Wayne County Records

Wayne County was created in 1803 from ceded Creek Indian lands and was named after Mad Anthony Wayne, a commander fromPennsylvania during the Revolutionay War. The county seat is Jesup, Georgia.

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Berrien County is located in the area known as "Wiregrass Georgia". The first land lottery which was held in 1805, included 490-acre plots in Wayne County and 202-1/2 acres in Baldwin and Wilkinson counties. For a fee of four cents an acre, common Georgians could amass a sizeable land holding. When you see 202-1/2 acres on a deed or tax digest, this fact established that the land was drawn in the land lottery.