Jefferson County formed in 1796, was one of the unfortunate counties that lay in the wake of Sherman's army. 
All records of deeds were burned at that time, and may valuable books in the office of the Ordinary, but, by some streak of luck,
most of the original wills were saved, and are now preserved in tin files, alphabetically arranged, as are also all marriage licenses, administrators' returns, etc.

 

There is no index in the office to these estates, so one has to go patiently through the files to find out what is there. 
The records begin 1796, and no doubt there are many valuable items hidden away in those pigeon holes. 
The papers are getting too tender to be handled and, in a few more years, they will be lost to Georgia historians. 
To be in keeping with the beautiful new Court House that has recently been finished at Louisville, these old papers should now be transcribed and indexed for ready reference.

The best list of early inhabitants that could be secured, was a Tax List for1802.  A glance over this list will show that many of our most prominent citizens lived in Louisville,
which was then the Seat of Government and bid fair to be a great city.  An old map of the place shows many streets that are now in the surrounding woods.
Among the wills noted were Howell Cobb, 1817, and Governors Herschel V. Johnston and Charles J. Jenkins.

 

LIST OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO DRAWS IN LOTTERY.

List taken December.  Only Revolutionary Soldiers and Widows of Revolutionary Soldiers were copied.

John Boutin, Rev. Soldier

Jane Bostwick, Widow R.S. (Nathan).

Ann D. Powell, Widow R.lS.

Cloey Pate, Widow R.S.

Mary Scott, Widow R.S.

John Arrington, R.S. (d.1827).

Hugh Alexander, R.S.

Rhoda Barber, widow and daughter of Rev. Soldier (Joseph)

Ezekiel Causey, Sr., R.S.

James Cotter, R.S.

William Clements, Sr., R.S. (d. 1828)

Elizabeth Causey, W.R.S. (dau. Matilda).

Benjamin Green, R.S.

Rebecca Garvin, W. and Dau. Rev. Sold. Thomas Garvin

Mary Haddin, W.R.S. (William Haddin).

Ann Montgomery, W.R.S.

Elinor McNeely, W.R.S. (Hugh McNeely)

Mary Patterson, W.R.S.

Esther Brett, W. and Dau. Rev. Soldier.

Michal Cowart, Rev. Soldier.

Elizabeth Durougeaux, W. and Dau. Rev. Soldier. (Peter D)

Stephen Durougeaux, R.S. (d. 1833)

George Fowler, Sr., R.S.

Sarah Fountain, W.R.S.

Catherine Goitman, W.R.S.

Dempsey Hall, Sr., R.S.

John S. Holder, R.S.

Mrs. Ann Hall, W.R.S.

Mary Spivey, W.R.S. (James Spivey)

John Thompson, R.S.

Sarah Thompson, W.R.S. (by son Jere)

Joshua Watson, R.S.

Lucretia Alford, W.R.S.

John Boutin, R.S.

William Lions, R.S.

Morris Murphy, R.S.

Martha D. Moss, W.R.S.

Moses Newton, R.S.

Nancy Sammons, W.R.S.

Caleb Welch, R.S.

Jere Wilsher, R.S.

Catherine Warner, W. & Dau. R.S.

James Cook, R.S.

Elizabeth Fort, W. & D.R.S.

Norman McCloud, R.S.

Seth Pierce, R.S.

James Johnston, R.S. (wounded).

Hudson Hall, Sr., R.S.

John Darby, Sr., R.S.

William Thompson, R.S.

 

Jefferson County Tax List 1802

Moses Brinson

Brice Bratcher

Mary McNair

Abraham Mott

Abraham Coursey

Robert Tillman

William Pervis

William Peel

James Buchanan

Richard Corbett

Masheck Matthews

Micajah Paulk, Sr. & Jr.

Mary Yerby

John Beggs

Samuel Slocumb

Thomas Bloodworth

Jacob Young

Matthew Bailey

George Stapleton

John Newman

Shadrack Lee

Jesse Horn

John Martin

Michael Matthew

Petenah Wilson

William Donaldson

John Cummerford

David Brinson

John Mock

Hugh Montgomery

Elkanah Lofton

James Johnston

Jeremiah Lofton

Robert Patterson

Richard Peel

Mary Peel

Gilson Joiner

David Hart

Jonathan Matthews

James Hogans

Prior Stone

Frederick Evans

Henry Bloodworth

Silas Bailey

Jesse Pervis

James Temples

Daniel Richardson

George Young

John Lee

Isaac Horn

Ephraim Peobies

John Spring

John Van Winkle

John Caldwell

Godfrey Lee

Needham Bryant

George Mock

David Montgomery

Daniel Conoly

Henry Beatt

Elisha Gove

John Peel, Jr.

