DeKalb County Records

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 Probate Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers

Marriages

DeKalb County County Marriages 1885-1886 from newspapers

Maps

Map of DeKalb County County

DeKalb County Wills 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 Deed Book L 1846-1852

Index to Deed Book M 1850-1853

Index to Deed Book N 1852-1854

Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1842-1852

Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1852-1859

Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1858-1863

Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1863-1868

Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, 1868-1884

Miscellaneous Wills and Estates

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

Holland, Edmund W. (deeds) 1851, 1852

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)

Church Records

Utoy Baptist Church, Ft. McPherson, Georgia (members)

Cemeteries

Index to Burials in the Decatur Cemetery