Handbook of Georgia counties

HANDBOOK OF GEORGIA COUNTIES
Compiled by
Marion R. Hemperley
Georgia Surveyor General Department Office of Secretary of State Atlanta 1980

ORDER OF CREATION OF GEORGIA'S COUNTIES

Name

Date of Creation

Created From

Appling

Dec. 15, 1818

Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Aug. 9, 1814 and Jan. 22, 1818.

Atkinson

Nov. 5, 1918

Coffee, Clinch

Bacon

Nov. 3, 1914

Appling, Pierce, Ware

Baker

Dec. 12. 1825

Early

Baldwin

May ll, 1803

Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of June 16. 1802 and Nov. 14, 1805.

Banks

Dec. II. 1858

Habersham. Franklin

Barrow

Nov. 3. 1914

Gwinnett, Walton. Jackson

Bartow

Created on Dec. 3. 1832 as Cass: name changed to Bartow by Act of Dec. 6, 1861

Cherokee

Ben Hill

Nov.6,1906

Irwin. Wilcox

Berrien

Feb. 25, 1856

Lowndes. Irwin. Coffee

Bibb

Dec.9.1X22

Jones. Monroe. Twiggs

Bleck ley

Oct. 2. 1912

Pulaski

Brantley

Nov. 2. 1920

Charlton. Pierce, Wayne

Brooks

Dec. I I. 1858

Lowndes. Thomas

Bryan

Dec. 19. 1793

Chatham

Bulloch

Feb. 8, 1796

Screven, Bryan

Burke

Feb. 5, 1777

Original county created from St. George Parish.

Butts

Dec. 24, 1825

Henry, Monroe

Calhoun

Feb. 20. 1854

Baker, Early

Camden

Feb. 5. 1777

Original county created from St. Thomas Parish and St. Mary Parish.

Campbell

Dec. 20, 1828

Coweta, Carroll, DeKalb. Fayette (Abolished and merged with Fulton on Jan. l, 1932).

Candler

Nov. 3, 1914

Bulloch, Emanuel, Tattnall

Carroll

June 9, 1825 (Named by Act ofDec.ll,l826)

Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Feb. 12, 1825 (declared null and void), Jan. 24, 1826, March 31, 1826, and Nov. 15, 1827.

Catoosa Charlton Chatham

Dec. 5, 1853 Feb. 18, 1854 Feb. 5, 1777

Chattahoochee Feb. 13, 1854

Chattooga

Dec. n, 1838

Cherokee

Dec. 21, 1830 (1\amed by Acts of Dec. 26, 1831 and Dec. 3, 1832)

Clarke

Dec. 5, 180 I

Clay

Feb. 16, 1854

Clayton

;-.;ov. 30, 1858

Clinch

Feb. 14. 1850

Cobb

Dec. 3, 11:{32

Coffee

Feb. 9. 1854

Colquitt

Feb. 25, 1856

Columbia

Dec. I0, 1790

Cook

Nov. 5, 1918

Coweta

June 9, 1825 (Named by Act ofDec.ll,l826)

Crawford Crisp Dade Dawson Decatur DeKalb Dodge Dooly
Dougherty Douglas Early
Echols

Dec. 9, 1822 Aug. 17, 1905 Dec. 25, 1837 Dec. 3, 1857 Dec. 8, 1823 Dec. 9, 1822 Oct. 26, 1870 May 25, 1821
Dec. 15, 1853 Oct. 17, 1870 Dec. 15, 1818
Dec. 13, 1858

Walker, Whitfield Camden Original county created from Christ Church Parish and part of St. Philip Parish. Muscogee, Marion Floyd, Walker Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Dec. 29, 1835.
Jackson Early, Randolph Fayette, Henry Ware, Lowndes Cherokee Clinch, Ware, Telfair. Irwin Thomas, Lowndes Richmond Berrien Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Feb. 12. 1825 (declared null and void), Jan. 24, 1826, March 31. 1826, and Nov. 15, 1827. Houston Dooly Walker Lumpkin, Gilmer Early Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry Pulaski, Telfair, Montgomery Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Jan. 8, 1821. Baker Campbell, Carroll Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Aug. 9, 1814. Lowndes, Clinch

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Effingham
Elbert Emanuel Evans Fannin Fayette
Floyd Forsyth Franklin

Feb. 5. 1777
Dec. 10, 1790 Dec. 10, 1812 :"'ov. 3, 1914 Jan. 21, 1854 May 15, 1821
Dec. 3, 1832 Dec. 3, 1832 Feb. 25, 1784

Fulton Gilmer Glascock Glynn
Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett

Dec. 20, 1853 Dec. 3, 1832 Dec. 19, 1857 Feb. 5, 1777
Feb. 13, 1850 Aug. 17, 1905 Feb. 3, 1786 Dec. 15, 1818

Habersham

Dec. 15, 1818

Hall

Dec. 15, 1818

Hancock Haralson Harris Hart Heard Henry

Dec. 17, 1793 Jan. 26, 1856 Dec. 14, 1827 Dec. 7, 1853 Dec. 22, 1830 May 15, 1821

