Muscogee County Records

Muscogee County was created on December 11, 1826 to be situated on over 2,000 miles of Indian territory which was located between the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers.

Genealogy Tips. This is one of the land lottery counties from which persons located in the eastern counties drew in 1827. A very challenging event, indeed, to removed further West! Although many persons drew in this lottery, all of them did not take up their land in Muscogee County. A thorough search into the deed records (where that person resided when they drew in the lottery, as well as those in Muscogee County, will help to establish the migratory paths of your ancestor. Research is also indicated in Troup, Haralson, Harris, Talbot Counties, Georgia as well as in Russell County, Alabama where so many persons from Muscogee later settled.