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Georgia
entered Statehood 02 Jan 1788 as the 4th State.

In 1765, Georgia's colonial assembly divided the land south of the Altamaha River into four additional parishes, given the colony a total of 12 parishes. Following the Treaty of Augusta in 1773, a large area of Creek and Cherokee lands to the north of Augusta was ceded to Georgia. This land was not designated as a parish, rather becoming known as "Ceded Lands." After the Revolution, thousands of settlers from other states moved to Georgia looking for cheap land. By 1800, Georgia consisted of 24 counties.
Georgia seceded from the U.S. on 19 Jan 1861. It was the 5th of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War.
 

Georgia Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts

Georgia Counties Year Formed From -
1777-1799    
Burke 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. George
Camden 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1763 & 1785
previously organized 1765 as the Parishes of St Thomas & Mary
Chatham 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parishes of St Philip & Christ Church
Effingham 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parishes of St Matthew & St Philip
Glynn 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1763 & 1785
previously organized 1765 as the Parishes of St David & St Patrick
Liberty 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parishes of St John, St Andrew & St James
Richmond 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parish of St Paul
Wilkes 1777 8th original county - Cherokee & Creek cessions 1773
Franklin 1784 an original county - Cherokee & Creek cessions 1783
Washington 1784 an original county - Cherokee & Creek cessions 1783
Greene 1786 Washington
Columbia 1790 Richmond
Elbert 1790 Wilkes
McIntosh 1793 Liberty
Bryan 1793 Chatham
Hancock 1793 Greene & Washington
Montgomery 1793 Washington
Oglethorpe 1793 Wilkes
Screven 1793 Burke & Effingham
Warren 1793 Burke, Columbia, Richmond, & Wilkes
Bulloch 1796 Bryan & Screven
Jackson 1796 Franklin
Lincoln 1796 Wilkes
1800-1819    
Clarke 1801 Jackson
Tattnall 1801 Montgomery
Baldwin 1803 & 1806 an original county - Creek cessions 1802 & 1805
Wayne 1803 an original county - Creek cession 1802
Wilkinson 1803 & 1806 an original county - Creek cessions 1802 & 1805
Jasper 1807 Baldwin - originally Randolph until 1812 (The present-day Randolph County was created on 20 Dec 1828)
Jones 1807 Baldwin
Laurens 1807 Wilkinson
Morgan 1807 Baldwin
Putnam 1807 Baldwin
Telfair 1807 Wilkinson
Pulaski 1808 Laurens
Twiggs 1809 Wilkinson
Madison 1811 Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson & Oglethorpe
Emanuel 1812 Bulloch & Montgomery
Appling 1818 an original county - Creek cessions 1814 & 1818
Early 1818 an original county - Creek cession 1814
Gwinett 1818 an original county - Cherokee cession 1814 & Creek cession 1818
Habersham 1818 an original county - Cherokee cession 1817 & 1819
Hall 1818 an original county - Cherokee cession 1817 & 1819
Irwin 1818 an original county - Creek cession 1814 & 1818
Walton * 1818 an original county - Creek cession 1818
Rabun 1819 an original county - Cherokee cession 1819
1820-1829    
Dooly 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Fayette 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Henry 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Houston 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Monroe 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Newton 1821 Henry, Jasper & Walton
Bibb 1822 Houston, Jones, Monroe & Twiggs
Crawford 1822 Houston
DeKalb 1822 Fayette, Gwinnett & Henry
