GEORGIA COUNTIES: Their Changing Boundaries Ben W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State & Surveyor General Pat Bryant, Deputy Surveyor General GEORGIA COUNTIES: THEIR CHANGING BOUNDARIES Compiled by Mrs. Pat Bryant Deputy Surveyor Geperal Georgia Surveyor General Department Office of the Secretary of State Atlanta State Printing Office 1977 GEORGIA COUNTIES: THEIR CHANGING BOUNDARIES ITis been said that behind every great man there stands a woman. Dedicated to Mrs. Ann Adamson Assistant Secretary of State State of Georgia CONTENTS Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. i Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Notes to Introduction x List of Parishes and Subsequent Counties 1 Annotated List of Counties, Chronologically 3 Chart Showing County Creations . 16 County Line Changes by Law, Alphabetically . 17 Code Sections for Present County Line Changes . 98 Index to County Line Disputes 102 Maps Showing Counties Each Decade, 1790-1970 123 Map of County Population Loss, 1960-1970 . 162 List of Counties with Headright, Land Lot and Both 160 PREFACE I began this publication several years ago when a very perturbed county official could not believe me that neither this nor any other department of state could supply him with a complete official description of his county boundary. The Surveyor General Department of the Office of Secretary of State has much valuable information on county lines, but neither this, nor any other department of state has certain information pursuant to an act passed in 1881 regulating some county changes. The act to which I am referring was passed in that year and is now codified in the Georgia Code as Section 23-3. It allows counties, by following certain procedures, to alter their boundaries by mutual agreement, and does not provide that the changes be filed anywhere in the state. They are found only in the Office of the Ordinary of the respective counties. In April 1975, however, an amendment to Section 23-3 of the Code was passed by the General Assembly. It provides that such county line alterations must now be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. To date, only the boundary between Henry and Clayton has been filed under the aforesaid amendment. No attempt has been made by the author to duplicate county information printed in the Georgia Official and Statistical Register which is published biennially by the Secretary of State, Ben W. Fortson, Jr., with Mrs. Marion Holmes of that office as editor. Most of the material herein is taken directly from the Georgia Laws, although there are some references to the Georgia Official Register in the Introduction. One of the most interesting groups of information in this book comes from copies of maps of Georgia given this department by Dr. Borden Dent of the Department of Geography of Georgia State University in Atlanta. The maps show counties in the state every ten years from 1790 through 1970. No copying of these maps may be done without the express permission of Dr. Dent. As has been the case in all work done by the Georgia Surveyor General Department, I have had the encouragement of that wonderfully supportive boss, Mr. Ben W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State and Surveyor General of Georgia. My thanks go to him not only for allowing me to do this work, but for all of his kindness and advice for the 20+ years I have been in his employ. Mrs. Pat Bryant Deputy Surveyor General Office of the Secretary of State July 29, 1977 i INTRODUCTION On June 9, 1732, a charter issued to the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America, by King George II of England, was made valid by affixing the Great Seal. It was to be in force for 21 years, and the document gave the Trustees complete authority to make all laws "fit and necessary for the 1 government of the colony and not repugnant to the laws of England. Before the settlers sailed for Georgia, however, the Trustees appointed three bailiffs who would act as a Town Court arid have complete jurisdiction over things legal in the colony. Oglethorpe opened the court on July 7, 1733, in Savannah, and the bailiffs "exercised the magisterial functions" for the colony, a recorder of the court acting as clerk.2 By 1741, it was apparent that government by a Town Court had failed and the Trustees resolved to alter the method of representation by a plan that would divide the Colony of Georgia into two counties. One county was to be called Savannah, and the other Frederica. No officers were appointed for the County of Frederica, and in May 1743, the council revoked its creation, leaving Savannah County as the only one in the colonY.3 For a time this plan worked well, but eventually the settlers complaint and dissatisfaction were instrumental in changing that method of government. In 1750, it was suggested by the people that an assembly be formed which was more representative of the increased population and the outlying little towns created by that increase. After some discussion, an assembly was convened on January 15, 1751, in Savannah. Days of deliberation resulted in a list of grievances and serious questions of concern as to the fate of the colony after the imminent surrender of the Trustees charter to the English Crown. The Assembly dissolved itself on February 8th of the same year.4 On June 25, 1752, one year and 14 days before the charter was to be relinquished by the Trustees, it was returned to King George II.5 Various authorities disagree with the date.6 Not until August 6, 1754 did George II commission John Reynolds of England as first Captain-General and Governor-inChief in and over the Royal Province of Georgia. 7 Reynolds immediately issued proclamations ordering the population to register all land holdings with him so that new titles in his Majestys name might be issued. Descriptions of the property, how acquired, number of acres and origin of allotments were to be entered. 8 However, Reynolds was not happy with his position and one year later, on the 15th of August 1756, Henry Ellis iii succeeded him as the second Royal Governor of Georgia.9 Under Ellis' regime, all the towns, districts, and divisions of the Province of Georgia were "divided and constituted" into eight parishes. The parishes were named Christ Church, St. Matthew, St. George, St. Paul, St. Philip, St. John, St. Andrew, and St. James.10 The last of the three Royal Governors, James Wright, replaced Henry Ellis in 1760, the year George III came to the throne. The southern boundary of Georgia was extended from the Altamaha to the St. Marys River by Wright's proclamation in 1763. 11 Four parishes were created from this area in 1765, and were named Sts. David, Patrick, Thomas, and MarY.12 Ten years later, Governor Wright was able to acquire other vast tracts from the Cherokees and Creeks by treaty in 1773.13 This area was known as The Ceded Lands. The first constitution of the State of Georgia was adopted on February 5, 177714 and Article IV of that document created the first eight counties from the old parishes. The Ceded Lands became Wilkes County. Richmond County was created from St. Paul Parish, and St. George became Burke. That part of St. Philip Parish above the Canoochee River, and all of St. Matthew Parish became Effingham, while Chatham County was created from the part of St. Philip below the Canoochee and all of Christ Church Parish. Liberty County was made from three parishes, that of Sts. John, Andrew, and James. Glynn and Camden Counties had two parishes each, St. David and St. Patrick becoming Glynn County and Sts. Thomas and Mary made up Camden.15 After the War of American Independence, the first county to come into being lasted only a little over two years. It was created by a Resolution of the Georgia House of Assembly on the 20th of February 1784'16 and although neither the House of Assembly nor acts passed by that body, designated the new area as Houston County, it was well known by that name and it appears as that on the many original manuscript warrants of survey for that land in the area of Muscle Shoals in the Bend of the Tennessee River.17 Georgia's northern boundaries had not yet been settled and speculations in these unmarked lands were rife. Also, Georgia was quite aware that any settlement on her borders would be a help to her in any wars with the Indians. 18 Although commissioners were appointed who were given power to layout and grant land in Houston County, none were ever granted, and on August 14, 1786, the Georgia House of Assembly resolved that "The district Surveyor shall not proceed to make or suffer to be made any surveys in the Bent of the Tennessee until further Order of the Legislature."19 No such iv order was given and the County of Houston was dissolved. Before the demise of Houston, the Act of February 7, 1785, created Bourbon County on the Yazoo River where it empties into the Mississippi.20 Georgia's western boundary had been the Mississippi since the 1763 Royal Proclamation which made it the boundary of all His Majesty's provinces in America, and it was not until Georgia ceded her land from the Chattahoochee to the Mississippi to the United States by treaty in April 1802, that the Chattahoochee replaced the Mississippi as her western boundarY.21 Land speculation also was behind the creation of Bourbon, but no lands were ever granted therein. Three years later on the 1st of February 1788, the General Assembly passed an act wherein it was stated, "That the act entitled 'An Act for laying out a district of land situate on the Mississippi and within the limits of this State into a county of Bourbon,' passed the seventh day of February one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five be and the same is hereby repealed. 11 22 Another county which did not last long was walton County. It was located on the head of the French Broad River near present Hendersonville, North Carolina. The Georgia-North Carolina line had yet to be located and settlers in that area found that they were not attached to any state, claiming they were II south of North Carolina and north of South Carolina"23 In the same 1802 treaty wherein Georgia gave up her unsettled western lands to the United States, the Federal Government had ceded to Georgia a wide strip of land along the 350 of North Latitude adjoining the states of Tennessee and North Carolina.24 Being aware of this cession, in October 1802, the settlers at the head of the French Broad River, who said they were attached to no state, wrote to Governor Milledge of Georgia, "Whareas we find Congress hes Seaded us to the State of Georgia, therefor we think it good to petition the General Assembly of this State to do to and for us as in their Wisdom think best. 1I 25 Thereafter, the General Assembly, by Act of December 1803, created Walton CountY.26 Beginning in 1804 and ending in 1811, representatives and senators from walton County were elected and sent to the General AssemblY.27 Disputes concerning Georgia's northern boundary continued, and on February 26, 1811, Governor David B. Mitchell requested Andrew Ellicott, a prominent surveyor of national note, to locate the 350 of North Latitude so that the boundary could be properly established. By March 1812, the point had been 10cated. 28 Eight months later, on November 3rd, Governor Mitchell, in his message to the General Assembly, stated that Ellicott had located the crucial 350 and liThe report of Ellicott showed that . it appears that no part of the territory heretofore claimed by this state as Walton County remains to Georgia. " 29 None of the above three counties were created within the present limits of Georgia, v and none exist todaY-3D Immediately after the Revolution, Georgia acquired a large area from the Creeks and Cherokees between the Ogechee and the Oconee River. Treaties of Augusta in 178331 by which these areas were ceded to Georgia, were later confirmed by the 1790 Treaty of New York between the Creeks and Cherokees and the United States for Georgia.32 From these areas, Georgia, by act of the General Assembly in 1784, created the counties of Washington and Franklin.33 Greene County was the first to be laid out from the new territory, in 1786.34 The new Georgia Constitution of 1789, Article I, Sec. 17, gave the General Assembly the power lito alter the boundaries of the present counties, and to layoff new ones, as well out of the counties already laid off, as out of the other territory belonging to the State. 1I 35 By 1800, the General Assembly had created 24 counties, all of which came from the original ten. The method of granting land in these Georgia counties was known as the IIHeadright System ll , named after the first effective act for opening the Georgia Land Office.36 It provided for 200 acres on a man's Jlhead ll and 50 acres for his wife, each child and each slave up to 1000 acres. The first 200 acres could be acquired for only the grant fee and surveying fee. The next 100 acres cost the grantee 1 shilling, the next 100 were 1 shilling 6 pence, the next 100 acres 2 shillings, 2 shillings 6 pence for the next 100 acres until the last 100 acre tract of the 1000 allowed, which was 4 shillings 6 pence.37 This method of granting land in the counties generally east of the Oconee River, was in effect with variations, until 1909 when the Land Office Act was repealed and no more lands were granted by the state.38 Still other types of grants were made for a short time in the area above, called the Bounty Grants. As the name implies, these grants were given to those who had some type military service in the Revolution. One class of men who received bounty grants were the officers and men of Georgia who were attached to the Continental ArmY.39 Other classes of men were the Minutemen of the three Minute Battalions in the state, and the men in the State Militia.40 However, those citizens who remained in the state during the war and were loyal to the patriots also received bounty grants just for staying in Georgia and being faithful. There were many more of these faithful citizens in Georgia than there were soldiers.4l Various acreages were given in the bounty grants according to the rank of the grantee. Privates, and also citizens, received 287~ acres, and the amount increased by rank up to Brigadier General who received 1955 acres42 vi On December 5, 1801, two more counties were created, Tattnall and Clarke,43 making the total number in the state 26. Six months later, on June 16, 1802, at Fort Wilkinson near today's Milledgeville, the United States and the Creek Nation entered into a treaty which gave Georgia her first area west of the Oconee River.44 In settling the new area, Georgia departed from the Headright System using surveys of random metes and bounds, and entered upon a new system of land surveying and distribution which was to control over two thirds of her public domain. It was and is known as the Land Lottery System and each detailed requirement to bring it into effect was set out in the act which controlled it on May 15, 1803, entitled, "To make Distribution of the late cession of Lands obtained from the Creek Nation by the United States Commissioners, in a Treaty entered into at or near Fort Wilkinson on the sixteenth day of June eighteen hundred and two."45 The Land Lottery was a very logical system, giving every qualified Georgia resident who was a citizen of the United States, an equal chance to obtain new land. After the newly acquired areas were divided into counties, they were surveyed into land districts as square as possible according to how the land was situated. Each land district was further subdivided into square land lots. While the surveying was being done, citizens in the settled area of Georgia were appearing before a majority of the Justices of the Inferior Court in their county of residence to take an oral oath as to the classification of those entitled to draw according to the 1803 Act. Each county court made lists of all persons who took the oral oaths. Section 10 of the act states that " immediately after the returns tof lot numbersil shall have been received from the district surveyors and the Justices of the Inferior Court [the names of those registere~ his Excellency the Governor be authorized and is hereby required, to cause four lists to be made, and arranged in alphabetical order, of the persons entitled to draw in the Lottery and cause the Lottery to be carried into effect ... "46 After the draws of land had been made for the qualified residents of Georgia, they were notified by daily lists of names and lot numbers published by the state, "and all persons against whose names lands may have been drawn in pursuance to this act, shall be entitled to receive grants, which shall be issued under the hand of his Excellency the Governor, and the great seal of the state . "47 There was a very modest grant fee to be paid for the grant to the land lot which had been drawn. vii Not only were the counties of Baldwin, Wilkinson and Wayne settled by the Land Lottery System, but in successive Land Lotteries, the entire state which had not already been under the Headright System, was done this way. The six Land Lotteries in Georgia were held in 1805, for the eastern parts of Baldwin and Wilkinson, and all of Wayne, in 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827 and 1832. The second Lottery was held in 1807 and distributed the parts of Baldwin and Wilkinson which had not been covered by the one before48 In 1820, a Land Lottery was held which gave to Georgia citizens the original counties of Rabun, Hall, Habersham, Gwinnett, Walton, Early, Irwin, and Appling.49 In the year following, after again acquiring new lands from the creek Nation, 50 original Fayette, Henry, Monroe, Houston and Dooly Counties were ready for the 1821 LotterY.5l Four years later, in 1825, land was again ceded to Georgia in the area between the Flint and the Chattahoochee Rivers52 The 1827 Lottery settled that area which had been divided into the original counties of Carroll, Coweta, Troup, Muscogee, and Lee. After the completion of the Lottery in 1827, Georgia's counties had reached number 74. 53 The last area within the present boundaries of Georgia was acquired from the Cherokee Nation by treaty in 1835.54 In spite of there being no treaty, in 1832 Georgia proceeded to hold a Land Lottery in that year which conveyed the whole Cherokee Country in Georgia to its citizens.55 By 1832, Georgia had 89 counties56 The creation of Georgia's counties by the General Assembly did not cease with the last Land Lottery of 1832. Counties were created from other counties, and still others from those counties. By the 1850 United States Census of Georgia, the state was made up of 95 counties, Gordon and Clinch being the only two counties created in that year.57 In 1877, Georgia got a new constitution. The convention met in Atlanta on July 11, 1877, and the new constitution was drawn uP.58 One of the Provisions of that document was that "County lines shall not be changed unless under a general law for that purpose. "59 Before this time, as noted above, the General Assembly passed an act each time a county needed or wished to have its boundary altered. Two general laws providing for county line changes were soon forthcoming, the first one in 1881'60 and the other in 1877.61 Both laws are codified in the present Georgia Code Annotated as Sections 23-3 and 23-4, and appear in the text of this pUblication.62 The first of the sections provides for a county to alter its boundaries by viii mutually agreeing to the change. The second provides the handling of disputed county lines. On August 17, 1905, four new counties were created by the Georgia General Assembly, named Crisp, Grady, Jenkins and Tift. One day later, on August 18th, four more were created and called Jeff Davis, Stephens, Toombs, and Turner. The total of Georgia counties had reached 145.63 In the same amendment to the 1877 Constitution wherein it restricted the number of counties in Georgia to 145, Ben Hill County was created, making the number 146. 64 On July 30, 1912, an act was passed by the Legislature proposing to amend the 1877 Constitution to create B1eck1ey County. The amendment was ratified on October 2, 1912 and the county of B1eck1ey was created on that date.65 In the same year, on August 14th, still another act proposed to amend the Constitution and the ratification of that amendment on the 5th of November, 1912, created Whee1er.66 In 1914, on July 7th, 14th, 27th and August 11th, four more acts proposed amendments to create counties, and they were brought into being by the ratifications of these acts on the 3rd of November 1914. 67 Acts of August 15th and 21st in 1917, were two more proposals for amendments, and on July 30, 1918, still another was proposed. The ratification of these on the 5th of November 1918, added Atkinson, Treut1en, and Cook. 68 Before the new decade of the 20's emerged, Georgia had 155 counties, ten more than provided for in the constitution. On November 2, 1920, five more amendments were ratified and Lanier, Brantley, Lamar, Long, and Seminole were made.69 The last county to be added to Georgia's list of counties, making 161, was the ratification of an amendment which created Peach County on November 24, 1924.70 The 1929 General Assembly passed a law to merge Campbell County with Fu1ton.71 Two years later, Milton was combined with Fulton, and the actual date of the combining of the two was to "become effective on the 1st day of January 1932."72 On that date Georgia had 159 counties, the same number it contains today. Constitution Code Title 2, makes this statement, "No new county shall be created except by the consolidation or merger of existing counties."73 Only one other state, Texas, has more counties than does Georgia. Texas has 254, with an area over four times as great.74 ix NOTES TO INTRODUCTION 1. Walter McElreath, A TREATISE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA, (Atlanta: The Harrison Company, 1912), p. 4. Cited hereafter as McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION. 2. Ibid., p. 5. 3. Ibid., pp. 11-12. 4. Ibid., pp. 12-14. 5. Albert B. Saye, GEORGIA'S CHARTER OF 1732, (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1942), p. 16. 6. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 151 E. Merton Coulter, GEORGIA: A SHORT HISTORY, (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1960), p. 771 Cited hereafter as Coulter, GEORGIA. Orville A. Park, JlGeorgia in the Eighteenth Century, JI REPORT OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL BAR ASSOCIATION, 1921, (Macon: The J. W. Burke Company, 1922), p. 181. 7. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 18. 8 Pat Bryant, ENTRY OF CLAIMS FOR GEORGIA LANDHOLDERS, 1733-1755, (Atlanta: State Printing Office, 1975), pp. xiv-xvi. 9. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 29. 10. Horatio Marbury and William H. Crawford, A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT AS A BRITISH PROVINCE, IN 1755, TO THE SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1800, INCLUSIVE, (Savannah: Seymour, Woolhopter & Stebbins, 1802), pp. 150-152. Cited hereafter as Marbury & Crawford, DIGEST, 17551800. 11. Ibid., p. 677. 12. Ibid., p. 152. 13. Included herein is a list of parishes, etc. SeeJlContents." 14. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 67. 15. Ibid., pp. 230-231. 16. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA, 1784-1786, p. 74. Notes for Introduction 17. The Georgia Surveyor General Department of the Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia, has many of the 1785 original manuscript warrants for this area, and lithe county of Houston" appears on all of them. 18. Coulter, GEORGIA, p. 199. 19. JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, 1786, p. 540. 20. Robert and George Watkins, DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF GEORGIA FROM ITS FIRST ESTABLISHMENT AS A BRITISH PROVINCE DOWN TO THE YEAR 1798, INCLUSIVE, (Philadelphia: 1800), p. 304. Cited hereafter as Watkins, DIGEST, 1755-1798. 21. Franklin K. Van Zandt, BOUNDARIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SEVERAL STATES, (Washington: Government printing Office, 1966), pp. 159-160. Cited hereafter as Van Zandt, U. S. BOUNDARIES. 22. Watkins, DIGEST, 1755-1798, p. 371. 23. Georgia Surveyor General Department of the Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia, MSS, Georgia-North Carolina Boundary papers, Letter from Richard Williamson, et. al., to Governor Milledge of Georgia, June 30, 1803. Cited hereafter as Georgia-North Carolina Boundary Papers. 24. Van Zandt, U. S. BOUNDARIES, p. 160. 25. Georgia-North Carolina Boundary Papers, Letter from Richard Williamson, eta al., to Governor Milledge of Georgia, June 30, 1803. 26. Augustin Smith Clayton, Esqr., A COMPILATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE POLITICAL YEAR OF 1800 TO THE YEAR 1810, INCLUSIVE, (Augusta: Adams & Duyckinck, 1812), p. 128. Cited hereafter as Clayton, DIGEST, 1800-1810. 27. Ben W. Fortson, Jr., Secretary of State of Georgia, GEORGIA OFFICIAL AND STATISTICAL REGISTER, 1971-1972, (Atlanta: HML&P, Inc., Printer), pp. 1347, 1581. Cited hereafter as Fortson, GEORGIA STATISTICAL REGISTER, 1971-1972. 28. Georgia Department of Archives and History, MSS, Governors' Letter Book, 1809-1814, pp. 19, 57. xi Notes for Introduction 29 . JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA . NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, 1812, (Milledgeville: S. Grantland, 1812), p. 10. 30. The said counties will henceforth not be used in any enumeration or further account of Georgia1s counties. Ed. 31. Marbury & Crawford# DIGEST, 1755-1800, pp. 603-606. 32. Charles J. Kappler, INDIAN AFFAIRS: LAWS AND TREATIES, Vol. II, (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1904), pp. 25-33. Cited hereafter as Kappler, INDIAN TREATIES. 33. Marbury & Crawford, DIGEST, 1755-1800, p. 330. 34. Ibid., p. 162. 35. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 244. 36. Marbury & Crawford, DIGEST, 1755-1800, p. 323. 37. Ibid. 38. GEORGIA LAWS, 1909, p. 115. 39. Alex M. Hitz, IIGeorgia Bounty Land Grants, II THE GEORGIA HISTORICAL QUARTERLY, XXXVIII, (Dec. 1954), p. 340. 40. Ibid. 41. Ibid., p. 341 42. Ibid., p. 339. 43. Clayton, DIGEST, 1800-1810, pp. 34-35. 44. Kappler, INDIAN TREATIES, p. 58. 45. Clayton, DIGEST, 1800-1810, p. 100. 46. Ibid., p. 105. 47. Ibid. 48. Ibid., p. 290. 49. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, A COMPILATION OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE xii Notes for Introduction OF GEORGIA, PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE YEAR 1810 TO THE YEAR 1819, INCLUSIVE, (Augusta: T. S. Hannon, 1821), p. 429. 50. Kappler, INDIAN TREATIES, p. 195. 51. William C. Dawson, A COMPILATION OF THE LAWS OF GEORGIA PASSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE THE YEAR 1819 TO THE YEAR 1829, INCLUSIVE, (Milledgeville: Grantland and Orme, 1831), p. 246. 52. Kappler, INDIAN TREATIES, p. 214. 53. GEORGIA STATISTICAL REGISTER, 1971-1972, p. 1069. 54. Kappler, INDIAN TREATIES, p. 439. 55. GEORGIA LAWS, 1830, p, 127. GEORGIA LAWS, 1831, p. 150. 56. Fortson, GEORGIA STATISTICAL REGISTER, 1971-1972, p. 1070. In this list, neither Campbell nor Milton County is shown in chronological order. Both are indicated as part of Fulton. In 1832, therefore, the number of counties was 88, but by adding Campbell County in its proper place (1828) that number would be 89. Milton County was created in 1857, and for all counties in the list after that, add 2 to the existing number. Ed. 57. Ibid . 58. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 170. 59. JOURNAL OF THE GEORGIA CONSTITUTIONAL CCNVENTION, 1877, (Atlanta: Jas. P. Harrison & Co., State Printers and Publishers, 1877), p 627. 60. GEORGIA LAWS, 1880-81, p. 52. 61. GEORGIA LAWS, 1887, p. 106. 62. See "County Boundary Changes." 63. Fortson, GEORGIA STATISTICAL REGISTER, 1971-1972, p. 1071. See editorial comment in Note 56. 64. McElreath, GEORGIA CONSTITUTION, p. 666. 65. THE GEORGIA CODE OF 1933, (Atlanta: The Harrison Company, 1935), p. 96. xiii Notes to Introduction 66. Ibid. 67. Ibid. 68. Ibid., p. 97. 69. Ibid. 70. Ibid. 71. GEORGIA LAWS, 1929, p. 551. 72. GEORGIA LAWS, 1931, p. 527. 