Baldwin County Probate and Court Records

Baldwin County was created in in 1803 by Creek cessions of June 1802. Three years later, the land was distributed by the 1805 Georgia Land Lottery. After the second lottery (1807),five new counties were created from parts of Baldwin and Wilkinson Counties: Morgan, Randolph (later Jasper), Jones, Putnam, Telfair. In 1806, 1807, 1856 and 1872 portions of Wilkinson County were added; in 1807 portions of Hancock and in 1807, 1812 and 1826 portions of Washington; with some of Jones County added in 1856. The court house burned in 1861. The county was named after Abraham Baldwin; Milledgeville was named after George's first governor, John Milledge.

Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers

Baldwin County Wills

Will Book A 1806-1829 (abstracts)

Wills 1829-1854 (abstracts)

Marriages

Marriage Book A 1806-1820

Marriages 1806-1851

Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886

Indexes to Probate Records

Will Book B 1829-1868

Will Book C 1868-1936

Annual Returns, Book A 1813-1820

Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book B 1820-1824

Annual Returns, Book C 1824-1831

Annual Returns, Book D 1831-1842

Baldwin County Annual Returns, Book E 1839-1856

Digitized Records

1819 County Order Book; applicants of Widows of late war, orphans of Britton and Indians, Revolutionary War Officers and soldiers and persons who served in the Seminole War.

1820 Land Lottery (Those who were eligable to draw) (digital images)

1820 Tax Digest

1820 Baldwin County Land Lottery

Memoirs of Georgia