Emanuel

Names of Families in Emanuel County Wills, Estates, Marriages

Emanuel County was created in 1812 from Bulloch and Montgomery counties. The county was named for Georgia Governor David Emanuel (1744-1810) Subsequently, portions of Emanuel County were used to create the following counties: Johnson (1858), Jenkins and Toombs (1905), Candler (1914), and Treutlen (1918). The first commissioners in 1812 were: Edward Lane, Francis Pugh, Needham Cox, Eli Whitdon, and Uriah Anderson, and in 1813 Jesse Mezzle and Archibald Culberth. The Emanuel County Courthouse has been destroyed by fire five times — in 1841, 1855, 1857, 1919, and 1938. The county records included here are the earliest surviving.

Marriages

  • Index to Marriage Book 1817 to 1860

Names of Families in Emanuel County Wills, Estates, Marriages

Testators: Atkinson, Alexander W.| Barwick, Nathan | Beacham, Lewis | Beasley, Right M.| Bell, Daniel | Bell, John, minors of | Bennett, Benjamin | Bird, William | Bonell, Anthony | Boyd, Eliza | Boyet, Arthur | Boyt, James | Brady minors | Braswell, Kindred | Beasley, Right M. | Brown, Jesse | Brown, Jesse W. | Brown, Mary | Bullock, Rufus B., Gov. (bond of) | Clifton, John | Coleman, Jonathan | Coleman Perry | Cornevah, William | Crooker, Lemuel | Culbreath, Daniel | Daughtry, James | Dekle minors | Douglas minors | Edenfield, Jesse (Gift Deed) | Edenfield minors | Edenfield, Robert | Faircloth, Charles | Fountain, William (Gift Deed) | Gillis, August | Gillis, Murdock | Green, Daniel, minors | Griffith, William L.| Hall, Juniper | Hendly, James | Higdon, Robert (receipt) | Hooks, John | Hutchison, Aaron | Jenkins, Charles C. | Johnson, Benjamin W. | Johnston, William | Jones, William | Kemp, John A. | Ken, William C. | Kirby, Moses to Margaret (Gift Deed) | Knight, Rufus | Kurt, Thomas | Lain, Abraham L. to Benjamin Lain (Gift Deed) | Lane, Edward | Miner, Phillip H. | Moore, James | Morgan, Christopher C.| Nasworthy, George W. | Neel, Judith | Newton, Phillip| Nun, Joshua | Nunez minors | Oglesby minors | Owens, Littleton | Phillips, Ryal Bud Phillips, Sherrod | Rea, Spencer | Rountree, Delilah (Gift Deed) | Rountree, James | Rountree, Nancy| Rowell, William | Rowland, Jules, minor| Sawyers, minors | Sherard, Benjamin| Sherod, minors | Sumner, Joseph | Sutton, Jordan | Tapley, William| Thigpin, Travis | Thompson, Robert | Tison, Stephen | Turner, Absalom| Walen, James | Wallace minors| Ward, Sarah, widow of Elia|s Warren, James | Webb minors | Wiggins, John | Williams, Hester| Williams, James | Williamson, John| Wolf, John | Wrenn, Susannah to daughter, Sarah Paulett Monroe (Gift Deed)

Emanuel County Images of Wills 1857-1907

Testators: Allen, Morning| Anderson, John H. |Atkinson, Alexander| Banady, J. W|. Barwick, Council (colored)| Barwick, George| Barwick, Lott (Indenture)| Barwick, Nathan| Barwick, Rountree| Beasley, Albert| Bell, Eady F. |Bishop, James| Bishop, William C.| Brinson, Benjamin| Brown, Gideon H.| Brown, James| Brown, Mike| Brown, Queen Elizabeth| Burnett, Ishmay| Carmichael, Mattie M.| Clifton, George| Coleman, Amelia| Coleman, David |Coleman, Elisha| Coleman, Jeremiah| Cowart, Ada| Cowart, Jonas J.| Cross, Augustus A. (Indenture) |Danford, James A.| Brown, James| Deal, William A.| Dickenson, Stephen| Dickey, Joseph W.| Durden, Lotte| Durden, William| Edenfield, Eli J.| Edenfield, James H.| Ellison, James H.| Forehand, William J|. Gains, Jeremiah| Garbutt, George| Gillis, Catharine| Hall, William (Indenture) |Hargrove, Vincent B.| Harrington, James H.| Hendley, Edel| Hendly, Wade| Henly, Thomas F.| Hooks, Jonathan| Hutchison, Aron| Hutchison, Moses| Jones, S. S.| Jordan, William| Kent, Daniel| Kersey, Thomas| Key, Wiley| Lamb, L. J.| Lane, Benjamin L.| Lewis, Zachariah |McLemon, Ira F.| McLemore, John L.| McLeod, Duncan| McLeod, J. W|. Moseley, Clement C.| Odom, Archibald| Oglesby, John W.| Oglesby, Seaborn| Overstreet, John| Parish, Isiah Mitchell| Phillips, Wilder| Phillips, William| Rabb, Ella W.| Rountree, George S.| Rountree, John R. |Sherod, Benjamin| Sherrod, Benjamin| Smith, Jacob L.| Smith, White V.| Stephens, James B. |Stephens, William| Stoud, John| Sumner, Jethro| Sumner, Mary D.| Sumner, Richard |Sumner, Richard |Thigpen, Malancton |Ward, Fereby| Watson, Rachel |Youmans, Nathaniel E. |Youman, Solomon |Youngblood, Spencer

Online Images of Annual Returns, Book A, 1836 to 1866

Names of Estates: Barnes, Juliann |Beasley, Right | Bird, Lewis (estate) | Brice, William | Bronson, Alexander | Cowart, Abraham | Deal, Simon | Drew guardians | Dunsford, Etheldred | Dunsford orphans | Gay, Mathew | Green, Daniel | Griffin, Casandria | Griffin, James | Griffin, John | Griffin, Mary | Griffin, Reuben | Hall, James | Hurdly, William | Hutchinson, John | Hutchinson, Joshua | Jenkins, John | Jenkins, Mary | Jenkins, Samson | Johnson, John | Johnson, Mary | Johnson, Roan | Johnson, Seaborn | Johnson, Susanna | Martin, Thomas | Neal, Mitchell | Nunn, James Orkey, Warren Rey | Pullen, Henry | Reubin, Mary | Rey, William | Roberts, Nathan | Sconn orphans | Searcy, Ludusky | Sherrad, Benjamin | Smith Amanda | Stroud, James | Stroud, Thomas | Thomson, Hugh | Walea, James | Wiggins, Elihu | Wiggins, Jesse | Williams, Hester | Williams, Thomas

Indexes to Probate Records

  • Wills, Administrations, Guardians, Bonds, Book A 1815-1868.
  • Minute Book 1841 to 1857

Misc. Wills and Estates

Roberts, Nathan, LWT (1828); Sison, Stephen, LWT.

Traced Genealogies of Emanuel County Families

  • Boatright; Cowart; Darden; Faircloth; Padgett; Roundtree; Sherrod

Vital Records

  • Births 1822-1863

Durden-Brinson-Brewer House

The Durden-Brinson-Bewer House dates during the 1850s and is a historic landmark in Emanuel County. Jacob Durden served as a soldier in the American Revolutionary War as a refugee soldier from Georgia. A descendant, H. Kelmer Durden represented the family in 1966 when I visited him at the Emanuel County Court House. The family comes from Norman stock and the immigrant to America was Stephen Durden who settled in Nansemond County, Virginia. Many generations have resided near Swainsboro, Georgia ever since.