Original county created from St. Matthew Parish and part of St. Philip Parish. Wilkes Bulloch, Montgomery Bulloch, Tattnall Gilmer, Union Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Jan. 8, 1821. Cherokee Cherokee Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of May 31, 1783 and Nov. I, 1783; ratified by Treaties of Aug. 7, 1790 andJuly2, 1791. DeKalb Cherokee Warren Original county created from St. David Parish and St. Patrick Parish. Floyd, Cass (now Bartow) Decatur, Thomas Washington Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of July 8, 1817 and Jan. 22, 1818. Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of July 8, 1817 and Feb. 27, 1819. Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of July 8, 1817 and Feb. 27, 1819. Washington, Greene Polk, Carroll Troup, Muscogee Franklin, Elbert Troup, Coweta, Carroll Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Jan. 8, 1821.
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Houston
Irwin
Jackson Jasper
Jeff Davis Jefferson Jenkins Johnson Jones Lamar Lanier Laurens l.ee
Liberty
Lincoln Long Lowndes Lumpkin Macon Madison
Marion McDuffee Mcintosh Meriwether Miller Milton

May 15, 1821
Dec. 15, 1818
Feb. II, 1796 Created on Dec. 10, 1807 as Randolph; named changed to Jasper by Act of Dec. I0, 1812 Aug. 18, 1905 Feb. 20, 1796 Aug. 17, 1905 Dec. I I, 1858 Dec. 10, 1807 Nov. 2, 1920 Nov. 2, 1920 Dec. 10, 1807 June 9, 1825 ()-.;amed by Act of Dec. II, 1826)
f'cb. 5, 1777
Feb. 20, 1796 ~ov. 2, 1920 Dec. 23, 1825 Dec. 3, 1832 Dec. 14, 1837 Dec. 5,1811
Dec. 14, 1827 Oct. 18, 1870 Dec. 19, 1793 Dec. 14, 1827 Feb. 26, 1856 Dec. 18, 1857

Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Jan. 8, 1821. Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Aug. 9, 1814 and Jan. 22, 1818. Franklin Baldwin
Appling, Coffee Burke, Warren Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, Screven Washington, Emanuel, Laurens Baldwin Monroe, Pike Berrien, Clinch, Lowndes Wilkinson Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Feb. 12, 1825 (declared null and void), Jan. 24, 1826, and March 31, 1826. Original county created from St.John Parish, St. Andrew Parish, and St. James Parish. Wilkes L.'berty Irwin Cherokee Houston, Marion Oglethorpe, Clarke, Jackson, Franklin, Elbert Lee, M uscogee Warren, Columbia Liberty Troup Baker, Early Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth (Abolished and merged with Fulton on Jan. I, 1932).

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Mitchell Monroe
Montgomery Morgan Murray Musco gee
:\e" ton Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding Peach Pickens Pierce Pike Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun
Randolph Richmond
Rockdale Schley Screven Seminole Spalding Stephens Stewart Sumter Talbot

Dec. 21, 1857 May 15, 1821
Dec. 19. 1793 Dec. 10. 1807
June 9, 1825 (:\amed by Act of Dec. II, 1826)
Dec. 24, 1821 Feb. 25, 1875 Dec. 19, 1793 Dec. 3, 1832 :'-Jov. 4. 1924 Dec. 5, 1853 Dec. 18, 1857 Dec. 9. 1822 Dec. 20, 1851 Dec. 13, 1808 Dec. 10, IX07 Dec. 10, 1858 Dec. 21, 1819
Dec. 20, -1828 Feb. 5, 1777
Oct. 18, 1870 Dec. 22, 1857 Dec. 14, 1793 Nov. 2, 1920 Dec. 20, 1851 Aug. 18, 1905 Dec. 23, 1830 Dec. 26, 1831 Dec. 14, 1827

Baker Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Jan. 8. 1821. Washington Baldwin Cherokee Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Feb. 12, I825 (declared null and void), Jan. 24. 1826. and March 31. 1826. Jasper. Walton. Henry Clarke Wilkes Cherokee Houston, Macon Cherokee. Gilmer Ware. Appling Monroe Paulding, Floyd Laurens Baldwin Randolph, Stewart Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Feb. 27. 1819. Lee Original county created from St. Paul Parish. Newton, Henry Marion, Sumter Burke, Effingham Decatur, Early Pike, Henry, Fayette Franklin, Habersham Randolph Lee Musco gee

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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

Dec. 24, 1825

Wilkes, Warren, Hancock, Greene, Oglethorpe

Dec. 5, 1801

Montgomery

Jan. 15, 1852

Talbot, Macon, Marion

Dec. 10, 1807

Wilkinson

Feb. 16, 1856

Lee, Randolph

Dec. 23, 1825

Decatur, Irwin

Aug. 17, 1905

Berrien, Irwin, Worth

Aug. 18, 1905

Emanuel, Montgomery, Tattnall

March 6, 1856

Union, Rabun

Nov. 5, 1918

Emanuel, Montgomery

June 9, 1825 (Named by Act of Dec. II, 1826)

Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of Feb. 12, 1825 (declared null and void), Jan. 24, 1826, and March 31, 1826.

Aug. 18. 1905

Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, Worth

Dec. 14, 1809

Wilkinson

Dec. 3, 1832

Cherokee

Dec. 15, 1824

Crawford, Pike

Dec. 18, 1833

Murray

Dec. 15. 1818

Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of Jan. 22, 1818.

