Floyd

Floyd County Wills, Estates, Marriages, Maps

Floyd County was created in 1832 from Cherokee lands ceded by the Indians. Early settlers were: John Bridges, J. M. Edge, Davis Fricks, Thomas Hackett, J. W. Hooper, S. J. Johnston, J. H. Lumpkin, Thomas Mills, James McConnell, Thomas Pullium, H. C. Roe, W. J. Smith, James M. Ware, and N. Yarbrough.

Indexes to Probate Records

  • Will Bk A (1852-1861)
  • Will Bk B (1861-1871)
  • Wills, Bk C (1871-1892)
  • Annual Returns (1842-1852)

Marriages

  • Marriages from Newspapers 1885 to 1886

City Directories

  • 1883 Rome City Directory

Maps

  • 1834 Map of Rome

Online Images of Floyd County Wills (1852-1861)

Testators:Baker, Benjamin
Bobo, Benjamin
Daniel, Echols
Eason, John
Kinard, Martin
Lavender, George M., Estate (1839)
Norton, James
Townsend, John
Wakefield, James
Ward, William
Webb, Charles Williams, Elizabeth

Traced Genealogies of Floyd County Families

  • Funderburk
  • Hemphill
  • Hume
  • Moore
  • Shorter

Sardis Presbyterian Church, Rome, Georgia

Sardis Presbyterian Church was built ca 1836 on a site west of Rome, Georgia at the foot of Turnip Mountain. In 1821 the first missionaries were sent into this region to establish the Turnip Mountain Mission to the Cherokee Indians. It was known as Haweis. The first building of the church was a log structure covered with planks, which stood just north of the present-day church which was constructed ca 1855. It was on this site that during the War Between the States that the Sardis Volunteers were organized and were attached to the 6th Georgia Cavalry.