Francis Wren

William Tilley

Frederick Clem

Francis Brown

John Telley

John Musgrove

Samuel Bloodworth

Needham Pervis

Charrich Tharpe

William Perdew

Aaron Pool

John Rozier

Joseph King

Margaret Horn

Presley Tharpe

Jacob Matthew

Thomas Matthews

Joel Darcy

Barwell Evens

Thomas Gay

Barnaby Gay

William Thomas

James Isham

Samuel Little

Thomas Little

Foster Little

John Brackenridge

Robert Mountain

William Thompson

George Meron

Willis oward

John Bails

John Cumming

Alexander Whigham

Hugh Wilkinson

John Whitehead

Thomas Whitehead

James Young

Thomas Moseley

Major Collins

Elias Barrow

Stiring Brinson

Samuel Bothwell

John Neeley

Jane Neely

Thomas Neely

James Neely

Benjamin Harper

William Matthews

Orandatus Watson

George Spieres

William Donaldson

Hugh Donaldson

John McAnally

Absolom Prior

Aquilla Matthews

Jonathon Minton

George Wright

Joseph Wise

William Hair

James Smith

David Young

John Turner

Demsey Barnes

Alexander Love

James Henry

Benjamin Darcey

Reuben Beckham

Haden Tillman

Samuel Slater

Absolom Wells

Stephen Thompson

Strander Crawford

David Crawford

William Spieres

David Terry

Robert Prior

Stephen Johnston

Arthur Cheatham

Andrew Hampton

Isaac Benton

Joseph Hampton

Jacob Farmer

Jesse Brown

William Pennington

John Mannen

Jane Bothwell

Joseph Pool

Reason Cawley

James Tillman

Abraham Roberts

Henry Churchwell

James Benton

John Cook

Chloe Hunt

John Wells

Gideon Thompson

Thomas Mellville

William Darcey

James Minton

Hall Hutson

David Brown

Jesse Hollingsworth

William McGlocklin

John Anderson

Abraham Lafever

Caleb Wright

Hugh Wilson

Samuel Wilson

William Wilson

Jacob Godown

William Boykin

James Arrington

Berry Hughs

William Lowrey, trustee

Robert Lowrey

Richard Young

James Trowell

Thomas Parsons

John Donaldson

John Gamble

Alexander Douglas

John Douglas

Thomas Douglas

Benjamin Thompson

Joseph Harp

Alexander Berryhill

John Murry

Jesse Jump

Pitman Lofley

Jesse Lofley

Joseph Brannan

Simon Barden

John Vining

Thomas Rogers

James Rogers

John Irwin

John Rowland

Thomas Hannah

William Hannah

Kedar Vining

Henry Tommey

Robert Broddy

Simon McCullers

Lemuel Hickman

Richard Clark

William Clark

Nathaniel Sample

William Duncan

William Allen

James Allen

Joseph Allen

richard Wingate

Sarah Jump

John Martin, Sr. & Jr.

William Hadden

Thomas Summerfield (free negro)

James McKigney

Abner Womack

david Showers

Sanders Bush

David Ingram

William Ingram

James Williams

Hugh N. Ingram

James Brannen

George McMullen

Loved Harrell

John Little

Mecum McCullers

William Womack

William Hardwick

George Hardwick

Francis Coleman

Hardy Harrell

James Manson

Jane McNeil

William Clark

Edmund Bailey

David Desuell

John Rogers

Russell Brown

Thomas McWally

Samuel Stephen
Jesse Glover, Sr. & Jr.

Richard Brown

John Reese

Nathaniel Swansey

James Brigham

Isaac Jones

Garland Hardwick

Peter McCartney

William Brown

George R. Brown

Adam Tapley

Andrew Thompson

Derixon Wootton

William Allen

John Hartsfield

Henry Wall

John Lewis

John Goodgame

Daniel McNeil

Benjamin Bryan

Burrell Cammel

John Cammel

Isaac Robinson

John Morehead

Jesse Moreland

Abraham Bush

Robert Wood (dec'd)

William Lasser

David Paulett, agt.