73. GEORGIA CODE ANNOTATED, Sec. 2-7803, Paragraph III. 74. RAND McNALLY ATLAS, (Copyright, 1970), pp. 105, 110. xiv Transition from Districts and Towns into Parishes in 1758 and 1765 to Counties in 1777 1732 - 1758 Districts and Towns 1758 - 1765 Parishes 1765 - 1777 Parishes District of Augusta St. Paul St. Paul District of Halifax St. George St. George District of Abercorn District of Goshen District of Ebenezer District of Ogechee above Canoochee River St. Matthew St. Matthew St. Matthew St. Philip St. Matthew St. Matthew St. Matthew St. Philip District of Ogechee below Canoochee River Town of Hardwick Town of Savannah District of Savannah Sea Islands north of Great Ogechee River St. Philip St. Philip Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Christ Church Town of Sunbury District of Midway District of Newport St. Catherines Island Bermuda Island Town of Darien District of Darien Sapelo Island Eastwood Island Sea Islands between Great Ogechee and A1tamaha Rivers Town of Frederica District of Frederica Great St. Simons Island Little St. Simons Island St. John St. John St. John St. John St. John St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew St. James St. James St. James St. James St. John St. John St. John St. John St. John St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew St. Andrew St. James St. James St. James St. James Between A1tamaha and Turtle RJ.vers Between Turtle and Little Sati11a Rivers St. David St. Patrick 1777 Counties Richmond Burke Effingham Effingham Effingham Effingham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Chatham Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Glynn Glynn 2 1732 - 1758 Districts and Towns 1758 - 1765 Parishes 1765 - 1777 Parishes 1777 Counties Between Little and Great Sati11a Rivers Between Great Sati11a and St. Marys Rivers St. Thomas St. Mary Camden Camden Lands above Little and Broad Rivers x x By Treaty of Ceded Lands Augusta, June I, 1773 x x x \Vi1kes References: Horatio Marbury and William H. Crawford, DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, FROM ITS SETTLEMENT AS A BRITISH PROVINCE, IN 1755, TO THE SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 1800, INCLUSIVE, (Savannah: SeYmour, Woo1hopter & Stebbins, 1802), pp. 150-152, 601-603. Walter McElreath, A TREATISE ON THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA, (Atlanta: The Harrison Company, 1912), pp. 230-231. ANNOTATED LIST OF GEORGIA COUNTIES IN ORDER OF CREATION 1. Wilkes 2. Richmond 3. Burke 4. Effingham 5. Chatham 6. Liberty 7. Glynn 8. Camden Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 Georgia Constitution of 1777 N. B. The above counties are numbered in the order in which they are named in the first Georgia Constitution of 1777, Article IV. 9. Houston Resolution of the Georgia General Assembly, February 20, 1784 N. B. A resolution of the Georgia General Assembly in 1784 authorized certain commissioners to settle a tract of land in the Bend of the Tennessee River at tOday's Muscle Shoals, to be called Houston County. Georgia's northern boundary was not yet located, and ideas for settlements in choice areas near waterways were not unusual. The commissioners were vested with certain powers, among them the right to issue warrants for survey in order that lands be granted. No lands had been granted, however, when on August 14, 1786, the General Assembly dissolved the entire project. The Surveyor General Department of the Office of Secretary of State still has a number of the warrants which were issued. 10. Franklin 11. Washington Act of February 25, 1784 Act of February 25, 1784 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which they are named in the Act of February 25, 1784. 12. Bourbon Act of February 7, 1785 N. B. Bourbon County was laid out on the east side of the Mississippi River in what at that time was part of Georgia. Georgia's western boundary was decided by Royal Proclamation in 1763 as were all His Majesty's Colonies in America. 4 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. It was not until 1802, when Georgia ceded her lands from the Mississippi River to the Chattahoochee River to the United States, that the present western boundary was established. After the county was created, Spain soon closed the Mississippi River to navigation to all countries. No lands had been granted in Bourbon County and on the first day of February, 1788, an act was passed repealing the creation of that county. Greene Act of February 3, 1786 Columbia Elbert Act of December 10, 1790 Act of December 10, 1790 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order they appear in The Digest of the Laws of Georgia, 1755-1800, by Marbury and Crawford. Screven Hancock Act of December 14, 1793 Act of December 17, 1793 Warren Oglethorpe McIntosh Bryan Montgomery Act of December 19, 1793 Act of December 19, 1793 Act of December 19, 1793 Act of December 19, 1793 Act of December 19, 1793 N. B. The above five counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the Georgia General Assembly of December 19, 1793. Bulloch Jackson Act of February 8, 1796 Act of February 11, 1796 Jefferson Lincoln Act of February 20, 1796 Act of February 20, 1796 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of February 20, 1796. Tattnall Clarke Act of December 5, 1801 Act of December 5, 1801 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of December 5, 1801. Wayne Act of May 11, 1803 5 30. Wilkinson 31. Baldwin Act of May 11, 1803 - Act of June 26, 1806 Act of May 11, 1803 - Act of June 26, 1806 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of May 11, 1803. However, in the case of Wilkinson and Baldwin Counties, the Act of May 11, 1803 established only the first five land districts of each. The Act of June 26, 1806 created land districts 6 through 28 in Wilkinson and 6 through 20 in Baldwin, thus completing the entire area of each county. The Act of 1803, however, stated in each case that it was 1tto form and constitute one county to be called Wilkinson 1t and so on. 32. Walton Act of December 10, 1803 N. B. In a letter to Governor Milledge on June 3, 1803 certain persons living at the head of the French Broad River, JI south of North Carolina and north of South Carolina . " as they described themselves, asked to be taken into the State of Georgia, " since no state will accept them." The Georgia-North Carolina boundary had not yet been surveyed and the area was generally a Jlno-mans" land. Subsequently, the above act was passed which created Walton County. Finally, to settle the boundary and the various disputes concerning it, Georgia employed a nationally known surveyor to locate the 350 of north latitude. Since the southern boundaries of North Carolina and Tennessee were on the 350 degree, it was thought by the establishment of that point the true Georgia boundary could be settled. On the 3rd of November, 1812, however, Governor Mitchell, in his message to the General Assembly, stated that Andrew Ellicott had located the 350 degree on Georgia's northern boundary. The report of Ellicott showed that, " .. it appears that no part of the territory heretofore claimed by this state as Walton County remains to Georgia." 33. Morgan 34. Randolph 35. Jones Act of December 10, 1807 Act of December 10, 1807 Act of December 10, 1807 6 36. Putnam 37. Laurens 38. Telfair Act of December 10, 1807 Act of December 10, 1807 Act of December 10, 1807 N. B. The above six counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of December 10, 1807. Randolph County, above, was named for John Randolph of Virginia who at that time was a great favorite of the Georgia people. His stand on issues in the United States Congress were much to Georgia's liking. However, in 1812, Randolph opposed the United States declaration of war against Great Britain. Georgia decried his position in that matter and changed the name of Randolph County to that of Jasper by Act of December 10, 1812, which reads, in part, i t 1I was obviously the intent of the Legislature of Georgia in designating a county in their state by the name of Randolph, to perpetuate the name of John Randolph a member of Congress from Virginia whose early exertions in the cause of democracy . claimed the approbation of every good citizen of these United States. But .. the conduct of .John Randolph .. has evinced such a manifest desertion of correct principles, and such a decided attachment to the enemies of the United States as to render his name odious to every republican citizen in this state and the United States. 1I This public degradation, strangely enough, was soon forgotten, for 16 years later, in 1828, a county in the southwestern part of the state was named Randolph when it was created in that year from original Lee County. 39. Pulaski 40. Twiggs 4l. Madison Act of December 13, 1808 Act of December 14, 1809 Act of December 5, 1811 N. B. Randolph changed to Jasper on December 10, 1812. See note above 42. Emanuel 43. Early 44. Irwin Act of December 10, 1812 Act of December 15, 1818 Act of December 15, 1818 7 45. Appling 46. Walton 47. Gwinnett 48. Hall 49. Habersham Act of December 15, 1818 Act of December 15, 1818 Act of December 15, 1818 Act of December 15, 1818 Act of December 15, 1818 N. B. The above seven counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of December 15, 1818. Walton County, above, is not the same county as is described in number 32. 50. Rabun Act of December 21, 1819 51. Doo1y 52. Houston 53. Monroe 54. Fayette 55. Henry Act of May 15, 1821 Act of May 15, 1821 Act of May 15, 1821 Act of May 15, 1821 Act of May 15, 1821 N. B. The above five counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of May 15, 1821. 56. Newton Act of December 24, 1821 57. DeKa1b 58. Bibb 59. Pike 60. Crawford Act of December 9, 1822 Act of December 9, 1822 Act of December 9, 1822 Act of December 9, 1822 N. B. The above four counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of December 9, 1822 61. Decatur Act of December 8, 1823 62. Upson 63. Ware Act of December 15, 1824 Act of December 15, 1824 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of December 15, 1824. 64. First Section (became Lee) Act of June 9, 1825 65. Second Section (became Muscogee) Act of June 9, 1825 66. Third Section (became Troup) Act of June 9, 1825 67. Fourth Section (became Coweta) Act of June 9, 1825 68. Fifth Section (became Carroll) Act of June 9, 1825 8 N. B. The Act of June 9, 1825 named the newly created local entities as sections according to the numbers above. The act further gave the criminal jurisdiction of the sections to the nearest adjoining counties to the east, i.e., the jurisdiction of the first section to Dooly, the second section to Houston, the third to Monroe, etc. Six months later, by Act of December II, the sections were given names of counties, as is noted above. 69. Baker Act of December 12, 1825 70. Thomas 71. Lowndes Act of December 23, 1825 Act of December 23, 1825 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1825. 72. Taliaferro 73. Butts Act of December 24, 1825 Act of December 24, 1825 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1825. 74. Meriwether 75. Harris 76. Talbot 77. Marion Act of December 14, 1827 Act of December 14, 1827 Act of December 14, 1827 Act of December 14, 1827 N. B. The above four counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of December 14, 1827. 78. Randolph 79. Campbell Act of December 20, 1828 Act of December 20, 1828 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1828. By Act of August 9, 1929 an act was passed by which Campbell County was to be merged with Fulton County, to take effect as of January 1, 1932. 80. Heard 81. Stewart Act of December 22, 1830 Act of December 22, 1830 9 82. Cherokee 83. Sumter Act of December 26, 1831 Act of December 26, 1831 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1831. Cherokee County was the organization of the entire Cherokee Nation in Georgia before the 1832 Land Lottery when the lands were surveyed and distributed to the Georgia settlers. 84. Forsyth 85. Lumpkin 86. Union 87. Cobb 88. Cherokee 89. Gilmer 90. Murray 91. Cass 92. Floyd 93. Paulding Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 Act of December 3, 1832 N. B. The above ten counties are numbered in the order they are named in the Act of the General Assembly of December 3, 1832. Cass County was named for Lewis Cass, a U. S. Senator from Michigan who was nominated for president at the Democratic Convention in 1848. His belief of popular sovereignty appealed to the south. By Act of December 6, 1861, the name of Cass County was changed to Bartow, and read in part as follows: " . Lewis Cass having recently shown himself inimical to the South by voluntary donations of his private property to sustain a wicked war upon her people, and by utterance of sentiments such as the South must be subjugated, the Union must be preserved1 and has thereby become unworthy of the honor conferred by the naming of the said county " In the above act the name was changed to Bartow, in honor of the late Colonel Frances S. Bartow of Chatham County who fell at the Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861. Also, on the same date, Cassville, the county seat was changed to Manassas. 94. Walker 95. Macon Act of December 18, 1833 Act of December 14, 1837 10 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 11l. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. Dade Chattooga Gordon Clinch Act of December 25, Act of December 28, Act of February 13, Act of February 14, 1837 1838 1850 1850 Polk Spalding Act of December 20, 1851 Act of December 20, 1851 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1851. Whitfield Taylor Act of December 30, 1851 Act of January 15, 1852 Catoosa Pickens Act of December 5, 1853 Act of December 5, 1853 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1853. Hart Dougherty Act of December 7, 1853 Act of December 15, 1853 Kinchafoonee Act of December 16, 1853 N. B. By the Act of February 21, 1856, the name of Kinchafoonee was changed to Webster. The act reads, in part, 1I that from and immediately after the passage of this act, the name of the county of Kinchafoonee shall be altered and changed to that of Webster. And . that the county site of said county of Webster be changed from McIntosh to Preston . II Fulton Worth Act of December 20, 1853 Act of December 20, 1853 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1853. Fannin Act of January 21, 1854 Coffee Act of February 9, 1854 Chattahoochee Act of February 13, 1854 Clay Act of February 16, 1854 Charlton Act of February 18, 1854 Calhoun Act of February 20, 1854 11 117. Haralson 118. Terrell Act of January 26, 1856 Act of February 16, 1856 119. Colquitt 120. Berrien Act of February 25, 1856 Act of February 25, 1856 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1856. 121. 122. 123. Miller Towns Dawson Act of February 26, 1856 Act of March 6, 1856 Act of December 3, 1857 124. Pierce 125. Milton Act of December 18, 1857 Act of December 18, 1857 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1856. By Act of July 30, 1931, Milton County was merged with Fulton County. The effective date of the consolidation was to be on January 1, 1932. 126. Glascock 127. Mitchell Act of December 19, 1857 Act of December 21, 1857 128. 129. 130. Schley White Wilcox Act of December 22, 1857 Act of December 22, 1857 Act of December 22, 1857 N. B. The above three counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1857. 131. Clayton 132. Quitman Act of November 30, 1858 Act of December 10, 1858 133. 134. 135. Banks Johnson Brooks Act of December II, 1858 Act of December II, 1858 Act of December 11, 1858 N. B. The above three counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in the Georgia Laws, 1858. 136. 137. Echols Douglas Act of December 13, 1858 Act of October 17, 1870 12. 138. McDuffie 139. Rockdale Act of October 18, 1870 Act of October 18, 1870 N. B. The above two counties are numbered in the order in which the respective appear in Georgia Laws, 1870. 140. Dodge 14l. Oconee Act of October 26, 1870 Act of February 25, 1875 142. 143. 144. 145. Crisp Grady Jenkins Tift Act of August 17, 1905 Act of August 17, 1905 Act of August 17, 1905 Act of August 17, 1905 N. B. The above four counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts in Georgia Laws, 1905. 146. 147. 148. 149. Jeff Davis Stephens Toombs Turner Act of August 18, 1905 Act of August 18, 1905 Act of August 18, 1905 Act of August 18, 1905 N. B. The above four counties are numbered in the order in which the respective acts appear in Georgia Laws, 1905. 150. Ben Hill N. B. The Act of July 31, 1906, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Ben Hill. The amendment was ratified in the next General Election on November 6, 1906, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. 151. B1eckley N. B. The Act of July 30, 1912, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Bleck1ey. The amendment was ratified in the Special Election of October 2, 1912, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. 152. Wheeler N. B. The Act of August 14, 1912, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 13 the county of Wheeler. The amendment was ratified in the next General Election of November 5, 1912, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. Barrow N. B. The Act of July 7, 1914, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Barrow. The amendment was ratified in the next General Election of November 3, 1914 and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. Candler N. B. The Act of July 14, 1914, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Candler. The amendment was ratified in the next General Election of November 3, 1914, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. Bacon N. B. The Act of July 27, 1914, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Bacon. The amendment was ratified in the next General Election on November 3, 1914, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. Evans N. B. The Act of August 11, 1914 proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Evans. The amendment was ratified in the next General Election of November 3, 1914, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. Atkinson N. B. The Act of August 15, 1917, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Atkinson. The amendment was ratified in the General Election of November 5, 1918, and the county was formed pursuant to that ratification. 14 158. 159. 160. 161. 162. Treut1en N. B. The Act of August 21, 1917, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Treut1en. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 5, 1918, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. Cook N. B. The Act of July 30, 1918, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Cook. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 5, 1918, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. Seminole N. B. The Act of July 8, 1920, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Seminole. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 2, 1920, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. Lanier N. B. The Act of August 7, 1920, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Lanier. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 2, 1920, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. Brantley N. B. The Act of August 14, 1920, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Lanier. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 2, 1920 and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. 15 163. Long N. B. The Act of August 14, 1920, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Long. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 2, 1920, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. 164. Lamar N. B. The Act of August 17, 1920, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Lamar. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 2, 1920, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. 165. Peach N. B. The Act of July 18, 1924, proposed an amendment to the Georgia Constitution of 1877 to create the county of Peach. The amendment was ratified at the General Election of November 4, 1924, and the county was created pursuant to that ratification. I-' CREATION OF GEORGIA COUNTIES IN DECADES FROM 1777 0" Traced from original graph compiled by Pat Bryant 31 ..-.. .....".'. :: " ~ .. " .. " 21 \.::.!/:TIr 25 .. .............. e, {:)#.. .. .. " .. 13 13 ...... ".. ' . '. , ... ~ ... ot."".. ~'.: .:. 14 ; fl. ,,'" ...,>~;.: .,1.0.. o>rr fr/- {:?~ ~-~:-.:;-.;-.~:-~"'~ "9 6 9 .. '......-: ..:.. : ':::;" :';':::'.: .r:::: . -' .., .. - : '. #"," 1 ~: e., ,,- I. 6 ''' . '." ....: . . .-.:.:.~ \'. .'\. ", ;. ':~'~".:. ' " 3 .. . .. , ." . 5 ,'", ': . - . . :.: . : :.:.::': ;'.=:;::3, ;:... : I,' .... ~. . '. .9" . " . . . 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" .. :.. :" .,.. ! ; ".: .~NONE NONE ;.;"" : -: .If . ;:.~ ..1...="77~7---1787 1797 -1807 1817 1827 1837 1847 1857 186/ 1877 lS8) 1s'::n .l~U-l l.';u. 1787 1797 1807 1817 1827 1837 1847 1857 1867 1877 1887 1897 1907 1917 1927 APPLING Created: December 15, 1818 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 App ling took area from the following counties: Pierce Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne December 13, 1858 December 13, 1858 March 3, 1875 March 4, 1875 February 23, 1876 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1875, page 269 Georgia Laws 1875, page 275 Georgia Laws 1876, page 301 App li ng gave up area to the following counties: Bacon Jeff Davis Pierce Pierce Pierce Telfair Telfair Ware Wayne Wayne Wayne July 27, 1914 August 18, 1905 December 18, 1857 December 13, 1858 March 3, 1874 December 14, 1819 December 24, 1825 December 15, 1824 December 13, 1858 August 27, 1872 February 14, 1876 Georgia Laws 1914, page 23 Georgia Laws 1905, page 55 Georgia Laws 1857, page 40 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1874, page 369 Lamar's Compilation, page 234 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 Dawson's Compilation, page 127 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1872, page 387 Georgia Laws 1876, page 302 ATKINSON Created: August 15, 1917 Georgia Laws 1917, page 41 Atkinson took area from the following counties: Clinch Coffee August 15, 1917 August 15, 1917 Georgia Laws 1917, page 41 Georgia Laws 1917, page 41 Atkinson gave up area to the following counties: None 18 BACON Created: July 27, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 23 Bacon took area from the following counties: Appling Pierce Ware July 27, 1914 July 27, 1914 July 27, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 23 Georgia Laws 1914, page 23 Georgia Laws 1914, page 23 Bacon gave up area to the following counties: None BAKER Created: December 12, 1825 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 Baker took area from the following counties: Calhoun Early December 6, 1860 December 12, 1825 Georgia Laws 1860, page 137 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 Baker gave up area to the following counties: Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Dougherty Early Miller Mitchell February 20, 1854 April 18, 1863 February 26, 1877 December 15, 1853 December 17, 1859 February 26, 1856 December 21, 1857 Georgia Laws 1854, page 284 Georgia Laws 1863, page 206 Georgia Laws 1877, page 272 Georgia Laws 1853, page 296 Georgia Laws 1859, page 266 Georgia Laws 1856, page 114 Georgia Laws 1857, page 38 BALDWIN Created: May 11, 1803 June 26, 1806 Clayton's Compilation, page 100 Clayton's Compilation, page 290 19 Baldwin took area from the following counties: Hancock Jones Washington Washington Washington Wilkinson Wilkinson Wilkinson December 10, 1807 March 4, 1856 December 10, 1807 December 5, 1812 December 27, 1826 December 10, 1807 March 4, 1856 August 23, 1872 Clayton's Compilation, page 363 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Clayton's Compilation, page 363 Lamar's Compilation, page 193 Dawson's Compilation, page 134 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1872, page 387 Baldwin gave up area to the following counties: Jasper Jones Morgan Putnam December 10, 1807 December 10, 1807 December 10, 1807 December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 BANKS Created: December 11, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 30 Banks took area from the following counties: Franklin Habersham Hall Jackson December 11, 1858 December 11, 1858 November 22, 1859 1870 Georgia Laws 1858, page 30 Georgia Laws 1858, page 30 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Georgia Laws 1870, page 25 Banks gave up area to the following counties: Hall November 22, 1859 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 BARROW Created: July 7, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 Barrow took area from the following counties: Gwinnett Jackson Walton July 7, 1914 July 7, 1914 July 7, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 20 Barrow gave up area to the following counties: None BARTOW Created: December 3. 1832. as Cass County December 6. 1861, named Bartow Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1861. page 101 Bartow took area from the following counties: Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee Murray Paulding Paulding December 3. 1832 March 4. 1856 March 4. 1856 December 18. 1834 January 13, 1852 February 18, 1854 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1856. page 130 Georgia Laws 1856, page 134 Georgia Laws 1834. page 71 Georgia Laws 1852. page 68 Georgia Laws 1854. page 321 Bartow gave up area to the following counties: Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Polk Murray December 23. 1843 December 26. 1845 January 13, 1852 January 22. 1852 February 13, 1850 January 13. 1852 February II. 1854 March 1, 1856 March 6, 1856 March 17, 1869 December 20, 1860 February 23, 1850 Georgia Laws 1843. page 27 Georgia Laws 1845. page 73 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1852. page 65 Georgia Laws 1850, page 124 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854. page 312 Georgia Laws 1856. page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 131 Georgia Laws 1869, page 173 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 Georgia Laws 1850, page 129 BEN HILL Created: July 31. 