DeKalb County Records
DeKalb County Court House, Decatur, Georgia. DeKalb County was created in 1822 after the Muskogee (Creeks) Indians ceded the lands by treaty and was taken from Henry, Gwinnett and Fayette Counties. It was named for Baron Johann DeKalb, a German hero of the American Revolution. In 1853 Fulton County was created from the northern portion of DeKalb County. Many of the settlers to DeKalb County were in search of new lands and were farmers. When researching DeKalb County, Henry (the parent County) and Fulton Counties should also be researched. Unfortunately, the estate records do not begin until 1840. If you have an ancestor who resided within the boundaries of the present-day Atlanta, those records will be found in DeKalb County. Remember, the journey from Atlanta to present-day Decatur to file a deed, will, or other record was quite a trip.
DeKalb County Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
Marriages
- DeKalb County County Marriages 1885-1886 from newspapers
- Map of DeKalb County County
DeKalb County Probate Records by Jeannette Holland Austin comprizes the content of these records.
- DeKalb County Wills & Estates 1841-1869
- DeKalb County Wills & Estates 1870-1889
- DeKalb County Wills & Estates 1890-1919
- DeKalb County Appr. & Returns 1852-1858
Indexes to Probate Records
- Index to DeKalb County Deed Book L 1846-1852
- Index to DeKalb County Deed Book M 1850-1853
- Index to DeKalb County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1842-1852
- Index to DeKalb County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1852-1859
- Index to DeKalb County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1858-1863
- Index to DeKalb County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1863-1868
- Index to DeKalb County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1868-1884
- Adair, Thomas O., estate
- Adair, William, deed dated 1849
- Adams, W. D., estate
- Akin, Martha, estate
- Allen, William, estate
- Anderson, William C., estate
- Argoe, Robert, estate
- Armstrong, John, estate
- Collier, John, Annual Return of Estate
- Evans, John, deed dated 1850
- Jordan, Solomon, deed dated 1851
- Leitch, Arthur, Estate
- Perkinson, Dempsey, LWT (1876)
- Plaster, Benjamin, Sr.
- Smith, David, LWT (1853)
- Spain, William S., Inventory and Appraisement of Estate.
- Sprayberry, Benjamin, LWT (1848).
- Sprayberry, Brice, LWT (1876).
- Sprayberry, W. H. E., LWT (1911).
- Waits, Sarah, LWT (1869)
- Utoy Baptist Church, Ft. McPherson, Georgia (members)
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