Dec. 15, 1824

Appling

Dec. 19, 1793

Wilkes, Columbia, Burke, Richmond

Feb. 25, 1784

Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of May 31, 1783 and Nov. I, 1783; ratified by Treaties of Aug. 7, 1790 and July 2, 1791.

May II, 1803

Original county created from land ceded by Treaty of June 16, 1802.

Created on Dec. 16, 1853 as Kinchafoonee; name changed to Webster by Act of Feb. 21, 1856

Stewart

Nov. 5, 1912

Montgomery

Dec. 22, 1857

Habersham

Dec. 30, 1851

Murray

Dec. 22, 1857

Irwin, Dooly, Pulaski

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Wilkes

Feb. 5, 1777

Wilkinson

May II, 1803

Worth

Dec. 20, 1853

Original county created from Ceded Lands (ceded by Treaty of June I, 1773; ratified by Treaties of Aug. 7, 1790 and July 2, 1791).
Original county created from land ceded by Treaties of June 16, 1802 and Nov. 14, 1805.
Dooly, Irwin

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COUNTY LINE CHANGES IN GEORGIA
The following section is for quick-reference to county line changes in Georgia for the period, 1786 through 1932. From the creation of the state until 1881, all county line changes had to be passed by the Georgia General Assembly and become an act or law. Those acts have been printed yearly and all changes have been extracted from those published laws. Commencing in 1881, if two counties agreed to change their com on boundary, they simply declared it changed, recorded that change in their own county records, and made no notification to the state. Therefore. for the most part, the only changes on file at the state level after IXX I are those whereby new counties were created or old ones merged. Today, Georgia counties are still changing their boundaries and recording those changes in their local records. If the more recent changes are needed, one has to go to the Probate Court of either county involved and search the record books therein. Due to space, no attempt has been made in this pamphlet to fully describe the areas involved in the changes. further research in the published annual law books is needed for that purpose.
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COUNTY LINE CHANGES
APPLING Took area from: Pierce, 1858; Wayne, 1875, 1876 Gave up area to: Bacon, 1914, Jeff Davis, 1905; Pierce, 1857, 1858, 1874; Telfair, 1819, 1825; Ware, 1824; Wayne, 1858, 1872, 1876
ATKINSON No changes recorded
BACON No changes recorded
BAKER Took area from: Calhoun, 1860; Early, 1825 Gave up area to: Calhoun, 1854, 1863, 1877; Dougherty, 1853; Early, 1859; Miller, 1856; Mitchell, 1857
BALDWIN Took area from: Hancock, 1807; Jones, 1856; Washington, 1807, 1812, 1826; Wilkinson, 1807, 1856, 1872 Gave up area to: Jasper, 1807; Jones, 1807; Morgan, 1807; Putnam, 1807
BANKS Took area from: Hall, 1859; Jackson, 1859, 1870 Gave up area to: Hall, 1859
BARROW No changes recorded
BARTOW Took area from: Cherokee, 1856; Murray, 1834; Paulding, 1852, 1854 Gave up area to: Floyd, 1843, 1845, 1852; Gordon, 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1869; Polk, 1860; Murray, 1850
BEN HILL No changes recorded
BERRIE!\! Took area from: Coffee, 1858; Colquitt, 1857; Irwin, 1856, 1859; Lowndes, 1856 Gave up area to: Coffee, 1858; Colquitt, 1857; Cook, 1918; Irwin, 1857, 1877; Lanier, 1920; Lowndes, 1857; Tift, 1905
BIBB Took area from: Jones, 1834, 1843, 1849, 1854, 1875; Monroe, 1822, 1877; Twiggs, 1822, 1833, 1842, 1849, 1852, 1875, 1876, 1877 Gave up area to: Jones, 1849
BLECK LEY No changes recorded
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BRANTLEY No changes recorded
BROOKS Took area from: Lowndes, 1858, 1859 Gave up area to: Lowndes, 1859
BRYAN Took area from: Chathan, 1793; Effingham, 1794 Gave up area to: Bulloch, 1796; Chatham, 1847
BULLOCH Took area from: Emanuel, 1813, 1815; Montgomery, 1810 Gave area up to: Candler, 1914; Emanuel, 1812, 1815; Evans, 1914; Jenkins, 1905, Montgomery, 1810
BURKE Gave up area to: Jefferson, 1796; Jenkins, 1905; Richmond, 1841; Screven, 1793
