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Wilcox County, GA

County Courthouse in Abbeville, 2002 This county is up for adoption. The state coordinator is Ed Gordon. Happy to have you here!

Wilcox County was formed 22 December 1857 from Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski
counties. It was Georgia's 124th county, and was named for General Mark
Wilcox, a state legislator and one of the founders of the Georgia Supreme
Court. The Ocmulgee River forms the county's eastern boundary. The county
seat is Abbeville. Other incorporated cities include Pineview, Pitts and Rochelle.

Wilcox County is mainly an agricultural community. It is Georgia's second
largest producer of watermelons. Other products include peanuts, cotton,
and timber.

The population of Wilcox County in the year 2000 was 8,577. The main
newspaper is The Cordele Dispatch.



Addresses:

Wilcox County Library 104 North Broad Street Abbeville, Georgia 31001 Ph: (229) 467-2075 Hours: Tues - Fri 2 - 6 & Sat 11 - 2 Website

Wilcox County Courthouse 103 North Broad Street Abbeville, Georgia 31001 Ph: (229) 467-2737

Wilcox County Health Department PO Box 235 420 Second Avenue Rochelle, Georgia 31079 Ph: (229) 365-2310 Fax: (229) 365-7825

Archives:
~ There is a link at the bottom of this page to the Wilcox County section of the GA USGenWeb Archives Project. There are some items on this page that are not in the archives at this time. Browsing both pages would be beneficial when researching this county.

Bible Records:
~ OLDS Family Bible
~ TEAGLE Family Bible

Bibliography:
~ Cities, Towns and Communities of Georgia Between 1847-1962: 8500 Places and the County in Which Located, Compiled by Marion R. Hemperley, Deputy Surveyor General of Georgia
~ Historical Books: Wilcox County, Georgia
~ The Passing of the Pines by Mary Lou McDonald

Biographies & Family Stories:
~ BARTON, Rev. William Jesse
~ MOYE, Thomas Ralph
~ NELSON, James F., a Biographical Sketch
~ TAYLOR, Ezekiel H., a Biographical Sketch
~ WIMBERLY, Leon Powell
~ Abstracts from Georgia Slave Narratives
~ Georgia Culpepper Archives: Wilcox County
~ John Wesley Hogan and Clora Aurora Porter
~ Wilcox County Sketches, including the following:
    ~ AUSLEY, John C.
    ~ HOLTON, Hon. Thomas L.
    ~ MAYNARD, Dr. Joseph D.
    ~ M'CRIMMON, Dr. Duncan F.
    ~ NANCE, Lewis F.
    ~ NICHOLSON, Hon. David B.
    ~ POWELL, John F.
    ~ REID, Adolphus A. F.
    ~ ROYAL, Alfred R.
    ~ WILLIAMS, E. H.
    ~ WILSON, Rosser Adams

Cemetery Records:

Antioch	Bowell	Brown	Bush-McCall Family	Cannonville	Cedar Creek Baptist Church
Christian Hill	Christian Home	Christian Hope	Cook	Dennard	Evergreen
Fitzgerald	Hannah	Keen	Lebanon	Liberty Hill	McCall
Mitchell	Morningside	Mt. Zion Baptist Church	New Bethel	New Hope	Old Snow Hill Church
Owens	Pine City	Pineview	Pitts City	Pleasant Grove	Pleasant View
Pope City	Reid Hill	Riverside	Seville	Springfield Baptist Church	Stubbs
Union	Walker	~	~	~	~

Census Records:
~ 1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
~ 1930 Census Fact Sheet
~ PARROTT Family in 1860
~ Search US Federal Census Records

Church Records:
~ Church List for Abbeville
~ Church List for Pineview
~ Church List for Pitts
~ Church List for Rochelle
~ Springfield Baptist Church and Cemetery

Cities, Towns, & Communities (Past and Present):

Abbeville	Adams	Ashley	Bartonville	Battle Ground	Bede
Bee	Bowens Mill/House Creek	Browning	Bush	Cason	Cooks Town
Cortez	Davis Mills	Doublerun	Duffie	Dunlap	Edna
Emerald Spring	Fairfield	Forest Glen	Formyduval	Goodman	Grover
Kramer	Owensboro	Pineview	Pitts	Pope City	Reidsfield
Rochelle	Seminole	Seville	~	~	~

Court Records:
None available at this time.

