Effingham Co. GA Genealogy; Images of Wills and Estates

Effingham County Records

Effingham was created on February 5, 1777 from the colonial parishes of St. Matthew and St. Phillip. The county was named after Lord Effingtham, an English champion of colonial rights. Its first settlers were from Austria who had suffered religious persecution under the Catholic Church and was given two weeks to remove themselves from the country. They spent two or three years trying to obtain passage from England to America and succeeded when General Oglethorpe heard of their plight and had them brought to the colony of Georgia. Many of the original records at the Effingham County Court House remain intact. When tracing families in this county please refer to the Colonial Records of Georgia by Candler as well as the Saltzburgher books found in most regional libraties. 

Effingham Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers 

Effingham County Wills

• Effingham County Wills 1826-1845 (abstracts)

Effingham County Probate Records

• Index to Effingham County Wills, Vol. 3, 1829-1858.
• Index to Effingham County Wills, Vol. 4, 1866-1898.
• Index to Effingham County Inventories and Appraisements, Vol. 3, 1827-1865.

Marriages

• Effingham County Marriages 1757-1845.
• Saltzburgher Marriages 1754-1769, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).
• Saltzburgher Marriages 1769-1778, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).

Births, Baptisms

• Saltzburgher Births and Baptisms 1756-1761, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).
• Saltzburgher Births and Baptisms 1761-1766, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).
• Saltzburgher Births and Baptisms 1766-1770, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).
• Saltzburgher Births and Baptisms 1768-1787, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).
• Saltzburgher Births and Baptisms 1773-1777, New Jerusalem Church (Images in the original handwriting).

Colonial Records

• Ebenezer Town Map.
• Auspurg Emigrants.
• Kaufbeuern Emigrants.
• Kemten Emigrants.
• Leutkirch Emigrants.
• Liebrach Emigrants.
• Lindau Emigrants.
• Lindaus Emigrants.
• Memmingen Emigrants.
• Nordlinger Emigrants.

Miscellaneous

• Constitution and By-Laws of The Georgia Saltzburger Society 1734-1925.
• Exley, James J., deceased, Partition of Lands (1899).

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