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Fayette County Probate Records

By Jeannette Holland Austin
Abstracts of Wills 1828-1897

Indexes to Wills 1828-1897 (page numbers)

Anthony, Joseph 76 Baily, Sarah 432 Baker, Jane Price 237,248 Ballard, Thomas W. 508
Banister, Grey 389 Banks, Joseph 398 Banks, Wiseman 217-229 Blalock, Zadoc 357-359
Bosworth,Wiley 232-234 Bottoms, James 357-359 Bowers, Jacob 511-512 Boyd, James 476
Braswell, Wm 195-198, 221-222 Brasell, Willis 436 Brassell 436 Brown, Dempsey 407
Buffington, Henderson 20, 209-210 Burgandy, John 312 Burk, John 179-180 Campbell, W.J. 239-240
Carroll, Thomas 38 Chandler, Asa 117-119 Clark, L. B. 229-231 Cleckler, Hillery 506-507
Clements, Mary 551-555 Cockrell, Mary 128-130 Coker, Abraham 45 Cook, Harbard 127-128
Cox, Gabriel H. 573-578 Cox, Samuel 239-240 Davis, George M. 529 Davis, Rachael 473
Davis, Zadoc Denson, Elkanah 5 DeVaughn, Catherine 403 DeVaughn, John 363-364
Dickson, David 9 Drennan, Clarrissa 544 Eason, Rice 405-407 Easton, Silas C. 100-102
Echols, Elizabeth 1 Elder, Josiah H. 416-418 Ellison, S. H. 410 Fall, Milton B. 491-493
Faulkner, Thomas P. 152-155 Favor, Oliver 321-323 Fitzgerald, Ann 139-141 Fuller, Amos H. 380
Gay, Gilbert 113-116 Gay, Isaac 433 Glass, Richard 43 Graves, Charles 112-113
Graves, Susan 496-499 Gray, Ambrose W. 367 Gray, Sarah 29 Greer, Samuel 567
Griffith, G. W. 447 Griggs, Wm W. 395 Halsten, John 33 Hale, Thomas 115
Harper, B. F.82-86 Harris, Morris 103-105 Harris, Robert 11 Harrison, Polly 458
Hartley, Isaac 532 Head, James W. 143-146 Head, Wm 387 Henderson, Mitchel 90-92
Hill, Elisha 149 Hill, Wm N. 170 Hinniard, John 20 Jackson, Edmond 429
Jackson, Reuben 108-110 Jenkins, Williamson 426 Jennings, Allen 82-86 Johnson, Thomas 210-212
Jones, Ann 131-132 Jones, B. O. 504-505 Jones, C. S. 504-505 Jones, Sarah 524-526
Jones, W. A. 527 Jones, W. J. 429 Kinebrew, Henry 108-110 King, George C. 240-242
King, Maderson 235 Landrum, Jeptha 391 Landrum, Larkin 47 Lassiter, Jesse 73
Leopard, Holland 78 Lester, Elizabeth 539 Lester, Rachel 585-586 Lester, Wade 551
Liles, Arthur 62 Liles, Steven 18 Lord, Jordan 491 Lynch, James W. 536
Man, Sarah 123 Marshburn 247 Martin, Mary C. 441-443 Martin, Samuel B. 247
Martin, Wright 13 Mathews, David 481 McBride, Andrew Sr. 438-441 McElroy, Peter E. 556
McLain, Mary 137-139 McLean, John 95-99 McLean, Oliver 64 McLeroy, Henry 122-123
McLeroy, James 175 Miller, Nathaniel 460-461 Mills, Moses 14 Milner, Thomas J. 224
Miser, Lot 441-443 Mitchel, Dannille 189 Morgan, L. 556 Mosley, Howell 160
Murphey, John H. 215-218 Murphey, Joseph 8 Murphy, Simon P. 93 Osburn, Wm 31
Parrott, John 251-252 Pate, James 9 Patterson, Francis M. 213 Pearce, John 141-143
Pearson, Oliver M. 173 Price, Francis 66 Price, C. S. 534 Pyle Samuel 462
Redwine, W. P. 541 Rivers, Wm H. 488-491 Robinson, Charles JU. 486-488 Robinson, Samuel 377-379
Rogers, J. D. 422 Routon, John 23 Rush, John 444-446 Sanders, Flora 163-166
Shell, Daniel 413-415 Shropshire, M. L., Mrs. 469 Smith, A. R. 389 Smith, Alexnder 87-89
Smith, Isaac 366 Smith, Jane E. 180-181 Smith, Johnathan 166-168 Smith, Stephen 80-81
Snead, John 561 Speer, John W. 237 Spratlin, Jesse M. 205 Spruell, Henry C. 345
Spurlin, James M 513-517 Stanfield, Wm B. 356 Stewart, Wm 28 Tankersley Eli 158
Telghman, aron 16 Thompson, Samuel 133 Thornton, Haywood 353-354 Thornton, Kitey 453
Tomlinson, Leonard H. 133 Turner, Moses T. 369-360 Waldroup, John 22 Walls, John 26
Ware, R. P. 397 Wesley, Evans 33 West, Allen 243-244 West, Britten 570-572
West, Windom 125-126 Whaley, Mary 302-303 Whitaker, Levicy 424 Whitaker, Simon T. 147-148
White, Margarett J. 435 Wilkins, Samuel 361-362 Wyatt, Wm 401 Yates, Matthew 450-452

Fayette County, Georgia Probate and Court Records

1821 Map of Fayette County Fayette County was created as a result of the Land Lottery Draw of 1821 and is an original county. The land itself was ceded from the Creek Indian Nation. Since, the following counties have been taken from parts of Fayette, viz: Campbell (now Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton and Spalding. It was named for Revolutionary War hero, Marquis de LaFayette, who fought with General George Washington. Fayetteville was named as the county seat in 1823 and the present-day courthouse in the town square was built in 1825. It remains the oldest surviving courthouse in Georgia. During The War Between The States, while the cavalry paroled the county, a Confederate wagon supply train was burned just two miles west of Fayetteville. It was on this elusive site that one of the last cavalry skirmishes occurred and during that battle the Confederate gold disappeared. Rumors include the gold being buried nearby, the train being driven to Nashville. While Underground Atlanta was being constructed, a supply of gold was found buried inside brick buildings. This may have been the gold! In the 1930's, the Author of Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell spent time in Fayette County in the home of her great Grandfather, Phillip Fitzgerald who came to Fayette County in the 1830's and established his plantation of several thousand acres on Tara Road near Jonesboro. The family is buried in the Fayetteville City Cemetery.

Genealogy Tips.

Most of the original records are intact. When researching Fayette Counties, one should also research Clayton and Spalding Counties as many families are entwined. Also, the tax digests should be included. This will assist in locating whether the land was drawn in a land lottery (202-1/2 acres).

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