BUTTS Took area from: Henry, 1850, 1860. 1870 Gave area up to: Henry, 1854, 1869, 1870, 1875; Spalding, 1854
CALHOU"i Took area from: Baker, P;63, 1877: Clay, 1876; Early, 1854: Randolph, 1856, 1860. 1870. 1876, 1877 Gave up area to: Baker, 1860; Clay, 1872, 1875, 1876; Early, 1859, 1876: Randolph, 1855, 1856
CAM DE'< Took area from: Charlton, 1856; Wayne, 1805, 1812, 1820 Gave up area to: Charlton, 1854, 1856; Glynn, 1858; Wayne, 1808, 1812, 1820
CAMPBELL Took area from: Carroll, 1828; Cobb, 1832; Coweta, 1872, 1875; Fayette, 1852. 1870; Paulding, 1832 Gave up area to: Carroll, 1869; Douglas, 1870; Fulton, 1872, 1932
CANDLER No changes recorded
CARROLL Took area from: Campbell, 1869; Douglas, 1871, 1877; Haralson, 1860; Paulding, 1864, 1866 Gave up area to: Campbell, 1828; Douglas, 1870, 1871, 1874; Haralson, 1856, 1873; Heard, 1830, 1831; Paulding, 1850, 1869; Troup, 1827
CATOOSA Took area from: Walker, 1853, 1866; Whitfield, 1853, 1859, 1877
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CHARLTON Took area from: Camden, 1856; Ware, 1855 Gave up area to: Brantley, 1920; Camden, 1856
CHATHAM Took area from: Bryan, 1847; Effingham, 1850 lJave up area to: Bryan, 1793
CHATTAHOOCHEE Took area from: Marion, 1872, 1876; Muscogee, 1864, 1866; Stewart, 1865, 1874 Gave up area to: Muscogee, 1856, 1864, 1866
CHATTOOGA Took area from: Floyd, 1840, 1841, 1847 Gave up area to: Floyd, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1845, 1847, 1856
CHEROKEE Took area from: Pickens, 1870; Habersham, 1832; Hall, 1832 Gave up area to: Bartow, 1856; Cobb, 1852, 1856, 1857; Forsyth, 1847, 1854, 1856; Milton, 1857; Pickens, 1853, 1869
CLARKE Took area from: Greene, 1802; Jackson, 1850, 1854, 1860; Madison, 1850, 1852 Gave up area to: Madison, 1811, 1813, 1829, 1877; Oconee, 1875; Oglethorpe, 1813
CLAY Took area from: Calhoun, 1872, 1875, 1876; Early, 1859; Randolph, 1865, 1859; Quitman, 1870 Gave up area to: Calhoun, 1876; Quitman, 1870, 1875
CLAYTON Took area from: Fayette, 1858, 1859: Fulton, 1877; Henry, 1875, 1877 Gave up area to: Henry, 1858
CLINCH Took area from: Ware, 1876 Gave up area to: Atkinson, 1917; Coffee, 1854; Echols, 1858; Lanier, 1920
COBB Took area from: Cherokee, 1852, 1856, 1857; Douglas, 1874; Paulding, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1857, 1874 Gave up area to: Campbell, 1832; Douglas, 1874; Milton, 1857; Paulding, 1851, 1852, 1874
COFFEE Took area from: Berrien, 1858; Irwin, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1874; Ware, 1876, 1877 Gave up area to: Atkinson, 1917; Berrien, 1856, 1858; Irwin, 1856, 1857, 1858; Jeff Davis, 1905; Telfair, 1856; Ware, 1877
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COLQUITT Took area from: Mitchell, 1873; Thomas, 1859, 1870 Gave up area to: Berrien, 1857; Worth, 1857, 1859
COOK No changes recorded
COWETA Took area from: DeKalb, 1826; Meriwether, 1852, 1865, 1870, 1875; Troup, 1877 Gave up area to: Campbell, 1828, 1872, 1875; Heard, 1830, 1859; Meriwether, 1854, 1856, 1877
CRAWFORD Took area from: Houston, 1830; Macon, 1847; Marion, 1827; Monroe, 1854; Talbot, 1827 Gave up area to: Houston, 1847; Macon, 1852; Taylor, 1854; Upson, 1824, 1866
CRISP No changes recorded
DADE No changes recorded
DAWSON Took area from: Lumpkin, 1860; Pickens, 1857
DECATUR Gave up area to: Grady, 1905; Seminole, 1920, Thomas, 1825
DEKALB Took area from: Fayette, 1823; Gwinnett, 1823, 18n, 1829; Henry, 1823, 1858, 1872; Newton, 1826 Gave up area to: Campbell, 1828; Cherokee, 1831; Coweta, 1826; Fulton, 1853, 1854; Gwinnett, 1840; Milton, 1859; Rockdale, 1875
DODGE Took area from: Pulaski, 1872, 1874, 1876 Gave up area to: Pulaski, 1872, 1874; Telfair, 1872, 1875
DOOLY Took area from: Worth, 1853, 1856 Gave up area to: Crisp, 1905; Houston, 1854, 1856; Macon, 1860, 1861; Lee, 1827; Pulaski, 1826, 1860, 1866; Turner, 1905; Wilcox, 1857; Worth, 1853, 1854, 1856
DOUGHERTY Took area from: Worth, 1854, 1856