Jeremiah Welcher

Caleb Welch

Richard Walden

Reuben Walden

Henry Walden

Adam Calhoun

Abraham Yerby

John Smith

Joseph Smith

William Dawkins

George Dawkins

James Coas

James Chastain

Charles Hudgepeth

Thomas Hudgepeth

William Vining

Jethro Weaver

Nathaniel Weaver

John Morgan

Dr. Moses Newton, Tr.

Benjamin Sammons

William Craig

Nathaniel McMicken

Nancy Fenn

Mary Prince

John Davies

Samuel Walden

George Smith

Shadrack Vining

William Davis

Hardy Harell

Nathaniel Brassell

Richard Davies

William Smith

Joseph Tommy

Thomas Warden, Sr.

William Lions

William Warden

Hardy Morgan

Stephen Morgan

Matthew Caudie

Robert French

Ann Coats

Isaac DuBose

Benjamin Janus

William Coats

Edward Ryan

William Pendleton

Benjamin Warner

Daniel D. Moss

Micajah Dawkins

Elijah Chrisae

John Walden

William Wood

George Pierce

William Wood, Jr.

Nathaniel Williams

Samuel Walden, Jr.

John Banton, Jr.

William Andrew

Lewis Naule

Solomon Willey, Jr.

Isaac Coleman

James Pattillo

Hezekiah Gates

Morris Murphy

Elizabeth Terry

Drury Harris

Elias Hodges

John Hodges

Jeremiah Dubank

John Coleman

William Leaven

George Jones

John Darby
James Darby

Peter Farr

Valantine Hatcher

John Jones

Isaac Rawls

Jane Andrews

James McDonald, Sr.

Bartholomew Barnes

Thomas Harvey

Jesse Hatcher

Jeramiah Flougnoy

William Freeman

Jesse Jones

John Morris

Jeptha Duboise

Isaac Lockhart

Samuel Lockhart

Joseph Lockhart

William Lockhart

Daniel Eubands

Horatio Gates

Daniel Cole

Adam Jones

Francis May

Henry Cox

Simpson Chance

Ephraim Chance

George Eubanks

John Eubanks

John Harvey

William McGeehee

Robert Ried

Thaker Ninion, Jr.

John Herrington

Jesse Hammock

Martha Boone

Meldy Boseman

Jesse Webb

Stephen Stephens

Abraham Pierce

Darling Lanier

William Pierce

Nathan Herod

John Herrod

Daniel McMillan

David King

Jesse Bowden

Willis Williams

James Smith

Thomas Wooden

Druet Dees

Owne Farr

William Porch

Isaac Coleman

James Dees

Drury Dees

Elizabeth Dees

Rice Webb

Elijah Padgett

Edward Moore

Solomon Crawford

Simon Smith

Nicholas Braggett

Aquilla Lowe

Willis Williams

Steven Matthews

Robert Manwell

Williams Folks, Sr. & Jr.

John Sandiford

Abraham Peacock

Seth Pierce

Levi Jackson

Herod Dupree

John Dupree, Jr.

Eli Peacock

Arthur Peacock

Reuben Powell

John Dupree, Sr.

William Walker

George Granberry

Gabril Parker

Elizabeth Smith

Millebee Fullford

John Cattle

Joseph Boseman

Nathaniel Knolls

John Powell

Stephen Webb

John Fleming, Jr.

Hugh Triven

William Fleming

Richard Kessel

John Joiner

Harvy Herrington

Arthur Dupree

Thacker Ninion, Sr.

Elisha Ward

David Ward

Felix Maxwell

John Woods

Phebee Grant

Richard Powell

John Bryant

Peter Durouzeaux

John Trueluck

Charles North

John Hammock

William Cawthron

William Wilson

John Hicks

Samuel Hammock

Jonas Mays

John Denton

Solomon Wood

Joab Horn, Jr.

John Burton

Willey Horn

Isham Ross

John Ingram

John Tinsley

Joseph Hall

Robert Craig

William England

Mourning Horn

David Wood

Zachariah Albutton

Andrew Berryhill, Jr.

John Evers

Daniel Gutman

Bartholomew Gutman

Michael Fields

Thomas Sandford

John Ricks

Joseph Truecluck

Steven Durouzeaux

John Hendricks

James Roach

Benjamin Mays

Jonas Mays, Jr.

John Cowart

John Shoemake Holden

John Thomson

John Bryant, Jr.

James Mills

Esaias Fountain

Culver Horn

Joab Horn, Sr.