Pike 1822 Monroe
Decatur 1823 Early
Upson 1824 Crawford & Pike
Ware 1824 Appling
Butts 1825 Henry & Monroe
Baker 1825 Early
Carroll 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cessions 1826 & 1827
Coweta 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Lee 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
The Lee County courthouse burned in 1858 and with it all records. The first recorded, indexed licenses and marriage certificates were in 1870.
Lowndes 1825 Irwin
Muscogee 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Taliaferra 1825 Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren & Wilkes
Thomas 1825 Decatur & Irwin
Troup 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Harris 1827 Muscogee & Troup
Marion 1827 Lee & Muscogee
Mereiwether 1827 Troup
Talbot 1827 Muscogee
Campbell 1828 Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb & Fayette - merged into Fulton 1932
Randolph 1828  
1830-1839    
Heard 1830 Carroll, Coweta & Troup
Stewart 1830 Randolph
Cherokee 1830 & 1831 an original county - Cherokee cession 1835
(U.S. Treaty Act pertaining to actual removal
Sumter 1831 Lee
Bartow 1832 Cherokee - originally Cass until 1861
Cobb 1832 Cherokee
Floyd 1832 Cherokee
Forsyth 1832 Cherokee
Gilmer 1832 Cherokee
Lumpkin 1832 Cherokee, Habersham & Hall
Murray 1832 Cherokee
Paulding 1832 Cherokee
Union 1832 Cherokee
Walker 1833 Murray
Dade 1837 Walker
Macon 1837 Houston & Marion
Chattooga 1838 Floyd & Walker
1850-1859    
Clinch 1850 Lowndes & Ware
Gordon 1850 Bartow (Cass) & Floyd
Polk 1851 Floyd & Paulding
Spalding 1851 Fayette, Henry & Pike
Whitfield 1851 Murray
Taylor 1852 Macon, Marion & Talbot
Catoosa 1853 Walker & Whitfield
Dougherty 1853 Baker
Hart 1853 Elbert & Franklin
Fulton 1853 DeKalb, Campbell & Milton
Pickens 1853 Cherokee & Gilmer
Webster 1853 Stewart - originally Kinchafoonee until 1856
Worth 1853 Dooly & Irwin
Calhoun 1854 Baker & Early
Charlton 1854 Camden
Chattahoochee 1854 Marion & Muscogee
Clay 1854 Early & Randolph
Coffee 1854 Lowndes & Ware
Fannin 1854 Gilmer & Union
Berrien 1856 Coffee, Irwin & Lowndes
Colquitt 1856 Lowndes & Thomas
Haralson 1856 Carroll & Polk
Miller 1856 Baker & Early
Terrell 1856 Lee & Randolph
Towns 1856 Rabun & Union
Dawson 1857 Gilmer & Lumpkin
Glascock 1857 Warren
Milton 1857 Cherokee, Cobb & Forsyth - merged into Fulton 1932
Mitchell 1857 Baker
Pierce 1857 Appling & Ware
Schley 1857 Marion & Sumter
White 1857 Habersham
Wilcox 1857 Dooly, Irwin & Pulaski
Banks 1858 Franklin & Habersham
Brooks 1858 Lowndes & Thomas
Clayton 1858 Fayette & Henry
Echols 1858 Clinch & Lowndes
Johnson 1858 Emanuel, Laurens & Washington
Quitman 1858 Randolph & Stewart
1870-1879    
Dodge 1870 Montgomery, Pulaski & Telfair
Douglas 1870 Campbell & Carroll
McDuffie 1870 Columbia & Warren
Oconee 1870 Clarke
Rockdale 1870 Henry & Newton
1900-1924    
Crisp 1905 Dooly
Grady 1905 Decatur & Thomas
Jefferson Davis 1905 Appling & Coffee
Jenkins 1905 Bullock, Burke, Emanuel & Screven
Stephens 1905 Franklin & Habersham
Tift 1905 Berrien, Irwin & Worth
Toombs 1905 Emanuel, Montgomery & Tattnall
Turner 1905 Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox & Worth
Ben Hill 1906 Irwin & Wilcox
Beckley 1912 Pulaski
Wheeler 1912 Montgomery
Bacon 1914 Appling, Pierce & Ware
Barrow 1914 Gwinnett, Jackson & Walton
Candler 1914 Bulloch, Emanuel & Tattnall
Evans 1914 Bulloch & Tattnall
Atkinson 1918 Clinch & Coffee
Cook 1918 Berrien
Treutlen 1918 Emanuel & Montgomery
Brantley 1920 Charlton, Pierce & Wayne
Lamar 1920 Monroe & Pike
Lanier 1920 Berrien, Clinch & Lowndes
Long 1920 Liberty
Seminole 1920 Decatur & Early
Peach 1924 Houston & Macon