DOUGLAS Took area from: Carroll, 1871, 1874; Cobb, 1874; Paulding, 1874 Gave up area to: Carroll, 1871, 1877; Cobb, 1874; Paulding, 1874
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EARLY Took area from: Baker, 1859; Calhoun, 1859, 1876; Miller, 1858, 1859 Gave up area to: Baker, 1825; Calhoun, 1854, 1859; Clay, 1854; 1859; Decatur, 1823; Miller, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1863, 1866, 1874; Seminole, 1920
ECHOLS Gave up area to: Lowndes, 1860, 1866, 1877
EFFINGHAM Gave up area to: Screven, 1793; Bryan, 1794; Chatham, 1850
ELBERT Took area from: Hart, 1856; Madison, 1837 Gave up area to: Hart, 1853, 1858, 1859, 1875; Madison, 1811, 1819
EMANUEL Took area from: Bulloch, 1813, 1815; Jefferson, 1857, 1858; Johnson, 1860, 1862, 1866 Gave up area to: Bulloch, 1813, 1815; Candler, 1914; Jefferson, 1857, 1858; Jenkins, 1905; Johnson, 1858, 1860, 1862, 1875; Toombs, 1905; Treutlen, 1917
EVA!\JS :'\Ia changes recorded
FANNIN Took area from: Gilmer, 1860, 1870 Gave up area to: Murray, 1856
FAYETTE Took area from: Henry, 1821 Gave up area to: Campbell, 1828, 1852, 1870; Clayton, 1858, 1859; DcKalb, 1822, 1841; Spalding, 1851
FLOYD Took area from: Bartow, 1843, 1845, 1852; Chattooga, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1845, 1847, 1856; Gordon, 1852; Paulding, 1847; Polk, 1852 Gave up area to: Chattooga, 1838, 1841, 1847; Gordon, 1850, 1852, 1856, 1877; Polk, 1851, 1852, 1854
FORSYTH Took area from: Cherokee, 1847, 1854, 1856 Gave up area to: Milton, 1857, 1860
FRANKLIN Took area from: Hart, 1854, 1856 Gave up area to: Banks, 1858; Habersham, 1818; Hall, 1818; Hart, 1853, 1854, 1856; Jackson, 1796; Madison, 1811, 1819, 1823; Stephens, 1905
FULTON Took area from: Campbell, 1872, 1932; DeKalb, 1854; Milton, 1932 Gave up area to: Clayton, 1877
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:JILMER rook area from: Fannn, 1870; Murray, 1838; Union, 1856 :Jave up area to: Dawson, 1857; Fannin, 1854, 1860, 1870; Murray, 1838; Pickens, 1853, 1858, 1863
GLASCOCK Took area from: Jefferson, 1860; Warren, 1870 Gave up area to: Jefferson, 1860; Warren, 1865
GLYNN Took area from: Camden, 1858; Wayne, 1805, 1822, 1858 Gave up area to: Wayne, 1805, 1820, 1858, 1860
GORDON Took area from: Bartow, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1859; Floyd, 1850, 1852, 1856, 1877; Murray, 1852, 1866, 1876; Pickens, 1860; Walker, 1852, 1854 Gave up area to: Floyd, 1852; Murray, 1853
GRADY No changes recorded
GREENE Took area from: Hancock, 1841; Morgan, 1872; Oglethorpe, 1799; Taliaferro, 1854; Wilkes, 1802 Gave up area to: Clarke, 1802; Hancock, 1793; Oglethorpe, 1794, 1799; Taliaferro, 1825, 1854, 1876, 1877
GWINNETT Took area from: DeKalb, 1840; Hall, 1819; Jackson, 1818, 1819; Milton, 1859; Walton, 1820 1850 Gave up area to: Barrow, 1914; Cherokee, 1831; DeKalb, 1822, 1828, 1829; Hall, 1819; Jackson, 1819; Milton, 1859; Rockdale, 1875
HABERSHAM Took area from: Franklin, 1818, 1819; Rabun, 1838; White, 1858 Gave up area to: Banks, 1858; Cherokee, 1831, 1832; Hall, 1845; Lumpkin, 1832, 1853; Rabun, 1828, 1838; Stephens, 1905; White, 1857; 1858
HALL Took area from: Banks, 1859; Franklin, 1818; Gwinnett, 1819; Habersham, 1845; Jackson, 1818; Lumpkin, 1852 Gave up area to: Banks, 1859; Cherokee, 1831, 1832; Gwinnett, 1819; Lumpkin, 1850, 1870, 1832
HANCOCK Took area from: Taliaferro, 1850; Washington, 1818, 1830 Gave up area to: Baldwin, 1807; Greene, 1841; Taliaferro, 1825, 1828, 1850; Washington, 1818, 1830
HARALSON Took area from: Paulding, 1862 Gave up area to: Carroll, 1860, 1873
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HARRIS Gave up area to: Muscogee, 1829; Talbot, 1863, 1875; Troup, 1854
HART Took area from: Elbert, 1856, 1858, 1859, 1875; Franklin, 1854, 1856; Madison, 1863 Gave up area to: Elbert, 1856; Franklin, 1854, 1856
HEARD Took area from: Carroll, 1831; Coweta, 1859 Gave up area to: Troup, 1856