John Land

James Hall, Sr.

James Hall, Jr.

Dempsey Hall

Redding Hall

William Askew

Thomas Askew

John Bats

Jonathan Fountain

Wm. Fountain, Sr. & Jr.

Seth Fountain

Thomas Davis

Samuel Mays

Spiers Cannon

William Cannon

Harmon Mays

Gabriel Pickering

Zachariah Brown

William Legate

James Warner

Joseph Jackson

Jacob Sutton

Morris Raiford

Stephen Powell

Asa Brown

Henry Senterfilt

Samuel Sanford

Caswell Sanford

John Sanford

Benjamin Sanford

Lemuel Page

William Spivey

George Ingram

Samuel Smith

Dorcas Smith

Wilson warren

Bird Tarver

Thomas Kenedy

Thomas McBride

George Tanin

Richard Summer

Berry Mack

Peter Moss

Benjamin Jones

Benjamin Green

Jesse Caney

John Green

Joseph Chairs

David Jamison

John Gandy

John Marshall

Ann Hargrove

Mary Wilson

William Baker

Rachel Crossley

George Brewer

William Mills

Joseph B. Spencer

Jonathan Archer

George W. Chisolm

Noah Minton

Joseph Barker

John  Raiford

Thomas Street

Peter Moss

William Moss

William Calhoun

William Ronaldson

John Tompkins

Henry Shephard

Jacob Page

Daniel Merrian

Thomas Gauley

Ashley Wood

Isaac Simms

Thomas Allen

John Lowe

James Kennedy

Alexander Goodgame

Whitus Brinson

William Kenedy

John Parker

Isaac Mathers

Andrew Boyd

Jane Wier

Robert Boyd

Samuel Boyd

Isaac Wood

Samuel Boyd

Isaac Wood

Samuel Clements

Saint Marian

Elisha Baker

William Morrison

Peter Ray

John Gibson

McNeely (William)

John Clements

Samuel Carter

Joseph Marshall, Jr.

Agnes Whitaker

Hugh Alexander

Samuel Gibson

William Gillam

Josiah McCarty

Charles C. Jenkins

William Thompson

Robert Greives

Samuel McBride

John McBride

Thomas Garvin

Joseph Kenedy

William Craig

Joseph Breckenridge

Benjamin Howard

Robert Montgomery

Benjamin Davis

Nicholas Baker

Joseph Marshall

Joseph Sumner

Mary Chestnut

Andrew Berryhill, Sr.

Archibald Little

Richard Barker

William Burdock

Margaret McNeely

Page Tally

Hugh McNeely

Irwin Calhoun

Moses Horn

John Greer

James Mathres

Samuel Barber

Thomas Schley

Benjamin Gobert, Sr.

Zachariah Lamar

Phillips Scott

Elizabeth Palmer

William Herring

Michael Schley

William Wright

Frances McMurray

Leon H. Marks

George Johnston

George Micklejohn

Job Townsley

Joseph White

John Downs

John Puglsey

Jonathan Sawyer

Howell Hargrove

Ambrose Day

John Bostwick

Thomas Collier

John Shellman

David Sturges

John Allen

Thomas Peebles

Zachariah Gray

John Manson

Simmons Fowler

William Hughs

Thomas Fulton

Thomas Mountain

Matthew Hughs

Henry G. Caldwell

Matthew Casswell

Anthony Handcock

David Fairess

Thomas Handcock

Richard Warnock

Benjamin Bowring

Alexander Carswell

William Parsons

John Parsons

John Rodgers

Rodger Lawson

William Baron

Benjamin Whitaker

Richard Fleeting

Thompson Lawson

Robert Fagil

William Battey

Samuel Battey

Robert Warnock

John McMahan

Douglas Hancock

Robert Fleming

Blassinghame Thomas

Thomas Walker

John Whigham

William Whigham

William Kenedy

James Warnock

John Bigham

Robert Stone

John Fleming

John Stephevson

John Moore

John Paulett

Harvey Paulett

William Blackmar

Daniel Thomas

Patrick McCullough

William Manson

James Wilson

Agnes Mountain

John Hughs

Blassinghame Harvey

Hugh Gilmore

John Lowrey

Robert Flournoy

Thomas Merriwether

William Hadden

James Stubbs

David Emanuel, Jr.

HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF THE GEORGIA CHAPTERS DAR, Publ. 1926.
Transcribed by Linda Brandau