Wilkes County, Georgia Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Wilkes County Courthouse 23 E Court Street Rm 205 Washington, GA 30673-1570 Phone: 706.678.2423 Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records from 1792; Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1778, land records from 1777 and military discharge records  &lt;img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/c/c3/Wilkes_County_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Wilkes County Georgia Courthouse.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="200" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="width: 200;" /&gt;

History

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/local_history.htm"&gt;An Overview of Local History by Robert Willingham&lt;/a&gt;

Parent County
1777-Wilkes County was created 5 February 1777 from Creek and Cherokee Indian Lands as an original county. County seat: Washington

Record Loss
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1958 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Burned Counties Research"&gt;Burned Counties Research&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424"&gt;http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424&lt;/a&gt;

Neighboring Counties

 * &lt;a href="Elbert County, Georgia"&gt;Elbert&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Lincoln County, Georgia"&gt;Lincoln&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="McDuffie County, Georgia"&gt;McDuffie&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Oglethorpe County, Georgia"&gt;Oglethorpe&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Taliaferro County, Georgia"&gt;Taliaferro&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Warren County, Georgia"&gt;Warren&lt;/a&gt;

Resources

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/resources.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Resources for Local Research&lt;/a&gt;

Cemeteries

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/cemeteries.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Cemeteries&lt;/a&gt; Complete List of all Cemeteries within Wilkes County, GA

Church

 * 1805 - Members of Sardis Church Members in 1805 at &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($).

Family Histories

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/FGS.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Family Group Sheets&lt;/a&gt; Individual Family Group Sheets submitted by individual researchers and volunteers.
 * Origins of Early Settlers to Wilkes County at &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($).
 * [Cheatham] Dennstedt, Alberta Marjorie. "The Cheatham Family of Colonial Virginia," in The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):163-173; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):273-279; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):38-43; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):102-112; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):209-216; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):293-297; Vol. 29, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1985):32-40; Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1985):123-127; Vol. 29, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1985):179-185; Vol. 29, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1985):262-265; Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1986):17-23; Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1986):99-104. Digital version at &lt;a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285"&gt;American Ancestors&lt;/a&gt; ($). &lt;IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate height=1 src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="11" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.
 * [Darricott] Bell, John C. "Bickleys of the Pamunkey River Watershed of Virginia in the 18th Century," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1983):32-49; Vol. 27, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1983):90-104; Vol. 27, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1983):179-189; Vol. 27, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1983):259-264; Vol. 28, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1984):19-32; Vol. 28, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1984):88-98; Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1984):169-186; Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1984):261-274. Digital version at &lt;a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285"&gt;American Ancestors&lt;/a&gt; ($). &lt;IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate height=1 src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="9" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.
 * [Huskey] Reagan, Donald B. Smoky Mountain Clans. 3 vols. Knoxville, Tenn.: D.B. Reagan, 1978-1983. &lt;IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate height=1 src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="7" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;. [The Huskey family is discussed in Vol. 1.]
 * [Jackson] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304. Digital version at &lt;a href="http://www.americanancestors.org/search.aspx?Ca=098&amp;Da=285"&gt;American Ancestors&lt;/a&gt; ($). &lt;IMG class=FCK__MWTemplate height=1 src="https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/extensions/FCKeditor/fckeditor/editor/images/spacer.gif" width=1 _fckfakelement="true" _fckrealelement="5" _fck_mw_template="true"&gt;.
 * [Pope] Johnston, F. Claiborne. "The Tangled Trail of Two John Popes: Colonel John Pope of Amherst County and John Pope of Prince William County and Wilkes County, Georgia," Magazine of Virginia Genealogy, Vol. 50, No. 1 (Feb. 2012):45-64.

