Pike County Wills and Estates
Pike
County Court House. Pike County was created by the Act of December 9,
1822 and was taken from Monroe County, Pike County. It originally
contained parts of Spalding, Upson and Lamar Counties. The county was
named after Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) who led the 1805
expedition to trace the Mississippi River to its source. Later he
explored the interior of Louisiana and was promoted to Brigadier General
in 1813; killed in Toronto, Canada while commanding the American
forces. He descends from the Pike family of Charleston, South Carolina.
The first officers of Pike County were: Willis Whatley, Sheriff; John
H. Broadnax, Clerk, Superior Court; William Myrick, Clerk of the
Inferior Court; Joel Moore, Coroner; James Lowery, Surveyor. The town of
Newnan was named after Major General Daniel Newnan, a Revolutionary War
hero. a Revolutionary War hero. Newnan was the site of the first court
house, a tavern and a trading post for Indians who came from the
territory beyond the Flint River to barter their furs. Researchers in
Pike County should also research Monroe, Crawford, Spalding, Lamar and
Upson Counties. Pike County Records Available to Members of Georgia Pioneers
Marriages
- Index to Pike County Marriages 1840-1872
- Index to Pike County Marriages 1855-1872
Testators: Allen, Drury; Britton, Sarah; Collins, Ludwell E.; Cook, orphans; Evans, John; Hale, Josey, orphans; Hambrick, James; Ledbetter, Joseph; Palmore, orphans of Elizabeth; Pichitt, Priscilla; Sasser, Britton; Sims, John, a minor ;Snead, Samuel M.; Trammell, Thomas; Westmoreland, Elizabeth.Digital Images of Miscellaneous Deeds
- Head, G. M., executor of G. W. Head estate. Head, J. M. to W. N. and H. R. Estates
- Index to Pike County Wills, Book A, 1823-1829
- Index to Pike County Wills, Book B, 1829-1844.
- Index to Pike County Wills, Book C, 1844-1876
- Index to Pike County Wills, Book D, 1876-1914
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