomas (1828), pg. 2
• Burnsides, Matthew, pg. 1
• Burnsides, Matthew, pg. 2
• Cartlidge, Thomas, estate. Sale of Perishable Property. Bk EE (1839-50)
• Cole, Isaac, estate. Inventory. Bk G (1804-1810)
• Darsey, George, estate. Inventory.page 285. Inventory Bk EE (1839-1850)
• Dooly, Thomas estate. Appraisement. Bk EE (1839-50)
• Garnett, John, estate
• Going, William estate. Return. Bk EE (1839-50)
• Gray, Nancy. Inventory. Bk EE (1839-50)
• Hobb, Mary, Obituary
• Lamkin, James. Last Will and Testament dated 1791, Loose Wills
• Lamkin, James. Last Will and Testament dated 1844, Loose Wills
• Lamkin, James Inventory of Property. Bk EE (1839-50)
• Lamkin, Samuel, deed to Elizabeth Norment, 1808. Bk P., page 13
• Norment, William C. estate. 1805. Bk G (1804-1810).
• Norment, William. 1795 Deed to John Lamkin, pp. 454-5, Bk A
• Peek, John Sr. deed to John Peek, Jr., Bk O, pp. 318-319.
• Ray, Joseph, estate
• Sims, Mann, LWT (1873), digital image of original
• Sutherland, John, LWT (1820), digital image
• Tankersley, William. Appraisement of Personal Property. Bk EE (1839-50)
• Walker, Adam, Dr.
• Walton, John, estate
• Whitcomb, Notley Deed to Allen Warren 10/13/1802. Bk E (1816) pp 333-4
• Wilkins, Susannah (will)
• Wilkins, Thomas (will)
• Wilkins, William (will)
• Wilkins, William (2) (will)
• Youngblood, Abraham estate. Ltrs of Admn to George Youngblood. (1788-98)
• Youngblood, George Deed to Jesse Offutt 12-17-1801. Bk E (1816) pp 183-4.
• Youngblood, John Deed to Anderson Crawford 2/5/1801. Bk E (1816)
• Youngblood, John Deed to Abraham Youngblood 4/4/1803. Bk E (1816), pp. 419-420.