Forsyth County Wills and Estates
Pictured is Vanns Tavern, Pooles Hall in Cumming and Suwanee, Georgia.
Forsyth County was formed in 1832 and given away in the 1832 Cherokee
Land Lottery. It was formerly occupied by Cherokee Indians, most of whom
were removed west as a result of the Act of 1832. Before leaving, the
silver and gold mines were hidden, but marked on maps. During the early
1920's a caravan of wagons of Cherokees from Oklahoma were seen loading
their minerals into wagons. Gold deposits were found in the county
during the Georgia gold rush. A visit to this county discovered that the
surving will book beginning in 1856 was virtually not readable. Many
pages were blank due to the fact that the ink had faded. I filmed the
blank pages, then used the photo enhancer to bring them up. Although
most of the pages are readable, one must examine each word separately.
Otherwise, no one would know whose wills are in this book. The early
settling families were: Braselton, Bruton, Porter, Julian, Jackson,
Hutchins, Merritt, Mills, Harding, Sanford, Cochran, Wills, Strickland,
McGinnis,Westbrook, Creamer, Whitmire, Owens, Kellogg, Wofford, Ezzard,
Bell, Garrett, Williams, Gilstrap, Patterson Sewell, Pilgrim, Lindsey,
Mangum, Hansard,Vaughn and others. Documents Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
Marriages
- Forsyth County Marriages 1833-1848 (Index)
- Forsyth County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886
Testators: * Allen, Beverly * Baily, John * Barnett, Casander * Bell,George W. * Billis, Phillip * Blake, John M. * Braselton, Mary * Brown, Robert * Burrass, Phillip * Burton, Young J. * Camp, John * Cawly, Frances M. * Chastain, James W. * Cochran, Nevel * Cox, Phillip * Creamer, Matthew * Dollar, James * Echols, Charles B. * Edwards, Andrew * Ezzard, John T. * Garrett, Daniel * Garrett, Jacob * Hendrix, William * Holbrook, Hannah * Hope, Ellison * Hutchens, Alman G. * Jackson, Charles * Jackson, James * Julian, George H. * Kellogg, George * Lummus, Andrew J. * Martin, Peter H. * Mayfield, Balus * McAfee, Alexander * McCormick, Hector D. * McGinnis, Sarah * Merritt, William G. * Mills, William E. * Monroe, Dugald * Monroe, Jesse * Morehead, Majer * Morgan, C. C. * Orr, Samuel * Owen, Sumpter * Owens, Wiley * Page, William * Pool, Young P. * Rump, John * Sample, Jesse * Sanford, George * Sewell, Joshua C. * Sims, Thomas * Strickland, John * Townly, John R. * Wallis, William * Westbrook, Samuel * Whitman, Christopher * Whitmire, Christopher * Williams, William * Wills, James H. * Wofford, John * Woodliff, Josiah * Yott, John * Youngblood, James W.Indexes to Probate Records
- Index to Forsyth County Annual Returns, Vouchers, Sales, 1827-47
- Index to Forsyth County Will Book C 1892-1936
- Index to Forsyth County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Vouchers 1877-1883
- Index to Forsyth County Miscellaneous Estates 1848-1852
- Index to Forsyth County Miscellaneous Estates 1854-1855
- Index to Forsyth County Estates 1833-1844
- Index to Forsyth County Estates 1844-1848
- Index to Forsyth County Estates 1855-1856
- Index to Forsyth County Estates 1857-1858
- Index to Forsyth County Estates 1861-1866
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