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During the late seventeenth and early eighteenthcenturies, the area now known as Georgia was a buffer zone betweenBritish-governed South Carolina and Spanish-governedFlorida. Settlement of the region by the British did not take placeuntil 1732 when James Oglethorpe established the colony of Georgia asa refuge for English debtors, paupers, and dischargedprisoners. Scottish immigration to the colony commenced almost at thesame time, however, and was made up of two distinct categories ofimmigrants: Lowlanders and Highlanders. Lowlanders immigrated forpurely economic reasons, as farmers and later as merchants; whileHighlanders were recruited to the colony for strategic purposes,basically to guard the southern frontier from Spanish incursions.

Somewhat later, at the conclusion of the French and Indian War in1763, the Spanish withdrew from Florida. The removal of the Spanishthreat and the acquisition of new lands by the British led to aninflux of settlers, including Scots, into Florida and as far west asMobile. Many of the earliest settlers in the area were former Scottishsoldiers and indentured servants, awarded land on the condition thatthey develop it and settle other immigrants on the land within a fewyears.

This new work by the prolific Scottish author David Dobson containsthe names of several thousand Scots who immigrated to Georgia and theDeep South, settling in the area sometime between 1735 and 1845. Basedon probate records, court records, family papers, newspapers andjournals, naturalization papers, church registers, gravestoneinscriptions, printed sources, and census returns, the informationprovided in this book is of a broad and mixed character, generallygiving some or all of the following details: name, place and date ofbirth, occupation, place and date of settlement in Georgia or the DeepSouth, and names of wives and children.

If you're looking for a Scottish ancestor who hasn't shown up in anyof Mr. Dobson's other books, this could be your answer. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (1)

Not too helpful
I was a very disappointed with the info I found for the name I was searching for.
The only info it had was found in the 1850 Census which I've seen a hundred times.
So paying that price for a book that had literally one line was kind of a waste.Make
sure your names are in there.This may be helpful to some families where there are
tons of info on kids, occupation, etc. just not mine.
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A good starting point on Georgia research
Dr. Schweitzer is best known for his series of booklets covering genealogical research for a number of states, and the titles are an excellent starting point for most researchers as well as a handy reference to have. Schweitzer begins with a brief historical overview of the state's settlement, geography, industries, migration and the like, which helps to paint a picture of what likely drew your ancestors there. Schweitzer's writing style is plain and direct and he includes a wonderful county by county listing of resources for each state as well as overall statewide resources and records available at the Federal level. There are undoubtedly books that go into greater detail on each state but the Schweitzer series are a great starting point and well worth the money. These titles usually have to be ordered at local booksellers so Amazon is your best bet at getting these quickly and painlessly. This particular title was written years ago and some telephone numbers and addresses have changed and some groups or societies may be dormant or closed. Additionally Schweitzer does not make reference to internet sources or email addresses, which is just as well as they tend to get out-of-date quite quickly. I've gotten considerable use out of this title on Georgia and found it to be very helpful. ... Read more

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In 1850 and again 1860, the U.S. government carried out a census of slave ownersand their property. Transcribed by Mr. Cox, the 1850 U.S. census for Georgia is important fortwo reasons. First, some of the slave owners appearing here do not appear in the 1850 U.S.census of population for Georgia and are thus "restored" to the population of 1850. Second, andof considerable interest to historians, the transcription shows that less than 10% of the Georgiawhite population owned slaves in 1850. In fact, by far the largest number of slave owners wereconcentrated in Glynn County, a coastal county known for its rice production.

The slave owners' census is arranged in alphabetical order according to the surname of the slaveowner and gives his/her full name, number of slaves owned, and the county of residence. It isone of the great disappointments of the ante bellum U.S. population census that the slavesthemselves are not identified by name; rather, merely as property owned. Nevertheless, now thatMr. Cox has made the names of these Georgia slave owners with their aggregations of slavesmore widely available, it may be just possible that more persons with slave ancestors will be ableto trace them via other records (property records, for example) pertaining to the 37,000 slaveowners enumerated in this new volume. ... Read more

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My Ancestors were Slave Owners
I knew from oral history of my family that my ancestors owned slaves, I am the great grandson of slaveowners, but was unable to document it until I discovered this book. It is merely a list by the names of the slaveowners in 1850 in Georgia, what county they lived in,and now many slaves they owned, without any analysis of the data. Certainly this information could be the basis of a PhD dissertation. What struck me is the large number of women listed who owned slaves. Also, the book is 348 pages long and lists about 35,000 slave owners of about a quarter of a million people. Quite a historical fact to conemplate.

