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General Index to Deeds 1785-1821
Bonds Pre-1800
Church Records
Miscellaneous Wills & Estates
- Anthony, Joseph, Estate (1815) of
- Arnold, Moses, Estate (1810) of
- Favor, Henry, guardianship of
- Favor, John, Sr., Estate (1833) (Image)
- Favor, John, Estate (1850) (Image)
- Favor, John, Inventory (1818)
- Favor, John, Estate (1818) (Image)
- Favor, Matthew, Bond for Estate of John Favor Sr., 1829 (Image)
- Favor, Sanders, Guardians of (1819)
- Hartsfield,, Andrew, power of attorney granted from Richard Hartsfield, Wake Co., NC
- Keith, George W., Annual Return for the minor children of William A. Keith, deceased, 1850 (Image)
- Marks, John, estate (image) (1800)
- Matthews, James, estate
- Matthews, Robert, estate
- McLane, John, LWT, Bk 1792-1801, pp. 115-117
- McLane, Mariney, LWT, Bk 1792-1801, pp. 240
Miscellaneus
Tax Digests
Military Records
Maps
Newspapers (Images of certain editions)
Indexes to Probate Records
Images of Wilkes County Wills 1786-1806
Images of Wilkes County Wills 1792-1801
Images of Wills 1806-1808
Images of Wills 1810-1816 (No Index)
Images of Wills 1818-1819
Images of Wilkes County Inventories, Appraisemnts, Sales 1836 to 1839
Inferior Court Minutes 1799-1803 (no index)
Inferior Court Minutes 1798-1811
Images of Wills 1837-1877
Wilkes Counry Records
Wilkes County was created in 1777 from ceded lands of Cherokee and Creek Indians. People who resided in Wilkes County are also found in Warren and Oglethorpe Counties.Between 1790 and 1854, the legislature took land from Wilkes County to form Elbert County (1790), Oglethorpe County (1793), and Lincoln County (1796), and to help form Warren County (1793) and Taliaferro County (1825). County seat is Washington, Georgia. Lincoln County should always be researched along with Wilkes.Many of the first settlers came from Virginia and North Carolina to take up the ceded lands (from the Indians) during the late 1700's.
Early Settlers: John Heard, William Rasberry, James Gray, David Montgomery, John Marks, Bernard Zimmerman, George Bailey, William Mathis, Solomon Ellis and others. Origins of Early Settlers
Genealogy Tips
During the late 18th century, settlers who had taken up land grants in the West, return to the East. It appears that the reason was to fight in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War. Many were from that portion of North Carolina and Tennessee which became the State of Franklin. That would include the counties of : Sevier, Greene County (included modern Cocke County), Caswell (modern Jefferson County and Hamblen County), Spencer (modern Hawkins County), Washington County (included modern Unicoi County), Sullivan County and Wayne County (modern Johnson County and Carter County).
Marriage Records 1806-1834
Images of Marriages 1819-1836
Marriage Indexes
