Records of Elbert County, Georgia

By: Grace Gillam Davidson, Pub. 1930, Reprinted 2020, 354 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-008-X.

Elbert County was formed in 1790 from Wilkes County. It lies in the Northeasern portion of the state along the Savannah River just across from Anderson and Abbeville Counties, South Carolina. The first settlers started arriving in the area from Virgina and the Carolinas and continued on as land grants were being issued from service in the Revolutionary War. This volume was originally published as Volume III of the Historical Collection of the Georgia Chapters National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Contents of this book: Wills 1791-1831, Wills Record Book 1830-1835, Index to Will Book 1829-1860, returns of Administrators and Guardians 1791-1838, Minutes of Inferior Court 1791-1830, Deed Books 1789-1797, Land Court Records 1791-1822, Land Lotteries 1806, 1821-1827, & 1832, Tombstone records and Marriages 1806-1834.