Greene County, Georgia

Greene County Georgia

Greene county was formed in 1786 from the big county of Washington, which contained large tracts of bounty land settled by Revolutionary Soldiers. The interior of the classic old Court House has recently been remodeled and the records that are left from the "ravaging tooth of time," are now in fire-proof vaults. The piles of old books, papers and pamphlets, in the office of the Ordinary, containing Minutes of the Inferior Court. Wills, Bonds, Appraisements and marriage records, should now be renovated and copied to be in keeping with their new quarters. The oldest book found was Book "A," 1787 to 1796 containing over 300 pages of mixed records, with no index. The next was Book "D," 1800 to 1806, so there is a gap of four years in the wills.
This book is not indexed, but all the rest are. Marriage records are in the backs of the old books and are not indexed till the year 1817, when they were put in books to themselves and indexed.
The deeds in the Clerk's office are in about two dozen old books up to 1850, and are in very good condition. In this office is an old manuscript that should certainly be reclaimed. It is in a roll and altogether too tender to be handled, but it contains a long list of names of the first settlers in Greene county, where they were from, and the number of their children. I would respectfully suggest to the County Commissioners that a restoration of this old scroll, by the crepeline process, would be money well spent.

Greene County Marriages, 1787 to 1801.

Thomas Simonton and Rebecca Potts.
Francis Wall and Catherine McCullock.
James M. Wootten and Clara Gustavus.
John Hush and Winny Alford.
Win. Harris and Hannah Hogg.
Nathaniel Bell and Elizabeth Weeks.
John Stroud and Sarah Philips.
James Ware and Elizabeth Walker.
Wm, Houghton and Elizabeth Burk.
John Wade and Agge Peck.
David Dixon and Martha Aubrey.
Edmund Butler and Fanny Garret.
Wm. Walker and Elizabeth Wyen.
Samuel Gunn and Mary Hambrick.
Robert Grimmet and Widow Baker.
James Houghton and Sarah Burk.
James Milligan and Elizabeth Cessna.
Samuel Weeks and Ann Jackson.
Wm. Potts and Isbell Simonton, 1788.
John Williams and Anne Wade.
John Armor and Nancy Caldwell.
Reuben Reid and Polly Alford.
Bazor C. Anderson and Sarah Houghton.
Wm. Dunn and Ann Thompson.
Robert Baldwin and Sarah Borring.
Jacob Maddox and Sarah Moore.
Wm. Wilson and Elizabeth Jones.
Jesse Harris and Rachel Pendleton.
Wm. Wiggins and Sarah Laurence.
David McMichael and Sarah Cimbro.
Bazil Moran and Nancy Harvey.
Zachery Reed and Ginny Adams.
Wm. Daniel, Esq. and Mary K. King.
John Whealey and Mary Porter.
James Wootten and Elizabeth Laurence, 1780.
Samuel Barnes and Elizabeth Barnhcart.
James Wilson and Phebe White.
Wm. Holliday and Elizabeth Neal.
Reuben Slaughter and Polly Lawson.
Curtis Moore and Agnes Smith.
Win. Cureton and Margaret Crawl.
Joshua Kenedy and Catherine Langston.
John Ragon and Susanna Battle.
James Daniel and Grezil Clemonts.
Wm. Thomas and Polly Richardson.
Mr. Tindal and Martha Harris. 1790.