HENRY Took area from: Butts, 1854, 1869, 1870. 1875; Clayton, 1858; Newton, 1841; Walton, 1821 Gave up area to: Butts, 1825, 1850, 1860; Clayton, 1858, 1875, 1877; DeKalb, 1822, 1858, 1872; Fayette, 1821; Newton, 1821, 1843; Rockdale, 1870; Spalding. 1851; Walton, 1821
HOUSTON Took area from: Dooly, 1854, 1856; Macon, 1847, 1870, 1876 Gave up area to: Bibb, 1822; Crawford, 1822; Macon, 1837, 1840, 1873, 1876; Peach, 1924; Pulaski, 1828
IRWIN Took area from: Berrien, 1857, 1877; Coffee, 1856, 1857, 1858 Gave up area to: Ben Hill, 1906; Berrien, 1856, 1859; Coffee, 1854, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1874; Lowndes, 1825; Thomas, 1825; Tift, 1905; Turner, 1905; Wilcox, 1857; Worth 1853
JACKSON Took area from: Franklin, 1812; Madison, 1860; Wafford Tract, 1806 Gave up area to: Banks, 1870; Barrow, 1914; Clarke, 1801. 1850, 1854,1860; Gwinnett, 1818; Hall, 1818; Madison, 1811, 1851, 1854, 1860, 1872; Walton, 1818
JASPER Took area from: Newton, 1822, 1834, 1839, 1842, 1850, 1870; Walton, 1820 Gave up area to: Jones, 1852, Morgan, 1815; Newton, 1821, 1834, 1842, 1850, 1852, 1860, 1876, 1877
JEFF DAVIS No changes recorded
JEFFERSON Took area from: Emanuel, 1857, 1858; Washington, 1839 Gave up area to: Emanuel, 1857, 1858; Glascock, 1860
JENKINS No changes recorded
JOHNSON Took area from: Emanuel, 1862, 1875; Laurens, 1858 Gave up area to: Emanuel, 1860, 1862, 1866; Laurens, 1874, 1876
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JONES Took area from: Bibb, 1849; Jasper, 1852; Putnam, 1810; Ocmulgee Reserve, 1821 Gave up area to: Baldwin, 1856; Bibb, 1822, 1834, 1843, 1849, 1854, 1875
LAMAR No changes recorded
LANIER No changes recorded
LAURENS Took area from: Johnson, 1874, 1876; Montgomery, 1811; Washington, 1811 Gave up area to: Johnson, 1858; Pulaski, 1808
LEE Took area from: Dooly, 1827; Sumter, 1854 Gave up area to: Marion, 1827; Muscogee, 1827; Sumter, 1831, 1859; Randolph, 1828; Terrell, 1856, 1866
LIBERTY Took area from: Mcintosh, 1794, 1806, 1857, 1858, 1871 Gave up area to: Long, 1920; Mcintosh, 1793, 1794, 1806, 1857, 1858, 1871; Glynn, 1789
LINCOLN Gave up area to: Wilkes, 1852
LONG No changes recorded
LOWNDES Took area from: Berrien, 1857; Brooks, 1859, 1870; Echols, 1860, 1866, 1877 Gave area up to: Berrien, 1856, 1857; Brooks, 1858, 1859, 1870; Clinch, 1850; Colquitt, 1856: Echols, 1858; Lanier, 1920; Thomas, 1826
LUMPKIN Took area from: Habersham, 1853; Hall, 1850, 1870; White, 1862 Gave up area to: Dawson, 1857, 1860, Forsyth, 1850; Hall, 1852; Union, 1845; White, 1860, 1862, 1874
MACON Took area from: Crawford, 1852; Dooly, 1860, 1861; Houston, 1837, 1840, 1873, 1876; Marion, 1837; Sumter, 1856, 1858, 1860, 1870; Taylor, 1862 Gave area up to: Crawford, 1847; Houston, 1847, 1870, 1876; Peach, 1924; Schley, 1862, 1872; Taylor, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1859, 1860, 1869
MADISON Took area from: Clarke, 1813, 1829, 1877; Elbert, 1819, 1837; Franklin, 1819, 1823; Jackson, 1851, 1854, 1860, 1872; Oglethorpe, 1831, 1841 Gave area up to: Clarke, 1850, 1852; Elbert, 1837; Hart, 1863; Oglethorpe, 1841
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MARION Took area from: Muscogee, 1840; Schley, 1858, 1859, 1874; Stewart, 1847; Sumter, 1859; Taylor, 1856 Gave up area to: Chattahoochee, 1854, 1872, 1876; Crawford, 1827; Macon, 1837; Muscogee, 1829, 1840; Schley, 1857, 1859; Sumter, 1832, 1859; Talbot, 1832, 1847, 1850, 1854; Taylor, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1876; Webster, 1854
MCDUFFIE Took area from: Columbia, 1872 Gave up area to: Columbia, 1872
MCINTOSH Took area from: Liberty, 1794, 1806, 1857, 1858 Gave up area to: Liberty, 1794, 1806, 1857, 1858, 1871
MERIWETHER Took area from: Coweta, 1854, 1856, 1877; Talbot, 1856, 1860 Gave up area to: Coweta, 1852, 1865, 1870, 1875; Talbot, 1854
MILLER Took area from: Early, 1858, 1859, 1863, 1866, 1874 Gave up area to: Early, 1858, 1859
MILTON Took area from: DeKalb, 1859; Forsyth, 1860; Gwinnett, 1859 Gave up area to: Fulton, 1932
MITCHELL Took area from: Thomas, 1859 Gave up area to: Colquitt, 1873
