Brooks County Probate Records
Brooks County was created in December of 1858 from Lowndes and Thomas
Counties. The first court session was held in the home of Thomas Folsom
in Quitman. Later in 1859, work began on a court house, however was not
finished until 1864. One of the arliest settlers was John Groover, a
descendant of Peter Gruber, Saltzburger to Georgia with Oglethorpe, who
settler in Ebenezer, Georgia (Effingham County) and whose descendants
went to Bulloch and Brooks Counties. Other early settlers were: Levin
Arrington, Benjamin Bentley, William Colter, William Dinson, John
Edmonson, William G. Hunter, Robert Peacock, Daniel McRae and Leary
Stanley.
Wills and Estates available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
Indexes to Probate Records
- Wills, Book I, 1860 to 1899
- Annual Returns, Bills of Sale, Vouchers, 1859 to 1863
- Annual Returns, Bills of Sale, Vouchers, 1863 to 1865
- Will Book I, 1860 to 1899
- Annual Returns, Bills of Sale, Vouchers, Book D, 1869 to 1872
- Bentley, Benjamin
- Copeland, L. J.
- Coulter, William
- Denson, William
- Dixon, Pleasant
- Edmonson, John
- Edwards, Samuel
- Gorno, Joel
- Groover, Charles
- Groover, John (Estate) 1857-1860
- Groover, Joshua
- Hunter, William
- King, Nancy
- McCardle, James
- McLeod, Norman
- McMullen, John
- McRae, Daniel
- Mullen, James
- Mullen, James
- Oliff, Elizabeth
- Patrick, William
- Patterson, Frances
- Peacock, Robert
- Ramsey, Owen
- Redding, Elkanah
- Rizer, Charles
- Rogers, Thomas
- Slaughter, Thomas
- Speight, William
- Stanley, Mary
- Strickland,Abraham
- Thigpen, Sarah
- Yates, Morgan
- Young, Mathew
- Wade, Thomas
- Walker, James
- Walker, Joseph
- Walker, Sarah
- Williams, John
- Williams, Thomas
- Wilson, Jeremiah
Civil War
- Confederate Pensions of Soldiers and Widows
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