Georgia Genealogy

Madison County, GA Marriage Index Book B (1843-1876) The following pages were copied from an index compiled by the county clerk from the original marriage books. If a date is not listed, I do not have a date yet. Please note that the spelling was taken directly from the original marriage books as written by the clerk of that time period and may not reflect the actual spelling of today. Good luck in your research! If you wish to get a Xerox copy of the original marriage record, contact the Madison County Courthouse. Be sure to include groom name, bride…

Georgia 1825 Land Lottery Map Act of the Georgia General Assembly on June 9, 1825 Act 716 AN ACT to dispose of and distribute the Lands lately acquired by the United States for the use of Georgia, of the Creek Nation of Indians, by a Treaty made and concluded at the Indian Springs on the twelfth day of February, eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Be in enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the territory…

Georgians were far from united in the fight for independence. Many Georgians sided with the British and many more chose to remain neutral. The Patriots were often divided into opposing factions. A series of letters and petitions composed by the Liberty Club in Savannah and signed in the summer of 1777 are examples of the factionalism that separated Georgia Patriots through the war. The letter and petition protested the appointment of Lachlin McIntosh as Brigadier General and called for his removal. Of course, that didn’t happen but it’s interesting to see the names of the Patriots who signed the petition.…

Index to Compiled Service Records of Revolutionary War Soldiers Who Served in the American Army in Georgia Military Operations 1775-1783.

January 22, 1818 a treaty was signed   at the Creek Indian Agency on the Flint River and  gave the American Government a huge portion of land which belonged to the Creek Indians and later became Irwin County, Georgia. These lands purchased from local tribes  were surveyed into 16 land districts and those 16 land districts were then surveyed into land lots. The County was organized in 1820 and named for Governor Jarred Irwin, a native North Carolian. See the history of Irwin County. This site is a member of the American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP)  an unincorporated not-for-profit network…

If your ancestor lived in Irwin County prior to 1860 and they are not listed above please use the comment form below and I will add them to this list. To save time and space I did not list each head of family by that surname but only the surname and where they came from before coming to Irwin County if known.