MONROE Gave up area to: Bibb, 1822, 1877; Butts, 1825; Crawford, 1854; Lamar, 1920; Pike, 1822
MONTGOMERY Took area from: Bulloch, 1810; Jefferson, 1810; Tattnall, 1810, 1812, 1814; Telfair, 1812, 1820 Gave up area to: Bulloch, 1810; Dodge, 1870; Emanuel, 1812;Jefferson, 1810; Laurens, 1811; Tattnall, 1801, 1810; Telfair, 1820; Toombs, 1905; Truetlen, 1917; Wheeler, 1912
MORGAN Took area from: Jasper, 1815 Gave up area to: Greene, 1872; Newton, 1823
MURRAY Took area from: Bartow, 1850; Fannin, 1856; Gordon, 1853 Gave up area to: Bartow, 1834; Fannin, 1856; Gilmer, 1838; Gordon, 1852, 1866, 1876; Walker, 1833, Whitfield, 1851
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MUSCOGEE Took area from: Chattahoochee, 1856; Harris, 1829; Lee, 1827; Marion, 1829, 1840 Gave up area to: Chattahoochee, 1854, 1864, 1866; Harris, 1827; Marion, 1827, 1840; Talbot, 1827, 1847
NEWTON Took area from: Henry, 1843; Jasper, 1834, 1842, 1850, 1860, 1876, 1877; Morgan, 1823; Walton, 1847, 1850 Gave up area to: DeKalb, 1826; Henry, 184I;Jasper, 1822,1834,1839, 1850; Rockdale, 1870, 1876; Walton, 1847
OCONEE No changes recorded
OGLETHORPE Took area from: Clarke, 1813; Greene, 1794, 1799; Madison, 1841 Gave up area to: Greene, 1799; Madison, 1811, 1831, 1841; Taliaferro, 1825
PAULDING Took area from: Carroll, 1850, 1869; Cobb, 1851, 1852, 1874; Douglas, 1874; Polk, 1852, 1854 Gave area up to: Bartow, 1852, 1854; Campbell, 1832; Carroll, 1864, 1866; Cobb, 1849, 1851, 1852, 1857, 1874; Douglas, 1874; Harralson, 1862; Polk, 1851, 1852
PEACH No changes recorded
PICKENS Took area from: Cherokee, 1869; Gilmer, 1858, 1863 Gave area up to: Cherokee, 1870; Dawson, 1857; Gordon, 1860
PIERCE Took area from: Appling, 1858, 1874, 1875; Ware, 1858, 1870, 1874, 1875, 1876; Wayne, 1858, 1860, 1865, 1874 Gave up area to: Appling, 1858; Bacon, 1914; Brantley, 1920; Ware, 1858, 1859, 1874; Wayne, 1858
PIKE Took area from: Spalding, 1852, 1854; Upson, 1825 Gave up area to: Lamar, 1920; Spalding, 1851, 1856; Upson, 1824, 1871
POLK Took area from: Floyd, 1852, 1854; Bartow, 1860; Paulding, 1852 Gave up area to: Floyd, 1852, 1854; Haralson, 1856; Paulding, 1852, 1854
PULASKI Took area from: Dodge, 1872, 1874; Dooly, 1826, 1860, 1866; Houston, 1828; Wilcox, 1866 Gave up area to: Bleckley, 1912; Dodge, 1870, 1874, 1876; Wilcox, 1857, 1858, 1860, 1866, 1877
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PUTNAM Took area from: Baldwin, 1808 Gave up area to: Jones, 1810
QUITMAN Took area from: Clay, 1870, 1875; Stewart, 1860, 1868, 1869, 1870 Gave up area to: Clay, 1870; Stewart, 1860
RABUN Took area from: Habersham, 1828, 1838; Towns, 1857 Gave up area to: Habersham, 1838; Towns, 1856, 1857
RANDOLPH Took area from: Calhoun, 1855, 1856; Stewart, 1876, 1877; Terrell, 1876 Gave up area to: Calhoun, 1856, 1870, 1876, 1877; Clay, 1854, 1856, 1859; Quitman, 1858; Stewart, 1830; Terrell, 1856, 1874
RICHMOND Gave up area to: Columbia, 1790, 1856
ROCKDALE Took area from: DeKalb, 1875; Gwinnett, 1875; Newton, 1876
SCHLEY Took area from: Macon, 1862, 1872; Marion, 1859; Sumter, 1859; Taylor, 1859 Gave up area to: Marion, 1858, 1874; Taylor, 1859, 1862
SCREVEN Gave up area to: Bulloch, 1796; Jenkins, 1905
SEMINOLE No changes recorded
SPALDING Took area from: Butts, 1854; Pike, 1856 Gave up area to: Pike, 1852, 1854, 1856
STEPHENS No changes recorded
STEWART Took area from: Quitman, 1860; Webster, 1854 Gave up area to: Chattahoochee, 1865; Marion, 1847;Quitman, 1858,1860, 1868,1869, 1870; Randolph, 1876, 1877; Webster, 1853, 1870, 1874
SUMTER Took area from: Lee, 1859; Marion, 1832, 1859; Schley, 1859; Terrell, 1863 Gave up area to: Lee, 1854; Macon, 1856,1858, 1860, 1870; Marion, 1832, 1859; Schley, 1857, 1859; Terrell, 1863
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TALBOT Took area from: Harris, 1863, 1875; Marion, 1832, 1847, 1854, 1850; Meriwether, 1854; Muscogee, 1847; Taylor, 1854, 1857, 1872 Gave up area to: Crawford, 1827; Marion, 1832; Meriwether, 1854, 1856, 1860; Taylor, 1852, 1854, 1857, 1870, 1872