Georgia Counties - Alphabetical

Georgia Counties Year Formed From -
Appling 1818 an original county - Creek cessions 1814 & 1818
Atkinson 1917 Clinch & Coffee
Bacon 1917 Appling, Pierce & Ware
Baker 1825 Early
Baldwin 1803 & 1806 an original county - Creek cessions 1802 & 1805
Banks 1858 Franklin & Habersham
Barrow 1914 Gwinnett, Jackson, & Walton
Bartow 1832 Cherokee - originally Cass until 1861
Ben Hill 1906 Irwin & Wilcox
Berrien 1856 Coffee, Irwin, & Lowndes
Bibb 1822 Houston, Jones, Monroe, & Twiggs
Bleckley 1912 Pulaski
Brantley 1920 Charlton, Pierce, & Wayne
Brooks 1858 Lowndes & Thomas
Bryan 1793 Chatham
Bulloch 1796 Bryan & Screven
Burke 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. George
Butts 1825 Henry & Monroe
Calhoun 1854 Baker & Early
Camden 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1763 & 1785
previously organized 1765 as the Parishes of St Thomas & Mary
Campbell 1828 Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb & Fayette - merged into Fulton 1932
Candler 1914 Bulloch, Emanuel, & Tattnall
Carroll 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cessions 1826 & 1827
Catoosa 1853 Walker & Whitfield
Charlton 1854 Camden
Chatham 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parishes of St Philip & Christ Church
Chattahoochee 1854 Marion & Muscogee
Chattooga 1838 Floyd & Walker
Cherokee 1830 & 1831 an original county - Cherokee cession 1835
(U.S. Treaty Act pertaining to actual removal
Clarke 1801 Jackson
Clay 1854 Early & Randolph
Clayton 1858 Fayette & Henry
Clinch 1850 Lowndes & Ware
Cobb 1832 Cherokee
Coffee 1854 Clinch, Irwin, Telfair, & Ware
Colquitt 1856 Lowndes & Thomas
Columbia 1790 Richmond
Cook 1918 Berrien
Coweta 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Crawford 1822 Houston
Crisp 1905 Dooly
Dade 1837 Walker
Dawson 1857 Gilmer & Lumpkin
Decatur 1823 Early
DeKalb 1822 Fayette, Gwinnett, & Henry
Dodge 1870 Montgomery, Pulaski, & Telfair
Dooly 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Dougherty 1853 Baker
Douglas 1870 Campbell & Carroll
Early 1818 Creek cession of Aug. 9, 1814 – an original county
Echols 1858 Clinch & Lowndes
Effingham 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parishes of St Matthew & St Philip
Elbert 1790 Wilkes
Emanuel 1812 Bulloch & Montgomery
Evans 1914 Bulloch & Tattnall
Fannin 1854 Gilmer & Union
Fayette 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Floyd 1832 Cherokee
Forsyth 1832 Cherokee
Franklin 1784 an original county - Cherokee & Creek cessions 1783
Fulton Dec. 20, 1853
Jan. 1, 1932		 DeKalb, Campbell, & Milton
Gilmer 1832 Cherokee
Glascock 1857 Warren
Glynn 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1763 & 1785
previously organized 1765 as the Parishes of St David & St Patrick
Gordon 1850 Bartow (Cass) & Floyd
Grady 1905 Decatur & Thomas
Greene 1786 Washington
Gwinnett 1818 an original county - Cherokee cession 1814 & Creek cession 1818
Habersham 1818 an original county - Cherokee cession 1817 & 1819
Hall 1818 an original county - Cherokee cession 1817 & 1819
Hancock 1793 Greene & Washington
Haralson 1856 Carroll & Polk
Harris 1827 Muscogee & Troup
Hart 1853 Elbert & Franklin
Heard 1830 Carroll, Coweta, & Troup
Henry 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Houston 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Irwin 1818 an original county - Creek cession 1814 & 1818
Jackson 1796 Franklin
Jasper 1807 Baldwin - originally Randolph until 1812
Jeff Davis 1905 Appling & Coffee
Jefferson 1796 Burke, Montgomery, Warren, & Washington
Jenkins 1905 Bullock, Burke, Emanuel, & Screven
Johnson 1858 Emanuel, Laurens, & Washington
Jones 1807 Baldwin
Lamar 1920 Monroe & Pike
Lanier 1920 Berrien, Clinch, & Lowndes
Laurens 1807 Wilkinson
Lee 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Liberty 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parishes of St John, St Andrew & St James
Lincoln 1796 Wilkes
Long 1920 Liberty
Lowndes 1825 Irwin
Lumpkin 1832 Cherokee, Habersham, & Hall
McDuffie 1870 Columbia & Warren
McIntosh 1793 Liberty
Macon 1837 Houston & Marion
Madison 1811 Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, & Oglethorpe
Marion 1827 Lee & Muscogee
Meriwether 1827 Troup
Miller 1856 Baker & Early
Milton 1857 Cherokee, Cobb & Forsyth - merged into Fulton 1932
Mitchell 1857 Baker
Monroe 1821 an original county - Creek cession 1821
Montgomery 1793 Washington
Morgan 1807 Baldwin
Murray 1832 Cherokee
Muscogee 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Newton 1821 Henry, Jasper, & Walton
Oconee 1875 Clarke
Oglethorpe 1793 Wilkes
Paulding 1832 Cherokee
Peach 1924 Houston & Macon
Pickens 1853 Cherokee & Gilmer
Pierce 1857 Appling & Ware
Pike 1822 Monroe
Polk 1851 Floyd & Paulding
Pulaski 1808 Laurens
Putnam 1807 Baldwin
Quitman 1858 Randolph & Stewart
Rabun 1819 an original county - Cherokee cession 1819
Randolph 1828 Lee
Richmond 1777 1 of 7 original counties - Creek cession 1733
previously organized 1758 as the Parish of St Paul
Rockdale 1870 Henry & Newton
Schley 1857 Marion & Sumter
Screven 1793 Burke & Effingham
Seminole 1920 Decatur & Early
Spalding 1851 Fayette, Henry, & Pike
Stephens 1905 Franklin & Habersham
Stewart 1830 Randolph
Sumter 1831 Lee
Talbot 1827 Muscogee
Taliaferro 1825 Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, & Wilkes
Tattnall 1801 Montgomery
Taylor 1852 Macon, Marion, & Talbot
Telfair 1807 Wilkinson
Terrell 1856 Lee & Randolph
Thomas 1825 Decatur & Irwin
Tift 1905 Berrien, Irwin, & Worth
Toombs 1905 Emanuel, Montgomery, & Tattnall
Towns 1856 Rabun & Union
Treutlen 1917 Emanuel & Montgomery
Troup 1825 & 1826 an original county - Creek cession 1826
Turner 1905 Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, & Worth
Twiggs 1809 Wilkinson
Union 1832 Cherokee
Upson 1824 Crawford & Pike
Walker 1833 Murray
Walton * 1818 an original county - Creek cession 1818
Ware 1824 Appling
Warren 1793 Burke, Columbia, Richmond, & Wilkes
Washington 1784 an original county - Cherokee & Creek cessions 1783
Wayne 1803 an original county - Creek cession 1802
Webster 1853 Stewart – originally Kinchafoonee (until Feb. 21, 1856)
Wheeler 1912 Montgomery
White 1857 Habersham
Whitfield 1851 Murray
Wilcox 1857 Dooly, Irwin, & Pulaski
Wilkes 1777 8th original county - Cherokee & Creek cessions 1773
Wilkinson 1803 & 1806 an original county - Creek cessions 1802 & 1805
Worth 1853 Dooly & Irwin
* Walton County, Georgia was formed erroneously by the State of Georgia inside North Carolina's boundaries in 1803. This caused quite a bit of confusion at the time. The county boundaries are impossible to figure out, but was in the area of modern Jackson and Transylvania Counties. In those days (1803-1812) the area was also claimed by Buncombe and Haywood Counties.

