Ward’s History of Coffee County, Georgia

By: Warren P. Ward, Pub. 1930, Reprint 2018, 388 pages, Index, 0-89308-650-9.

Coffee County was created in 1854 from Clinch, Ware, Telfair, & Irwin counties. This book covers the early Indians who lived in the area, the natural environment of the county, the economic and social side of Coffee’s history, the Civil War, educational development, churches, newspapers, pioneer families, and railroads. Marriage records from Coffee County in the 1870’s are listed.