1906 Georgia Laws 1906, page 28 Benn Hill took area from the folloWing counties: Irwin Wilcox July 31, 1906 July 31, 1906 Georgia Laws 1906, page 28 Georgia Laws 1906, page 28 21 Ben Hill gave up area to the following counties: None BERRIEN Created: February 25, 1856 Georgia Laws 1855-6, page 112 Berrien took area from the following counties: Coffee Coffee Colquitt Irwin Irwin Lowndes February 25, 1856 December 13, 1858 December 22, 1857 February 25, 1856 December 17, 1859 February 25, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 112 Georgia Laws 1858, page 133 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1856, page 112 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Georgia Laws 1856, page 112 Berrien gave up area to the following counties: Coffee Colquitt Cook Irwin Irwin Lanier Lowndes Tift December 13, 1858 December 22, 1857 July 30, 1918 December 15, 1857 February 19, 1877 August 7, 1920 December 22, 1857 August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1858, page 133 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1918, page 102 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 275 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 BIBB Created: December 9, 1822 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Bibb took area from the fo llowing counties: Houston Jones Jones Jones Jones Jones December 9, 1822 December 9, 1822 December 20, 1834 December 23, 1843 December 21, 1849 February 17, 1854 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1834, page 71 Georgia Laws 1843, page 27 Georgia Laws 1849, page 129 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 22 Jones Monroe Monroe Twiggs Twiggs Twiggs TWiggs Twiggs Twiggs Twiggs Twiggs February 17, 1875 December 9, 1822 February 20, 1877 December 9, 1822 December 23, 1833 December 26, 1842 December 21, 1849 January 20, 1852 March 2, 1875 February 25, 1876 February 19, 1877 Georgia Laws 1875, page 273 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1877, page 272 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1833, page 51 Georgia Laws 1842, page 61 Georgia Laws 1849, page 129 Georgia Laws 1852, page 75 Georgia Laws 1875, page 269 Georgia Laws 1876, page 302 Georgia Laws 1877, page 273 Bibb gave up area to the following counties: Jones December 21, 1849 Georgia Laws 1849, page 129 BLECKLEY Created: July 30, 1912 Georgia Laws 1912, page 38 Bleckley took area from the following counties: Pulaski July 30, 1912 Georgia Laws 1912, page 38 Bleckley gave up area from the following counties: None BRANTLEY Created: August 14, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 34 Brantley took area from the following counties: Charlton Pierce Wayne August 14, 1920 August 14, 1920 August 14, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 34 Georgia Laws 1920, page 34 Georgia Laws 1920, page 34 Brantley gave up area to the following counties: None 23 BROOKS Created: December 11, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 35 Brooks took area from the following counties: Lowndes Lowndes Thomas December 11, 1858 November 21, 1859 December 11, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 58 Georgia Laws 1859, page 298 Georgia Laws 1858, page 58 Brooks gave up area to the following counties: Lowndes November 21, 1859 Georgia Laws 1859, page 298 BRYAN Created: December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Bryan took area from the following counties: Chatham Effingham December 19, 1793 December 16, 1794 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 172 Bryan gave up area to the following counties: Bulloch Chatham February 8, 1796 December 24, 1847 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Georgia Laws 1847, page 66 BULLOCH Created: February 8, 1796 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Bulloch took area from the following counties: Bryan Emanuel Emanuel Montgomery Screven February 8, 1796 December 6, 1813 November 30, 1815 December 15, 1810 February 8, 1796 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Lamar's Compilation, page 204 Lamar's Compilation, page 215 Clayton's Compilation, page 615 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 24 Bulloch gave up area to the following counties: Candler Emanuel Emanuel Emanuel Evans Jenkins Montgomery July 17. 1914 December 10. 1812 December 6. 1812 November 30. 1815 August ll. 1914 August 17. 1905 December 15. 1810 Georgia Laws 1914. page 29 Lamar's Compilation. page 197 Lamar's Compilation. page 204 Lamar's Compilation. page 215 Georgia Laws 1914. page 33 Georgia Laws 1905. page 57 Clayton's Compilation. page 615 BURKE Created: February 5. 1777 State Constitution of 1777 Burke took area from the following: Halifax District March 15. 1758 St. George Parish February 5. 1777 Marbury and Crawford's Digest. page 150 Constitution of 1777 Burke gave up area to the following counties: Jefferson Jenkins Richmond Screven February 20. 1796 August 17. 1905 December 11. 1841 December 14. 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest. page 169 Georgia Laws 1905. page 57 Georgia Laws 1841. page 69 Marbury and Crawford's Digest. page 512 BUTTS Created: December 24. 1825 Dawson's Compilation. page 130 Butts took area from the following counties: Henry Henry Henry Henry Monroe Ocmulgee Reserve December 24. 1825 February 23. 1850 December 20. 1860 October 25. 1870 December 24. 1825 December 22. 1829 Dawson's Compilation. page 130 Georgia Laws 1850. page 137 Georgia Laws 1860. page 140 Georgia Laws 1870. page 27 Dawson's Compilation. page 130 Dawson's Compilation. page 140 Butts gave up area to the following counties: 25 CALHOUN Created: February 20, 1854 Georgia Laws 1853-4, page 284 Calhoun took area from the following counties: Baker Baker Baker Clay Early Randolph Randolph Randolph Randolph Randolph Randolph Randolph February 20, 1854 April 18, 1863 February 26, 1877 February 23, 1876 February 20, 1854 February 21, 1856 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 December 20, 1860 1870 February 10, 1876 February 24, 1877 Georgia Laws 1853-4, page ~84 Georgia Laws 1863, page 206 Georgia Laws 1877, page 272 Georgia Laws 1876, page 302 Georgia Laws 1853-4, page 284 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Georgia Laws 1876, page 303 Georgia Laws 1877, page 278 Calhoun gave up area to the following counties: Baker Clay Clay Clay Early Early Randolph Randolph December 6, 1860 August 23, 1872 February 24, 1875 February 25, 1876 December 15, 1859 February 23, 1876 December 5, 1855 February 21, 1856 Georgia Laws 1860, page 137 Georgia Laws 1872, page 402 Georgia Laws 1875, page 269 Georgia Laws 1876, page 304 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1876, page 303 Georgia Laws 1855, page 126 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 CAMDEN Created: February 5, 1777 Camden took area from the following: Charlton Parish of St. Mary Parish of St. Thomas Wayne Wayne Wayne February 27, 1856 February 5, 1777 February 5, 1777 December 7, 1805 December 7, 1812 December 13, 1820 Constitution of 1777 Georgia Laws 1856, page 131 Constitution of 1777 Constitution of 1777 Clayton's Compilation, page 282 Lamar's Compilation, page 195 Dawson's Compilation, page 116 26 Camden gave up area to the following counties: Charlton Charlton Glynn Wayne Wayne Wayne February 18, 1854 February 27, 1856 December 13, 1858 December 20, 1808 December 7, 1812 December 13, 1820 Georgia Laws 1854, page 290 Georgia Laws 1856, page 131 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Clayton's Compilation, page 473 Lamar's Compilation, page 195 Dawson's Compilation, page 116 CAMPBELL Created: December 28, 1828 * Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Campbell took area from the following counties: Carroll Cobb Coweta Coweta Coweta DeKalb Fayette Fayette Fayette Paulding December 20, 1828 Decembe r 24, 1832 December 20, 1828 August 23, 1872 March 2, 1875 December 20, 1828 December 20, 1828 January 14, 1852 October 17, 1870 December 24, 1832 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1832, page 55 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1872, page 407 Georgia Laws 1875, page 270 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1852, page 70 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Georgia Laws 1832, page 55 Campbell gave up area to the following counties: Carroll Douglas Fulton Fulton October August August 1869 17, 1870 24, 1872 9, 1929 Georgia Laws 1869, page 168 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Georgia Laws 1872, page 397 Georgia Laws 1929, page 551 * Note: In 1932 Campbell merged with Fulton. CANDLER Created: July 17, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 29 Candler took area from the following counties: 27 Bulloch Emanuel Tattnall July 17, 1914 July 17, 1914 July 17, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 29 Georgia Laws 1914, page 29 Georgia Laws 1914, page 29 Candler gave up area to the following counties: None CARROLL Created: June 9, 1825 December 11, 1826 Georgia Laws 1825, Ex. , page 3 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Carroll took area from the following counties: Campbell Douglas Douglas Haralson Paulding Paulding 1869 December 9, 1871 February 17, 1877 December 18, 1860 November 17, 1864 March 10, 1866 Georgia Laws 1869, page 168 Georgia Laws 1871, page 266 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 273 Georgia Laws 1860, page 139 Georgia Laws 1864, page 28 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 Carroll gave up area to the following counties: Campbell Douglas Douglas Douglas Haralson Haralson Heard Heard Paulding Paulding Troup December 20, 1828 October 17, 1870 December 9, 1871 March 3, 1874 January 26, 1856 February 7, 1873 December 22, 1830 December 26, 1831 February 14, 1850 March 17, 1869 December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Georgia Laws 1871, page 266 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1856, page 110 Georgia Laws 1873, page 232 Georgia Laws 1830, page 48 Georgia Laws 1831, page 72 Georgia Laws 1850, page 132 Georgia Laws 1869, page 177 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 CATOOSA Created: December 5, 1853 Georgia Laws 1853-4, page 286 Catoosa took area from the following counties: 28 Walker Walker Whitfield Whitfield Whitfield December 5, 1853 December 12. 1866 December 5. 1853 December 14, 1859 February 24. 1877 Georgia Laws 1853. page 286 Georgia Laws 1866. page 33 Georgia Laws 1853. page 286 Georgia Laws 1859. page 275 Georgia Laws 1877. page 280 Catoosa gave up area to the following counties: None CHARLTON Created: February 18. 1854 Georgia Laws 1853-4. page 290 Charlton took area from the following counties: Camden Camden Ware February 18, 1854 February 27, 1856 December 6, 1855 Georgia Laws 1854, page 290 Georgia Laws 1856. page 131 Georgia Laws 1855. page 135 Charlton gave up area to the following counties: Brantley Camden. August 14, 1920 February 27. 1856 Georgia Laws 1920. page 34 Georgia Laws 1856. page 131 CHATHAM Created: February 7, 1777 Constitution of 1777 Chatham took area from the following counties: Bryan December 24, 1847 Effingham February 11, 1850 Parish of Christ Church February 7, 1777 Parish of St. Philip February 7, 1777 Georgia Laws 1847, page 66 Georgia Laws 1850. page 128 Constitution of 1777 ConsU tution of 1777 Chatham gave up area to the following counties: Bryan December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest. page 166 29 CHATTAHOOCHEE Created: February 13, 1854 Georgia Laws 1853-4, page 288 Chattahoochee took area from the following counties: Marion Marion Marion Muscogee Muscogee Muscogee Stewart Stewart February 13, 1854 August 23, 1872 February 23, 1876 February 13, 1854 November 18, 1864 March 12, 1866 March 4, 1865 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1854, page 288 Georgia Laws 1872, page 399 Georgia Laws 1876, page 307 Georgia Laws 1854, page 288 Georgia Laws 1864, page 28 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 Georgia Laws 1865, page 80 Georgia Laws 1874, page 370 Chattahoochee gave up area to the following counties: Muscogee Muscogee Muscogee March 5, 1856 November 18, 1864 March 12, 1866 Georgia Laws 1856, page 134 Georgia Laws 1864, page 28 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 CHATTOOGA Created: December 28, 1838 Georgia Laws 1838, page 77 Chattooga took area from the following counties: Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Walker December 28, 1838 December 17, 1840 December 10, 1841 December 27, 1847 December 27, 1847 December 28, 1838 Georgia Laws 1838, page 77 Georgia Laws 1840, page 35 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1847, page 66 Georgia Laws 1847, page 69 Georgia Laws 1838, page 77 Chattooga gave up area to the following counties: Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd December 17, 1840 December 10, 1841 December 24, 1842 December 26, 1845 December 27, 1847 February 4, 1856 Georgia Laws 1840, page 35 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1842, page 64 Geerrgia Laws 1845, page 73 Georgia Laws 1847, page 66 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 30 CHEROKEE Created: December 21. 1830 December 24. 1831 December 26. 1831 December 3. 1832 Georgia Laws 1830. page 127 Georgia Laws 1831. page 164 Georgia Laws 1831. page 74 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Cherokee took area from the following counties: Pickens Habersham Hall 1870 December 3. 1832 December 3. 1832 Georgia Laws 1870. page 24 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Cherokee gave up area to the following counties: Bartow Bartow Bartow Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Floyd Forsyth Forsyth Forsyth Forsyth Forsyth Gilmer Lumpkin Milton Murray Paulding Pickens Pickens Union December 3. 1832 March 4. 1856 March 4. 1856 December 3. 1832 January 22. 1852 March 5. 1856 December 22. 1857 December 3. 1832 December 3. 1832 December 24. 1847 January 14. 1854 March 1. 1856 March 4. 1856 December 3. 1832 December 3. 1832 December 18. 1857 December 3. 1832 December 3. 1832 December 5. 1853 March 19. 1869 December 3. 1832 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1856. page 130 Georgia Laws 1856. page 134 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1852. page 65 Georgia Laws 1856. page 127 Georgia Laws 1857. page 229 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1847. page 67 Georgia Laws 1854. page 314 Georgia Laws 1856. page 125 Georgia Laws 1856. page 130 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1857. page 36 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 Georgia Laws 1853. page 306 Georgia Laws 1869. page 179 Georgia Laws 1832. page 56 CLARKE Created: December 5. 1801 Clayton's Compilation. page 35 Clarke took area from the following counties: Greene December 1. 1802 Clayton's Compilation. page 89 31 Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Madison Madison December 5, 1801 February 21, 1850 February 17, 1854 December 19, 1860 February 21, 1850 January 20, 1852 Clayton's Compilation, page 89 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 Georgia Laws 1854, page 315 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 Georgia Laws 1852, page 72 Clarke gave up area to the following counties: Madison Madison Madison Madison Oconee Oglethorpe December 5, 1811 November 20, 1813 December 19, 1829 February 28, 1877 February 25, 1875 November 20, 1813 Lamar's Compi la tion, page 181 Lamar's Compilation, page 201 Dawson's Compilation, page 140 Georgia Laws 1877, page 276 Georgia Laws 1875,page 109 Lamar's Compilation, page 200 CLAY Created: February 16, 1854 Georgia Laws 1853-4, page 292 Clay took area from the following counties: Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Early Early Randolph Randolph Randolph Quitman August 23, 1872 February 24, 1875 February 25, 1876 February 16, 1854 December 16, 1859 February 16, 1854 March 5, 1856 December 14, 1859 1870 Georgia Laws 1872, page 402 Georgia Laws 1875, page 269 Georgia Laws 1876, page 304 Georgia Laws 1854, page 292 Georgia Laws 1859, page 268 Georgia Laws 1854, page 292 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1870, page 181 Clay gave up area to the following counties: Calhoun Quitman Quitman February 23, 1876 1870 March 2, 1875 Georgia Laws 1876, page 302 Georgia Laws 1870, page 181 Georgia Laws 1875, page 270 CLAYTON 32 Created: November 30, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 26 Clayton took area from the following counties: Fayette Fayette Fayette Fulton Henry Henry Henry November 30, 1858 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 February 27, 1877 November 30, 1858 March 5, 1875 February 20, 1877 Georgia Laws 1858, page 26 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1877, page 274 Georgia Laws 1858, page 26 Georgia Laws 1875, page 273 Georgia Laws 1877, page 275 Clayton gave up area to the follOWing counties: Henry December 13, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 CLINCH Created: February 14, 1850 Georgia Laws 1850, page 126 Clinch took area from the following counties: Lowndes 'Ware 'Ware February 14, 1850 February 14, 1850 February 23, 1876 Georgia Laws 1850, page 126 Georgia Laws 1850, page 126 Georgia Laws 1876, page 304 Clinch gave up area to the following counties: Atkinson Coffee Echols Lanier August 15, 1917 February 9, 1854 February 13, 1858 August 7, 1920 Georgia Laws 1917, page 41 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1858, page 37 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 COBB Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 33 Cobb took area fro. the following counties: Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee Douglas Paulding Paulding Paulding Paulding Paulding Deeember 3, 1832 January 22, 1852 March 5, 1856 December 22, 1857 February 27, 1874 Dece.ber 14, 1849 December 20, 1851 January 13, 1852 December 22, 1857 February 27, 1874 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1852, page 65 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1849, page 136 Georgia Laws 1851, page 52 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Cobb gave up area to the following counties: Campbell Douglas Milton Paulding Paulding Paulding December 24, 1832 February 27, 1874 December 18, 1857 December 20, 1851 January 13, 1852 Felruary 27, 1874 Georgia Laws 1832, page 55 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1857, page 36 Georgia Laws 1851, page 52 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 COFFEE Created: February 9, 1854 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Coffee took area from. the fo llowing counties: Berrien Clinch Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Telfair Ware Ware Ware December 13, 1858 February 9, 1854 February 9, 1854 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 Nove.ber 22, 1859 December 19, 1859 February 28, 1874 February 9, 1854 February 9, 1854 February 28, 1876 February 27, 1877 Georgia Laws 1858, page 133 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Georgia Laws 1874, page 372 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1877, page 280 Coffee gave up area to the following counties: Atkinson Berrien AUlust 15, 1917 February 25, 1856 Georgia Laws 1917, page 41 Georgia Laws 1856, page 112 34 Berrien Irwin Irwin Irwin Irwin Jeff Davis Telfair Ware December 13, 1858 March 4, 1856 March 5, 1856 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 August 18, 1905 March 1, 1856 February 27, 1877 Georgia Laws 1858, page 133 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1905, page 55 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1877, page 280 COLQUITT Created: February 25, 1856 Georgia Laws 1855-6, page 108 Colquitt took area from the following counties: Lowndes Mitchell Thomas Thomas Thomas February 25, 1856 February 21, 1873 February 25, 1856 December 19, 1859 October 24, 1870 Georgia Laws 1856, page 108 Georgia Laws 1873, page 279 Georgia Laws 1856, page 108 Georgia Laws 1859, page 273 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Colquitt gave up area to the following counties: Berrien Worth Worth December 22, 1857 December IS, 1857 December 14, 1859 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1857, page 233 Georgia Laws 1859, page 275 COLUMBIA Created: December 10, 1790 Marbury and Crawford's, page 163 Columbia took area from the following coUnties: McDuffie Richmond Richmond August 23, 1872 December 10, 1790 March 5, 1856 Georgia Laws 1872, pag~ 403 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 163 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 Columbia gave up area to the following counties: McDuffie McDuffie Warren October 18, 1870 August 23, 1872 December 19, 1793 Georgia Laws 1870, page 20 Georgia Laws 1872, page 403 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 35 COOK Created: July 30, 1918 Georgia Laws 1918, page 102 Cook took area from the following counties: Berrien July 30, 191.8 Georgia Laws 1918, page 102 Cook gave up area to the following counties: None COWETA Created: June 9, 1825 December 11, 1826 Georgia Laws 1825, page 3 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Coweta took area from the following counties: DeKalb Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether Troup December 11, 1826 January 12, 1852 March 4, 1865 October 25, 1870 February 25, 1875 February 20, 1877 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Georgia Laws 1852, page 64 Georgia Laws 1865, page 80 Georgia Laws 1870, page 22 Georgia Laws 1875, page 271 Georgia Laws 1877, page 279 Coweta gave up area to the following counties: Campbell Campbell Campbell Heard Heard Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether December 20, 1828 August 23, 1872 March 2, 1875 December 22, 1830 December 19, 1859 February 18, 1854 February 16, 1856 February 17, 1877 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1872, page 407 Georgia Laws 1875, page 270 Georgia Laws 1830, page 30 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1854, page 316 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1877, page 274 CRAWFORD 36 Created: December 9, 1822 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Crawford took area from the following counties: Houston Houston Macon Marion Monore Talbot December 9, 1822 December 21, 1830 December 25, 1847 December 26, 1827 February 13, 1854 December 26, 1827 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1830, page 51 Georgia Laws 1847, page 65 Georgia Laws 1827, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 319 Georgia Laws 1827, page 68 Crawford gave up area to the following counties: Houston Macon Taylor Upson Upson December 24, 1847 January 12, 1852 February 11, 1854 December 15, 1824 February 26, 1866 Georgia Laws 1847, page 67 Georgia Laws 1852, page 73 Georgia Laws 1854, page 318 Dawson's Compilation, page 126 Georgia Laws 1866, page 48 CRISP Created: August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 52 Crisp took area from the following counties: Dooly August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 52 Crisp gave up area to the following counties: None DADE Created: December 25, 1837 Georgia Laws 1837, page 65 Dade took area from the following counties: Walker December 25, 1837 Georgia Laws 1837, page 65 37 Dade gave up area from the following counties: None DAWSON Created: December 3, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 32 Dawson took area from the following counties: Gilmer Lumpkin Lumpkin Pickens December 3, 1857 December 3, 1857 December 18, 1860 December 22, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 32 Georgia Laws 1857, page 32 Georgia Laws 1860, page 142 Georgia Laws 1857, page 231 Dawson gave up area to the following counties: None DECATUR Created: December 8, 1823 Georgia Laws 1823, page 63 Decatur took area from the following counties: Early December 8, 1823 Georgia Laws 1823, page 63 Decatur gave up area to the following counties: Grady Seminole Thomas August 17, 1905 July 8, 1920 December 23, 1825 Georgia Laws 1905, page 54 Georgia Laws 1920, page 52 Dawson's Compilation, page 128 DEKALB Created: December 9, 1822 Dawson's Compilation, page 121 38 DeKalb took are from the following counties: Fayette Fayette Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Henry Henry Henry Henry Newton December 9, 1822 December 20, 1823 December 9, 1822 December 20, 1823 December 16, 1828 December 18, 1829 December 9, 1822 December 20, 1823 December 10, 1858 August 26, 1872 December 26, 1826 Dawson's Compilation, page 121 Dawson's Compilation, page 125 Dawson's Compilation, page 121 Dawson's Compilation, page 125 Georgia Laws 1828, page 54 Dawson's Compilation, page 140 Dawson's Compilation, page 121 Dawson's Compilation, page 125 Georgia Laws 1858, page 40 Georgia Laws 1872, page 408 Georgia Laws 1826, page 62 DeKalb gave up area to the following counties: Campbell Cherokee Coweta Fulton Fulton Gwinnett Milton Rockdale December 20, 1828 December 26, 1831 December 11, 1826 December 20, 1853 February 7, 1854 December 19, 1840 December 19, 1859 March 5, 1875 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1831, page 74 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Georgia Laws 1853, page 300 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Georgia Laws 1840, page 37 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Georgia Laws 1875, page 272 DODGE Created: October 26, 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Dodge took area from the following counties: Montgomery Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Telfair October 26, 1870 October 26, 1870 January 20, 1872 February 24, 1874 February 21, 1876 Oc tober 26, 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Georgia Laws 1872, page 305 Georgia Laws 1874, page 374 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Dodge gave up area to the following counties: Pulaski Pulaski Telfair Telfair January 20, 1872 February 24, 1874 August 26, 1872 March 4, 1875 Georgia Laws 1872, page 305 Georgia Laws 1874, page 374 Georgia Laws 1872, page 408 Georgia Laws 1875, page 275 39 DOOLY Created: May 15, 1821 Georgia Laws 1821, Ex., page 3 Dooly took area from the following counties: Worth Worth December 20, 1853 March 5, 1856 Georgia Laws 1853, page 308 Georgia Laws 1856, page 133 Dooly gave up area to the following counties: Crisp Houston Houston Macon Macon Lee Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Turner Wilcox Worth Worth Worth August 17, 1905 February 17, 1854 March 4, 1856 December 17, 1860 November 25, 1861 December 24, 1827 December 26, 1826 December 20, 1860 March 6, 1866 August 18, 1905 December 22, 1857 December 20, 1853 February 7, 1854 March 5, 1856 Georgia Laws 1905, page 52 Georgia Laws 1854, page 315 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Georgia Laws 1860, page 142 Georgia Laws 1861, page 102 Georgia Laws 1827, page 71 Georgia Laws 1826, page 135 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1866, page 48 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Georgia Laws 1853, page 308 Georgia Laws 1854, page 310 Georgia Laws 1856, page 133 DOUGHERTY Created: December 15, 1853 Georgia Laws 1853, page 296 Dougherty took area from the following counties: Baker Worth Worth Worth December 15, 1853 January 14, 1854 February 13, 1854 March 5, 1856 Georgia Laws 1853, page 296 Georgia Laws 1854, page 314 Georgia Laws 1854, page 319 Georgia Laws 1856, page 133 Dougherty gave up area to the following counties: None 40 DOUGLAS Created: October 17, 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Douglas took area from the following counties: Campbell Carroll Carroll Carroll Cobb Paulding October 17, 1870 October 17, 1870 December 9, 1871 March 3, 1874 February 27, 1874 February 27, 1874 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Georgia Laws 1871, page 266 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Douglas gave up area to the following counties: Carroll Carroll Cobb Paulding December 9, 1871 February 17, 1877 February 27, 1874 February 27, 1874 Georgia Laws 1871, page 266 Georgia Laws 1877, page 273 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 EARLY Created: December 15, 1818 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 Early took area from the following counties: Baker Calhoun Calhoun Mi ller Mi ller December 17, 1859 December 15, 1859 December 23, 1876 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 Georgia Laws 1859, page 266 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1876, page 303 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Early gave up area to the following counties: Baker Calhoun Calhoun Clay Clay Decatur December 12, 1825 February 20, 1854 December 15, 1859 February 16, 1854 December 16, 1859 December 8, 1823 Georgia Laws 1825, page 130 Georgia Laws 1854, page 284 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1854, page 292 Georgia Laws 1859, page 268 Georgia Laws 1823, page 63 41 Mi ller Miller Miller Mi ller Miller Mi ller Seminole February 26, 1856 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 April 16, 1863 February 8, 1866 Fberuary 24, 1874 July 8, 1920 Georgia Laws 1856, page 114 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Georgia Laws 1863, page 208 Georgia Laws 1866, page 48 Georgia Laws 1874, page 373 Georgia Laws 1920, page 52 ECHOLS Created: December 13, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 37 Echols took area from the following counties: Clinch Lowndes December 13, 1858 December 13, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 37 Georgia Laws 1858, page 37 Echols gave up area to the following counties: Lowndes Lowndes Lowndes December 19, 1860 December 21, 1866 February 19, 1877 Georgia Laws 1860, page 141 Georgia Laws 1866, page 34 Georgia Laws 1877, page 276 EFFINGHAM Created: February 5, 1777 State Constitution of 1777 Effingham took area from the following: Parish of St. Matthew February 5, 1777 Parish of St. Philip February 5, 1777 State Constitution of 1777 State Constitution of 1777 Effingham gave up area to the following counties: Screven Bryan Chatham December 14, 1793 December 16, 1794 February 11, 1850 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 165 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 172 Georgia Laws 1850, page 128 42 ELBERT Created: December 10. 