Madison County Wills and Estates
Madison County Court House.
Madison County was originally inhabited by the Creek and Cherokee Indians. but by the year of 1773 most of this land was ceded by the Cherokees to the Colonial Governor of Georgia, thus opening the area to frontier settlement. The earliest permanent settlement was in the Paoli area, settled mainly by pioneers from Virginia, Pennsylvania and the Carolinas.
Early Settlers: William Anderson, William David, Thomas House, John Palmer, William Simmons, Jacob Strickland, Pleasant Bone, Ezekiel Williams, Tolbert Strickland, William Evans, Jacob Moon and William Adair who removed to Paulding County. Pictured is Danielsville.
Madison County Probate Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
MarriagesWills
- Index to Madison County Marriages 1812 to 1889
- Madison County Marriages from Newspapers (1885-1886).
Indexes to Probate Records
- Wills 1812-1841 (abstracts).
- Digital Images of Wills 1842 to 1855
Testators: Allen, Gray;Black, Thomas;Bolton, Leonard;Bridges, Ben;Carithers, Mary;Carithers, William;Collum, Samuel;David, Berry;Dawes, William;Embry, John;Everhart, George;Graves, Samuel;Griffith, James;Hart, Archibald;Human, Susanna;Johnson, Jane;Long, James;Jordan, Thomas;Long, James;McLeroy, James; Meaders, Berry; Moon, Archilaus;Moon, Archilaus (2); Moon, Pleasant;Moon, William F.;Nash, William;Sanders, James; Scarborough;Spratlin, Francina;Strickland, Solomon;Strickland, Tolbert;Tait, Robert;Thompson, James;Thompson, William; Towns, James;Vaughan, William;Ware, Elisha;Whitehead, Henry; Williams, Birdy;Williams, John Sr.Miscellaneous Wills and Estates
- Annual Returns, Book A, 1816-1826.
- Annual Returns, Book B, 1826-1830.
- Annual Returns, Book C, 1830-1834.
- Annual Returns, Book D, 1834-1837.
- Annual Returns, Book E, 1837-1841.
- Inventories, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Book B, 1813-1829.
- Inventories, Appraisements, Bills of Sale, Book D, 1841-1857.
- Administrators and Guardians 1818-1888
- Administrators and Guardians 1818-1888
- Evans, Thomas, Estate (1841).
- Ware, Edward, LWT, 1838 (image).
- Williams, Elijah, LWT, transcription (1879.
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