In 1827 and 1832 the State of Georgia held lotteries of former Creek Indian lands ceded to the U.S. The lottery rolls identify both the persons eligible to participate in…

The Inferior Court had jurisdiction over county business matters, such as care for the poor, building and maintaining the courthouse and jails, building and maintaining roads and bridges, issuing liquor…

This is a comprehensive introduction to the conflicts that ensued between Native Americans and their European encroachers from the earliest recorded skirmishes to the last battles only three years before…

This is the sizth book in the series. The transcribed licenses are presented in a tabular format with the date, license number, name of the groom, name of the bride…

The Georgia General Assembly created Jefferson County on February 20, 1796, from parts of Burke and Warren Counties, making Louisville the seat of its new government. The Superior Court of…