1790 Marbury and Crawford's Digest. page 163 Elbert took area from the following counties: Hart Hart Madison Wilkes March 1. 1856 March 6, 1856 December 25, 1837 December 10, 1790 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Georgia Laws 1837, page 69 Marbury and Crawford's Digest. page 163 Elbert gave up area to the following counties: Hart Hart Hart Hart Madison Madison December 7, 1853 December 11, 1858 December 13, 1859 March 2. 1875 December 5, 1811 December 21. 1819 Georgia Laws 1853, page 302 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Georgia Laws 1875, page 271 Lamar's Compilation, page 181 Lamar's Compilation, page 240 EMANUEL Created: December 10, 1812 Lamar's Compilation, page 197 Emanuel took area from the following counties: Bulloch Bulloch Bulloch Jefferson Jefferson Johnson Johnson Johnson Montgomery December 10. 1812 December 6. 1813 November 30. 1815 December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 December 19. 1860 December 9. 1862 December 12. 1866 December 10, 1812 Lamar's Compilation, page 197 Lamar's Compilation. page 204 Lamar's Compilation, page 215 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1858. page 43 Georgia Laws 1860, page 137 Georgia Laws 1862. page 81 Georgia Laws 1866. page 33 Lamar's Compilation, page 197 Emanuel gave up area to the following counties: Bulloch Bulloch Candler Jefferson Jefferson December 6. 1813 November 30. 1815 July 17. 1914 December 22. 1857 December 11. 1858 Lamar's Compilation. page 204 Lamar's Compilation, page 215 Georgia Laws 1914. page 29 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1858. page 43 43 Jenkins Johnson Johnson Johnson Johnson Toombs Treutlen August 17, 1905 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1860 December 9, 1862 February 20, 1875 August 18, 1905 August 21, 1917 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Georgia Laws 1860, page 137 Georgia Laws 1862, page 81 Georgia Laws 1875, page 273 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 Georgia Laws 1917, page 44 EVANS Created: August 11, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 33 Evans took area from the following counties: Bulloch Tattnall August 11, 1914 August 11, 1914 Georgia Laws 1914, page 33 Georgia Laws 1914, page 33 Evans gave up area to the following counties: None FANNIN Created: January 21, 1854 Georgia Laws 1854, page 298 Fannin took area from the following counties: Gilmer Gilmer Gilmer Union January 21, 1854 December 20, 1860 October 27, 1870 January 21, 1854 Georgia Laws 1854, page 298 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1870, page 29 Georgia Laws 1854, page 298 Fannin gave up area to the following counties: Murray February 16, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 FAYETTE 44 Created: May 15, 1821 Georgia Laws 1821, Ex., page 3 Fayette took area from the following counties: Henry February 24, 1821 Georgia Laws 1821, page 44 Fayette gave up area to the following counties: Campbell Campbell Campbell Clayton Clayton Clayton DeKa1b DeKa1b Spalding December 20, 1828 January 14, 1852 October 17, 1870 November 30, 1858 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 December 9, 1822 December 10, 1841 December 20, 1851 Georgia Laws 1828, page 56 Georgia Laws 1852, page 70 Georgia Laws 1870, page 13 Georgia Laws 1858, page 26 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1851, page 58 FLOYD Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Floyd took area from the following counties: Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Chattooga Chattooga Chattooga Chattooga Chattooga Chattooga Cherokee Gordon Paulding Polk December 23, 1843 December 26, 1845 January 13, 1852 January 22, 1852 December 17, 1840 December 10, 1841 December 24, 1842 December 26, 1845 December 27, 1847 February 4, 1856 December 3, 1832 January 22, 1852 December 22, 1847 January 13, 1852 Georgia Laws 1843, page 27 Georgia Laws 1845, page 73 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1852, page 65 Georgia Laws 1840, page 35 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1842, page 64 Georgia Laws 1845, page 73 Georgia Laws 1847, page 66 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1847, page 68 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Floyd gave area to the following counties: Chattooga Chattooga December 28, 1838 December 10, 1841 Georgia Laws 1838, page 77 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 45 Chattooga Chattooga Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Polk Polk Polk December 27, 1847 December 27, 1847 February 13, 1850 January 1, 1852 January 22, 1852 March 1, 1856 February 27, 1877 December 20, 1851 January 13, 1852 February 13, 1854 Georgia Laws 1847, page 66 Georgia Laws 1847, page 69 Georgia Laws 1850, page 124 Georgia Laws 1852, page 74 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1877, page 274 Georgia Laws 1851, page 52 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 FORSYTH Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Forsyth took area from the following counties: Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee December 3, 1832 December 24, 1847 January 14, 1854 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1847, page 67 Georgia Laws 1854, page 314 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Forsyth gave up area to the following counties: Milton Milton December 18, 1857 December 8, 1860 Georgia Laws 1857, page 36 Georgia Laws 1860, page 138 FRANKLIN Created: February 25, 1784 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 330 Franklin took area from the following counties: Hart February 17, 1854 Hart March 6, 1856 Wafford Settlement December 8, 1806 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Clayton's Compilation, page 330 Franklin gave up area to the following counties: 46 Banks Habersham Hall Hart Hart Hart Jackson Madison Madison Madison Stephens December 11, 1858 December 19, 1818 December 19, 1818 December 7, 1853 February 17, 1854 March 6, 1856 February 11, 1796 December 5, 1811 December 21, 1819 December 17, 1823 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1858, page 30 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Georgia Laws 1853, page 302 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 168 Lamar's Compilation, page 181 Lamar's Compilation, page 240 Georgia Laws 1823, page 55 Georgia Laws 1905, page 58 FULTON Created: December 20, 1853 Georgia Laws 1853, page 300 Fulton took area from the following counties: Campbell Campbell DeKalb DeKalb Milton August 24, 1872 August 9, 1929 December 20, 1853 February 7, 1854 July 30, 1931 Georgia Laws 1872, page 397 Georgia Laws 1929, page 551 Georgia Laws 1853, page 300 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Georgia Laws 1931, page 527 Fulton gave up area to the following counties: Clayton February 27, 1877 Georgia Laws 1877, page 274 GILMER Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Gilmer took area from the following counties: Cherokee Fannin Murray Union December 3, 1832 October 27, 1870 December 29, 1838 March 1, 1856 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1870, page 29 Georgia Laws 1838, page 79 Georgia Laws 1856, page 124 Gilmer gave up area to the following counties: 47 Dawson Fannin Fannin Fannin Murray Pickens Pickens Pickens December 3, 1857 January 21, 1854 December 20, 1860 October 27, 1870 December 22, 1838 December 5, 1853 December 13, 1858 April 18, 1863 Georgia Laws 1857, page 32 Georgia Laws 1854, page 298 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1870, page 29 Georgia Laws 1838, page 79 Georgia Laws 1853, page 306 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1863, page 208 GLASCOCK Created: December 19, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 35 Glascock took area from the following counties: Jefferson Warren December 20, 1860 1870 Georgia Laws 1860, page 139 Georgia Laws 1870, page 7 Glascock gave up area to the following counties: Jefferson Warren December 20, 1860 March 4, 1865 Georgia Laws 1860, page 139 Georgia Laws 1865, page 80 GLYNN Created: February 5, 1777 State Constitution of 1777 Glynn took area from the following: Parish of St. David Parish of St. Patrick Sea Islands (Liberty) Camden Wayne Wayne Wayne February 5, 1777 February 5, 1777 December 20, 1789 December 13, 1858 December 7, 1805 December 2, 1822 December 11, 1858 Constitution of 1777 Constitution of 1777 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 153 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Clayton's Compilation, page 282 Dawson's Compilation, page 123 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Glynn gave up area to the following counties: 48 Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne December 7, 1805 December 13, 1820 December 11, 1858 December 17, 1860 Clayton's Compilation, page 282 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1860, page 146 GORDON Created: February 13, 1850 Georgia Laws 1849-50, page 124 Gordon took area from the following counties: Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Bartow Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Floyd Murray Murray Murray Murray Pickens Walker Wa lker February 13, 1850 January 13, 1852 February 11, 1854 March 1, 1856 March 6, 1856 March 17, 1869 February 13, 1850 January 1, 1852 January 22, 1852 March 1, 1856 February 2, 1877 January 1, 1852 January 13, 1852 March 8, 1866 February 25, 1876 December 19, 1860 January 13, 1852 February 7, 1854 Georgia Laws 1850, page 124 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 131 Georgia Laws 1869, page 173 Georgia Laws 1850, page 124 Georgia Laws 1852, page 74 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 274 Georgia Laws 1852, page 74 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1860, page 141 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Gordon gave up area to the following counties: Floyd Murray January 22, 1852 December 28, 1853 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1853, page 515 GRADY Created: August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 54 49 Grady took area from the following counties: Decatur Thomas August 17, 1905 August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 54 Georgia Laws 1905, page 54 Grady gave up area to the following counties: None GREENE Created: February 3, 1786 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 162 Greene took area from the following counties: Hancock Morgan Oglethorpe Oglethorpe Taliaferro Washington Wilkes December 10, 1841 January 20, 1872 February 16, 1799 November 30, 1799 February 20, 1854 February 3, 1786 December 1, 1802 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1872, page 306 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 176 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 176 Georgia Laws 1854, page 317 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 162 Clayton's Compilation, page 89 Greene gave up area to the following counties: Clarke Hancock Oglethorpe Oglethorpe Oglethorpe Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro December 1, 1802 February 17, 1793 December 25, 1794 February 16, 1799 November 30, 1799 December 24, 1825 February 20, 1854 February 16, 1876 February 20, 1877 Clayton's Compilation, page 89 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 164 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 173 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 176 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 176 Dawson's Compi1at \ , page 129 Georgia Laws 1854, page 317 Georgia Laws 1876, page 309 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 279 GWINNETT Created: December 15, 1818 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 Gwinnett took area from the following counties: 50 DeKa1b Hall Jackson Jackson Milton Walton Walton December 19, 1840 November 29, 1819 December 19, 1818 November 29, 1819 December 19, 1859 December 22, 1820 January 26, 1850 Georgia Laws 1840, page 37 Lamar's Compilation, page 231 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Lamar's Compilation, page 231 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1850, page 139 Gwinnett gave up area to the folloWing counties: Barrow Cherokee DeKa1b DeKa1b DeKa1b Hall Jackson Milton Rockdale July 7, 1914 December 26, 1831 December 9, 1822 December 16, 1828 December 18, 1829 November 29, 1819 November 29, 1819 December 19, 1859 March 5, 1875 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 Georgia Laws 1831, page 74 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1828, page 54 Dawson's Compilation, page 140 Lamar's Compilation, page 231 Lamar's Compilation, page 231 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Georgia Laws 1875, page 272 HABERSHAM Created: December 15, 1818 December 21, 1819 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 Lamar's Compilation, page 429 Habersham took area from the folloWing counties: Franklin Franklin Rabun White December 19, 1818 December 21, 1819 December 29, 1838 December 13, 1858 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Lamar's Compilation, page 239 Georgia Laws 1838, page 80 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Habersham gave up area to the folloWing counties: Banks Cherokee Cherokee Hall Lumpkin Lumpkin Rabun Rabun Stephens White White December 11, 1858 December 26, 1831 December 3, 1832 December 8, 1845 December 3, 1832 December 16, 1853 December 20, 1828 December 29, 1838 August 18, 1905 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 30 Georgia Laws 1831, page 74 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1845, page 73 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1853, page 317 Georgia Laws 1828, page 58 Georgia Laws 1838, page 80 Georgia Laws 1905, page 58 Georgia Laws 1857, page 44 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 51 HALL Created: December 15, 1818 December 21, 1819 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 Lamar's Compilation, page 429 Hall took area from the following counties: Banks Franklin Gwinnett Habersham Jackson Lumpkin November 22, 1859 December 19, 1818 November 29, 1819 December 8, 1845 December 19, 1818 January 22, 1852 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Lamar's Compilation, page 231 Georgia Laws 1845, page 73 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Georgia Laws 1852, page 65 Hall gave up area to the following counties: Banks Cherokee Cherokee Gwinnett Lumpkin Lumpkin Lumpkin November 22, 1859 December 26, 1831 December 3, 1832 November 29, 1819 February 1, 1850 October 24, 1870 December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Georgia Laws 1831, page 74 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Lamar's Compilation, page 231 Georgia Laws 1850, page 135 Georgia Laws 1870, page 24 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 HANCOCK Created: December 17, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 164 Hancock took area from the following counties: Greene Taliaferro Washington Washington Washington December 17, 1793 January 17, 1850 December 17, 1793 December 19, 1818 December 21, 1830 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 164 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 164 Lamar's Compilation, page 225 Georgia Laws 1830, page 50 Hancock gave up area to the following counties: Baldwin Greene Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro December 10, 1807 December 10, 1841 December 24, 1825 December 19, 1828 January 17, 1850 Clayton's Compilation, page 363 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1828, page 52 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 52 Washington Washington December 19, 1818 December 21, 1830 Lamar's Compilation, page 225 Georgia Laws 1830, page 50 HARALSON Created: January 26, 1856 Georgia Laws 1855-56, page 110 Haralson took area from the following counties: Carroll Paulding Polk January 26, 1856 December 8, 1862 January 26, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 110 Georgia Laws 1862, page 81 Georgia Laws 1856, page 110 Haralson gave up area to the following counties: Carroll Carroll December 18, 1860 February 7, 1873 Georgia Laws 1860, page 139 Georgia Laws 1873, page 232 HARRIS Created: December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Harris took area from the following counties: Muscogee Troup December 14, 1827 December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Harris gave up area to the following counties: Muscogee Talbot Talbot Troup December 21, 1829 April 13, 1863 March 3, 1875 February 17, 1854 Dawson's Compilation, page 141 Georgia Laws 1863, page 207 Georgia Laws 1875, page 275 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 HART Created: December 7, 1853 Georgia Laws 1853-54, page 302 53 Hart took area from the following counties: Elbert Elbert Elbert Elbert Elbert Franklin Franklin Franklin Madison December 7, 1853 March 6, 1856 December 11, 1858 December 13, 1859 March 2, 1875 December 7, 1853 February 17, 1854 March 6, 1856 April 4, 1863 Georgia Laws 1853, page 302 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Georgia Laws 1875, page 271 Georgia Laws 1853, page 302 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Georgia Laws 1863, page 207 Hart gave up area to the following counties: Elbert Elbert Franklin Franklin March 1, 1856 March 6, 1856 February 17, 1854 March 6, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 HEARD Created: December 22, 1830 Georgia Laws 1830, page 48 Heard took area from the following counties: Carroll Carroll Coweta Coweta Troup December 22, 1830 December 26, 1831 December 22, 1830 December 19, 1859 December 22, 1830 Georgia Laws 1830, page 48 Georgia Laws 1831, page 72 Georgia Laws 1830, page 48 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1830 "age 48 Heard gave up area to the following counties: Troup Troup March March 1 , 1856 4, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 135 HENRY Created: May 15, 1821 Henry took area from the following counties: Georgia Laws 1821, page 3 54 Butts Butts Butts Butts Clayton Newton Wal ton February 20, 1854 March 17, 1869 October 25, 1870 February 24, 1875 December 13, 1858 December 10, 1841 December 15, 1821 Georgia Laws 1854, page 318 Georgia Laws 1869, page 172 Georgia Laws 1870, page 27 Georgia Laws 1875, page 272 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1821, page 33 Henry gave up area to the following counties: Butts Butts Butts Clayton Clayton Clayton Clayton DeKalb DeKalb DeKalb Fayette Newton Newton Rockdale Spalding Walton December 24, 1825 February 23, 1850 December 20, 1860 November 30, 1858 March 5, 1875 February 20, 1877 February 27, 1877 December 9, 1822 December 10, 1858 August 26, 1872 December 24, 1821 February 24, 1821 December 22, 1843 October 18, 1870 December 20, 1851 December 15, 1821 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 Georgia Laws 1850, page 137 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1858, page 26 Georgia Laws 1875, page 273 Georgia Laws 1877, page 275 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 274 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1858, page 40 Georgia Laws 1872, page 408 Dawson's Compilation, page 120 Georgia Laws 1821, page 38 Georgia Laws 1843, page 29 Georgia Laws 1870, page 16 Georgia Laws 1851, page 58 Georgia Laws 1821, page 33 HOUSTON Created: May 15, 1821 Georgia Laws 1821, page 3 Houston took area from the following counties: Dooly Dooly Macon Macon Macon February 17, 1854 March 4, 1856 December 24, 1847 October 27, 1870 February 26, 1876 Georgia Laws 1854, page 313 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Georgia Laws 1847, page 67 Georgia Laws 1870, page 22 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Houston gave up area to the following counties: Bibb Crawford Macon Macon December 9, 1822 December 9, 1822 December 14, 1837 December 19, 1840 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1837, page 66 Georgia Laws 1840, page 38 55 Macon Macon Peach Pulaski February 21, 1873 February 26, 1876 July 18, 1924 December 20, 1828 Georgia Laws 1873, page 279 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1924, page 39 Georgia Laws 1828, page 54 IRWIN Created: December 15, 1818 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 Irwin took area from the following counties: Berrien Berrien Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee December 15, 1857 February 19, 1877 March 4, 1856 March 5, 1856 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 275 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Irwin gave up area to the following counties: Ben Hill Berrien Berrien Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Coffee Lowndes Thomas Tift Turner Wilcox Worth July 31, 1906 February 25, 1856 December 17, 1859 February 9, 1854 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 November 22, 1859 December 19, 1859 February 28, 1874 December 23, 1825 December 23, 1825 August 17, 1905 August 18, 1905 December 22, 1857 December 20, 1853 Georgia Laws 1906, page 28 Georgia Laws 1856, page 112 Georgia Laws 1859, page 269 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1859, page 267 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Georgia Laws 1874, page 372 Dawson's Compilation, page 128 Dawson's Compilation, page 128 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Georgia Laws 1853, page 308 JACKSON Created: February 11, 1796 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 168 Jackson took area from the following counties: 56 Franklin Franklin Madison Wafford Tract February 11, 1796 December 7, 1812 December 20, 1860 December 8, 1806 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 168 Lamar's Compilation, page 194 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Clayton's Compilation, page 330 Jackson gave up area to the following counties: Banks Barrow Clarke Clarke Clarke Clarke Gwinnett Hall Madison Madison Madison Madison Madison Walton 1870 Jllly 7, 1914 December 5, 1801 February 21, 1850 February 17, 1854 December 19, 1860 December 19, 1818 December 19, 1818 December 5, 1811 December 26, 1851 February 29, 1854 December 20, 1860 August 24, 1872 December 19, 1818 Georgia Laws 1870, page 25 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 Clayton's Compilation, page 35 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 Georgia Laws 1854, page 315 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Lamar's Compilation, page 181 Georgia Laws 1851, page 71 Georgia Laws 1854, page 313 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1872, page 439 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 JASPER Created: December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Jasper took area from the following counties: Baldwin Newton Newton Newton Newton Newton Newton Walton December 10, 1807 December 23, 1822 December 22, 1834 December 23, 1839 December 8, 1842 February 14, 1850 February 26, 1877 December 21, 1820 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Georgia Laws 1822, page 26 Georgia Laws 1834, page 72 Georgia Laws 1839, page 33 Georgia Laws 1842, page 62 Georgia Laws 1850, page 132 Georgia Laws 1877, page 277 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Jasper gave up area to the following counties: Jones Morgan Newton Newton Newton Newton Newton January 12, 1852 December 12, 1815 December 24, 1821 December 22, 1834 December 8, 1842 February 14, 1850 January 22, 1852 Georgia Laws 1852, page 67 Lamar's Compilation, page 216 Georgia Laws 1821, page 38 Georgia Laws 1834, page 72 Georgia Laws 1842, page 62 Georgia Laws 1850, page 131 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 57 Newton Newton Newton December 20, 1860 February 16, 1876 December 22, 1877 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1877, page 277 Note: See Jasper-Butts Supreme Court Case 142 GA 578 JEFF DAVIS Created: August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 55 Jeff Davis took area from the following counties: Appling Coffee August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 55 Georgia Laws 1905, page 55 Jeff Davis gave up area to the following counties: None JEFFERSON Created: February 20, 1796 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Jefferson took area from the following counties: Burke Emanuel Emanuel Warren Washington February 20, 1796 December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 February 20, 1796 December 21, 1839 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1858, page 43 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Georgia Laws 1839, page 33 Jefferson gave up area to the folloWing counties: Emanuel Emanuel Glascock December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 December 20, 1860 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1858, page 43 Georgia Laws 1860, page 139 JENKINS 58 Created: August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 Jenkins took area from the following counties: Bulloch Burke Emanuel Screven August 17, 1905 August 17, 1905 August 17, 1905 August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 Jenkins gave up area to the following counties: None JOHNSON Created: December 11, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Johnson took area from the following counties: Emanuel Emanuel Emanuel Laurens Washington December 11, 1858 December 9, 1862 February 20, 1875 December 11, 1858 December 11, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Georgia Laws 1862, page 81 Georgia Laws 1875, page 273 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Johnson gave up area to the following counties: Emanuel Emanuel Emanuel Laurens Laurens December 19, 1860 December 9, 1862 December 12, 1866 February 28, 1874 February 25, 1876 Georgia Laws 1860, page 137 Georgia Laws 1862, page 81 Georgia Laws 186f page 33 Georgia Laws 187, page 372 Georgia Laws 1876, page 306 JONES Created: December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Jones took area from the follOWing counties: Baldwin Bibb December 10, 1807 December 21, 1849 Clayton's Compilation Georgia Laws 1849, page 129 59 Jasper Putnam Reserves January 12, 1852 December 15, 1810 May 15, 1821 Georgia Laws 1852, page 67 Clayton's Compilation, page 615 Georgia Laws 1821, page 3 Jones gave up area to the following counties: Baldwin Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb March 4, 1856 December 9, 1822 December 20, 1834 December 23, 1843 December 21, 1849 February 17, 1854 February 17, 1875 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1834, page 71 Georgia Laws 1843, page 27 Georgia Laws 1849, page 129 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1875, page 273 LAMAR Created: August 17, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 38 Lamar took area from the following counties: Monroe Pike August 17, 1920 August 17, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 38 Georgia Laws 1920, page 38 Lamar gave up area to the following counties: None LANIER Created: August 7, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 Berrien Clinch Lowndes August 7, 1920 August 7, 1920 August 7, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 Lanier gave up area to the following counties: None LAURENS 60 Created: December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Laurens took area from the following counties: Johnson Johnson Montgomery Washington Wilkinson February 28, 1874 February 25, 1876 December 10, 1811 December 10, 1811 December 10, 1807 Georgia Laws 1874, page 372 Georgia Laws 1876, page 306 Lamar's Compilation, page 185 Lamar's Compilation, page 185 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Laurens gave up area to the following counties: Johnson Pulaski December 11, 1858 December 13, 1808 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Georgia Laws 1808, page 52 LEE Created: June 9, 1825 December 14, 1826 Georgia Laws 1825, page 3 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Lee took area from the following counties: Dooly Sumter December 24, 1827 February 11, 1854 Georgia Laws 1827, page 71 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Lee gave