Wilkes County Archives – Georgia Genealogy

The Earliest Settlements in Wilkes County Georgia

Colonial Georgia 1773-1777 by Marion R Hemperley

By Alex M. Hitz Alex M. Hitz was an attorney at law, who retired after thirty-five years of active practice in Atlanta. In 1956 he was in charge of the Surveyor-General Department under the Secretary of State of Georgia. From 1733 until 1773, the Parish of St. Paul was the most northern territory to which the Province of Georgia could claim any right or title under previous treaties with the Indian Nations. The dividing line between that Parish and the Indian lands began on the Savannah River at the mouth of Little River, and ran thence in a westerly direction … Read more

Wilkes County Wills Index: 1794-1819

The Wilkes County wills index covers the years of 1794-1819 for Wilkes County, Georgia. You will find these wills in Roll# RHS-370.

Old School Cemetery, Washington, Georgia

Old School Cemetery is a historic African-American burial ground in Washington, Georgia. Old School Cemetery served as one of the primary resting places for Washington and Wilkes counties’ African-American population from at least the late nineteenth century through recent years.