Wilcox County, Georgia Genealogy and History - Presented by Genealogy Trails History Group

Wilcox County was created in 1857 from the territory of Dooly and Irwin Counties.
David Fitzgerald gave sixty acres of land for the county site, moved away and settled on this side of Alapaha River.
The county site was named Abbeville in honor of Abbie McNally and some say in honor of the wife of David Fitzgerald.
The county was named in honor of Captain Wilcox, a noted officer in the Indian battles of this section.
The first court was held in 1858.

The following names of persons residing in our territory served on the first jury.
James D. Pate, Benjamin Rainey, Joseph Rainey, Mitchell Fortner and Jonathan Smith.

Towns, Hamlets and Villages

Fairfield, a post-hamlet in the northwestern part of Wilcox county, is about fifteen miles form the county seat. Bartonville is the nearest railroad station.
[Source: Georgia: Sketches, Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions & People, Vol. 2, Publ. 1906 Transcribed By: Maggie Coleman]

Luke, a village of Wilcox county with a population of 110, is about four miles southwest of Rebecca, which is the nearest railroad station.
It has a money order postoffice and is a trading center for the neighborhood in which it is located.
(Source: Georgia Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, VOL II, by Candler & Evans, Publ. 1906. Transcribed by Joanne Morgan)