Deeds / Land Records:
None available at this time.

Funeral Homes:
People's Funeral Home
133 E Ocmulgee St
Abbeville, Georgia 31001
Ph: (229) 467-2191

Government:
~ Among the first County Officers were: Sheriff Joseph S. GRAHAM, Clerk of Superior & Inferior Courts Stephen BOWEN, Ordinary James W. WASHBURN, Tax Receiver John MCCALL, Tax Collector Stephen MITCHELL, Surveyor William A. BARKER, and Coroner Daniel M. BRUCE.
~ Georgia.gov: Wilcox County
~ Wilcox County Courthouse

History:
~ Abstracts from Georgia Slave Narratives
~ Digital Library of Georgia: Wilcox County
~ New Georgia Encyclopedia: Wilcox County
~ Wikipedia: Wilcox County, Georgia

Maps:
~ Historical Atlas of Georgia
~ County Militia Districts
~ 1827 Land Lottery Lots by Ed Gordon
~ Early Maps from Georgia's Virtual Vault

Military Records:
~ Civil War:
    ~ 10th Regiment, Company H, Wilcox Rifles
        > Photo of James A. FORTNER Gravesite, Fortner Cemetery, Parrish, Florida (Submitted by Benny P. Haimovitz)
    ~ 49th Regiment, Company E, State Rights Guards
    ~ Amnesty Oaths, 1865
~ Spanish American War:
    ~ Maj. Micah J. Jenkins Camp, Sons of Spanish American War Veterans
~ World War II:
    ~ FITZGERALD, James B., 1944
    ~ MARTIN, Charles (Letter)
    ~ MARTIN, Charlie A., 1944
    ~ Methodist Service Flag, 1944
    ~ TRULUCK, Elmer, 1944
    ~ WEBSTER, Frank, 1944
~ Korean War:
    ~ Korean War Casualties

Miscellaneous Data:
~ 1934 Members of the American Bar
~ Family History Library Catalog
~ Georgia Tornadoes
~ Indenture Between Sarilda DAVIS & Elizabeth SLAUGHTER
~ Wilcox County, Georgia Post Offices

Neighboring Counties:

Dooly

Pulaski

Dodge

Telfair

Ben Hill

Turner

Crisp

Newspapers:
Cordele Dispatch & Wilcox County Chronicle
PO Box 1058
Cordele, GA 31010-1058
Ph: (229) 273-2277
~ GLASS, Charlie, 1891 (Arrested)
~ HARP, A. J. Moves to Wilcox County April 1, 1887

Obituaries:
~ ADAMS, Blanche, 2003
~ CRAWFORD, Alice Miller, 1908
~ DENNARD, Tom, 1938
~ GREENE, James Eldridge, 1980
~ GRIFFIN, John W., 1907
~ LACEY, Dudley Hugh Sr., 1977
~ LACEY, Frances Dora Adams, 2000
~ LOWE, Johnnie, 1896
~ WALKER, Homer Columbus, 1985

Photos:
None available at this time.

Queries:
~ Wilcox County, GA Genealogy Forum
~ Wilcox County RootsWeb Mailing List
~ Wilcox County RootsWeb Message Board

Schools & Education:
None available at this time.

Societies:
~ Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society

Tax Lists:
None available at this time.

Vital Records:
~ Births:
    None available at this time.
~ Marriages:
    ~ Georgia Marriages, 1699-1944
    ~ MCRAE, Harris Cobin & JAMESON, Annie Marriage, 1908
~ Deaths:
    ~ Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
This database is an index of more than 2.7 million deaths recorded by the State of Georgia, from 1919 to 1998. The index includes the name of the deceased, the volume of the certificate number, the death date, the race of the deceased, the deceased's gender, the county of death, the death certificate number, the date the certificate was filed, and the deceased's age.
    ~ Wilcox County, GA Deaths

Websites:
~ Abbeville, GA, USA Genealogy
~ Wilcox County, GA AHGP
~ Wilcox County, Georgia

Wills / Probate:
None available at this time.


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