up area to the following counties: Marion Muscogee Sumter Sumter Randolph Terrell Terrell Terrell Terrell December 14, 1827 December 14, 1827 December 26, 1831 December 15, 1859 December 20, 1828 February 16, 1856 March 4, 1856 February 20, 1866 December 11, 1866 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1831, page 76 Georgia Laws 1859, page 273 Georgia Laws 1828, page 53 Georgia Laws 1856, page 117 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1866, page 49 Georgia Laws 1866, page 33 LIBERTY Created: February 5, 1777 State Constitution of 1777 61 Liberty took area from the following: Parish of St. Andrew Parish of St. James Parish of St. John McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh February 5, 1777 February 5, 1777 February 5, 1777 December 16, 1794 December 8, 1806 December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 December 4, 1871 State Constitution of 1777 State Constitution of 1777 State Constitution of 1777 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 541 Clayton's Compilation, page 321 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1871, page 241 Liberty gave up area to the following counties: Long McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh McIntosh Glynn August 14, 1920 December 19, 1793 December 16, 1794 December 8, 1806 December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 December 4, 1871 December 20, 1789 Georgia Laws 1920, page 48 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 525 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 541 Clayton's Compilation, page 321 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1871, page 241 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 153 LINCOLN Created: February 20, 1796 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Lincoln took area from the following counties: Wilkes February 20, 1796 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Lincoln gave up area to the following counties: Wilkes January 22, 1852 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 L~G Created: August 14, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 48 Long took area from the following counties: Liberty August 14, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 48 62 Long gave up area to the following counties: None LOWNDES Created: December 23, 1825 Dawson's Compilation, page 128 Lowndes took area from the following counties: Berrien Brooks Brooks Echols Echols Echols Irwin December 22, 1857 November 21, 1859 October 27, 1870 December 19, 1860 December 21, 1866 February 19, 1877 December 23, 1825 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1859, page 298 Georgia Laws 1870, page 28 Georgia Laws 1860, page 141 Georgia Laws 1866, page 34 Georgia Laws 1877, page 276 Dawson's Compilation, page 128 Lowndes gave up area to the following counties: Berrien Berrien Brooks Brooks Brooks Clinch Colquitt Echols Lanier Thomas February 25, 1856 December 22, 1857 December 12, 1858 November 21, 1859 October 27, 1870 February 14, 1850 February 25, 1856 December 13, 1858 August 7, 1920 December 27, 1826 Georgia Laws 1856, page 112 Georgia Laws 1857, page 228 Georgia Laws 1858, page 35 Georgia Laws 1859, page 298 Georgia Laws 1870, page 28 Georgia Laws 1850, page 126 Georgia Laws 1856, page 108 Georgia Laws 1858, page 37 Georgia Laws 1920, page 45 Georgia Laws 1826, page 66 LUMPKIN Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Lumpkin took area from the following counties: Cherokee Habersham Habersham December 3, 1832 December 3, 1832 December 16, 1853 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1832, page S6 Georgia Laws 1853, page 317 63 Hall Hall Hall White December 3, 1832 February 1, 1850 October 24, 1870 December 13, 1862 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1850, page 135 Georgia Laws 1870, page 24 Georgia Laws 1862, page 80 Lumpkin gave up area to the following counties: Dawson Dawson Forsyth Hall Union White White White December 3, 1857 December 19, 1860 February 21, 1850 January 22, 1852 December 26, 1845 December 20, 1860 December 13, 1862 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1857, page 32 Georgia Laws 1860, page 142 Georgia Laws 1850, page 138 Georgia Laws 1852, page 65 Georgia Laws 1845, page 74 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1862, page 80 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 MACON Created: December 14, 1837 Georgia Laws 1837, page 66 Macon took area from the following counties: Crawford Doo1y Doo1y Houston Houston Houston Houston Marion Sumter Sumter Sumter Sumter Taylor Janua.ry 12, 1852 December 17, 1860 November 25, 1861 December 14, 1837 December 19, 1840 February 21, 1873 February 26, 1876 December 14, 1837 February 21, 1856 December 13, 1858 December 17, 1860 October 26, 1870 December 12, 1862 Georgia. Laws 1852, page 73 Georgia Laws 1860, page 142 Georgia Laws 1861, page 102 Georgia Laws 1837, page 66 Georgia Laws 1840, page 38 Georgia Laws 1873, page 279 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1837, page 66 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 Georgia Laws 1870, page 26 Georgia Laws 1862, page 80 Macon gave up area to the following counties: Crawford Houston Houston Houston Peach Schley Schley December 25, 1847 December 24, 1847 October 27, 1870 February 26, 1876 July 8, 1924 December 9, 1862 August 23, 1872 Georgia Laws 1847, page 65 Georgia Laws 1847, page 67 Georgia Laws 1870, page 22 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1924, page 39 Georgia Laws 1862, page 82 Georgia Laws 1872, page 436 64 Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor January 15, 1852 February 2, 1854 February 16, 1854 February 27, 1856 December 19, 1859 December 20, 1860 1869 Georgia Laws 1852, page 61 Georgia Laws 1854, page 322 Georgia Laws 1854, page 314 Georgia Laws 1856, page 131 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1869, page 172 MADISON Created: December 5, 1811 Georgia Laws 1811, page 114 Madison took area from the following counties: Clarke Clarke Clarke Clarke Elbert Elbert Elbert Franklin Franklin Franklin Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Jackson Oglethorpe Oglethorpe Oglethorpe December 5, 1811 November 20, 1813 December 19, 1829 February 28, 1877 December 5, 1811 December 21, 1819 December 25, 1837 December 5, 1811 December 21, 1819 December 17, 1823 December 5, 1811 December 26, 1851 February 9, 1854 December 20, 1860 August 24, 1872 December 5, 1811 December 26, 1831 December 4, 1841 Georgia Laws 1811, page 114 Lamar's Compilation, page 201 Dawson's Compilation, page 140 Georgia Laws 1877, page 276 Georgia Laws 1811, page 114 Lamar's Compilation, page 240 Georgia Laws 1837, page 69 Georgia Laws 1811, page 114 Lamar's Compilation, page 240 Georgia Laws 1823, page 55 Georgia Laws 1811, page 114 Georgia Laws 1851, page 71 Georgia Laws 1854, page 313 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1872, page 439 Georgia Laws 1811, page 114 Georgia Laws 1831, page 79 Georgia Laws 1841, page 67 Madison gave up area to the following counties: Clarke Clarke Elbert Hart Oglethorpe February 21, 1850 January 20, 1852 December 25, 1837 April 4, 1863 December 4, 1841 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 Georgia Laws 1852, page 72 Georgia Laws 1837, page 69 Georgia Laws 1863, page 207 Georgia Laws 1841, page 67 MARION 65 Created: December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Marion took area from the following counties: Lee Muscogee Muscogee Schley Schley Schley Stewart Sumter Taylor Taylor December 14, 1827 December 14, 1827 December 23, 1840 December 13, 1858 December 15, 1859 February 26, 1874 December 27, 1847 December 15, 1859 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1840, page 38 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1874, page 373 Georgia Laws 1847, page 71 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Marion gave up area to the following counties: Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Crawford Macon Muscogee Muscogee Schley Schley Sumter Sumter Talbot Talbot Talbot Talbot Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Webster February 13, 1854 August 23, 1872 February 23, 1876 December 26, 1827 December 14, 1837 December 22, 1829 December 23, 1840 December 22, 1857 December 15, 1859 December 22, 1832 December 15, 1859 December 20, 1832 December 27, 1847 February 21, 1850 February 13, 1854 January 15, 1852 February 11, 1854 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 March 4, 1856 December 22, 1857 February 23, 1876 February 11, 1854 Georgia Laws 1854, page 288 Georgia Laws 1872, page 399 Georgia Laws 1876, page 307 Georgia Laws 1827, page 68 Georgia Laws 1837, page 66 Dawson's Compilation, page 1~ Georgia Laws 1840, page 38 Georgia Laws 1857, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1832, page 51 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1832, page 50 Georgia Laws 1847, page 68 Georgia Laws 1850, page 138 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1852, page 61 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 134 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1857, page 232 Georgia Laws 1876, page 307 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 McDUFFIE Created: October 18, 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 20 66 McDuffie took area from the following counties: Columbia Columbia Warren October 18, 1870 August 23, 1872 October 18, 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 20 Georgia Laws 1872, page 403 Georgia Laws 1870, page 20 McDuffie gave up area to the following counties: Columbia August 23, 1872 Georgia Laws 1872, page 403 McINTOSH Created: December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 McIntosh took area from the following counties: Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty December 19, 1793 December 16, 1794 December 8, 1806 December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 172 Clayton's Compilation, page 321 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 McIntosh gave up area to the following counties: Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty Liberty December 16, 1794 December 8, 1806 December 22, 1857 December 11, 1858 December 4, 1871 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 172 Clayton's Compilation, page 321 Georgia Laws 1857, page 230 Georgia Laws 1858, page 41 Georgia Laws 1871, page 241 MERIWETHER Created: December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Meriwether took area from the following counties: Coweta Coweta Coweta Talbot Talbot February 18, 1854 February 16, 1856 February 17, 1877 December 5, 1856 December 20, 1860 Georgia Laws 1854, page 316 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1877, page 274 Georgia Laws 1856, page 126 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 67 Troup December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Meriwether gave up area to the following counties: Coweta Coweta Coweta Coweta Talbot January 12, 1852 March 4, 1865 October 25, 1870 February 25, 1875 February 18, 1854 Georgia Laws 1852, page 64 Georgia Laws 1865, page 80 Georgia Laws 1870, page 22 Georgia Laws 1875, page 271 Georgia Laws 1854, page 316 MILLER Created: February 26, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 114 Miller took area from the follOWing counties: Baker Early Early Early Early Early Early February 26, 1856 February 26, 1856 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 April 16, 1863 February 8, 1866 February 24, 1874 Georgia Laws 1856, page 114 Georgia Laws 1856, page 114 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Georgia Laws 1863, page 208 Georgia Laws 1866, page 48 Georgia Laws 1874, page 373 Miller gave up area to the follOWing counties: Early Early December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 MILTON Created: December 18, 1857 * Georgia Laws 1857, page 36 Milton took area from the follOWing counties: Cherokee Cobb DeKalb Forsyth Forsyth Gwinnett December 18, 1857 December 18, 1857 December 19, 1959 December 18, 1857 December 8, 1860 December 19, 1859 Georgia Laws 1857, page 36 Georgia Laws 1857, page 36 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 Georgia Laws 1857, page 36 Georgia Laws 1860, page 138 Georgia Laws 1859, page 271 68 Milton gave up area to the following counties: None * Note: In 1932 Milton merged with Fulton MITCHELL Created: December 21, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 38 Mitchell took area from the following counties: Baker Thomas December 21, 1857 December 17, 1859 Georgia Laws 1857, page 38 Georgia Laws 1859, page 274 Mitchell gave up area to the following counties: Colquitt February 21, 1873 Georgia Laws 1873, page 279 MONROE Created: May 15, 1821 Georgia Laws 1821, page 3 Monroe took area from the following counties: None Monroe gave up area to the following counties: Bibb Bibb Butts Crawford Lamar Pike February 9, 1822 February 20, 1877 December 24, 1825 February 13, 1854 August 17, 1920 February 9, 1822 Georgia Laws 1822~ page 22 Georgia Laws 1877, page 272 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 Georgia Laws 1854, page 319 Georgia Laws 1920, page 38 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 MONTGOMERY 69 Created: December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Montgomery took area from the following counties: Bulloch Jefferson Tattnall Tattnall Tattnall Telfair Telfair Washington December 15, 1810 December 15, 1810 December 15, 1810 December 10, 1812 November 11, 1814 December 10, 1812 December 21, 1820 December 19, 1793 Georgia Laws 1810, page 53 Georgia Laws 1810, page 98 Georgia Laws 1810, page 54 Lamar's Compilation, page 200 Lamar's Compilation, page 209 Lamar's Compilation, page 200 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Montgomery gave up area to the following counties: Bulloch Dodge Emanuel Jefferson Laurens Tattnall Tattnall Telfair Toombs Treutlen Wheeler December 15, 1810 October 26, 1870 December 10, 1812 December 15, 1810 December 10, 1811 December 5, 1801 December 15, 1810 December 21, 1820 August 18, 1905 August 21, 1917 August 14, 1912 Georgia Laws 1810, page 53 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Lamar's Compilation, page 197 Georgia Laws 1810, page 98 Lamar's Compilation, page 185 Clayton's Compilation, page 34 Georgia Laws 1810, page 54 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 Georgia Laws 1917, page 44 Georgia Laws 1912, page 41 MORGAN Created: December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Morgan took area from the following counties: Baldwin Jasper December 10, 1807 December 12, 1815 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Lamar's Compilation, page 216 Morgan gave up area to the following counties: Greene Newton January 20, 1872 December 19, 1823 Georgia Laws 1872, page 306 Georgia Laws 1823, page 61 MURRAY 86th county created in Georgia 70 Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Murray took area from the following counties: Bartow Cherokee Fannin Gordon February 23, 1850 December 3, 1832 February 16, 1856 December 28, 1853 Georgia Laws 1850, page 129 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 Georgia Laws 1853, page 515 Murray gave up area to the following counties: Bartow Fannin Gilmer Gordon Gordon Gordon Gordon Walker Whitfield December 18, 1834 February 16, 1856 December 29, 1838 January 1, 1852 January 13, 1852 March 8, 1866 February 25, 1876 December 18, 1833 December 30, 1851 Georgia Laws 1834, page 71 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 Georgia Laws 1838, page 79 Georgia Laws 1852, page 74 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1833, page 52 Georgia Laws 1851, page 56 MUSCOGEE Created: June 9, 1825 December 11, 1826 Georgia Laws 1825, page 3 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Muscogee took area from the following counties: Chattahoochee Harris Lee Marion Marion March 5, 1856 December 21, 1829 December 14, 1827 December 22, 1829 December 23, 1840 Georgia Laws 1856, page 134 Dawson's Compilation, page 141 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Dawson's Compilation, page 140 Georgia Laws 1840, page 38 Muscogee gave up area to the following counties: Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Chattahoochee Harris Marion Marion Talbot Talbot February 13, 1854 November 18, 1864 March 12, 1866 December 14, 1827 December 14, 1827 December 23, 1840 December 14, 1827 December 24, 1847 Georgia Laws 1854, page 288 Georgia Laws 1864, page 28 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1840, page 38 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1847, page 64 71 NEWTON Created: December 24. 1821 Georgia Laws 1821. page 38 Newton took area from the following counties: Henry Henry Jasper Jasper Jasper Jasper Jasper Jasper Jasper Jasper Morgan Walton Walton Walton December 24, 1821 December 22, 1843 December 24, 1821 December 22, 1834 December 8, 1842 February 14, 1850 January 22, 1852 January 20, 1860 February 16. 1876 February 26, 1877 December 19, 1823 December 24. 1821 December 29, 1847 February 22. 1850 Georgia Laws 1821, page 38 Georgia Laws 1843, page 29 Georgia Laws 1821, page 38 Georgia Laws 1834, page 72 Georgia Laws 1842, page 62 Georgia Laws 1850, page 131 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 277 Georgia Laws 1823, page 61 Georgia Laws 1821, page 38 Georgia Laws 1847, page 70 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 Newton gave up area to the following counties: DeKalb Henry Jasper Jasper Jasper Jasper Rockdale Rockdale Walton December 26. 1826 December 10. 1841 December 23, 1822 December 22, 1834 December 23, 1839 February 14, 1850 October 18, 1870 February 25, 1876 December 29, 1847 Georgia Laws 1826, page 62 Georgia Laws 1841, page 62 Georgia Laws 1822, page 26 Georgia Laws 1834, page 72 Georgia Laws 1839, page 33 Georgia Laws 1850, page 132 Georgia Laws 1870, page 16 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1847, page 70 OCONEE Created: February 25. 1875 Georgia Laws 1875. page 109 Oconee took area from the following counties: Clarke February 25, 1875 Georgia Laws 1875, page 109 Oconee gave up area to the following counties: None 72 OGLETHORPE Created: December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Oglethorpe took area from the following counties: Clarke Greene Greene Greene Madison Wilkes November 20, 1813 December 2.5, 1794 February 16, 1799 November 30, 1799 December 4, 1841 December 19, 1793 Lamar's Compilation, page 200 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 546 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 732 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 748 Georgia Laws 1841, page 67 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 525 Oglethorpe gave up area to the following counties: Greene Greene Madison Madison Madison Taliaferro February 16, 1799 November 30, 1799 December 5, 1811 December 26, 1831 December 4, 1841 December 24, 1825 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 176 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 748 Lamar's Compilation, page 181 Georgia Laws 1831, page 79 Georgia Laws 1841, page 67 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 PAULDING Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Paulding took area from the following counties: Cherokee Carroll Carroll Cobb Cobb Cobb Douglas Polk Polk Polk December 3, 1832 February 14, 1850 March 17, 1869 December 20, 1851 January 13, 1852 February 27, 1874 February 27, 1874 January 13, 1852 January 22, 1852 February 11, 1854 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1850, page 132 Georgia Laws 1869, page 177 Georgia Laws 1851, page 52 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1854, page 318 Paulding gave up area to the following counties: Bartow Bartow January 13, 1852 February 18, 1854 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 321 73 Campbell Carroll Carroll Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Cobb Douglas Haralson Polk Polk December 24, 1832 November 17, 1864 March 10, 1866 December 14, 1849 December 20, 1851 January 13, 1852 December 22, 1857 December 27, 1874 February 27, 1874 December 8, 1862 December 20, 1851 January 13, 1852 Georgia Laws 1832, page 55 Georgia Laws 1864, page 28 Georgia Laws 1866, page 50 Georgia Laws 1849, page 136 Georgia Laws 1851, page 52 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1857, page 229 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1874, page 371 Georgia Laws 1862, page 81 Georgia Laws 1851, page 52 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 PEACH Created: July 18, 1924 Georgia Laws 1924, page 39 Peach took area from the following counties: Houston Macon July 18, 1924 July 18, 1924 Georgia Laws 1924, page 39 Georgia Laws 1924, page 39 Peach gave up area to the follOWing counties: None PICKENS Created: December 5, 1853 Georgia Laws 1854, page 306 Pickens took area from the follOWing counties: Cherokee Cherokee Gilmer Gilmer Gilmer December 5, 1853 March 19, 1869 December 5, 1853 December 13, 1858 April 18, 1863 Georgia Laws 1853, page 306 Georgia Laws 1869, page 179 Georgia Laws 1853, page 306 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1863, page 208 Pickens gave up area to the following counties: Cherokee 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 24 74 Dawson Gordon December 22, 1857 December 19, 1860 Georgia Laws 1857, page 231 Georgia Laws 1860, page 141 PIERCE Created: December 18, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 40 Pierce took area from the following counties: Appling Appling Appling Appling Ware Ware Ware Ware Ware Ware Wayne Wayne Wayne Wayne December 18, 1857 December 13, 1858 March 3, 1874 March 5, 1875 December 18. 1857 December 11, 1858 1870 February 27, 1874 March 5, 1875 February 10, 1876 December 13, 1858 December 6, 1860 March 4, 1865 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1857, page 40 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1874, page 369 Georgia Laws 1875, page 268 Georgia Laws 1857, page 40 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1870. page 24 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 Georgia taws 1875, page 268 Georgia Laws 1876. page 309 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1860, page 144 Georgia taws 1865, page 79 Georgia Laws 1874. page 374 Pierce gave up area to the following counties: Appling Bacon Brantley Ware Ware Ware Wayne December 13, 1858 July 27, 1914 August 14, 1920 December II, 1858 December 19. 1859 February 27, 1874 December 13, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858. page 44 Georgia Laws 1914, page 23 Georgia Laws 1920, page 34 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 274 Georgia: Laws 1874, page 376 Georgia Laws 1858. page 44 PIKE Created: December 9, 1822 Pike took area from the follOWing counties: Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 76 Dodge Dodge Dooly Dooly Dooly Houston Laurens Wilcox January 20, 1872 February 24, 1874 December 26, 1826 December 20, 1860 March 6, 1866 December 20, 1828 December 13, 1808 December 12, 1866 Georgia Laws 1872, page 305 Georgia Laws 1874, page 374 Georgia Laws 1826, page 64 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1866, page 48 Georgia Laws 1828, page 54 Georgia Laws 1808, page 52 Georgia Laws 1866, page 34 Pulaski gave up area to the following counties: Bleckley Dodge Dodge Dodge Wilcox Wilcox Wilcox Wilcox Wilcox Wilcox July 30, 1912 October 26, 1870 February 24, 1874 February 21, 1876 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 December 20, 1860 March 6, 1866 December 12, 1866 February 13, 1877 Georgia Laws 1912, page 38 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Georgia Laws 1874, page 374 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1866, page 51 Georgia Laws 1866, page 34 Georgia Laws 1877, page 281 PUTNAM Created: December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Putnam took area from the follOWing counties: Baldwin Baldwin December 10, 1807 December 22, 1808 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Georgia Laws 1808, page 76 Putnam gave up area to the follOWing counties: Jones December 15, 1810 Georgia Laws 1810, page 52 QUITMAN Created: December 10, 1858 Georgia Laws 1858, page 28 Quitman took area from the follOWing counties: 77 Clay Clay Randolph Stewart Stewart Stewart Stewart Stewart 1870 March 2, 1875 December 10, 1858 December 10, 1858 December 20, 1860 October 6, 1868 February 23, 1869 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 180 Georgia Laws 1875, page 270 Georgia Laws 1858, page 28 Georgia Laws 1858, page 28 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1868, page 183 Georgia Laws 1869, page 177 Georgia Laws 1870, page 27 Quitman gave up area to the following counties: Clay Stewart 1870 December20, 1860 Georgia Laws 1870, page 181 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 RABUN Created: December 21, 1819 Lamar's Compilation, page 429 Rabun took area from the following counties: Habersham Habersham Towns December 20, 1828 December 29, 1838 December 10, 1857 Georgia Laws 1828, page 58 Georgia Laws 1838, page 80 Georgia Laws 1857, page 232 Rabun gave up area to the following counties: Habersham Towns Towns December 29, 1838 March 6, 1856 December 10, 1857 Georgia Laws 1838, page 80 Georgia Laws 1856, page 121 Georgia Laws 1857, page 232 RANDOLPH Created: December 20, 1828 Georgia Laws 1828, page 53 Randolph took area from the following counties: Calhoun Calhoun Lee December 5, 1855 February 21, 1856 D~cember 20, 1828 Georgia Laws 1855, page 126 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1828, page 53 78 Stewart Stewart Terrell Terrell February 26, 1876 February 27, 1877 February 25, 1876 February 28, 1876 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1877, page 278 Georgia Laws 1876, page 306 Georgia Laws 1876, page 309 Randolph gave up ar~a to the following counties: Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Calhoun Clay Clay Clay Quitman Stewart Terrell Terrell February 21, 1856 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 1870 February 10, 1876 February 24, 1877 February 16, 1854 March 5, 1856 December 14, 1859 December 10, 1858 December 23, 1830 February 16, 1856 February 28, 1874 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 130 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Georgia Laws 1876, page 303 Georgia Laws 1877, page 278 Georgia Laws 1854, page 292 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1858, page 28 Georgia Laws 1830, page 49 Georgia Laws 1856, page 117 Georgia Laws 1874, page 375 RICHMOND Created: February 5, 1777 Constitution of 1777 Richmond took area from the following: Burke December 11, 1841 Parish of St. Paul February 5, 1777 Georgia Laws 1841, page 69 Constitution of 1777 Richmond gave up area to the following counties: Columbia Columbia December 10, 1790 March 5, 1856 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 163 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 ROCKDALE Created: October 18, 1870 Georgia Laws 1870, page 16 Rockdale took area from the following counties: 79 DeKa1b Gwinnett Henry Newton Newton March 5, 1875 March 5, 1875 October 18, 1870 October 18, 1870 February 25, 1876 Georgia Laws 1875, page 272 Georgia Laws 1875, page 272 Georgia Laws 1870, page 16 Georgia Laws 1870, page 16 Georgia Laws 1876, page 308 Rockdale gave up area to the following counties: None SCHLEY Created: December 22, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 42 Schley took area from the following counties: Macon Macon Marion Marion Sumter Sumter Taylor December 9, 1862 August 23, 1872 December 22, 1857 December 15, 1859 December 22, 1857 December 15, 1859 December 19, 1859 Georgia Laws 1862, page 82 Georgia Laws 1872, page 436 Georgia Laws 1857, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1857, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Schley gave up area to the following counties: Marion Marion Taylor Taylor December 13, 1858 February 26, 1874 December 20, 1859 December 9, 1862 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Georgia Laws 1874, page 373 Georgia Laws 1859, page 273 Georgia La~s 1862, page 82 SCREVEN Created: December 14, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 