TALIAFERRO Took area from: Greene, 1854, 1876, 1877; Hancock, 1828, 1850; Warren, 1841, 1850, 1854, 1856; Wilkes, 1828, 1835, 1854 Gave up area to: Greene, 1854; Hancock, 1850; Warren, 1854; Wilkes, 1872
TATTNALL Took area from: Liberty, 1811, 1854; Montgomery, 1810 Gave up area to: Candler, 1914; Evans, 1914; Liberty, 1811, 1837; Montgomery, 1810, 1812, 1814; Toombs, 1905
TAYLOR Took area from: Crawford, 1854; Macon, 1854, 1856, 1859, 1860, 1869: Marion, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1876; Schley, 1859, 1862; Talbot, 1854, 1857, 1870, 1872 Gave up area to: Macon, 1862; Marion, 1856; Schley, 1859; Talbot, 1857, 1872
TELFAIR Took area from: Appling, 1819, 1825; Coffee, 1856; Dodge, 1872, 1875 Gave up area to: Coffee, 1854; Dodge, 1870; Montgomery, 1812, 1820
TERRELL Took area from: Lee, 1856, 1866; Randolph, 1874; Sumter, 1863; Webster, 1870, 1872 Gave up area to: Randolph, 1876; Sumter, 1863; Webster, 1860, 1870
THOMAS Took area from: Baker, 1850; Lowndes, 1826 Gave up area to: Brooks, 1858; Colquitt, 1856, 1859, 1870; Grady, 1905; Mitchell, 1859
TIFT No changes recorded
TOOMBS No changes recorded
TOWNS Took area from: Rabun, 1857; Union, 1856, 1860, 1874 Gave up area to: Rabun, 1857
TREUTLEN No changes recorded
TROUP Took area from: Carroll, 1827; Harris, 1854; Heard, 1856 Gave up area to: Coweta, 1877; Harris, 1827; Heard, 1830; Meriwether, 1827
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TURNER No changes recorded
TWIGGS Gave up area to: Bibb, I822, I833, 1842, 1849, 1852, 1875, 1876, 1877
UNION Took area from: Lumpkin, 1845 Gave up area to: Fannin, 1854; Gilmer, 1856; Towns, 1856, 1860, 1874
UPSON Took area from: Crawford, 1866; Pike, 1871 Gave up area to: Pike, 1825
WALKER Gave up area to: Catoosa, 1853, 1866; Chattooga, 1838; Dade, 1837; Gordon, 1852, 1854; Whitfield, 1853
WALTON Took area from: Gwinnett, 1820, 1850, 1856; Henry, 1821; Jackson, 1818; Newton, 1847 Gave up area to: Barrow, 1914; Gwinnett, 1820, 1850; Henry, 1821; Jasper, 1820; :'>Iewton, 1821, 1847, 1850
WARE Took area from: Pierce, 1858, 1859, 1874 Gave up area to: Bacon, 1914; Charlton, 1855; Clinch, 1850, 1876; Coffee, 1854, 1876, 1877; Pierce, 1857, 1858, 1870, 1874, 1875, 1876
WARREN Took area from: Columbia, 1813; Glascock, 1865; Taliaferro, 1850, 1854 Gave up area to: Glascock, 1857, 1870; Jefferson, 1796; McDuffie, 1870; Taliaferro, 1825, 1841, 1850, 1854, 1856
WASHINGTON Took area from: Hancock, 1818, 1830 Gave up area to: Baldwin, 1807, 1812, 1826; Greene, 1786; Hancock, 1793, 1830, 1818; Jefferson, 1839; Johnson, 1858; Laurens, 1811; Montgomery, 1793; Warren, 1793
WAYNE Took area from: Appling, 1858, 1872, 1876; Camden, 1808, 1820; Glynn, 1805, 1820, 1860; Pierce, 1858, 1874 Gave up area to: Appling, 1858, 1875, 1876; Brantley, 1920; Camden, 1805; Glynn, 1822, 1858, 1860; Pierce, 1858, 1860, 1865, 1874
WEBSTER Took area from: Marion, 1854; Stewart, 1870, 1874; Terrell, 1860, 1870 Gave up area to: Stewart, 1854; Terrell, 1870, 1872
WHEELER No changes recorded
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WHITE Took area from: Habersham, 1858; Lumpkin, 1860, 1862, 1874 Gave up area to: Habersham, 1858; Lumpkin, 1862 WHITFIELD Took area from: Walker, 1853 Gave up area to: Catoosa, 1853, 1859, 1877 WILCOX Took area from: Pulaski, 1858, 1860, 1866, 1877 Gave up area to: Ben Hill, 1906; Pulaski, 1858, 1866; Turner, 1905 WILKES Took area from: Lincoln, 1852; Taliaferro, 1854, 1872 Gave up area to: Elbert, 1790; Greene, 1802; Lincoln,.1796; Oglethorpe, 1793; Taliaferro, 1825, 1828, 1835, 1854; Warren, 1793 WILKINSON Took area from: Baldwin, 1872; Laurens, 1807; Telfair, 1807 Gave up area to: Baldwin, 1856, 1872; Laurens, 1807; Telfair, 1807; Twiggs, 1809 WORTH Took area from: Colquitt, 1857, 1859; Dooly, 1856 Gave up area to: Dooly, 1856; Dougherty, 1854; Tift, 1905; Turner, 1905
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