GEORGIA

I. Guides a. Robert S. Davis, Research in Georgia. b. George Schweitzer, Georgia Genealogical Research. c. Ted 0. Brooke, Georgia Genealogical Workbook. d. Marilyn Adams, Georgia, Local History and Family History Sources in Print. e. Hazel Purdie, Georgia Bibliography, County History. f. Marion R. Hemperley, Cities, Towns, and Communities of Georgia between

1847-1962, 8500 Places and the County in Which Located. g. Arthur Rowland, A Bibliography of the Writings on Georgia History. h. John E. Simpson, Georgia History, a Bibliography. i. Pat Bryant, Georgia Counties: Their Changing Boundaries. j. Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Atlanta Histprical Society. k. John H. Goff, Placenames of Georgia. l. C. C. Jones, The Dead Towns of Georgia. m. Janice G. Blake, Pre-Nineteenth Century Maps in the Collection of the

Georgia Surveyor General Department. n. James C. Bonner, Atlas for Georgia History.

2 Census & Tax Records· a. Index to Georgia Tax Digests, 1789-1817, 5 vols. b. Frank P. Hudson, 1790 Census of Wilkes County, Georgia. c. -------, Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records 1785-1805. 2 vols. c. Ronald Vern Jackson, Early Georgia. d. Ruth Blair, Some Early Tax Digests of Georgia. e. Mrs. Leonard G. Delamar, Reconstructed 1790 Census of Georgia. f. Joseph T. Maddox, Information on Some Georgia Pioneers. g. Index to United States Census of Georgia for 1820. h. Ronald Vern Jackson, Georgia 1820 Census Index. i. Delwyn Associates, 1830 Census of Georgia. j. Alvaretta K. Register, Index to the 1830 Census of Georgia. k. Ronald Vern Jackson, Georgia 1830 Census Index. l. -------,Georgia 1840 Census Index. m. Eileen Sheffield, 1840 Index to Georgia Census. n. Brigid S. Townsend, Indexes to Seven State Census Reports for Counties in

Georgia 1838-1845. o. Census for Georgia Counties: Taliaferro 1827, Lumpkin 1838, Chatham 1845. p. Ronald Vern Jackons, Georgia 1850 Census Index. q. Arlis L. Acord, Index for the 1860 Federal Census of Georgia. r. Aurora C. Shaw, 1850 Georgia Mortality Schedules. s. Ronald Vern Jackson, Mortality Schedule, Georgia, 1850. t. -------, Georgia 1860 Mortality Schedule. u. Georgia 1860 Census Index. v. Georgia 1870 Census Index. w. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, _ Georgia, 1865-1866. Microfilm, M762,

8 rolls. x. Jack F. Cox, The 1850 Census of Georgia Slave Owners.

3 Probate· a. Colonial Dames of America, Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of

Georgia. b. Ted 0. Brooke, In the Name of God, Amen. Georgia Wills 1733-1860, an

Index of Testators to Wills of Georgia Recorded in Colonial Will Books and in Loose Will Collections, 1733-1777 and Wills Recorded or on File in County and State Offices, 1777-1860.

c. Marilyn Adams, Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778. d. Jeanette H. Austin, Index to Georgia Wills. e. ------- Georgia Intestate Records. f. ------- Abstracts of Georgia Wills.

4 land· a. Pat Bryant, English Crown Grants for Islands in Georgia 1755-1775. b. -------, English Crown Grants in St. George Parish in Georgia 1755-1775. c. -------, English Crown Grants in St. Andrew Parish in Georgia 1755-1775. d. Marion Hemperley, English Crown Grants for St. Philip Parish in Georgia

1755-1775. e. -------, English Crown Grants in Christ Church Parish in Georgia 1755-1775. f. -------, English Crown Grants in St. Matthew Parish in Georgia 1755-1775. g. -------, English Crown Grants for Parishes of St. David, St. Patrick, St.

Thomas, St. Mary in Georgia 1755-1775. h. -------, English Crown Grants in St. John Parish in Georgia 1755-1775.

· i. -------, English Crown Grants in St. Paul Parish in Georgia 1755-1775. j. -------, The Georgia Surveyor General Department: A History and Inventory

of Georgia's Land Office. j. Eve B. Weeks, Georgia Land Owners Memorials 1758-1776. k. Alex M. Hitz, Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of

the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia Taken from Official State Records in the Surveyor General Department Housed in the Georgia Department of Archives and History.

1. -------,Georgia Bounty Land Grants. m. Silas E. Lucas, Index to the Headright and Bounty Grants of Georgia. n. Virginia S. Woodi 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. o. Joseph T. Maddox, Information on Some Georgia Pioneers. [Based on the 1805

land lottery] ' p. Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia. q. Silas E. Lucas, The Third or 1820 Land Lottery of Georgia. r. -------, The Fourth of 1821 Land Lottery of Georgia. s. -------, 1832 Gold Lottery of Georgia Containing a List of the Fortunate

Drawers in Said Lottery. t. Robert S. Davis, The Georgia Land Lottery Papers 1805-1914, Genealogical

Data rom the Loose Papers Filed in the Georgia Surveyor General Office Concerning the Lots Won in the State Land Lotteries and the People Who Won Them.

u. Martha Houston, Reprint of the Official Register of Land Lottery of Geo~gia 1827.

v. Pat Bryant, Entry of Claims for Georgia Landholders 1733-1755. w. George F. Walker, Abstracts of Georgia Colonial Book J, 1755-1762. x. Frances H. Beckemeyer, Abstracts of Georgia Colonial Conveyance Book C-1

1750-1761. y. An Index to Georgia Colonial Conveyances and Confiscated Land Records 17~0

1804. ~. James F. Smith, The Cherokee Land Lottery. [1832] aa. Mary B. Warren, Georgia Governor and Council Journals 1753-1760, 1761-

1767, 1772-1773. bb. Nicole M. O'Kelley & Mary B. Warren, Georgia Revolutionary Bounty Land

Records 1783-1785.

cc. Robert Scott Davis, The 1833 Land Lottery of Georgia and Other Missing Names of Winners in the Georgia Land Lotteries.

dd. Nathan Mathews , Abstracts of Georgia Land Plat Books A & B 1779-1785. ee. George White, Historical Collections of Georgia. [pp. 35-40] ff. George G. Smith, The Story of Georgia and the Georgia People.

[pp.S57-60] gg. The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia. hh. Francis W. Cadle, Georgia Land Surveying: History and Laws. ii. Michal M. Farmer, Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A-VV 1784-1806. jj. Yazoo Land Company: House of Representatives Document 110 Eighth Congress

Second Session 1805. kk. Samuel G. Mclendon, History of the Public Domains of Georgia. ll. Georgia Surveyor General, Colonial and Headright Grants. Microfilm. mm. Georgia Surveyor General, Land Lottery Grants.

5 Military· a. Dorothy E. Payne, Georgia Pensioners (American Revolution, War of 1812,

Mexican War). b. Georgia Military Affairs, 1778-1842. Microfilm, 4 rolls. c. Georgia Military Records, 1779-1899, 6 vols. [microfilm] d. Gordon B. Smith, History of the Georgia Militia 1783-1861. v. I: Campaigns

and Generals; v. II Counties and Commanders. Colonial Wars

a. Murtie June Clark, Colonial Soldiers of the South. Revolutionary War

a. Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants Awarded by State Governments.

b. Lucian L. Knight, Georgia's Roster of the Revolution. c. Ettie McCall, Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, 3 vols. d. Allen D. Candler, Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia. e. Revolutionary Soldiers' Receipts for Georgia Bounty Grants. f. Martha Houston, The Revolutionary Soldiers and Widows of Revol utionary

Soldiers Living in Georgia 1827-28. g. Robert S. Davis, Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution. h. Mary Carter, Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers, Sailors, Patriots, and

Descendants, 2 vols. i. Caroline P. Wilson, Annals of Georgia, v. I. j. Robert Scott Davis, Georgians in the Revolution at Kettle Creek, Wilkes

County and Burke County. k. Murtie June Clark, Loyalists in the Southern Campaign. l. Marion P. Hemperley, Military Certificates of Georgia 1776-1800. m. H. Ross Arnold, Georgia Revolutionary War Soldiers Graves. n. Mary B. Warren, Revolutionary Memoirs and Muster Rolls. o. Final Revolutionary War Pension Payment Vouchers: Georgia. Microfilm,

M1746, 6 rolls. p. Lachland Mcintosh Papers in the University of Georgia Libraries.

Frontier Clases a. Murtie June Clark, American Militia in the Frontier Wars 1790-1796. b. Virgil D. White, Index to Volunteer Soldiers 1784-1811. c. Claims for Georgia Militia Campaigns Against Frontier Indians, 1792-

1827. Microfilm, M1745, 5 rolls.

War of 1812 a. Judy S. Kratovil, Index to War of 1812 Service Records for Volunteer

Soldiers from Georgia. Civil War

a. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served from the State of Georgia, Microfilm, M266, 607 rolls.

b. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers from the State of Georgia, Microfilm, 1 roll.

c. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served from the State of Georgia. M403, 1 roll.

d. Lillian Henderson, Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-65, 6 vols. + index.

e. Virgil D. White, Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files. f. WilliamS. Smedlund, Camp Fires of Georgia's Troops, 1861-1865. g. Georgia Militia Enrollment List 1864, Microfilm, 7 rolls. h. Stewart Sifakis, Compendium of the Confederate Armies: South Carolina and

Georgia. i. Ted 0. Brooke, Index to Georgia's Confederate Pension Supplements. [+7500] j. Nancy J. Cornell, The 1864 Census for Re-organizing the Georgia Militia. k. Georgia Confederate Pension Applications. Microfilm, 498 rolls. 1. George Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865. 4 vols. [181,000] m. Roster of Union Soldiers 1861-1865: Missouri ... Georgia .... n. Patricia K. Jones, Pensions and Relief for Confederate Veterans and Widows

of Georgia. p. The Roster of Union Soldiers 1861-1865: Missouri ... Georgia ....

Spanish American War a. Carlton J. Thaxton, A Roster of Spanish American Soldiers from Georgia.

Mexican Border Conflict a. Roster of Georgia Troops Pancho Villa Campaign 1916. Microfilm, 2 rolls.

World War I a. Ashley K. Nuckols, Deaths American Expeditionary Force W. W. I 1917, 1918:

Georgia. b. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918.

Microfilm, M1509.

6 Et Cetera· a. Mary B. Warren, Whites among the Cherokees, Georgia 1828-1838. b. Donna B. Thaxton, Georgia Indian Depredation Claims. c. William C. Stewart, Gone to Georgia, Jackson and Gwinett Counties. d. Samuel Urlsperger, Detailed Reports on the Salzburger Emigrants Who

Settled in America. e. Philip A. Strobel, The Salzburgers and Their Descendants. f. Pearl R. Gann, Georgia Salzburgers and Allied Families. g. George F. Jones, The Germans of Colonial Georgia. h. -------, Ebenezer Record Book 1754~1781, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and

Burials of Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church of Effingham, Georgia, More Commonly Known as Ebenezer Church.

i. -------, Salzburger Saga, Religious Exiles and Other Germans Along the Savannah.

j. ------- The Georgia Dutch: From the Rhine and Danube to the Savannah 1733-1738.

k. Ellis M. Coulter, A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia.

l. James Stacy, History and Published Records of the Midway Congregational Church, Liberty County, Georgia.

m. Jeannette H. Stucki, Colonial Georgians. n. Dorothy W. Potters, Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1720-1823, Indian,

Spanish and Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina.

o. Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass, 8 vols. +index v.1-7. p. Jesse Mercer, History of the Georgia Baptist Association. q. Jeremiah J. O'Connell, Catholicity in the Carolinas and Georgia, Leaves

of Its History A.D. 1820--A.D. 1878. r. George G. Smith, The History of Methodism in Georgia and Florida, from

1787 to 1865. s. Harold Lawrence, Methodist Preachers in Georgia 1783-1900. t. James Stacy, A History of the Presbyterian Church in Georgia. u. Groves H. Cartledge, Historical Sketches; Presbyterian Churches and

Early Settlers in Northeast Georgia. v. RobertS. Davis, Quaker Records in Georgia: Wrightsborough 1772-1793 .

Friendsborough 1776-1777. w. William F. Medlin, Quaker Families of South Carolina and Georgia. x. Frederick L. Weis, The Colonial Clergy of Maryland, Delaware, and

Georgia. y. Index to Georgia Poor--School and Academy Records 1826-1850. z. Adelaide L. Fries, Moravians in Georgia. 1735-1740. aa. 250th Anniversary of Jewish Settlement in Georgia 1733-1983. bb. Colonial Records of the State of Georgia. cc. George White, Historical Collections of Georgia. dd. History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia. ee. Don L. Shadburn, Cherokee Planters in Georgia 1832-1838 ff. George R. Gilmer, Sketches of Some of the First Settlers of Upper Georgia

of the Cherokees, and the author. gg. Sherry Harris, Georgia Salt Lists 1862--Rabun thru Worth Counties. [+9600] hh. John D. Brandenburg, Index to Georgia's 1867-1868 Returns of Qualified

Voters and Registration Oath Books (White). ii. Linda W. Geiger, Index to Georgia's Federal Naturalization Records to

1950: (Excluding Military Petitions). jj. Janet B. Jehn, Acadian Exiles in the Colonies. kk. Judy S. Kratovil, Georgia's Governors' Journals 1789-1798: County, State

and Militia Officers. ll. Naturalization Records of U.S. District Courts in the Southeast, 1790-

1858. M1547, Georgia: rolls 43-61, 100-105. mm. First Families of Georgia, 1733-1791, Lineage Book I. nn. George B. Cutten, The Silversmiths of Georgia.

7 Vital Statistics· a. Jeannette H. Austin, Georgia Bible Records. b. Pearl R. Baker, 'Neath Georgia Sod: Cemetery Inscriptions. c. Joseph T. Maddox, 37,000 Georgia Marriages. d. -------, 40,000 Georgia Marriages. e. -------, Georgia Marriage Roundup. f. -------, Early Georgia Marriages. g. Frances T. Ingmire, Colonial Georgia Marriage Records from 1760--1810. h. Mary B. Warren, Georgia Marriages 1811 through 1820 Prepared from Extant

Legal Records and Published Sources. i. Colonial Dames of America, Some Early Epitaphs in Georgia.

j ·. The Hollingsworth Card File, Microfilm. k. Jeanette H. Austin, The Georgians, Genealogies of Pioneer Settlers. 1. RobertS. Davis, The Georgia Black Book. m. Georgia Genealogical Gems, A Gathering of Articles Previously Published in

the NGSQ. n. Silas E. Lucas, Some Georgia County Records. 10 vols. o. Robert S. Davis, Researcher's Library of Georgia History, Genealogy and

Records Sources. p. Georgia Marriages, Early to 1800. [4,100 entries]

Georgia Marriages 1801 to 1825. Georgia Marriages 1826 to 1850.

q. Georgia Death Index 1919-1993. Microfiche. r. Georgia Marriage Index 1964-1992. Microfiche. s. Georgia Divorce Index 1965-1992. Microfiche. t. Jeannette H. Austin, 30,638 Burials in Georgia. u. Arthur R. Rowland, "Names Changed Legally in Ga., 1800-1856," National

Genealogical Society Quarterly, LV (1967) 177-210.

8 Newspapers· a. Georgia Newspapers on Microfilm at the UGA Libraries. b. Folks Huxford, Genealogical Material from Legal Notices in Early Georgia

Newspapers. c. -------, Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers. d. Robert A. Hodge, Some Georgia Reported Deaths 1842-1848. e. Mary Overy, Obituaries Published by the Christian Index 1822-1899. f. -------, Marriages Published in the Christian Index 1828-1855. g. Willard Rocker, Marriages and Obituaries from the Macon Messenger 1818-

1865. h. Elizabeth T. LeMaster, Abstracts of Georgia Death Notices from the

Southern Recorder 1830-1855. i. -------,Abstracts of Georgia Marriage Notices from the Southern

Recorder 1830-1855. · ' j. Mary B. Warren, Marriages and Deaths 1763 to 1820. k. Personal Name Index to the Augusta Chronicle 1787-1799. 1. Fred R. Hartz, Genealogical Abstracts from the Georgia Journal,

Milledgeville Newspaper 1809-1840. m. Georgia Gazette, 1763-1796. Microfilm, 5 rolls.

9 Biography· a. William J. Northen, Men of Mark in Georgia, 7 vols. b. Memoirs of Georgia. c. Emma B. Reeves, Georgia Genealogical Gleanings, Abstracts from Memoirs

of Georgia, Historical and Biographical. d. Biographical Questionnaires, Microfilm, 15 rolls. e. Dictionary of Georgia Biography.

10 Periodicals· a. Northwest Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly. b. Georgia Genealogical Magazine, no. 1, 1961+ , index 1961-1972. c. Georgia Baptists Historical Society, Viewpoints, v. 1, 1968+ . d. Georgia Genealogical Society Quarterly, v. 1, 1964+

index v. 1-25 [microfilm]. e. Huxford Genealogical Society Quarterly, v. 1, 1974+

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f. Family Puzzlers. g. Georgia Pioneers Genealogical Magazine, v. 1, 1974+ . h. Georgia Historical Quarterly, v. 1, 1917+ . i. Georgia Genealogist, 1-52.

11 Settlers· a. "The First Savannahians, 1733-1755," Georgia Genealogical Society

Quarterly, XXIX (1993) 84-86. b. E. Merton Coulter, A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia. c. David Dobson, Scots in Georgia and the Deep South, 1735-1845. d. Anthony W. Parker, Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georg~a: The

Recruitment, Emigration, and Settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 .