An 1850 census compiled for each of the 93 counties of Georgia at the time
The 1850 Census Of Georgia Slave Owners compiled by Jack F. Cox is a straightforward genealogical reference listing an 1850 census compiled for each of the 93 counties of Georgia at the time. Alphabetized by the last name of each given slaveowner or overseer, The 1850 Census Of Georgia Slave Owners states nothing more than the owner's name, their county, and the number of slaves owned in each entry. A one-page introduction is the only other material in this no-frills primary source.
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A transcription of the earliest records ofPulaski County (including present-day Bleckley and Dodge Counties),1809-1825. Includes Juror Lists, Superior Court Minutes, Inferior CourtMinutes, Court of Ordinary Minutes, Letters of Administration,Administrators, Executors, and Guardians. Full name index with over 2,500names, cross referenced for spelling variations. ... Read more

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very good
Very good book. I have more than one branch of family from Pulaski Co.
and there was info on all of them. I will probaby donate to local library when I am through with it.

Early Court Records of Pulaski County, Georgia
Very informative. I do genealogy work and it is a very good book. Lots of information in it. Very well written ... Read more

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Marriages and Obituaries Macon Georgia Messenger 1818 - 1865
I purchased this book because it contained an obituary for my paternal great-great-great grandmother, of whom I've been able to find practically no information about beyond a couple of census'.I found information for other ancestors for the time period listed in the title as well.
Since I was born and raised in Macon and most of my ancestors are from either Bibb County or the surrounding areas, (Houston County, Crawford County, Wilkerson County), I found it a valuable source for family members from those counties also.As part of my quest to learn all I can about family members of the past, I have set out to learn the history of the areas they lived in.I found this book helpful in that area also, because it has, marriage announcements, birth and death announcements for many of the prominent historical figures of Macon.
My only complaint about the book would be that I would have liked to have had MORE information than was given about those people I was interested in.For example:my ggggrandmother's obituary consisted of 3-4 sentences with the statement "(with short eulogy)" at the end of the obit.I would have liked to have the eulogy as part of the book.This was written on many of the obits throughout.
However, generally speaking I am satisfied with the book as a reference source for my genealogical library. ... Read more

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Nothing new, just compiled records found elsewhere
Although this 3-volume set might sound like something heaven-sent for a beginner genealogist, or someone not that experienced in doing their own research, from what I've seen so far (which is about 21 families), there is absolutely nothing new here that I haven't already seen many places elsewhere in print or online, right down to dates, places, and 'personal notes'.Of the families I've looked through in this (and no, it was not my copy, it belongs to a friend who regrets the purchase now), I've seen nothing I can add to my research, and the sources Ms. Austin cites are the same I already have, except that she lists fewer sources.And since so much of this is from data already found online or in outdated printing, or notes sent to her from the not-always reliable memories of descendants, the same mistakes found in some of her data copied from some sources are included here, as well.

Basically, in spite of it's impressive seeming 3 volumes, it's nothing special at all.I'm sure somewhere in it there will probably be something new to someone along the way, but for the vast majority of it.. it's all been printed or found before and easy info to get.And it most definately is not worth the $160 it's being listed at elsewhere.

I'd love to believe in a magic genealogy book as much as anyone, one that would make my research come together neatly with a couple of pages in a book.But this book isn't it.

Publisher's Notes for the 2007 edition:
Following General James Oglethorpe's initial settling of Europeans from England, Scotland, and the Palatine to the Georgia Colony and the dissolution of the Georgia trustees' charter, the British Crown offered substantial land grants to entice other colonists to settle and work the Georgia countryside.

As early as 1752, colonists from New England, Virginia, and the Carolinas poured into Georgia, bringing with them their families, servants, and sometimes entire religious communities. By 1775, these "frontier" settlements had established extensive coastal cotton and rice plantations. After the Revolution, Patriot veterans established homesteads by taking up land grants for their war services. During the early 1800s, Georgia employed a series of land lotteries to attract even more settlers. Once the federal government had "removed" Georgia's Cherokee and Creek populations during the late 1820s, the stage was set for a climactic state lottery of middle and western Georgia lands in 1832.

Set against the history of Georgia's advancing frontier, this unprecedented three-volume work, the outgrowth of one genealogist's professional lifetime of tracing Georgia family histories, sets forth the genealogies of 591 families, referencing tens of thousands of Georgia settlers. The families are divided into three convenient groupings: (1) those who settled prior to 1775, (2) families who first entered Georgia between the Revolution and before the Civil War, and (3) families that migrated to Georgia from Virginia, North Carolina, or South Carolina during various periods.

It is impossible to praise this new compendium of family histories too highly. Mrs. Austin's work is destined to be regarded as a landmark in Georgia genealogy. Scan the surnames of the main families covered, below, to learn if your Georgia ancestors are those who pioneered the Georgia frontier.