165 Screven took area from the follOWing counties: Burke Effingham December 14, 1793 December 14, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 165 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 165 80 Screven gave up area to the following counties: Bulloch Jenkins February 8, 1796 August 17, 1905 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Georgia Laws 1905, page 57 SEMINOLE Created: July 8, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 52 Seminole took area from the following counties: Decatur Early July 8, 1920 July 8, 1920 Georgia Laws 1920, page 52 Georgia Laws 1920, page 52 Seminole gave up area to the following counties: None SPALDING Created: December 20, 1851 Georgia Laws 1851, page 58 Spalding took area from the following counties: Butts Fayette Henry Pike Pike February 20, 1854 December 20, 1851 December 20, 1851 December 20, 1851 March 1, 1856 Georgia Laws 1854, page 318 Georgia Laws 1851, page 58 Georgia Laws 1851, page 58 Georgia Laws 1851, page 58 Georgia Laws 1856, page 124 Spalding gave up area to the follOWing counties: Pike Pike Pike January 12, 1852 February 11, 1854 March 1, 1856 Georgia Laws 1852, page 73 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1856, page 124 STEPHENS 81 Created: August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 58 Stephens took area from the following counties: Franklin Habersham August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 58 Georgia Laws 1905, page 58 Stephens gave up area to the following counties: None STEWART Created: December 23, 1830 Georgia Laws 1830, page 49 Stewart took area from the following counties: Quitman Randolph Webster December 20, 1860 December 23, 1830 February 11, 1854 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1830, page 49 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Stewart gave up area to the following counties: Chattahoochee Marion Quitman Quitman Quitman Quitman Quitman Randolph Randolph Webster Webster Webster March 4, 1865 December 27, 1847 December 10, 1858 December 20, 1860 October 6, 1868 February 23, 1869 1870 February 26, 1876 February 27, 1877 December 16, 1853 1870 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1865, page 80 Georgia Laws 1847, page 71 Georgia Laws 1858, page 28 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1868, page 183 Georgia Laws 1869, page 177 Georgia Laws 1870, page 27 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 278 Georgia Laws 1853, page 304 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 SUMTER Created: December 26, 1831 Georgia Laws 1831, page 76 82 Sumter took area from the following counties: Lee Lee Marion Marion Schley Terrell December 26, 1831 December 15, 1859 December 22, 1832 December 15, 1859 December 15, 1859 December 11, 1863 Georgia Laws 1831, page 76 Georgia Laws 1859, page 273 Georgia Laws 1832, page 51 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1863, page 92 Sumter gave up area to the following counties: Lee Macon Macon Macon Macon Marion Marion Schley Schley Terre 11 February 11, 1854 February 21, 1856 December 13, 1858 December 17, 1860 October 26, 1870 December 22, 1832 December 15, 1859 December 22, 1857 December 15, 1859 December 11, 1863 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1856, page 127 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 Georgia Laws 1870, page 26 Georgia Laws 1832, page 51 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1857, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 272 Georgia Laws 1863, page 92 TALBOT Created: December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Talbot took area from the following counties: Harris Harris Marion Marion Marion Marion . Meriwether Muscogee Muscogee Taylor Taylor Taylor April 13, 1863 March 3, 1875 December 20, 1832 December 27, 1847 February 13, 1854 February 21, 1850 February 18, 1854 December 14, 1827 December 24, 1847 February 7, 1854 December 22, 1857 August 12, 1872 Georgia Laws 1863, page 207 Georgia Laws 1875, page 275 Georgia Laws 1832, page 50 Georgia Laws 1847, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1850, page 138 Georgia Laws 1854, page 316 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1847, page 64 Georgia Laws 1854, page 310 Georgia Laws 1857, page 233 Georgia Laws 1872, page 4.69 Talbot gave up area to the following counties: Crawford Marion December 26, 1827 December 20, 1832 Georgia Laws 1827, page 68 Georgia Laws 1832, page 50 83 Meriwether Meriwether Meriwether Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor Taylor February 18, 1854 December 5, 1856 December 20, 1860 January 15, 1852 February 7, 1854 December 22, 1857 October 24, 1870 August 12, 1872 Georgia Laws 1854, page 316 Georgia Laws 1856, page 126 Georgia Laws 1860, page 143 Georgia Laws 1852, page 61 Georgia Laws 1854, page 310 Georgia Laws 1857, page 233 Georgia Laws 1870, page 25 Georgia Laws 1872, page 469 TALIAFERRO Created: December 24, 1825 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Taliaferro took area from the following counties: Greene Greene Greene Greene Hancock Hancock Hancock Oglethorpe Wa.rren Warren Warren Warren Warren Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes Wilkes December 24, 1825 February 20, 1854 February 16, 1876 February 20, 1877 December 24, 1825 December 19, 1828 January 17, 1850 December 24, 1825 December 24, 1825 December 10, 1841 January 17, 1850 February 18, 1854 February 16, 1856 December 24, 1825 December 22, 1828 December 22, 1835 February 13, 1854 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1854, page 317 Georgia Laws 1876, page 309 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 279 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1828, page 52 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 Dawson 1 s Compilation, page 129 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1841, page 69 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 Georgia Laws 1854, page 321 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1828, page 52 Georgia Laws 1835, page 71 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Taliaferro gave up area to the following counties: Greene Hancock Warren Wilkes February 20, 1854 January 17, 1850 February 18, 1854 August 26, 1872 Georgia Laws 1854, page 317 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 Georgia Laws 1854, page 321 Georgia Laws 1872, page 481 TATTNALL 84 Created: December 5, 1801 Clayton's Compilation, page 34 Tattnall took area from the following counties: Liberty Liberty Montgomery Montgomery December 13, 1811 February 18, 1854 December 5, 1801 December 15, 1810 Lamar's Compilation, page 187 Georgia Laws 1854, page 321 Clayton's Compilation, page 34 Georgia Laws 1810, page 54 Tattnall gave up area to the following counties: Candler Evans Li berty Liberty Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Toombs July 17, 1914 August 11, 1914 December 13, 1811 December 23, 1837 December 15, 1810 December 10, 1812 November 11, 1814 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1914, page 29 Georgia Laws 1914, page 33 Lamar's Compilation, page 187 Georgia Laws 1837, page 68 Georgia Laws 1810, page 54 Lamar's Compilation, page 200 Lamar's Compilation, page 209 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 TAYLOR Created: January 15, 1852 Georgia Laws 1852, page 61 Taylor took area from the following counties: Crawford Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Macon Marion Marion Marion Marion Marion Marion Marion Schley Schley Talbot Talbot February 11, 1854 January 15, 1852 February 2, 1854 February 16, 1854 February 27, 1856 December 19, 1859 December 20, 1860 1869 January 15, 1852 February 11, 1854 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 March 4, 1856 December 22, 1857 February 23, 1876 December 20, 1859 December 9, 1862 January 15, 1862 February 7, 1854 Georgia Laws 1854, page 318 Georgia Laws 1852, page 61 Georgia Laws 1854, page 322 Georgia La'Ns 1854, page 314 Georgia Laws 1856, page 131 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1869, page 172 Georgia Laws 1852, page 61 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 134 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1857, page 232 Georgia Laws 1876, page 307 Georgia Laws 1859, page 273 Georgia Laws 1862, page 82 Georgia Laws 1862, page 61 Georgia Laws 1854, page 310 85 Talbot Talbot Talbot December 22, 1857 October 24, 1870 August 12, 1872 Georgia Laws 1857, page 233 Georgia Laws 1870, page 25 Georgia Laws 1872, page 469 Taylor gave up area to the following counties: Macon Marion Schley Talbot Talbot December 12, 1862 March 4, 1856 December 19, 1859 December 22, 1857 August 12, 1872 Georgia Laws 1862, page 80 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1859, page 270 Georgia Laws 1857, page 233 Georgia Laws 1872, page 469 TELFAIR Created~ December 10, 1807 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Telfair took area from the following counties~ Appling Appling Coffee Dodge Dodge Wilkinson December 14, 1819 December 24, 1825 March 1, 1856 August 26, 1872 March 4, 1875 December 10, 1807 Lamar's Compilation, page 234 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1872, page 408 Georgia Laws 1875, page 275 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Telfair gave up area to the following counties: Coffee Dodge Montgomery Montgomery February 9, 1854 October 26, 1870 December 10, 1812 December 21, 1820 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1870, page 18 Lamar's Compilation, page 200 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 TERRELL Created: February 16, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 117 Terrell took area from the following counties: Lee February 16, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 117 Lee March 4, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Lee February 20, 1866 Georgia Laws 1866, page 49 Lee December 11, 1866 Georgia Laws 1866, page 33 86 Randolph Randolph Sumter Webster Webster Webster February 16, 1856 February 28, 1874 December 11, 1863 1870 1870 August 24, 1872 Georgia Laws 1856, page 117 Georgia Laws 1874, page 375 Georgia Laws 1863, page 92 Georgia Laws 18/0, page 23 Georgia Laws 1870, page 26 Georgia Laws 1872, page 470 Terrell gave up area to the following counties: Randolph Randolph Sumter Webster Webster February 25, 1876 February 28, 1876 December 11, 1863 December 20, 1860 1870 Georgia Laws 1876, page 306 Georgia Laws 1876, page 309 Georgia Laws 1863, page 92 Georgia Laws 1860, page 146 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 THOMAS Created: December 23, 1825 Georgia Laws 1825, page 54 Thomas took area from the following counties: Baker Decatur Irwin Lowndes February 22, 1850 December 23, 1825 December 23, 1825 December 27, 1826 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 Georgia Laws 1825, page 54 Georgia Laws 1825, page 54 Georgia Laws 1826, page 66 Thomas gave up area to the following counties: Brooks Colquitt Colquitt Colquitt Grady Mitchell December 12, 1858 February 5, 1856 December 19, 1859 October 10, 1870 August 17, 1905 December 17, 1859 Georgia Laws 1858, page 35 Georgia Laws 1856, page 108 Georgia Laws 1859, page 273 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Georgia Laws 1905, page 54 Georgia Laws 1859, page 274 TIFT Created: August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 Tift took area from the folloWing counties: Berrien August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 87 Irwin Worth August 17, 1905 August 17, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 Tift gave up area t the following counties: None TOOMBS Created: August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 Toombs took area from the following counties: Emanuel Montgomery Tattnall August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 Georgia Laws 1905, page 62 Toombs gave up area to the following counties: None TOWNS Created: March 6, 1856 Georgia Laws 1856, page 121 Towns took area from the following counties: Rabun Rabun Union Union Union March 6, 1856 December la, 1857 March 6, 1856 December 20, 1860 February 25, 1874 Georgia Laws 1856, page 121 Georgia Laws 1857, page 232 Georgia Laws 1856, page 121 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1874, page 375 Towns gave up area to the following counties: Rabun December la, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 232 TREUTLEN 88 Created: August 21, 1917 Georgia Laws 1917, page 44 Treutlen took area from the following counties: Emanuel Montgomery August 21, 1917 August 21, 1917 Georgia Laws 1917, page 44 Georgia Laws 1917, page 44 Treutlen gave up area to the following counties: None TROUP Created: June 9, 1825 December 11, 1826 Georgia Laws 1825, page 3 Georgia Laws 1826, page 57 Troup took area from the following counties: Carroll Harris Heard Heard December 14, 1827 February 17, 1854 March 1, 1856 March 4, 1856 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1854, page 320 Georgia Laws 1856, page 125 Georgia Laws 1856, page 135 Troup gave up area to the following counties: Coweta Harris Heard Meriwether February 20, 1877 December 14, 1827 December 22, 1830 December 14, 1827 Georgia Laws 1877, page 279 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 Georgia Laws 1830, page 48 Georgia Laws 1827, page 69 TURNER Created: August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Turner took area from the following counties: Dooly Irwin Wilcox Worth August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Turner gave up area to the following counties: None 89 TWIGGS Created: December 14, 1809 Clayton's Compilation, page 565 Twiggs took area from the following counties: Wilkinson December 14, 1809 Clayton's Compilation, page 565 Twiggs gave up area to the following counties: Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb Bibb December 9, 1822 December 23, 1833 December 26, 1842 December 21, 1849 January 20, 1852 March 2, 1875 February 25, 1876 February 19, 1877 Georgia Laws 1822, page 22 Georgia Laws 1833, page 51 Georgia Laws 1842, page 61 Georgia Laws 1849, page 129 Georgia Laws 1852, page 75 Georgia Laws 1875, page 269 Georgia Laws 1876, page 302 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 273 UNION Created: December 3, 1832 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Union took area from the following counties: Cherokee Lumpkin December 3, 1832 December 26, 1845 Georgia Laws 1832, page 56 Georgia Laws 1845, page 74 Union gave up area to the following counties: Fannin Gi lmer Towns Towns Towns January 21, 1854 March 1, 1856 March 6, 1856 December 20, 1860 February 25, 1874 Georgia Laws 1854, page 298 Georgia Laws 1856, page 124 Georgia Laws 1856, page 121 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1874, page 375 UPSON Created: December 15, 1824 Dawson's Compilation, page 126 90 Upson took area from the following counties: Crawford Crawford Pike Pike December 15, 1824 February 26, 1866 December 15, 1824 December 9, 1871 Dawson's Compilation, page 126 Georgia Laws 1866, page 48 Dawson's Compilation, page 126 Georgia Laws 1871, page 267 Upson gave up area to the following counties: Pike December 20, 1825 Dawson's Compilation, page 130 WALKER Created: December 18, 1833 Georgia Laws 1833, page 52 Walker took area from the following counties: Murray December 18, 1833 Georgia Laws 1833, page 52 Walker gave up area to the following counties: Catoosa Catoosa Chattooga Dade Gordon Gordon Whitfield December 5, 1853 December 12, 1866 December 28, 1838 December 25, 1837 January 13, 1852 February 7, 1854 December 5, 1853 Georgia Laws 1853, page 286 Georgia Laws 1866, page 33 Georgia Laws 1838, page 77 Georgia Laws 1837, page 65 Georgia Laws 1852, page 68 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Georgia Laws 1853, page 286 WALTON Created: December 15, 1818 Lamar's Compilation, page 416 Walton took area from the following counties: Gwinnett Gwinnett Gwinnett Henry Jackson Newton December 22, 1820 January 26, 1850 February 14, 1856 December 15, 1821 December 19, 1818 December 29, 1847 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1850, page 139 Georgia Laws 1856, page 129 Georgia Laws 1821, page 33 Lamar's Compilation, page 226 Georgia Laws 1847, page 70 Walton gave up area to the following counties: 91 Barrow Gwinnett Gwinnett Henry Jasper Newton N'=wton Newton July 7, 1914 December 22, 1820 January 26, 1850 December 15, 1821 December 21, 1820 December 24, 1821 December 29, 1847 January 22, 1850 Georgia Laws 1914, page 27 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1850, page 139 Georgia Laws 1821, page 33 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1821 , page 38 Georgia Laws 1847, page 70 Georgia Laws 1850, page 133 WARE Created: December 15, 1824 Dawson's Compilation, page 127 Ware took area from the following counties: Appling Pierce Pierce Pierce December 15, 1824 December 11, 1858 December 19, 1859 February 27, 1874 Dawson's Compilation, page 127 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1859, page 274 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 Ware gave up area to the following counties: Bacon Charlton Clinch Clinch Coffee Coffee Coffee Pierce Pierce Pierce Pierce Pierce Pierce July 27, 1914 December 6, 1855 February 14, 1850 February 23, 1876 February 8, 1854 February 28, 1876 February 27, 1877 December 18, 1857 December 11, 1858 1870 February 27, 1874 March 5, 1875 February 10, 1876 Georgia Laws 1914, Page 23 Georgia Laws 1855, page 135 Georgia Laws 1850, page 126 Georgia Laws 1876, page 304 Georgia Laws 1854, page 294 Georgia Laws 1876, page 305 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 280 Georgia Laws 1857, page 40 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1870, page 24 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 Georgia Laws 1875, page 268 Georgia Laws 1876, page 309 WARREN Created: December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 92 Warren took area from the following counties: Columbia Columbia Glascock Taliaferro Taliaferro Washington Wilkes December 19, 1793 December 6, 1813 March 4, 1865 January 17, 1850 February 18, 1854 December 19, 1793 December 19, 1793 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Lamar's Compilation, page 208 Georgia Laws 1865, page 80 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 Georgia Laws 1854, page 321 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Warren gave up area to the following counties: Glascock Glascock Jefferson McDuffie Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro December 19, 1857 1870 February 20, 1796 October 18, 1870 December 24, 1825 December 10, 1841 January 17, 1850 February 18, 1854 February 16, 1856 Georgia Laws 1857, page 35 Georgia Laws 1870, page 7 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Georgia Laws 1870, page 20 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1841, page 69 Georgia Laws 1850, page 134 Georgia Laws 1854, page 321 Georgia Laws 1856, page 132 WASHINGTON Created: February 25, 1784 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 330 Washington took area from the following counties: Hancock Hancock December 19, 1818 D.3cember 21, 1830 Lamar's Compilation, page 225 Georgia Laws 1850, page 50 Washington gave up area to the following counties: Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin Greene Hancock Hancock Hancock Jefferson Johnson Laurens Montgomery Warren December la, 1807 December 5, 1812 December 27, 1826 February 3, 1786 December 17, 1793 December 21, 1830 December 19, 1818 December 21, 1839 December 11, 1858 December 10, 1811 December 19, 1793 Decembe r 19, 1793 Clayton's Compilation, page 363 Lamar's Compilation, page 193 Georgia Laws 1826, page 63 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 162 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 164 Georgia Laws 1830, page 50 Lamar's Compilation, page 225 Georgia Laws 1839, page 33 Georgia Laws 1858, page 32 Lamar's Compilation, page 185 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 93 WAYNE Created: May 11, 1803 Clayton's Compilation, page 100 Wayne took area from the following counties: Appling Appling Appling Camden Camden Glynn Glynn Glynn Pierce Pierce December 13, 1858 August 27, 1872 February 14, 1876 December 20, 1808 December 13, 1820 December 7, 1805 December 13, 1820 December 17, 1860 December 13, 1858 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1872, page 387 Georgia Laws 1876, page 302 Clayton's Compilation, page 473 Dawson's Compilation, page 116 Clayton's Compilation, page 282 Dawson's Compilation, page 117 Georgia Laws 1860, page 146 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1874, page 374 Wayne gave up area to the following counties: Appling Appling Appling Appling Brantley Camden Glynn Glynn Glynn Pierce Pierce Pierce Pierce December 13, 1858 March 3, 1875 March 4, 1875 February 23, 1876 August 14, 1920 December 7, 1805 December 2, 1822 December 11, 1858 December 17, 1860 December 13, 1858 December 6, 1860 March 4, 1865 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1875, page 269 Georgia Laws 1875, page 275 Georgia Laws 1876, page 301 Georgia Laws 1920, page 34 Clayton's Compilation, page 282 Georgia Laws 1822, page 27 Georgia Laws 1858, page 42 Georgia Laws 1860, page 146 Georgia Laws 1858, page 44 Georgia Laws 1860, page 144 Georgia Laws 1865, page 79 Georgia Laws 1874, page 374 WEBSTER Created: December 16, 1853, as Kinchafoonee February 21, 1856, named Webster Georgia Laws 1853, page 304 Georgia Laws 1856, page 414 Webster took area from the following counties: Marion Stewart Stewart February 11, 1854 December 16, 1853 1870 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1853, page 304 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 94 Stewart Terrell Terrell March 2, 1874 December 20, 1860 1870 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 Georgia Laws 1860, page 146 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Webster gave up area to the fo11oNing counties: Stewart Terrell Terrell Terrell February 11, 1854 1870 1870 August 24, 1872 Georgia Laws 1854, page 312 Georgia Laws 1870, page 23 Georgia La\vs 1870, page 26 Georgia Laws 1872, page 470 WHEELER Created: August 14, 1912 Georgia Laws 1912, page 41 Wheeler took area from the following counti es: Montgomery August 14, 1912 Georgia Laws 1912, page 41 ~~ee1er gave up area to the following counties: None WHITE Created: December 22, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 44 White took area from the following counties: Habersham Habersham Lumpkin Lumpkin Lumpkin December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 December 20, 1860 December 13, 1862 March 2, 1874 Georgia Laws 1857, page 44 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Georgia Laws 1860, page 145 Georgia Laws 1862, page 80 Georgia Laws 1874, page 376 White gave up area to the following counties: Habersham Lumpkin December 13, 1858 December 13, 1862 Georgia Laws 1858, page 45 Georgia Laws 1862, page 80 WHITFIELD 95 Created: December 30, 1851 Georgia Laws 1851, page 56 Whitfield took area from the following counties: Murray Walker December 30, 1851 December 5, 1853 Georgia Laws 1851, page 56 Georgia Laws 1853, page 286 Whitfield gave up area to the following counties: Catoosa Catoosa Catoosa December 5, 1853 December 14, 1859 February 24, 1877 Georgia Laws 1853, page 286 Georgia Laws 1859, page 275 Georgia Laws 1877 , page 280 WILCOX Created: December 22, 1857 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Wilcox took area from the following counties: Dooly Irwin Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski Pulaski December 22, 1857 December 22, 1857 December 22, 1857 December 13, 1858 December 20, 1860 March 6, 1866 December 12, 1866 February 13, 1877 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Georgia Laws 1857, page 46 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1860, page 140 Georgia Laws 1866, page 51 Georgia Lar.vs 1866, page 34 Georgia Laws 1877, page 281 Wilcox gave up area to the following counties: Ben Hill Pulaski Pulaski Turner July 31, 1906 December 13, 1858 December 12, 1866 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1906, page 144 Georgia Laws 1858, page 46 Georgia Laws 1866, page 34 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 WILKES Created: February 5, 1777 Constitution of 1777 96 Wilkes took area from the following: Ceded Lands Lincoln Taliaferro Taliaferro February 5, 1777 January 22, 1852 February 13, 1854 August 26, 1872 Wilkes gave up area to the following: Elbert Greene Lincoln Oglethorpe Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro Taliaferro Warren December 10, 1790 December 1, 1802 February 20, 1796 December 19, 1793 December 24, 1825 December 22, 1828 December 22, 1835 February 13, 1854 December 19, 1793 Constitution of 1777 Georgia Laws 1852, page 66 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Georgia Laws 1872, page 481 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 163 Clayton's Compilation, page 89 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 169 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 Dawson's Compilation, page 129 Georgia Laws 1828, page 52 Georgia Laws 1835, page 71 Georgia Laws 1854, page 311 Marbury and Crawford's Digest, page 166 WILKINSON Created: May 11, 1803 June 26, 1806 Clayton's Compilation, page 100 Clayton's Compilation, page 290 Wilkinson took area from the following counties: Baldwin Laurens Telfair August 23, 1872 December 10, 1807 December 10, 1807 Georgia Laws 1872, page 387 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Wilkinson gave up area to the following counties: Baldwin Baldwin Laurens Telfair Twiggs March 4, 1856 August 23, 1872 December 10, 1807 December 10, 1807 December 14, 1809 Georgia Laws 1856, page 128 Georgia Laws 1872, page 387 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Clayton's Compilation, page 357 Clayton's Compi la t ion, .page 565 WORTH Created: December 20, 1853 Georgia Laws 1853, page 308 97 Worth took area from the following counties: Colquitt Colquitt Dooly Dooly Irwin December 15, 1857 December 14, 1859 December 20, 1853 March 5, 1856 December 20, 1853 Gee rgia Laws 1857, page 233 Georgia Laws 1859, page 275 Georgia Laws 1853, page 308 Georgia Laws 1856, page 133 Georgia Laws 1853, page 308 Worth gave up area to the following counties: Dooly Dougherty Dougherty Tift Turner March 5, 1856 January 14, 1854 February 13, 1854 August 17, 1905 August 18, 1905 Georgia Laws 1856, page 133 Georgia Laws 1854, page 314 Georgia Laws 1854, page 319 Georgia Laws 1905, page 60 Georgia Laws 1905, page 63 Changing County Boundaries The various Acts of the General Assembly which pertain to the alteration of county boundary lines have been codified in two sections of the Georgia Code. These Sections are 23-3 and 23-4 which are given here in their entirety for your information. Chapter 23-3. Change of County Lines 23-301 Petition for change; notice. - Whenever a citizen or any number of citizens of any county shall desire to have the boundary line of the county of his or their residence changed, they shall file in the office of the ordinaries of the counties to be affected, at least 90 days before the first day of the next term of the superior court of the counties whose boundaries are to be affected, a petition in writing, setting forth the exact character of the change to be made, specifying particularly the situation, direction, and existing marks and monuments, if any, of the original line, and describing particularly the direction, location, and length of the proposed new line, and setting forth the reasons for such change. The person or persons applying for such change shall also give notice of the intention to apply for such change, by publishing the same for at least 30 days next preceding the term of the superior court to be held in the counties to be affected, which term shall be that occurring next after the filing of the petition with the ordinaries, by publishing such notice in a public newspaper having general circulation in each of the counties to be affected by the change, and by posting at the door of the courthouse in each of such counties, and at three public places in every militia district adjacent to the line to be changed, a like notice of the intention to apply for such change, and such posting shall be for a period of at least 30 days next preceding the term of the superior court to be held in the counties next after the posting of the notice aforesaid. (Acts 1880-1,p.52.) 