Zachery Reid and Polly Laurence.
Arthur Foster and Elizabeth Glenn.
John Pierce and Margaret Moon.
Benjamin Lowry and Mary Hogg.
Richard Wood and Tabitha Glass.
Ethclred Wood and Dicy Bagby.
Joseph Rye and Betsy Wilson.
Michael Woodall and Betsy Bird.
Mancil Womack and Sarah Rogers.
James McDowell and Elizabeth Carson.
Thomas Fields and Sally Kilgoar.
Wm. Kilgoar and Ann Higgenbotham.
Capt. Jonas Fouch and Polly Daniel, 1793.
Christopher Simmons and Polly Parker.
Matthew Gaston ami Rebecca Harden.
Samuel Boggs and Polly Kent.
Philip Tygner and Nancy Hall. 1794.
Dr. James N'esbit, Esq. and Penelope Cooper
Wm. Bcasley and Rachel Robinctt.
Howson Mapp and Hannah Jackson.
John Callahan and Elizabeth Stephenson.
Richard Cone and Patsy Prekins.
Capt. S. B. Harris and Patience Williams.
Wm. Greene and Delilah Haynes, 1795.
Hubbard Peoples and Elizabeth Heard.
Van Lofton and Rebecca Walls.
Lewis Bickers and Nancy Cartwright.
Samuel Patillo and Fanny Hall.
Thomas McGuire and Peggy Hays.
James Lawrence and Ginny Lawson.
James McGuire and Polly George.
Leonard Barford and Polly Smith.
Thomas Blair and Polly Wall.
Arthur Bearding and Rebecca McClendon.
Jeremiah McClendon and Elizabeth Sheffel.
Reuben Dejarnet and Nancy Reid.
David Mcintosh and Polly Dawson.
Wm. Babb and Susanna Heard.
John King. Jr.. and Patsy Lacy.
David Henin and Francisca Veazey.
Peter Jackson and Mary Tindall.
Bennett Poesy and Nancy Griffin.
Robert Patricks and Ketty Curry.
Aaron Clement and Hannah Clement. 1796.
John H. Banes and Peggy Burnes.
Fields Lewis and Hannah Hall.
Thomas Laurence and Polly Moreland.
Alexander W. Hargin and Grissy Bannon.
David Jackson and Rachel Hines.
Wm. Slaughter and Nancy Kimbrough.
Joseph Jones and Sarah Heard.
Constantino Perkins Patrick and Polly Perkins,
Klijali Jenkins and Amy Daniel.
Jordan Rowland and Sally Swan.
Archelaus Ferrel and Sally Parker.
Thomas Bragg and Lavinia Lunsford.
Lodowick Alford and Judith Jackson, 1798.
Walker Lewis and Polly Graham.
James King and Fanny Perkins, 1798.
Burwell Rrown and Fanny Brown.
Thomas Broaddus and Agnes Fielder.
Gillis Moore and Betsy Cooper.
Austarchus Wood and Tamsey Newton, 1799.
Jacob llightowcr and Nancy Colbert.
Wm. Rissell and Peggy McCulloch.
Arthur Clark and Agnes Hall.
Michael Whatlcy and Elizabeth Peoples.
Wm. Winslet and Elizabeth Harp.
Allen Pryor and Elizabeth Cole.
Robert Espey and Mary Barnett.
Jason Parmenter and Catherine Heard.
Wm. Blanks and Jane Hill.
Edmund Oneal and Elizabeth Roberts.
Wm. Glass and Mary Baker.
Bradley Harrelson and Agnes Kil___
Joel Forrester and Sarah Tatum.
Dr. W. W. Strain and Sally Spruce.
Wm. Brewer and Polly Harper.
George Sorrcll and Sally Cameron.
Jesse Standefer and Elizabeth Haughton.
Alexander Houghton and Tabitha Cheatham.
Daniel Beamis and Nancy Persythe.
Samuel Brooke and Elizabeth Starkey.
James Park and Mary Chesson.
Temple Hunt and Frances Fitzpatrick.
Richard Pickard and Hannah Bearden.
Wm. Thompson and Mary Patrick.
Archibald Watts and Sally Sherrell.
Z. Glassyer and Sally Welborn.
Abram Nelson and Elizabeth Ellis
Wm. Harp and Polly Brewer.
