Origins of Wilkes County Settlers from the Notes of Jeannette Holland Austin

Acre, William, 200 acres on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 15.
Allen, Benjamin and wife, Mary, 400 acres on Dry Fork of Long Creek, 1788. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 46.
Allison, Robert, 100 acres on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 15.
Armstrong, James, 400 acre land grant 14 Feb 1788, Long Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 9`.
Arnold, William, 51 acres on Dry Fork, Arnolds Branch, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 21.
Bailey, George, 212 acres, Dry Fork of Kettle Creek, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 25.
Blake, Benjamin, 400 acres on Dry Fork of Long Creek, granted 25 Mar 1787. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 46.
Briscoe, John of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, sold 1000 acres in Franklin County on North Fork of Broad River, 1795. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 115.
Brooks, James, 200 acres on Millstone Creek, waters of the Broad River, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 68.
Brooks, Middleton and wife, Elizabeth, 200 acres on Millstone Creek, waters of the Broad River, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 68.
Caragan, William, residence on Big Creek, 1791. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 12.
Clendening, Matthew, residence on Big Creek, 1791. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 12.
Cornelison, Conrad and Ann, wife, home on Oconee River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 63.
Crews, Etheldred, 105 acres, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 85.
Criswell, David, residence on Saffolds Fork of Long Creek, 1795. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 13.
Duke, William and Winneford, wife, 200 acres Long Creek, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 23.
Ector, Hugh purchased 500 acres from Willis Pope, both sides of Golden Grove Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 140.
Elsbury, Benjamin, residence on Troublesom, a branch of Long Creek, 200 acres, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 81.
Finch, William, 200 acres on Clouds Creek, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 38.
Flournoy, Robert, 200 acres, 1793, land originally granted to Sir James Wright and confiscated and sold to apt. Robert Flournoy 11/22/1783. Columbia County deed.
Gardner, Samuel, home on north fork of Clouds Creek, 150 acres, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 1.
Gilham, Thomas, 300 acres on Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 4.
Gordon, Alexander, 80 acres, Clouds Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 144.
Greene, Peleg and wife, Freelance of Georgetown, 1792. Columbia County deed.
Gresham, Ferdinand, 200 acres on Kettle Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 19.
Hardman, Charles, land grant 5 Jul 1786, 200 acres on Goosepond Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 27.
Hardman, Uriah and wife, Fanny, 200 acres on Goosepond Creek, 1790. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 27.
Hay, Gilbert, home on Long Creek, 250 acres. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 310.
Heard, Stephen, 105 acres, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 85.
Hillhouse, David of Montville, Connecticut. 3/12/1792, Jackson County deed.
James, William, 100 acres on Kettle Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 9.
Jones, William, home on Beaverdam Creek, waters of Broad River. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 110.
Killough, Allen and wife, Margaret, 650 acres on Long Creek, granted Allen Killough on 27 April 1789. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 82.
King, John, Esq. and wife Jane, land on Uptons Creek, 1791. Columbia County deed.
Kirkendall, James, 200 acres on Long Creek, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 57.
Lane, James, 200 acres on Dry Fork of Long Creek, 1794. Oglethorpe Deed Book A, page 114.
Lasley, William, residence on Troublesom, a branch of Long Creek, 200 acres, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 81.
Livingston, Abraham, 1500 acre survey grated 14 Nov 1787. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 63.
Luckie, John, 200 acres on Long Creek, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 36.
Lumpkin, George, Ann and Pittman, 200 acres on Buffalo Creek, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 52.
Marks, James and wife, Elizabeth, 720 acres on Millstone Creek, a branch of the Broad River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 73.
Marr, Hugh, residence on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 108.
Maxwell, Robert, 200 acres on Long Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 91.
McCamon, James, 300 acres on Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 399.
McLane, Lewis and Rhoda, wife, 1000 acres in Franklin County on North Fork of Broad River, 1795. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 115.
Middleton, Holland, owned a plantation on the Kiokee in 1796.
Penn, Moses, Gentleman, residence on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 108.
Perkins, Peter and wife, Sarah, owned Lot 48 in Wrightsboro. 7/2/1797 Columbia County deed.
Ponder, John, 230 acres on Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 11.
Porter, Benjamin and wife, Patsy Claiborne, sell Fruit Hill plantation originally granted to William Few, 350 acres. 6/22/1792. Columbia County deed.
Patrick, William and wife, Lucy, 700 acres on Long Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 34.
Pittman, Jesse, home on Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 43.
Pittman, John Sr., land grant dated 2 April 1785, 100 acres on Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 43.
Pope Willis and wife, Mary, 500 acres on both sides of Golden Grove Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 140.
Riden, Benjamin, 200 acres on Kettle Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 19.
Riggs, Reubin, home on Oconee River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 63.
Rutlidge, James and wife, Ann, 51 acres on Dry Fork, Arnolds Branch, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 21.
Sanders, Abraham, 23 acres on Middle Creek, 1791. Columbia County deed.
Sanders, Brittain, waters of Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 55.
Sewall, Lewis, 220 acres in fork of Little River, Oglethorpe County, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 94.
Shores, Reubin and wife, Mary, waters of Clouds Creek. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 55.
Talbot, Clayton, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 5.
Taney, Raphael, St. Marys County, Maryland, 220 acres in fork of Little River, Oglethorpe County, 1794. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 94.
Tanner, John, Long Creek, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 93.
Terry, Thomas and wife, Loreinea, 200 acres on Long Creek, 1792. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 57.
Thompson, Joseph, land on Sills Fork of Little River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 87.
Trent, Henry, 1793, 200 acres, home on waters of Little River. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 4.
Vanwinkle, John from South Carolina, land on Beaverdam Creek, waters of Broad River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 110.
Wadle, Charles of Greenville County, South Carolina sold land on Saffolds Fork of Long Creek, 1795. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 13.
Wallace, Olive, 100 acres on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 82.
Wilkes, John, residence on Troublesom, a branch of Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 111.
Williamson, Joseph, 1793, 200 acres, home on waters of Little River. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 4.
Willingham, Jesse, James and wife, Elizabeth, 720 acres on Millstone Creek, a branch of the Broad River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 73.
Woodall, Joseph, 100 acres on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 15.
Young, George, Sr., 300 acres on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 93.
Young, John, 300 acres on Long Creek, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 93.
Young, Leonard, land on Sills Fork of Little River, 1793. Oglethorpe County Deed Book A, page 87.