23-302. Proceedings after petition filed; approval by grand jury; notice. Change, how effected. - It shall be the duty of the ordinaries of the counties whose dividing line is sought to be changed to lay before the grand juries of their respective counties, on the first day of the term of the superior courts to be held next after the publication of the notice and the filing of the petition provided for in the preceding section, the original petition, together with all maps, plats, and other papers that may have been filed therewith, and if such grand juries shall, by a two- 99 thirds vote of their respective bodies, approve the change applied for, they shall so declare in their general presentments, and this action of the grand juries shall be certified at once by the clerks of such superior courts to the ordinaries, board of commissioners of roads and revenues, or other officer having the control of county business in the counties to be affected, who shall, within 30 days from the date of such certification, approve or disapprove the application, and certify their action to the ordinaries of their respective counties. When said ordinaries shall have satisfactory evidence of the concurrent approval of the grand juries, and of the officer or officers charged with the control of the county business in the counties to be affected, they shall cause to be published for at least 30 days, in a public newspaper having general circulation in their respective counties, an official notice of such concurrent approval and a description of the line approved. (Acts l880-l,pp.52,53.) 23-304. When change effected. - When all the proceedings shall have been had in the manner prescribed in the preceding sections, and when the same shall have been fairly recorded by said ordinaries on the minutes of their respective courts, the new line or lines shall be held to have been established in lieu of the original line or lines. (Acts l880-l,p.53.) 23-304. Costs; payment by applicant. - The entire costs of advertising and recording the petition, descriptions, and all other papers and proceedings relating to the proposed change shall be paid by the person or persons applying therefor. (Acts l880-l,p.53.) Chapter 23-4. Settling Disputed County Lines. 23-401. Proceedings to settle dispute; appointment of surveyor. - Wherever the boundary line between two or more counties shall be in dispute, and the grand jury of either county shall present that the same requires to be marked out and defined, it shall be the duty of the clerk of the superior court in the county where such presentments were made to certify such presentments to the Governor, and the Governor shall appoint some suitable and competent surveyor, who shall not reside in either county, to survey, mark out, and define the boundary line in dispute, and return such survey with plat to the Secretary State's Office to be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose. (Acts l887,p.106.) 23-402 Notice of survey. - Before the surveyor shall 100 proceed to make the survey, he shall by mail or personally give the authorities having charge of the revenues of the counties at least 10 days notice of the time and place intended to commence the survey. (Acts 1887,p.106.) 23-403. Surveyor to furnish copies of survey and plat. The surveyor appointed by the Governor to survey, mark out, and define the boundary line in dispute shall furnish the ordinaries or chairmen of the board of county commissioners of the respective counties with a copy of the survey and plat made and returned by him to the Secretary of State, at the same time such survey and plat is made and returned to the Secretary of State. (Acts 1889,p.24.) 23-404. Survey with plat filed; exceptions; recording after 30 days. - the survey with plat, made and returned to the Secretary of State, shall be filed, but not recorded for the space of 30 days from the date of its reception in his office, and the entry of filing made thereon, for the purpose of allowing the authorities of either county dissatisfied therewith to file a protest or exceptions thereto within that time. (Acts 1899,pp.24,25.) 23-405. Secretary of State; duties in case of protest or exceptions to survey. - In case such protest or exceptions is filed in the Secretary of State's Office within 30 days, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to give 10 days' written notice through the mail to the ordinaries or chairmen of the board of county commissioners of the respective counties of the time when he will hear the same at his office, and upon hearing the contest he shall determine from the law and evidence the true boundary line in dispute between the respective counties. (Acts 1899, pp. 24,25.) 23-406. Survey and plat, when recorded. - Upon such decision being made by the Secretary of State, or in case no protest or exceptions are filed within the 30 days aforesaid, he shall cause the survey and plat to be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, whereupon the same shall be final and conclusive as to the boundary line in dispute. (Acts 1899,pp.24,25.) 23-407. Compensation of surveyors and laborers. - The surveyor shall receive as compensation the sum of $35 per day while actually engaged in making a survey; he shall not be allowed more than $12 per day for the paying of each chaincarrier, flag-bearer, and laborer necessary to clearly mark out and define such line. The surveyor when applying to the proper county authority for paYment shall 101 file an affidavit to the effect that he has only employed the necessary personnel. (Acts l887,p.l06i 1956,p.192i 1958,p.633.) 23-408. Fees and expenses to be paid by counties interested. The fees and expenses allowed in the preceding section shall be divided equally and chargeable to the counties interested in the establishment of such line, upon the affidavit of the surveyor. (Acts l887,p.l06.) NOTE: In copying the above sections of the Code, the annotations have been omitted. Citations to the original laws upon which the sections are based appear after each. One should notice especially Sec. 23-3 which allows the counties to change their bounaries by mutual consent after following the requirements. However, it should be very much emphasized that NO DEPARTMENT OF STATE HAS THE RECORDS FILED WITH THE ORDINARIES CONCERNING SUCH CHANGES. These still remain in the respective counties. Because the records are not filed with the state, no single office in state government can give an official description of any county boundary. In an attempt to correct this lack of records in the state, an amendment to Sec. 23-3 of the Code was passed by the General Assembly in 1975. This amendment provides that all records of changing boundary lines heretofore kept only in the counties, should now be filed with the Office of the Secretary of State. It is hoped that if this law is strictly adhered to by the respective counties, the Secretary of State will be able to give more complete information to county officers and to citizens in the counties. Of course, the lack of these files from 1880 to 1975 will always leave a huge gap in attempting to fully describe any county boundary. INDEX TO COUNTY LINE DISPUTES AND OTHER COUNTY LINE SURVEYS COUNTY LINE DISPUTES DISPUTED COUNTY LINES YEAR COUNTIES PERTINENT DATA 3 20 1901 Appling-Coffee Survey of D. L. Wardroper February 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 42 1873 Appling-Wayne No record of surveyor 1952 plat. Only a report. 46 1904 Baldwin-Jones Survey of R. R. Smith in 1904. Proceedings not recorded. 47 2 1907 Baldwin-Jones No survey. Judgement recorded. 5 22 1899 Banks-Habersham Survey of H. L. Collier March 1899. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 15 31 1897 Banks-Jackson Survey of S. T. Morena June 1897. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 14 12 1915 Barrow-Gwinnett Survey of C. M. Strahan July 1915. Judgement recorded. 16 32 1901 Berrien-Coffee Survey of D. L. Wardroper November 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 16 32 1901 Berrien-Irwin Survey of D. L. Wardroper November 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 63 55 65 57 67 59 50 47 58 50 P M P 28 12 33 14 62 S T 1959 Bibb-Jones 1963 Bibb-Jones 1966 Bibb-Twiggs 1916 Bleckley-Pulaski 1943 Brooks-Colquitt 1798 Bryan-Bulloch 1794 Bryan-Screven 1798 Bulloch-Bryan 1915 Bulloch-Candler 1916 Bulloch-Evans 1796 Burke-Jefferson 1785 Burke-Richmond 1794 Burke-Screven 103 Survey made by Calvin w. Rice December 1959. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey by John W. Oxford June 1963. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey by John W. Dye April 1966. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of C. C. Anderson July 1916. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of H. C. Van Horn March 1943. Judgement not recorded. Survey of Josiah Erwin October 1798. Survey of Robert Stafford. September 1794. Survey of Josiah Erwin October 1798. Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. Survey of L. W. Robert May 1916. Judgement recorded. Tracing by unknown person. Survey of Lewis and Perry December 1785. Survey of Oliver and Perry October 1794. 104 4 21 1889 Burke-Screven Survey of Dandridge and Payne. JUdgement and proceedings not recorded. 72 1913 Butts-Jasper Survey of L. W. Robert 1913. No judgement or proceedings recorded. No evidence that this is county line dis- pute according to Sec. 23-4 of the Code. 59 51 1944 Camden-Glynn Survey of Reynolds, Smith and Hills, March 1944. Judgement not recorded. Proceedings recorded. 28 12 1915 Candler-Bulloch Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. 28 12 1915 Candler-Emanuel Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. 28 12 1915 Candler-Evans Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. 28 12 1915 Cand1er-Tattna11 Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. 41 42 1923 Charlton-Ware Survey of T. C. Conine December 1923. Judgement recorded. 29 40 1930 Charlton-Ware Survey of Pafford and Kirkland May 1930. Act of August 11, 1927. (Ga. Laws 1927, p. 545) 1 18 1900 Charlton-Wayne Survey of J. T. Peck January 1900. Judgement recorded. 105 N 1791 Chath~-Effingham Survey of John Moore April 1971. o 1801 Clarke-Jackson Survey of Bedford Brown December 1801. 68 60 1968 Clarke-Jackson Survey of Dan E. Sewell July 1968. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 73 1974 Clayton-Henry Mutual agreement July 1974. 29 40 1930 Clinch-Ware Survey of Pafford and Kirkland May 1930. Act of August 11, 1927. (Ga. Laws 1927, p. 545) 8 25 1891 Cobb-Douglas Survey of W. S. Larendon February 1891. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 8 25 1891 Cobb-Paulding Survey of W. S. Larendon. Febraury 1891. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 3 20 1901 Coffee-Appling Survey of D. L. Wardroper February 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 16 32 1901 Coffee-Berrien Survey of D. L. Wardroper November 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 16 32 1901 Coffee-Irwin Survey of D. L. Wardroper. November 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 58 50 1943 Colquitt-Brooks Survey of H. C. Van Horn March 1943. Judgement not recorded. 106 J - 1794 Columbia-Warren Survey of Talbott March 1794. 9 26 1898 Coweta-Heard Survey of Roy Da1lis July 1898. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 23 37 1904 Crawford-Houston Survey of C. S. Rober January 1904. Judge- ment and proceedings not recorded. 23 37 1904 Crawford-Macon Survey of C. S. Rober January 1904. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 36 15 1892 Dade-Walker Survey of J. A. Branner Octbber 1892. Judgement no recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 55 49 1911 DeKa1b-Fulton Survey of C. G. Bennett August 1911. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 57 17 1934 DeKa1b-Fu1ton Survey of J. A. Reynolds September 1933. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 60 54 1959 DeKalb-Gwinnett Survey of H. L. Duna- hoo October 1959. Judgement and pro- ceedings recorded. 27 11 1915 DeKalb-Rockdale Survey of T. C. Jackson March 1915. Judgement recorded. 39 4 1908 Dodge-Laurens Survey of C. C. Anderson September 1907. Judgement recorded. 51 48 8 25 8 25 N M 64 56 K 28 12 48-9 3 33 14 1928 Dooly-Houston 1891 Douglas-Cobb 1891 Douglas-Paulding 1791 Effingham-Chatham 1794 Effingham-Screven 1914 Effingham-Screven 1793 Elbert;...Franklin 1915 Emanuel-Candler 1907 Emanuel-Johnson 1916 Evans-Bulloch 107 Survey of T. J. Curry December 1928. Judgement not recorded. Pertinent correspondence recorded. Survey of W. S . Larendon February 1891. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of W. S. Larendon February 189l. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of John Moore April 1791. Survey of Robert Stafford September 1794. Survey of Paul Weitman 1914. This is NOT a dispute but a mutual survey. Documents sent by Georgia Highway Department in June 1962. Survey of W. Wofford undated. Circa 1793. Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. Survey of L. W. Robert August 1907. Judgement recorded. Survey of L. W. Robert August 1916. Judgement recorded. 108 28 12 K K R K 55 49 57 17 59 51 61 52 K Q 1915 Evans-Candler 1793 Franklin-Elbert 1793 Franklin-Greene 1797 Franklin-Jackson 1793 Franklin-Wilkes 1911 Fulton-DeKalb 1934 Fulton-DeKalb 1944 Glynn-Camden 1955 Gordon-Murray 1793 Greene-Franklin 1794 Greene-Hancock Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judgement recorded. Survey of W. Wofford undated. C. 1793 Survey of A. C. G. E1holm 1793. Survey of M. Jones January 1797. Survey of W. Wofford undated. C. 1793. Survey of C. G. Bennet August 1911. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of J. A. Reynolds September 1933. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of Reynolds, Smith & Hills March 1944. Judgement not recorded. Proceedings recorded. Survey of L. W. Verner April 1955. Judgement not recorded. Proceedings recorded. Survey of A. C. G. Elholm 1793. Survey of Henry Graybill April 1794. 24 38 1904 Greene-Hancock 109 Survey of R. R. Smith July 1904. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Q 1793 Greene-Washington Survey of A. C. G. E1ho1m 1793. 14 12 1915 Gwinnett-Barrow Survey of C. M. Strahan July 1915. Judgement recorded. 60 54 1959 Gwinnett-DeKalb Survey of H. L. Dunahoo October 1959. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 18 34 1900 Gwinnett-Ha11 Survey of D. L. Wardroper August 1900. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 19 34 1901 Gwinnett-Hall Survey of D. L. Wardroper. Judgement and proceedings no recorded. 66 58 1965 Gwinnett-Hal1 Survey of George M. Venable of Robert and Company. THIS IS A MUTUAL SURVEY of these counties as of 23-3 of the Code. Proceedings recorded. 18 34 1900 Gwinnett-Jackson Survey of D. L. Ward- roper August 1900. Judgement and pro- ceedings not recorded. 13 30 1900 Gwinnett-Walton Survey of H. L. Collier February 1900. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 110 5 22 1899 Habersham-Banks U - 1912 Habersham-Rabun 18 34 1900 Hall-Gwinnett 19 34 1901 Hall-Gwinnett 66 58 1965 Hall-Gwinnett Q - 1794 Hancock-Greene 24 38 1904 Hancock-Greene 9 26 1898 Heard-Coweta 10 27 1898 Heard-Troup 73 - 1974 Henry-Clayton Survey of H. L. Collier March 1899. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of Engineering Department of University of Georgia 1912. See 141 Ga. 153. Survey of D. L. Wardroper August 1900. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of D. L. Wardroper August 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of George M. Venable of Robert and Company September 1965. THIS IS A MUTUAL SURVEY. Proceedings recorded. Survey of Henry Graybill April 1794. Survey of R. R. Smith April 1904. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of Roy Dallis July 1898. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of J. B. Goodwyn September 1898. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. MUTUAL AGREEMENT. July 22 1974 44 45 1914 Henry-Rockdale 111 Survey of Q. R. Nolan November 1914. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 23 37 1904 Houston-Crawford Survey of C. S. Robert January 1904. Judge- ment and proceedings not recorded. 51 48 1928 Houston-Doo1y Survey of T. J. Curry December 1928. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 53 1917 Houston-Macon Decided in 1917 in Georgia Supreme Court. 147 Ga. 626. No judgement or proceedings recorded. 16 32 1901 Irwin-Berrien Survey of D. L. Wardroper November 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 16 32 1901 Irwin-Coffee Survey of D. L. Wardroper November 1901. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 15 31 1897 Jackson-Banks Survey of S. T. Morena June 1897. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 68 60 1968 Jackson-Clarke Survey of Dan E. Sewell July 1968. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 0 1801 Jackson-Clarke Survey of Bedford Brown December 1801. R 1797 Jackson-Franklin Survey of M. Jones January 1797. 112 18 34 7 24 72 - 20 35 62 - 22 36 69 61 48-9 3 22 36 1900 Jackson-Gwinnett 1900 Jackson-Walton 1913 Jasper-Butts 1902 Jasper-Morgan 1796 Jefferson-Burke 1903 Jefferson-Johnson 1971 Jenkins-Screven 1907 Johnson-Emanuel 1903 Johnson-Jefferson Survey of D. L. Wardroper August 1900. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of H. L. Collier February 1900. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of L. W. Roberts 1913. No judgement or proceedings recorded. No evidence this is a county line dispute according to Sec. 23-4 of the Code. Survey of O. H. Sheffield 1902. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. Tracing by unknown person. Survey of O. H. Sheffield September 1903. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of Marvin D. Clements January 1971. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of L. W. Robert August 1907. Judgement recorded. Survey of O. H. Sheffield September 1903. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 48-9 3 46 47 2 63 55 65 57 39 4 48-9 3 L 39 4 53 5-6 23 37 53 1907 Johnson-Laurens 1904 Jones-Baldwin 1907 Jones-Baldwin 1959 Jones-Bibb 1963 Jones-Bibb 1908 Laurens-Dodge 1907 Laurens-Johnson 1809 Laurens-Pulaski 1908 Laurens-Pulaski Laurens-Wilkinson 1904 Macon-Crawford 1917 Macon-Houston 113 Survey of L. W. Robert August 1907. Judgement recorded. Survey of R. R. Smith in 1904. Proceedings not recorded. No survey. Judgement recorded. Survey of Calvin W. Rice December 1959. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of John W. Oxford June 1963. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of C. C. Anderson September 1907. Judgement recorded. Survey of L. W. Robert August 1907. Judgement recorded. Survey of John Thomas August 1809. Survey of C. C. Anderson September 1907. Judgement recorded. Survey. No name. No date. Void. Survey of C. S. Robert. January 1904. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Decided in 1917. 147 Ga. 626. No judgement or proceedings recorded. 114 71 70 20 21 17 61 74 8 8 64 1974 Macon-Taylor Survey of James R. Littlefield May 1974. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 62 1972 Meriwether-Talbot Survey of Hugh L. Riley, Sr. July 1974. County agreement. No dispute. 35 1902 Morgan-Jasper Survey of O. H. Sheffield 1902. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 35 1902 Morgan-Putnam Survey of O. H. Sheffield 1902. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 33 1902 Morgan-Walton Survey of O. H. Sheffield January 1902. Judgement recorded. 52 1955 Murray-Gordon Survey of L. W. (Brown) Verner April 1955. Judgement not recorded. Proceedings recorded. 63 1975 Newton-Rockdale Survey of Roger L. Cordes. September 1974. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 25 1891 Paulding-Cobb Survey of W. S. Larendon February 1891. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 25 1891 Paulding-Douglas Survey of W. S. Laren- don February 1891. Judgement and pro- ceedings not recorded. 12 29 1894 Paulding-Polk 115 Survey of Jesse Coates July 1894. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 12 29 1894 Polk-Paulding Survey of Jesse Coates. July 1894. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 50 47 1916 Pu1aski-B1eck1ey Survey of C. C. Ander- son Jury 1916. Judge- ment and proceedings not recorded. L 1809 Pulaski-Laurens Survey of John Thomas. August 1809. 39 4 1908 Pulaski-Laurens Survey of C. C. Anderson September 1907. Judgement recorded. L 1809 Pulaski-Telfair Survey of John Thomas. August 1809. 2 19 1888 Pulaski-Twiggs Survey of R. S. Payne October 1888. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 53 5-6 Pulaski-Twiggs No survey. No date. Void. L 1809 Pulas'ki-Wi1kinson Survey of John Thomas August 1809. 21 35 1902 Putnam-Morgan Survey of O. H. Sheffield 1902. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. U 1912 Rabun-Habersham Survey of Engineering Department, Univer- sity of Georgia 1912. See 141 Ga. 153. 116 S 1785 Richmond-Burke Survey of Lewis and Perry December 1785. 27 11 1915 Rockdale-DeKalb Survey of T. C. Jackson March 1915. Judgement recorded. 44 45 1914 Rockdale-Henry Survey of Q. R. Nolan November 1914. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 74 63 1975 Rockdale-Newton Survey of Roger L. Cordes September 1974. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 45 46 1893 Rockdale-Walton Survey of F. L. Guess November 1893. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. M 1794 Screven-Bryan Survey of Robert Stafford September 1794. T 1794 Screven-Burke Survey of Oliver and Perry October 1794. 4 21 1889 Screven-Burke Survey of Dandridge and Payne January 1889. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 64 56 1914 Screven-Effingham Survey of Paul Weit- man 1914. This is NOT a dispute but a mutual survey. M 1794 Screven-Effingham Survey of Robert Stafford September 1794. 69 61 1971 Screven-Jenkins Survey of Marvin D. Clements January 1971. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 31 9 1912 Stewart-Webster 117 Survey of C. S. Robert May 1911. Judgement recorded. 6 23 1888 Talbot-Taylor Survey of R. R. Reneau August 1888. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 70 62 1972 Talbot-Meriwether Survey of Hugh L. Riley, Sr. July 1972. County agreement. No dispute. 28 12 1915 Tattna1l-Candler Survey of C. S. Robert July 1915. Judge- ment recorded. 71 64 1974 Taylor-Macon Survey of James R. Littlefield May 1974. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 6 23 1888 Taylor-Talbot Survey of R. R. Reneau August 1888. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. L 1809 Telfair-Pulaski Survey of John Thomas August 1809. 25 39 1906 Towns-Union Survey of J. A. Reynolds May 1906. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 35 41 1908 Towns-Union Survey of J. A. Reynolds August 1908. Judgement no recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 10 27 1898 Troup-Heard Survey of J. B. Goodwyn September 1898. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 118 67 2 53 11 26 25 35 36 13 59 1966 Twiggs-Bibb 19 1888 Twiggs-Pulaski 5-6 - Twiggs-Pulaski 28 1898 Twiggs-Wilkinson 5-6 1909 Twiggs-Wilkinson 39 1906 Union-Towns 41 1908 Union-Towns 15 1892 Walker-Dade 30 1900 Walton-Gwinnett Survey of John W. Dye April 1966. Judgement and proceedings recorded. Survey of R. S. Payne October 1888. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. No survey. No date. Void. Survey of C. C. Anderson October 1898. No judgement or proceedings recorded. Survey of C. S. Robert November 1909. Voided by 150 Ga. 583 because line already established. Survey of J. A. Reynolds May 1906. Judgement notrecorded and proceedings no recorded. Survey of J. A. Reynolds August 1908. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. Survey of J. A. Bramner October 1892. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. Survey of H. L. Collier February 1900. Judgement not recorded. Part of proceedings recorded. 7 24 1900 Walton-Jackson 17 33 1902 Walton-Morgan 119 Survey of H. L. Collier February 1900. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. Survey of o. H. Shef- field January 1902. Judgement recorded. 45 46 1893 Walton-Rockdale Survey of F. L. Guess November 1893. Judgement and proceedings not recorded. 41 42 1923 Ware-Charlton Survey of T. C. Conine December 1923. Judgement recorded. 29 40 1930 Ware-Charlton Survey of Pafford and Kirkland May 1930. Act of August 11, 1927. Ga. Laws 1927, p. 545. 29 40 1930 Ware-Clinch Survey of Pafford and Kirkland May 1930. Act of August 11, 1927. Ga. Laws 1927, p. 545. J 1794 Warren-Columbia Survey of Talbott March 1794. J 1794 Warren-Wilkes Survey of Talbott March 1794. Q 1793 Washington-Greene Survey of A. C. G. E1holrn 1793. 42 1873 1952 Wayne-Appling No record of survey or plat. Only a report. 1 18 1900 Wayne-Charlton Survey of T. J. Peck January 1900. Judgement and proceedings recorded. 120 31 K J 53 L 11 26 9 1912 webster-Stewart Survey of C. S. Ro- bert May 1912. Judge- ment recorded. 1793 Wilkes-Franklin Survey of W. Wofford 1793. 1794 Wilkes-Warren Survey of Talbott March 1794. 5-6 Wilkinson-Laurens No survey. No date. Void. 1809 Wilkinson-Pulaski Survey of John Thomas August 1809. 28 1898 Wilkinson-Twiggs Survey of C. C. Anderson October 1898. Na judgement or pro- ceedings reported. 5-6 1909 Wilkinson-Twiggs Survey of C. S. Robert November 1909. Voided by 15- Ga. 583. because line already established. 121 The following nineteen maps and the respective counties shown thereon were executed by the Department of Geography Cartographic Laboratory and copies presented to the Surveyor General Department of the Office of Secretary of State by Dr. Borden Dent of the Geography Department. 122 1. Burke 2. Camden 3. Chatham 4. Effingham 5. Franklin 6. Glynn 7. Greene 8. Liberty 9. Richmond 10. Washington 11. Wilkes GEORGIA COUNTIES 1790 Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 123 1790 '~ \ l " 4 c , \ I 0. . . ...;,50 rni/II$ BASE ~P SOURCE: 'Hall's OrigilJlll County Map of Gsorgie Showing PreSBnt and Original Counties and Land Districts, 1895', Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laborator~ 1973 124 1. Bryan 2. Bulloch 3. Burke 4. Camden 5. Chatham 6. Columbia 7. Effingham 8. Elbert 9. Franklin 10. Glynn 11. Greene 12. Hancock 13. Jackson 14. Jefferson 15. Liberty 16. Lincoln 17. McIntosh 18. Montgomery 19. Oglethorpe 20. Richmond 21. Screven 22. Warren 23. Washington 24. Wilkes GEORGIA COUNTIES 1800 Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 125 1800 , 9 ' -..... I I \ "'""'"" \ \ .......................... ... o_ _ _, _ _...,;5,0 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: 'HaJJ's Origina' County Map of Georgia Showing Present end Origina' Counties and Land Districts, 1895'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 126 1. Baldwin 2. Bryan 3. Bulloch 4. Burke 5. Camden 6. Chatham 7. Clarke 8. Columbia 9. Effingham 10. Elbert 11. Franklin 12. Glynn 13. Greene 14. Hancock 15. Jackson 16. Jefferson 17. Jones 18. Laurens 19. Liberty 20. Lincoln 21. McIntosh 22. Montgomery 23. Morgan 24. Oglethorpe 25. Pulaski 26. Putnam 27. Randolph 28. Richmond 29. Screven 30. Tattnall 31. Telfair 32. Twiggs 33. Warren 34. Washington 35. Wayne 36. Wilkes 37. Wilkinson GEORGIA COUNTIES 1810 Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 127 1810 o_ _ _ _ _ _50 miles 8ASE MAP SOURCE: 'Ha,rs Origins' County MiJp of Gsorgia Showing Presant and Origina' Counties and Land Districts, 1895'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 128 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1820 1. Appling 2. Baldwin 3. Bryan 4. Bulloch 5. Burke 6. Camden 7. Chatham 8. Clarke 9. Columbia 10. Early 11. Effingham 12. Elbert 13. Emanuel 14. Franklin 15. Glynn 16. Greene 17. Gwinnett 18. Habersham 19. Hall 20. Hancock 21. Irwin 22. Jackson 23. Jasper 24. Jefferson 25. Jones 26. Laurens 27. Liberty 28. Lincoln 29. Madison 30. McIntosh 31. Montgomery 32. Morgan 33. Oglethorpe 34. Pulaski 35. Putnam 36. Rabun 37. Richmond 38. Screven 39. Tattnall 40. Telfair 41. Twiggs 42. Walton 43. Warren 44. Washington 45. Wayne 46. Wilkes 47. Wilkinson Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 129 1820 , ,- / ,/ -/ ,( ,I ) , 10 21 1 \ I '------ ----------- o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _50 mile. BASE MAP SOURCE 'HaIrs Original County Map of Georgia Showurg Present elJfl Original Countias and Land Districts, 1895'. Eleazer Early, 'A MliIp of tha State of Georgia, Prepared from Actual Surveys and DociJments, 1818 '. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 130 1. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Bibb 5. Bryan 6. Bulloch 7. Burke 8. Butts 9. Ca.mden 10. Campbell 11. Carroll 12. Chatham 13. Clarke 14. Columbia 15. Coweta 16. Crawford 17. Decatur 18. DeKalb 19. Dooly 20. Early 21. Effingham 22. Elbert 23. Emanuel 24. Fayette 25. Franklin 26. Glynn 27. Greene 28. Gwinnett 29. Habersham 30. Hall 31. Hancock 32. Harris 33. Henry 34. Houston 35. Irwin 36. Jackson 37. Jasper 38. Jefferson 39. Jones 40. Laurens GEORGIA COUNTIES, 1830 41. Lee 42. Liberty 43. Lincoln 44. Lowndes 45. Madison 46. McIntosh 47. Marion 48. Meriwether 49. Monroe 50. Montgomery 51. Morgan 52. Muscogee 53. Newton 54. Oglethorpe 55. Pike 56. Pulaski 57. Putnam 58. Rabun 59. Randolph 60. Richmond 61. Screven 62. Talbot 63. Taliaferro 64. Tattnall 65. Telfair 66. Thomas 67. Troup 68. Twiggs 69. Upson 70. Walton 7l. Ware 72. Warren 73. Washington 74. Wayne 75. Wilkes 76. Wilkinson Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 131 1830 , l, 52 47 I I I 59 ( \ 1 I 35 ( 20 2 \ 44 71 I \ 17 66 -- \ ~- ..... - ......._--. ------- - 0. . . . 50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Carlton Wellborn and Orange GfUn, 'Map of thtI S,.,. of GeolJ/lB,. 1830'0 Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 132 1. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Bibb 5. Bryan 6. Bulloch 7. Burke 8. Butts 9. Camden 10. Campbell 11. Carroll 12. Cass 13. Chatham 14. Chattooga 15. Cherokee 16. Clarke 17. Cobb 18. Columbia 19. Coweta 20. Crawford 21. Dade 22. Decatur 23. DeKalb 24. Dooly 25. Early 26. Effingham 27. Elbert 28. Emanuel 29. Fayette 30. Floyd 31. Forsyth 32. Franklin 33. Gilmer 34. Glynn 35. Greene 36. Gwinnett 37. Habersham 38. Hall 39. Hancock 40. Harris GEORGIA COUNTIES, 1840 41. Heard 42. Henry 43. Houston 44. Irwin 45. Jackson 46. Jasper 47. Jefferson 48. Jones 49. Laurens 50. Lee 51. Liberty 52. Lincoln 53. Lowndes 54. Lumpkin 55. Macon 56. Madison 57. Marion 58. McIntosh 59. Meriwether 60. Monroe 61. Montgomery 62. Morgan 63. Murray 64. Muscogee 65. Newton 66. Oglethorpe 67. Paulding 68. Pike 69. Pulaski 70. Putnam 71. Rabun 72. Randolph 73. Richmond 74. Screven 75. Stewart 76. Sumter 77. Talbot 78. Taliaferro 79. Tattnal1 80. Telfair 81. Thomas 82. Troup 83. Twiggs 84. Union 85. Upson 86. Walker 87. Walton 88. Ware 89. Warren 90. Washington 91. Wayne 92. Wilkes 93. Wilkinson Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 133 33 r---+-~ It ,s -- --, 84 7' ,/" 1840 , l } 4-4 II ~5" ~ I \ 88 ,\ ~2. 8' 5'3 '---- --- --- o_ _ _ _ _ _ _50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Will;"" G. Bonner. 'Mep of the Stllte of Georg;", 1847'. 134 1. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Bibb 5. Bryan 6. Bulloch 7. Burke 8. Butts 9. Camden 10. Campbell 11. Carroll 12. Cass 13. Chatham 14. Chattooga 15. Cherokee 16. Clarke 17. Clinch 18. Cobb 19. Columbia 20. Coweta 21. Crawford 22. Dade 23. Decatur 24. DeKa1b 25. Dooly 26. Early 27. Effingham 28. Elbert 29. Emanuel 30. Fayette 31. Floyd 32. Forsyth 33. Franklin 34. Gilmer 35. Glynn 36. Gordon 37. Greene 38. Gwinnett 39. Habersham 40. Hall GEORGIA COUNTIES 1850 41. Hancock 42. Harris 43. Heard 44. Henry 45. Houston 46. Irwin 47. Jackson 48. Jasper 49. Jefferson 50. Jones 51. Laurens 52. Lee 53. Liberty 54. Lincoln 55. Lowndes 56. Lumpkin 57. Macon 58. Madison 59. McIntosh 60. Marion 61. Meriwether 62. Monroe 63. Montgomery 64. Morgan 65. Murray 66. Muscogee 67. Newton 68. Oglethorpe 69. Paulding 70. Pike 71. Pulaski 72. Putnam 73. Rabun 74. Randolph 75. Richmond 76. Screven 77. Stewart 78. Sumter 79. Talbot 80. Taliaferro 81. Tattnall 82. Telfair 83. Thomas 84. Troup 85. Twiggs 86. Union 87. Upson 88. Walker 89. Walton 90. Ware 91. Warren 92. Washington 93. Wayne 94. Wilkes 95. Wilkinson Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 135 1850 \ \ C,b f ,( 71 \ \ 2,3 'I ----- 83 SS' '7 --- --- -- o- 50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Willillm G. Bonner, 'Map of the State of Gaorgia, 1B47'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 136 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1860 l. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Banks 5. Berrien 6. Bibb 7. Brooks 8. Bryan 9. Bulloch 10. Burke 11. Butts 12. Calhoun 13. Camden 14. Campbell 15. Carroll 16. Cass 17. Catoosa 18. Chattahoochee 19. Charlton 20. Chattooga 21. Chatham 22. Cherokee 23. Clarke 24. Clay 25. Clayton 26. Clinch 27. Cobb 28. Colquitt 29. Columbia 30. Coffee 31. Coweta 32. Crawford 33. Dade 34. Dawson 35. Decatur 36. DeKalb 37. Dooly 38. Dougherty 39. Early 40. Echols 41. Effingham 42. Elbert 43. Emanuel 44. Fannin 45. Fayette 46. Floyd 47. Forsyth 48. Franklin 49. Fulton 50. Gilmer 51. Glascock 52. Glynn 53. Gordon 54. Greene 55. Gwinnett 56. Habersham 57. Hall 58. Hancock 59. Haralson 60. Hart 6l. Harris 62. Heard 63. Henry 64. Houston 65. Irwin 66. Jackson 67. Jasper 68. Jefferson 69. Johnson 70. Jones 71. Laurens 72. Lee 73. Liberty 74. Lincoln 75. Lowndes 76. Lumpkin 77. Macon 78. Madison 79. Marion 80. McIntosh 81. Meriwether 82. Miller 83. Milton 84. Mitchell 85. !-1.onroe 86. Montgomery 87. Morgan 88. Murray 89. 90. 9l. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 12 lL L .. 130. 131. 132. Muscogee Newton Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Schley Screven Spalding Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Towns Troup Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Warren Ware Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 137 1860 -- o- - - ,_ _.5;0 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: J. R. Butts, 'Msp of the Ststfl of GfIOrgiB, 1859'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 138 1. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Banks 5. Bartow 6. Berrien 7. Bibb 8. Brooks 9. Bryan 10. Bulloch 11. Burke 12. Butts 13. Calhoun 14. Camden 15. Campbell 16. Carroll 17. Catoosa 18. Charlton 19. Chatham 20. Chattahoochee 21. Chattooga 22. Cherokee 23. Clarke 24. Clay 25. Clayton 26. Clinch 27. Cobb 28. Coffee 29. Colquitt 30. Columbia 31. Coweta 32. Crawford 33. Dade 34. Dawson 35. Decatur 36. DeKalb 37. Dooly 38. Dougherty 39. Early 40. Echols 41. Effingham 42. Elbert 43. Emanuel 44. Fannin GEORGIA COUNTIES 1870 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. Fayette Floyd Forsyth Franklin Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn Gordon Greene Gwinnett Habersham Hall Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry Houston Irwin Jackson Jasper Jefferson Johnson Jones Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison Marion McIntosh Meriwether Miller Milton Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. Ill. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. Muscogee Newton Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Schley Screven Spalding Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Towns Troup Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 139 1870 -- o- - - 50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: J. R. Butts. 'Map of the State of Georgia. 1859. Revised by A. G. Butts. 1870'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 140 I. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Banks 5. Bartow 6. Berrien 7. Bibb 8. Brooks 9. Bryan 10. Bulloch 11. Burke 12. Butts 13. Calhoun 14. Camden 15. Campbell 16. Carroll 17. Catoosa 18. Charlton 19. Chatham 20. Chattahoochee 2l. Chattooga 22. Cherokee 23. Clarke 24. Clay 25. Clayton 26. Clinch 27. Cobb 28. Coffee 29. Colquitt 30. Columbia 31. Coweta 32. Crawford 33. Dade 34. Dawson 35. Decatur 36. DeKalb 37. Dodge 38. Dooly 39. Dougherty 40. Douglas 4l. Early 42. Echols 43. Effingham 44. Elbert 45. Emanuel 46. Fannin GEORGIA COUNTIES 1880 47. Fayette 48. Floyd 49. Forsyth 50. Franklin 51. Fulton 52. Gilmer 53. Glascock 54. Glynn 55. Gordon 56. Greene 57. Gwinnett 58. Habersham 59. Hall 60. Hancock 61. Haralson 62. Harris 63. Hart 64. Heard 65. Henry 66. Houston 67. Irwin 68. Jackson 69. Jasper 70. Jefferson 7l. Johnson 72. Jones 73. Laurens 74. Lee 75. Liberty 76. Lincoln 77. Lowndes 78. Lumpkin 79. McDuffie 80. McIntosh 8l. Macon 82. Madison 83. Marion 84. Meriwether 85. Miller 86. Milton 87. Mitchell 88. Monroe 89. Montgomery 90. Morgan 9l. Murray 92. Muscogee 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. Ill. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 12l. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 13l. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Spalding Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Towns Troup Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 141 1880 0. . . . ....5.0 millis BASE MAP SOURCE: GeoTIJfI F. C",m. "R.i/TDlld .nd County M.p of Georgill. 1889". Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 142 GEORGIA COrrl~IES 1890 I. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Banks 5. Bartow 6. Berrien 7. Bibb 8. Brooks 9. Bryan 10. Bulloch lI. Burke 12. Butts 13. Calhoun 14. Camden 15. Campbell 16. Carroll 17. Catoosa 18. Charlton 19. Chatham 20. Chattahoochee 21. Chattoga 22. Cherokee 23. Clarke 24. Clay 25. Clayton 26. Clinch 27. Cobb 28. Coffee 29. Colquitt 30. Columbia 3I. Coweta 32. Crawford 33. Dade 34. Dawson 35. Decatur 36. DeKalb 37. Dodge 38. Dooly 39. Dougherty 40. Douglas 41. Early 42. Echols 43. Effingham 44. Elbert 45. Emanuel 46. Fannin 47. Faye::.te 48. Floyd 49. Forsyth 50. Franklin 51. Fulton 52. Gilmer 53. Glascock 54. Glynn 55. Gordon 56. Greene 57. Gwinnett 58. Habersham 59. Hall 60. Hancock 61. Haralson 62. Harris 63. Hart 64. Heard 65. Henry 66. Houston 67. Irwin 68. Jackson 69. Jasper 70. Jefferson 71. Johnson 72. Jones 73. Laurens 74. Lee 75. Liberty 76. Lincoln 77. Lowndes 78. Lumpkin 79. McDuffie 80. McIntosh 81. Macon 82. Madison 83. Marion 84. Meriwether 85. Miller 86. Milton 87. Mitchell 88. Monroe 89. Montgomery 90. Morgan 91. Murray 92. Muscogee 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Spalding Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Towns Troup Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 143 1890 o- - - 50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: George F. Crllm, 'Rlli/road lind County Mllp of Georgill, 1889 '. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 ,~ 144 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1900 1. Appling 2. Baker 3. Baldwin 4. Banks 5. Bartow 6. Berrien 7. Bibb 8. Brooks 9. Bryan 10. Bulloch 11. Burke 12. Butts 13. Calhoun 14. Camden 15. Campbell 16. Carroll 17. Catoosa 18. Charlton 19. Chatham 20. Chattahoochee 21. Chattooga 22. Cherokee 23. Clarke 24. Clay 25. Clayton 26. Clinch 27. Cobb 28. Coffee 29. Colquitt 30. Columbia 31. Coweta 32. Crawford 33. Dade 34. Dawson 35. Decatur 36. DeKalb 37. Dodge 38. Doo1y 39. Dougherty 40. Douglas 41. Early 42. Echols 43. Effingham 44. Elbert 45. Emanuel 46. Fannin 47. Fayette 48. Floyd 49. Forsyth 50. Franklin 51. Fulton 52. Gilmer 53. Glascock 54. Glynn 55. Gordon 56. Greene 57. Gwinnett 58. Habersham 59. Hall 60. Hancock 61. Haralson 62. Harris 63. Hart 64. Heard 65. Henry 66. Houston 67. Irwin 68. Jackson 69. Jasper 70. Jefferson 71. Johnson 72. Jones 73. Laurens 74. Lee 75. Liberty 76. Lincoln 77. Lowndes 78. Lumpkin 79. McDuffie 80. McIntosh 81. Macon 82. Madison 83. Marion 84. Meriwether 85. Miller 86. Milton 87. Mitchell 88. Monroe 89. Montgomery 90. Morgan 91. Murray 92. Muscogee 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Spalding Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattna1l Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Towns Troup Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 145 1900 29 119 o_ _ _ _ _ _50 millis BASE MAP SOURCE: George F, Cr.m, 'R.ilrOlld .nd County M.p of Georgi., 1889', Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 146 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1910 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. Appling Baker Baldwin Banks Bartow Ben Hill Berrien Bibb Brooks Bryan Bulloch Burke Butts Calhoun Camden Campbell Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga Cherokee Clarke Clay Clayton Clinch Cobb Coffee Colquitt Columbia Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Effingham Elbert Emanuel Fannin Fayette 50. Floyd 51. Forsyth 52. Franklin 53. Fulton 54. Gilmer 55. Glascock 56. Glynn 57. Gordon 58. Grady 59. Greene 60. Gwinnett 61. Habersham 62. Hall 63. Hancock 64. Haralson 65. Harris 66. Hart 67. Heard 68. Henry 69. Houston 70. Irwin 71. Jackson 72. Jasper 73. Jeff Davis 74. Jefferson 75. Jenkins 76. Johnson 77. Jones 78. Laurens 79. Lee 80. Liberty 81. Lincoln 82. Lowndes 83. Lumpkin 84. McDuffie 85. McIntosh 86. Macon 87. Madison 88. Marion 89. Meriwether 90. Miller 91. Milton 92. Mitchell 93. Monroe 94. Montgomery 96. Murray 97. Muscogee 98. Newton 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattna11 Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 147 1910 o_ _ _ _ _....5.0mi.s BASE MAP SOURCE: Georg;" Depannr.ntof Agriculture. 'Offic;,,1 Mep of Georgie. 7972'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 148 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1920 1. Appling 2. Atkinson 3. Bacon 4. Baker 5. Baldwin 6. Banks 7. Barrow 8. Bartow 9. Ben Hill 10. Berrien 11. Bibb 12. Bleckley 13. Brooks 14. Bryan 15. Bulloch 16. Burke 17. Butts 18. Calhoun 19. Camden 20. Campbell 21. Candler 22. Carroll 23. Catoosa 24. Charlton 25. Chatham 26. Chattahoochee 27. Chattooga 28. Cherokee 29. Clarke 30. Clay 3l. Clayton 32. Clinch 33. Cobb 34. Coffee 35. Colquitt 36. Columbia 37. Cook 38. Coweta 39. Crawford 40. Crisp 79. Jasper 41. Dade 80. Jeff Davis 42. Dawson 81. Jefferson 43. Decatur 82. Jenkins 44. DeKalb 83. Johnson 45. Dodge 84. Jones 46. Dooly 85. Laurens 47. Dougherty 86. Lee 48. Douglas 87. Liberty 49. Early 88. Lincoln 50. Echols 89. Lowndes 51. Effingham 90. Lumpkin 52. Elbert 91. McDuffie 53. Emanuel 92. McIntosh 54. Evans 93. Macon 55. Fannin 94. Madison 56. Fayette 95. Marion 57. Floyd 96. Meriwether 58. Forsyth 97. Miller 59. Franklin 98. Milton 60. Fulton 100. Monroe 6l. Gilmer 101. Montgomery 62. Glascock 102. Morgan 63. Glynn 103. Murray 64. Gordon 104. Muscogee 65. Grady 105. Newton 66. Greene 106. Oconee 67. Gwinnett 107. Oglethorpe 68. Habersham 108. Paulding 69. Hall 109. Pickens 70. Hancock 110. Pierce 71. Haralson 111. Pike 72. Harris 112. Polk 73. Hart 113. Pulaski 74. Heard 114. Putnam 75. Henry 115. Quitman 76. Houston 116. Rabun 77. Irwin 117. Randolph 78. Jackson 118. 119. 120. 12l. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Treutlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 149 1920 o_ _ _ 50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Georg. Stllte Highway Oepsrtmflnt, 'Georg. System of State ROIIds, 1921'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 150 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1930 1. Appling 42. Dade 83. Jenkins 2. Atkinson 43. Dawson 84. Johnson 3. Bacon 44. Decatur 85. Jones 4. Baker 45. DeKalb 86. Lamar 5. Baldwin 46. Dodge 87. Lanier 6. Banks 47. Doo1y 88. Laurens 7. Barrow 48. Dougherty 89. Lee 8. Bartow 49. Douglas 90. Liberty 9. Ben Hill 50. Early 91. Lincoln 10. Berrien 51. Echols 92. Long 11. Bibb 52. Effingham 93. Lowndes 12. B1eck1ey 53. Elbert 94. Lumpkin 13. Brantley 54. Emanuel 95. McDuffie 14. Brooks 55. Evans 96. McIntosh 15. Bryan 56. Fannin 97. Macon 16. Bulloch 57. Fayette 98. Madison 17. Burke 58. Floyd 99. Marion 18. Butts 59. Forsyth 100. Meriwether 19. Calhoun 60. Franklin 101. Miller 20. Camden 61. Fulton 102. Milton 21. Campbell 62. Gilmer 103. Mitchell 22. Candler 63. Glascock 104. Monroe 23. Carroll 64. Glynn 105. Montgomery 24. Catoosa 65. Gordon 106. Morgan 25. Charlton 66. Grady 107. Murray 26. Chatham 67. Greene 108. Muscogee 27. Chattahoochee 68. Gwinnett 109. Newton 28. Chattooga 69. Habersham 110. Oconee 29. Cherokee 70. Hall Ill. Oglethorpe 30. Clarke 71. Hancock 112. Paulding 31. Clay 72. Haralson 113. Peach 32. Clayton 73. Harris 114. Pickens 33. Clinch 74. Hart 115. Pierce 34. Cobb 75. Heard 116. Pike 35. Coffee 76. Henry 117. Polk 36. Colquitt 77. Houston 118. Pulaski 37. Columbia 78. Irwin 119. Putnam 38. Cook 79. Jackson 120. Quitman 39. Coweta 80. Jasper 121. Rabun 40. Crawford 81. Jeff Davis 122. Randolph 41. Crisp 82. Jefferson 123. Richmond 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142~ 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. 160. 161. Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnal1 Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tify Toombs Towns Treut1en Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth N.B. Acts of the General Assembly were proposed to merge Campbell and Milton Counties with Fulton County to take effect on the 1st day of January 1932. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 151 1930 0 ....5.0 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Georgill State Highwey Depertment. "Georg;" System of Stete ROIIds. 1929 '. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 152 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1940 1. Appling 41. Dade 81. Jefferson 121. Richmond 2. Atkinson 42. Dawson 82. Jenkins 122. Rockdale 3. Bacon 43. Decatur 83. Johnson 123. Schley 4. Baker 44. DeKalb 84. Jones JL24. Screven 5. Baldwin 45. Dodge 85. Lamar 125. Seminole 6. Banks 46. Dooly 86. Lanier 126. Spalding 7. Barrow 47. Dougherty 87. Laurens 127. Stephens 8. Bartow 48. Douglas 88. Lee 128. Stewart 9. Ben Hill 49. Early 89. Liberty 129. Sumter 10. Berrien 50. Echols 90. Lincoln 130. Talbot 11. Bibb 51. Effingham 91. Long 131. Taliaferro 12. Bleckley 52. Elbert 92. Lowndes 132. Tattnall 13. Brantley 53. Emanuel 93. Lumpkin 133. Taylor 14. Brooks 54. Evans 94. McDuffie 134. Telfair 15. Bryan 55. Fannin 95. McIntosh 135. Terrell 16. Bulloch 56. Fayette 96. Macon 136. Thomas 17. Burke 57. Floyd 97. Madison 137. Tift 18. Butts 58. Forsyth 98. Marion 138. Toombs 19. Calhoun 59. Franklin 99. Meriwether 139. Towns 20. Camden 60. Fulton 100. Miller 140. Treutlen 21. Candler 61. Gilmer 101. Mitchell 141. Troup 22. Carroll 62. Glascock 102. Monroe 142. Turner 23. Catoosa 63. Glynn 103. Montgomery 143. Twiggs 24. Charlton 64. Gordon 104. Morgan 144. Union 25. Chatham 65. Grady 105. Murray 145. Upson 26. Chattahoochee 66. Greene 106. Muscogee 146. Walker 27. Chattooga 67. Gwinnett 107. Newton 147. Walton 28. Cherokee 68. Habersham 108. Oconee 148. Ware 29. Clarke 69. Hall 109. Oglethorpe 149. Warren 30. Clay 70. Hancock 110. Paulding 150. Washington 31. Clayton 71. Haralson Ill. Peach 151. Wayne 32. Clinch 72. Harris 112. Pickens 152. Webster 33. Cobb 73. Hart 113. Pierce 153. Wheeler 34. Coffee 74. Heard 114. Pike 154. White 35. Colquitt 75. Henry 115. Polk 155. Whitfield 36. Columbia 76. Houston 116. Pulaski 156. Wilcox 37. Cook 77. Irwin 117. Putnam 157. Wilkes 38. Coweta 78. Jackson 118. Quitman 158. Wilkinson 39. Crawford 79. Jasper 119. Rabun 159. Worth 40. Crisp 80. Jeff Davis120. Randolph Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 153 1940 o_ _ _ _ _ _50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Georgill Stete HighwBy Deptlrtment, 'Georgill System of StBte ROIIds, 1929'. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 154 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1950 1. Appling 41. Dade 81. Jefferson 12l. Richmond 2. Atkinson 42. Dawson 82. Jenkins 122. Rockdale 3. Bacon 43. Decatur 83. Johnson 123. Schley 4. Baker 44. DeKalb 84. Jones 124. Screven 5. Baldwin 45. Dodge 85. Lamar 125. Seminole 6. Banks 46. Dooly 86. Lanier 126. Spalding 7. Barrow 47. Dougherty 87. Laurens 127. Stephens 8. Bartow 48. Douglas 88. Lee 128. Stewart 9. Ben Hill 49. Early 89. Liberty 129. Sumter 10. Berrien 50. Echols 90. Lincoln 130. Talbot 11. Bibb 51. Effingham 91. Long 131. Taliaferro 12. Bleckley 52. Elbert 92. Lowndes 132. Tattnall 13. Brantley 53. Emanuel 93. Lumpkin 133. Taylor 14. Brooks 54. Evans 94. McDuffie 134. Telfair 15. Bryan 55. Fannin 95. McIntosh 135. Terrell 16. Bulloch 56. Fayette 96. Macon 136. Thomas 17. Burke 57. Floyd 97. Madison 137. Tift 18. Butts 58. Forsyth 98. Marion 138. Toombs 19. Calhoun 59. Franklin 99. Meriwether 139. Towns 20. Camden 60. Fulton 100. Miller 140. Treutlen 21. Candler 61. Gilmer 101. Mitchell 141. Troup 22. Carroll 62. Glascock 102. Monroe 142. Turner 23. Catoosa 63. Glynn 103. Montgomery 143. Twiggs 24. Charlton 64. Gordon 104. Morgan 144. Union 25. Chatham 65. Grady 105. Murray 145. Upson 26. Chattahoochee 66. Greene 106. Muscogee 146. Walker 27. Chattooga 67. Gwinnett 107. Newton 147. Walton 28. Cherokee 68. Habersham 108. Oconee 148. Ware 29. Clarke 69. Hall 109. Oglethorpe 149. Warren 30. Clay 70. Hancock 110. Paulding 150. Washington 31. Clayton 7l. Haralson Ill. Peach 151. Wayne 32. Clinch 72. Harris 112. Pickens 152. Webster 33. Cobb 73. Hart 113. Pierce 153. Wheeler 34. Coffee 74. Heard 114. Pike 154. White 35. Colquitt 75. Henry 115. Polk 155. Whitfield 36. Columbia 76. Houston 116. Pulaski 156. Wilcox 37. Cook 77. Irwin 117. Putnam 157. Wilkes 38. Coweta 78. Jackson 118. Quitman 158. Wilkinson 39. Crawford 79. Jasper 119. Rabun 159. Worth 40. Crisp 80. Jeff Davis 120. Randolph Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 155 1950 o_ _ _ _ _ _50 milu BASE MAP SOURCE: Georg;" Stllte HighwllY DePllrtment, 'Georg;" System of Stllte ROIIds, 1929 '. 156 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1960 1. Appling 41. Dade 2. Atkinson 42. Dawson 3. Bacon 43. Decatur 4. Baker 44. DeKalb 5. Baldwin 45. Dodge 6. Banks 46. Doo1y 7. Barrow 47. Dougherty 8. Bartow 48. Douglas 9. Benn Hill 49. Early 10. Berrien 50. Echols 11. Bibb 51. Effingham 12. Bleckley 52. Elbert 13. Brantley 53. Emanuel 14. Brooks 54. Evans 15. Bryan 55. Fannin 16. Bulloch 56. Fayette 17. Burke 57. Floyd 18. Butts 58. Forsyth 19. Calhoun 59. Franklin 20. Camden 60. Fulton 2l. Candler 61. Gilmer 22. Carroll 62. Glascock 23. Catoosa 63. Glynn 24. Charlton 64. Gordon 25. Chatham 65. Grady 26. Chattahoochee 66. Greene 27. Chattoga 67. Gwinnett 28. Cherokee 68. Habersham 29. Clarke 69. Hall 30. Clay 70. Hancock 31. Clayton 71. Haralson 32. Clinch 72. Harris 33. Cobb 73. Hart 34. Coffee 74. Heard 35. Colquitt 75. Henry 36. Columbia 76. Houston 37. Cook 77. Irwin 38. Coweta 78. Jackson 39. Crawford 79. Jasper 40. Crisp 80. Jeff Davis 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens Lee Liberty Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin McDuffie McIntosh Macon Madison Marion Meriwether Miller Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Morgan Murray Muscogee Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. 145. 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. 151. 152. 153. 154. 155. 156. 157. 158. 159. Richmond Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Toombs Towns Truetlen Troup Turner Twiggs Union Upson Walker Walton Ware Warren Washington Wayne Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson Worth Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory, 1973 157 1960 o_ _ _ _ _ _50 miIu BASE MAP SOURCE: Georgie State Highway Depsrtment, 'Georgia System of State ROIIds, 1929". 158 GEORGIA COUNTIES 1970 1. Appling 41. Dade 8l. Jefferson 121. Richmond 2. Atkinson 42. Dawson 82. Jenkins 122. Rockdale 3. Bacon 43. Decatur 83. Johnson 123. Schley 4. Baker 44. DeKa1b 84. Jones 124. Screven 5. Baldwin 45. Dodge 85. Lamar 125. Seminole 6. Banks 46. Doo1y 86. Lanier 126. Spalding 7. Barrow 47. Dougherty 87. Laurens 127. Stephens 8. Bartow 48. Douglas 88. Lee 128. Stewart 9. Ben Hill 49. Early 89. Liberty 129. Sumter 10. Berrien 50. Echols 90. Lincoln 130. Talbot 11. Bibb 51. Effingham 91. Long 131. Taliaferro 12. B1eck1ey 52. Elbert 92. Lowndes 132. Tattna11 13. Brantley 53. Emanuel 93. Lumpkin 133. Taylor 14. Brooks 54. Evans 94. McDuffie 134. Telfair 15. Bryan 55. Fannin 95. McIntosh 135. Terrell 16. Bulloch 56. Fayette 96. Macon 136. Thomas 17. Burke 57. Floyd 97. Madison 137. Tift 18. Butts 58. Forsyth 98. Marion 138. Toombs 19. Calhoun 59. Franklin 99. Meriwether 139. Towns 20. Camden 60. Fulton 100. Miller 140. Treut1en 21. Candler 61. Gilmer 101. Mitchell 141. Troup 22. Carroll 62. Glascock 102. Monroe 142. Turner 23. Catoosa 63. Glynn 103. Montgomery 143. Twiggs 24. Charlton 64. Gordon 104. Morgan 144. Union 25. Chatham 65. Grady 105. Murray 145. Upson 26. Chattahoochee 66. Greene 106. Muscogee 146. Walker 27. Chattooga 67. Gwinnett 107. Newton 147. Walton 28. Cherokee 68. Habersham 108. Oconee 148. Ware 29. Clarke 69. Hall 109. Oglethorpe 149. Warren 30. Clay 70. Hancock 110. Paulding 150. Washington 31. Clayton 71. Haralson 111. Peach 151. Wayne 32. Clinch 72. Harris 112. Pickens 152. Webster 33. Cobb 73. Hart 113. Pierce 153. Wheeler 34. Coffee 74. Heard 114. Pike 154. White 35. Colquitt 75. Henry 115. Polk 155. Whitfield 36. Columbia 76. Houston 116. Pulaski 156. Wilcox 37. Cook 77. Irwin 117. Putnam 157. Wilkes 38. Coweta 78. Jackson 118. Quitman 158. Wilkinson 39. Crawford 79. Jasper 119. Rabun 159. Worth 40. Crisp 80. Jeff Davis 120. Randolph Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory 159 1970 - o_ _ _ 50 miles BASE MAP SOURCE: Georg", State Highway DefNIrtment, 'Georg", System of State ROIIds, 7929 '. Georgia State University Department of Geography, Cartography Laboratory 160 A LIST OF GEORGIA COUNTIES SHOWING WHICH HAVE HEADRIGHT GRANTS, LAND LOTTERY GRANTS OR BOTH Counties Which Are All Headright Banks Barrow Bryan Bulloch Burke Camden Candler Chatham Clarke Columbia Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Franklin 1858 1914 1793 1796 1777 1777 1914 1777 1801 1790 1777 1790 1812 1914 1784 Glascock Glynn Greene Hancock Hart Jackson Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Liberty Lincoln Long McDuffie McIntosh Madison 1858 1777 1786 1793 1853 1796 1796 1905 1858 1777 1796 1920 1870 1870 1811 Montgomery Oconee Oglethorpe Richmond Screven Taliaferro Tattna11 Toombs Treut1en Warren Washington Wilkes 1793 1875 1793 1777 1793 1825 1801 1905 1918 1793 1784 1777 Total: 42 Counties Which Are All Land Lots Appling 1818 Atkinson Bacon 1918 1914 Baker 1825 Bartow 1832 Ben Hill 1906 Berrien 1856 Bibb 1822 B1eck1ey 1912 Brooks 1858 Butts 1825 Calhoun 1854 Carnpbe11* 1828 Carroll 1825 Catoosa 1853 Chattahoochee1854 Chattooga 1838 Chero'kee 1832 Clay 1854 Clayton 1858 Clinch 1850 Cobb 1832 Coffee 1854 Colquitt 1856 Cook 1918 Coweta Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKa1b Dodge Doo1y Dougherty Douglas Early Echols Fannin Fayette Floyd Forsyth Fulton Gilmer Gordon Grady Haralson Harris Heard Henry 1825 1822 1905 1837 1857 1823 1822 1870 1821 1853 1870 1818 1858 1854 1821 1832 1832 1853 1832 1850 1905 1827 1853 1830 1821 Houston 1821 Irwin 1818 Jasper 1807 Jeff Davis 1905 Jones 1807 Lamar 1920 Lanier 1920 Lee 1827 Lowndes 1825 Lumpkin 1832 Macon 1837 Marion 1827 Meriwether 1827 Miller Mi1ton* 1856 1857 Mitchell 1857 Monroe 1821 Morgan 1807 Murray 1832 Muscogee 1827 Newton 1821 Paulding 1832 Peach 1924 Pickens 1853 Pierce 1857 161 Counties Which Are All Land Lots (continued) Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun Randolph Rockdale Schley Seminole Spalding Stewart 1822 1851 1808 1807 1858 1819 1828 1870 1857 1920 1851 1830 Sumter Talbot Taylor Telfair Terrell Thomas Tift Towns Troup Turner Twiggs Union 1831 1827 1852 1807 1856 1825 1905 1856 1827 1905 1809 1832 Upson Walker Ware Webster Wheeler White Whitfield Wilcox Wilkinson Worth 1832 1832 1824 1853 1912 1857 1851 1857 1803 1853 Total: 109 *Campbe1l and Milton Counties merged with Fulton in 1932 Counties Which Are Part Headright and Part Land Lot Baldwin Brantley Charlton 1803 1920 1854 Gwinnett Habersham Hall 1818 1818 1818 Laurens Stephens Walton Wayne Total: 10 1807 1905 1818 1803 ,, I .., f",'1 o 1 , ':'j > r > \ ---I '\ '"'0.... ., \ -- ;. >- , -- _- - .-. .. .. -,. - . -,.,"--.-.~..-.-'_l' ....... - . -' , . snSN~J OL61 aNV 0961 N~~M~~g NOI~~ndOd dO SSO~ <:91