Calvin Nigot and Mary Connell.
Z. Robertson and Susanna Bridges, 1800.
Joseph John Martin and Polly Jenkins.
Robert Williams and Rebecca Whallcy.
Wyatt Whalley and Elizabeth Wright.
Wm. Fanning and Nancy Pierce.
John Hughs and Nancy Holloway.
Jonathan Phillips and Betsy Howell.
Samuel Hunter and Charity Whalley.
Robert Dukes and Pattey Holloway.
Robert Johnson and Nancy Delois.
James Hunt and Agnes Hunt.
John Bowles and Sally Blassinham.
James Aiken and Nancy Jones.
John Atkinson and Lucy Moreland.
John Moore and Elizabeth Hammil.
Isaac McGuire and Jane Hayes.
Charles Duke and Nancy Elliott.
John Cargail and Tabitha I'.abb.
John Jackson and Jane Richards.
Elias Hines and Nancy W. Hudson.
John Stark and Nancy Fitzpatrick.
Henry Walker and Vicey Philips.
John Cartright and Martha McKay.
James Norris and Sally Patrick.
Elijah Wheeler and Elizabeth Jackson.
Robert Adair and Babsey Reed.
Henry Brewer and Stiky Mitchell.
Sterling Mitchell and Betsy Brewer.
John Carroll and Nancy Gatling.
Wm. Hemphill and Nancy Hagan.
Obediah Belcher and Polly Cooper.
Thomas Thompson and Suky Ross.
Samuel Hubbard and Elizabeth White.
Gaitsfield Farley and Polly Farley.
Wm. Tate and Elizabeth Westbrook.
Jarrcl Ricker and Jane Hammond.
John McHoune and Polly Thomas.
John Johnson and Mary Greer.
Jesse Bell and Fanny King.
Absalom Autry and Polly Blasingham.
____ McDonald and Sally Fitzpatrick.
_______ Stanley and Miss Hough.
Martin Davis and Nancy Barnett.
John Thompson and Elizabeth Lumsden.
Elisha Hall and Elizabeth Ross.
Drury Mitchell and Rhoda Lassiter.
John Wall and Susanna Tuggle.
Wm. Hall and Mary Hall, 1801.
Darby Fay and Rhody Jones.
Wm. Bradley and Peggy Davis.
Cader Carter and Patience Knowles.
John Kimbrough, Jr., and Betsy Posey.
John I,uckie and Mary Harrison.
John Connell and Sarah Awsley.
Thomas Finley and Margaret Allen.
Charles Guinn and Dilly Houghton.
Joshua Hagaby and Sally Wester.
Little B. Watts and Nancy Whatley.
Aaron Parker and Mary Williams.
Allen Harper and Lewis Smith.
Alison Ingram and Nancy Greer.
Wm. Davis and Nancy Rutledge.
Jerry Ivey and Fanny Williams.
Gailsfield Farley and Polly Farley.
Benjamin Lester and Betsy Hill.
Peter Cartright, Jr., and Betsy Shaw.
Thomas Gafford and Polly Whatley.
James Woodall and Becky Watson.
Thomas Davis and Patsy Goodwin.
Daniel Hightowcr and Betsy A. Johnson.
Samuel Campbell and Charity Edwards.
Boswell Turner and Virtuous May Love.
James Sharp and Sally Peoples.
Wm. Winslet and Peggy Wooden.
Washington Ledbetter and Lucy Bostwick.
John Wooton and Polly Beavers.
Janet Winningham and Suky Woods.
Ignatius Russell and Elinor Kimbrough.
James H. Harrison and May Harrison.
Thomas Cole and Elizabeth Talley.

Marriages in Back of Will Book "D," 1801 to 1806.
Edmund West and Elizabeth Copeland.
Frederick Sims and Sally Baill.
Moses Penn and Penny Bird.
Wm. Shields and Catherine Cone.
Spencer Moore and Suky Grimes.
Henry Mazey and Polly Springer.
Bertus Alford and Mary Boone.

Source: Joseph Habersham Historical Collections.
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