Clarke County Wills and Estates
Clarke County was established in 1801; named for General Elijah Clarke of Revolutionary War fame. A year after cession of the land that became Clarke County from the Cherokee Indians in 1783, the State endowed the future University of Georgia with 40,000 acres of land near an old trading path. The old school pre-dates the Revolutionary War but was not created by the Georgia legislature until 1785.Abraham Baldwin was chosen as president. The school actually began the same year as the county, 1801, with the purchase of land for a campus. At this time the surrounding town of Athens had not been formed and would not be formed until the first class graduated in 1804. Among the earliest students were men who would shape the future of the state before, after and during the Civil War. Crawford W. Long, medical pioneer, Alexander "Little Alex" Stephens, who became Vice President of the Confederate State of America, and Howell Cobb, Speaker of the House and candidate for President of the United States, were but a few of the famous names associated with the school. Early Clarke County Settlers: William Shaw, Joseph Clarkson, Joseph Kramer, William Echols, Richard Lewis, Richard Cole, Absalom Echols, Joshua Baker, Bussel Brown, Jeremiah Melton, Wyley Roberts, James Hayes, William Daniel, Edward Hagin, Samuel Jackson, Clark Hudson, George Evans, Levin Hudson, Wootson Allen, Joseph Henderson, John Dorman, Peter Calaway, Edward Moor, James Downs, Jonathan Hightower, James Keeth, Isaac Downs, David McCulloch, James Naull, Gabriel Hubbard, John Burnett, James Gilmore, David Duke, Harry Mitchel, Drewry Brewer, Henry Grier, and others.Click on Me
Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
- Clarke Wills 1803-1822 (abstracts)
- Clarke Wills 1822-1842 (abstracts)
- Clarke County Wills 1842-1859 (digital images)
Names: Akeridge, Ezekiel,Barber, James,Baxter, Thomas,Beardin, Aaron, Branch, Dicey,Burnett, Caroline,Camak, James,Carter, William,Cros, Aaron,Daniell, Josiah,Edwards, Solomon,Espy, John,Greer, Thomas, Hales, Willis,Huff, Henry,Jackson, Stephen,Jennings, James,Jones, William,King, Sarah,Mayne, John,Newton, Catharine,Oliver, John Sr., Payne, Edward,Pittard, Humphrey,Pope, Mary,Price, Elizabeth,Stroud, Martha,Tinney, Elizabeth,Wells, Sarah,Williams, William,Williamson, Sarah.- Index to Clarke County Will Book A, 1803-1822.
- Index to Clarke County Will Book B, 1822-1842.
- Index to Clarke County Will Book C, 1842-1859.
- Index to Clarke County Will Book D, 1859-1885.
- Index to Clarke County Will Book E, 1885-1911.
- Index to Clarke County Ordinary Records, estates (no date).
- Index to Clarke County Unbound Estates, 1797-1949.
- Index to Clarke County Mixed Estates, 1799-1819.
- Index to Clarke County Mixed Estates, 1807-1818.
- Index to Clarke County Mixed Estates, 1815-1827.
- Index to Clarke County Mixed Estates, 1827-1830.
- Index to Clarke County Deed Book A, 1802-1804.
- Finch, William, LWT (1811).
- Hagin, Edward, Appraisement, Sale, etc. (1805), Bk 1799-1819, pp. 373-377.
- Hagin, Edward, deed (1802).
- James Hagins, Estate.
- Clarke County Marriages 1807 to 1820
- Clarke County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886
- 1802 Clarke County Tax Digest (digital images)
- 1805 Clarke County Tax Digest (digital images)
- 1810 Clarke County Tax Digest (digital images)
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