Volume I:
Adams, Adkerson/Adkinson/Atkinson, Akens/Akins, Alfriend, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Andrew/Andrews, Armor/Armour, Arnett, Arnsdorff, Askin/Askins, Atwell, Austin, Aycock, Ayres, Bacon, Baillie, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Banks, Barnard, Barnett, Barron, Battle, Baxley, Bazemore, Bechtle, Beddingfield, Bedell, Berkner, Berry, Biddenback, Bignon (du bignon), Billingslea, Bird, Blackstone, Blount, Blow, Blue, Bohannon, Bohrman, Bolzius, Bond, Bostick/Bostwick, Bowen, Bowling, Boykin, Braddy, Bradley, Bradshaw, Bradwell, Brandner, Branham, Brannon, Brantley, Braswell, Breedlove, Brewer, Brincefield, Broach, Browning, Bryan, Bryant, Buckner, Bulloch, Buntz, Burford, Burgholder (Bourghalter), Burnley, Butler, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Candler, Carlton, Carr, Carter, Cassells, Castleberry, Castlin, Chaffin, Chapman, Chappell, Chattin, Cheney, Childs, Choate, Clarke, Clay, Clements, Cleaveland/Cleveland, Cleveland, Clower, Cocke, Cofer, Cole, Collier, Collins, Comer, Congleton, Conner, Cook, Cooper, Corneck, Cornwell, Cotton, Cowan, Cox, Crenshaw, Cross, Crutchfield, Cuthbert, Damour, Darden, Darsey, Davis, Dawson, Delegal, Delk, Dent, Dewberry, Dickson, Dozier, Drawhorn, Dregors, Driggers, Driver, Dukes, Dumas, Dunn, Durden, Durham, Dwight, Dyson, Early, Earnest, Easterling, Edge, Edwards, Elliott, Ellis, Emerson, English, Epps, Etheridge, Evans, Fambrough, Feagin, Feaster, Few, Finney, Fisher, Fletcher, Flewellen, Fraser, Freeman, Fryer, Fullilove, Futch, Gafford, Gardner, Gates, Gay, Gee, Germain, Germany, Gibbons, Gibbs, Gibson, Gilbert, Gilder, Gilmer, Giovanoli, Glascock, Gober, Godfrey, Goggans, Golden/Golding, Goldwire, Goodall, Goodman, Goodwin, Gordon, Graham, Gray, Greer, Grier, Griminger, Gronau, Guerry, Gunter, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Hammond, Hancock, Hansford, Hanson, Hardeman/Harman, Harmon, Harper, Harrell, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hatcher, Hatchett, Hawkins, Haygood, Healy, Helfenstein, Henderson, Hendricks, Hendry, Henry, Herron, Hickman, Hicks, Hiers, Hill, Hillhouse, Hines, Hird, Hodges, Hodges, Hogan, Holcombe, Holland, Hollis, Holt, Hood, Hooper, Horne, Horton, Houstoun, Howard, Howard, Huckaby, Hudson, Huffstetler, Hughes, Huguley, Humphrey, Hutchings, Hutchings, Ingram, Irby, Irwin, Jackson, James, Jarrard, Jay, Jemison, Jewett, Johnson, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Justice, Kelly, Kennedy, Kennon, Kibbee, Kieffer, Kilgo/Kilgore, Kimbrough, King, Knighton, Lamar, Lane, Lanham, Lanier, Lasseter, Lastinger, Lavender, Layfield, Lee, Lester, Lester, LeSueur, Letson, Lewis, Lightner, Loggins, Long, Love, Lowe, Loyd, Mabry, MacBean, Macintosh, Mackay, Madison, Mallard, Malone, Mann, Marbury, Marshall, Martin, Mason, Massey, Maxey, Maxwell, May, McCall, McClendon, McCord, McCormick, McCorquodale, McCoy, McDonald, McGinty, McKee, McKey, McLean, McMichael, McRight, Means, Melson, Mercer, Merriman, Merritt, Messer, Middlebrooks, Milledge, Miller, Mills, Minis, Mitchell, Money/Mooney, Montgomery, Moon, Moore, Morel, Morgan, Morris, Morton, Moss, Mullins, Murphy, Napier, Naylor, Nesmith, Norman, Norris, Odingsell, Oglethorpe, Oliver, Orr, Ortman, Osgood, Overton, Owen, Oxford, Padgett, Parker, Parr, Paterson, Paulk, Payne, Peacock, Pearson, Peek, Peeler, Pendley, Penrose, Perdue, Perkins, Perry, Perryman, Phifer, Phillips, Pike, Pitts, Polhill, Pope, Potts, Prather, Prince, Proctor, Pye, Quarterman, Radford, Rae, Rahn, Ramsey, Ray, Redding, Reeves, Reid, Remshart, Rich, Richardson, Roberts, Robinson, Rogers, Roquemore, Rountree, Rouvier, Rumble, Russell, Sappington, Satterwhite, Scarborough, Schaeffer, Schweighofer, Scott, Searcy, Seckinger, Shannon, Shattles, Shepherd, Sheppard, Shiflet, Shirey, Shockley, Sikes/Sykes, Simmons, Singleton, