Georgia Colonial Records

History
The first European settlements in Florida were in 1566 on Santa Catalina by the Spanish. A British settlement was founded at Fort King George (Darien) in 1721. In 1732, a charter was granted by the British Crown to create the colony of Georgia.

Statewide Records and Resources
Early Colonial Records available at the Georgia State Archives in Atlanta (1754-1778), film 0158964 ff.
 * Wills, 1754-1777
 * Letters of administration, 1755-1771
 * Inventories of estates, 1754-1770
 * Letters of guardianship, 1757-1777
 * Probate, administration, letters, minutes, appraisements, 1771-1775
 * Inventories, probate, 1776-1778

Published records of wills and estates:
 * Original colonial wills, 1751-1788 (film 0840408).
 * Abstracts of Colonial Wills of the State of Georgia Wills, 1733-1777, by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the state of Georgia, (Atlanta, Georgia : Town Comm. of the Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames of America, Georgia, 1962).
 * 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 by Ted O. Brooke, (Atlanta: Pilgrim Press, 1976, film 1036842).
 * Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778, (Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1983).