 

Georgia Facts

  • Capital: Atlanta
  • Entered the Union: 02 Jan 1788
  • As the 4th state
  • Nickname: Peach State, Empire State of the South
  • Flower: Cherokee Rose (Rosa laevigata)
  • Bird: Brown Thrasher
  • Song: Georgia on My Mind
  • Origin of Name: In honor of George II of England
  • Historical Sites:
    • Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain
    • Andersonville Prison Park & National Cemetery
    • Jimmy Carter National Historic Site
    • Etowah Mounds
    • Antebellum Trail
    • Historic Savannah
    • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Historical Site
  • Points of Interest:
    • Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
    • Cumberland Island National Seashore
    • High Museum of Art
    • Calloway Gardens
  • Bordering States:
    • Alabama
    • Florida
    • North Carolina
    • South Carolina
    • Tennessee
Georgia did not have counties until 1777.  Georgia was originally divided into districts and towns from 1732 to 1758.  Georgia was divided into twelve parishes from 1758 to 1777, these twelve parishes became the original seven counties of Georgia:
  1. Burke - (St. George Parish)
  2. Camden - (St. Thomas & St. Mary Parish)
  3. Chatham (St. Phillips & Christ Church Parish)
  4. Effingham (St. Matthew & St. Phillip Parish)
  5. Glynn - (St. David & St. Patrick Parish)
  6. Liberty - (St. John, St. Andrew & St. James Parish)
  7. Richmond - (St. Paul Parish)
  8. Wilkes County was the eighth county created on February 5, 1777 by the Georgia Constitution, but was originally created on June 1, 1773 from the Treaty of Augusta - when the Cherokee and Creek Indians ceded the land. 

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