Bulloch County Wills and Estates Index, 1816-1835

FamilySearch has placed online the digital images of the Court of Ordinary out of Bulloch County, Georgia for the years of 1816-1927. Unfortunately, if you’re trying to find them in the Georgia, Probate Records, 1742-1990, database they also have, they are not yet included (2025). I am creating a simple index for my own usage with the Georgia Wiregrass Genealogies, and the table below reflects this index for the years of 1816-1835. This constitutes the first section (physical book) of film #0057959769. In my table I have included only the full name, type of record, year the record was created or filed, and the image number. You can use the button below to access the free images at FamilySearch. You must be logged into their site to access these images.

The type of records you will find include wills, estate records, guardianship records, slave records, and power of attorney. The estate records is my broad categorization for inventories, sales, slave sales, and affidavits. There appears to be several image scans which were duplicated, and one record is incomplete, that is for the Guardianship of John S. and Wm H. Rawls which abruptly cuts off at the bottom of the page, and does not continue on the next image, even though that is the next sequenced page number.

For ease of usage I have used the image numbers and not the page numbers in the original book. The book binding reflects that this is book 1-A, however, the first interior page has written that this is Book B. I am not sure where the original Book A is, but this indicates there may have been one. The first item in book B is a copy of a will which was written in 1800 for Henry Parrish. That will was written on a different type of paper and inserted into the front of the book. It is image 7, while the actual book begins on image 8 (page 1).

The table below has been sorted in alphabetical order to make finding a name easier for you. Make sure you search for variant spellings of last names… Hendrix for instance, appears as Hendricks also. None of the signatures in this book are original except for the clerk of the Ordinary Court who penned this book.

Wills and Estates, 1816-1835

Bound Book 1-A, Book B of Wills, Appraisement, Sales, Divisions, Bonds, Receipts, Returns