Lee County Wills and Estates
Lee County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on
December 11, 1826 and included the territory acquired from the Creek
Indians lying between the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers, immediately
above the old line of Early County and known as the first section, shall
form one county to be called Lee. Originally, Lee County comprised the
subsequently created counties of Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter,
Terrell and Webster, parts of Schley, Chattahoochee, Macon, Clay, and
Marion. The 1827 land lottery distributed lands in Lee County, but
recipients are to be found in any of the above counties because Lee was
so large a territory.
Pictured is the old railroad depot in Leesburg and farmland. The first
settlers to Lee County goes to the heart of lands offered in the land
lotteries after the evacuation of the Lower Creek Indians. Although many
families drew this land, not all of them chose to venture into South
Georgia and build a homestead.
Lee County Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
Lee County Wills
- Wills 1854-1858 (abstracts).
Digital Images of Lee County Wills 1854 to 1891
Testators: Adams, William; Avera, Thomas; Anderson,
Jane; Barnes, William Williamson; Batts, John; Batts, Julia; Bothwell,
William; Butts or Batts, Ann ;Chapman, Fannie ;Cocke, J. P.; Duncan, A.
B. ;Fletcher, Indiana, Mrs. ;Forrester, Elizabeth ; Gardner, Nancy;
Gray, Sarah; Green, Ellen; Green, Mary ;Hayslip, Jonas; Heisler, Elbert
;Hondlett, Warren ;Hooks, Hardy ;Howard, Sarah; Johnson, Enoch ;Johnson,
Thomas ;Jordan, Joseph; Ladd, Robert; Laramore, James ;Larimore, M. E.,
Mrs. ;Liggins, E. W. ;Lindsey, Fannie ;Lindsey, Vashti ;McAfee, William
;McKenzie, Henry ;McKenzie, Henry (2) ;Mercer, Joel ;Mercer, John
;Miller, Julia ;Norton, John Wesley; O'Driscol, Dennis ; Page, Solomon
;Ramsey, Benjamin ;Richardson, William ;Sadler, William; Sanders, M. D.
;Sikes, Darling ;Smith, John B. Smith, Mathew; Sneed, Dudley; Tison,
Eason; Tison, Moses; Walters, Jack; Wells, William; Whitaker, Hudson
;Williams, Charles ;Woolbright, Ardilla, Mrs.; Woolbright, John ;
Young, John
Indexes to Probate Records
- Index to Lee County Wills, Vol A, 1854-1955.
- Index to Lee County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales 1852 to 1859.
- Index to Lee County Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales 1858 to 1863.
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The territory was acquire from the Creek Land cessions of 1733 and 1788. Jefferson County was created in 1796 and named after Thomas Jefferson. Louisville was the former State Capitol of Georgia. Burke County is linked to Jefferson County research; however, Burke County records were destroyed. Earliest settlers were: Thomas Alexander, William Askew, Joseph Beatty, John Cahoon, Elisha Campbell, Elijah Grout, John Hargrove, Blassingame Harvey, William Junkin, Isaac Lamb and Edward Palmer.
The earliest settlement in this area commenced ca 1784 with a small
group of Revolutionary War veterans who settled on Franklin County's
ceded lands. Jackson County was created in 1801 from portions of
Franklin County. It was named after James Jackson, Revolutionary War
hero, US Senator and the Governor who had to deal with the fraud
involved in the Yazoo Land Act. The county originally covered 1800
square miles however from 1801 until 1914 portions were taken from
Jackson to form parts of the present counties of Clarke, Oconee,
Madison, Gwinnett, Hall, Walton, Banks, and Barrow. Many Revolutionary
War Soldiers from South Carolina settled in Franklin County, and
Franklin and Jackson should be searched together. 
The old Dallas, Georgia Depot.
Paulding County was created from Cherokee County. The Creeks, but mostly
Cherokees resided in this territory, Raccoon Creek and other waters
finding many arrows and flints. In 1833 when Archibald Holland removed
to Paulding County a family of Cherokees having six children resided
along the 10-Mile Run near Raccoon Creek. Nearby huge mounds. The
story goes that when they left to go to Oklahoma, they buried a black
iron pot of gold or silver in this creek. The county was named after
John Paulding, one of the men who captured the British spy Major Andre
during the American Revolution. The county was named in his honor in
1832. Major Andre was the accomplice to Benedict Arnold. With the
removal of the Creek in 1825 after Chief William McIntosh signed the
Treaty of Indian Springs only Cherokee remained and it was distributed
in 160 acre lots in the Lottery of 1832, although a portion in the
northeast corner was distributed as the smaller 40 acre gold lots. On
December 3, 1832, the county was recognized by the Georgia Legislature.
Paulding was formed from Cherokee County in 1832. 