Land

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/rev_land_lottery.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Revolutionary Land Grants&lt;/a&gt; Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War By the State of Georgia
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/lotteries_1803.htm"&gt;Wilkes County 1803 Land Lottery&lt;/a&gt; Complete list of the 1803 Land Lottery for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/lotteries_1806.htm"&gt;Wilkes County 1806 Land Lottery&lt;/a&gt; Complete list of the 1806 Land Lottery for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/lotteries_1819.htm"&gt;Wilkes County 1819 Land Lottery&lt;/a&gt; Complete list of the 1819 Land Lottery for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/lotteries_1821.htm"&gt;Wilkes County 1821 Land Lottery&lt;/a&gt; Complete list of the 1821 Land Lottery for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/lotteries_1827.htm"&gt;Wilkes County 1827 Land Lottery&lt;/a&gt; Complete list of the 1827 Land Lottery for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/lotteries_1832.htm"&gt;Wilkes County 1832 Land Lottery&lt;/a&gt; Complete list of the 1832 Land Lottery for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/maps.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Maps &amp; Land Plats&lt;/a&gt; List of Land Plats with owner names and maps for Wilkes County, GA
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/land_records.htm"&gt;Land Records of Wilkes County&lt;/a&gt; Transcribed Land Records submitted &amp; donated to Wilkes County, GAGenWeb Site.

Local Histories

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/local_history.htm"&gt;An Overview of Local History by Robert Willingham&lt;/a&gt;
 * The Story of Washington-Wilkes. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1941. Digital version at &lt;a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25662"&gt;Ancestry&lt;/a&gt; ($).

Maps

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/maps.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Maps &amp; Land Plats&lt;/a&gt; List of Land Plats with owner names and maps for Wilkes County, GA

At &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($) you can find:


 * Map of Wilkes County, 1955
 * Map of Original Wilkes County
 * Map of Wilkes County Settlers

Military

 * &lt;a href="http://www.hiddenancestors.com/veterans/veterans.htm"&gt;Veterans&lt;/a&gt;- Salute to our Veterans who serve our country through out all wars and peace-time.
 * &lt;a href="http://www.hiddenancestors.com/fallen_heroes.htm"&gt;Fallen Heroes&lt;/a&gt;- Tribute to our Fallen Heroes who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.

Probate

 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/deeds.htmWilkes"&gt;County Deeds&lt;/a&gt; Partial list of Deed Books and Individual Deeds.
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/estate-records.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Estate Records&lt;/a&gt; Partial list of Individual Estate Records.
 * &lt;a href="http://hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/guardianship.htm"&gt;Wilkes County Guardianship Records&lt;/a&gt; Partial list of Individual Guardianship Records.

Wills
The organization &lt;a href="http://www.copies1918.com/index.html"&gt;Strictly By Name&lt;/a&gt; provides free online indexes to early Wilkes County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:


 * 1) &lt;a href="http://www.copies1918.com/wilkes.html"&gt;Wills: 1794-1819&lt;/a&gt;

At &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt;, you can find:


 * 1786-1806 - Digital Images of Wilkes County, Georgia Wills, Book C (1786-1806) at &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($).
 * Index to Wilkes County Wills and Estates (by surnames) &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($)

Additional Probate Records

 * General Index of Wilkes County, Georgia Estates at &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($).

Vital Records

 * 1885-1886 - Wilkes County, Georgia Marriages from Newspapers 1885-1886 at &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywilkes.html"&gt;Georgia Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($).

Societies and Libraries

 * &lt;a href="http://www.hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/index.htm"&gt;GAGenWeb Wilkes County&lt;/a&gt;

Family History Centers

 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers"&gt;Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;/a&gt;

Web Sites

 * &lt;a href="http://www.hiddenancestors.com/wilkesga/index.htm"&gt;GAGenWeb Wilkes County&lt;/a&gt;
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 * &lt;a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/GA/Wilkes/"&gt;Wilkes County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History&lt;/a&gt; (Linkpendium)
 * &lt;a href="http://www.giddeon.com/wilkes/index2.shtml"&gt;Wilkes County Georgia Genealogy&lt;/a&gt;
 * Georgia Pioneers &lt;a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com Georgia"&gt;Pioneers&lt;/a&gt; ($).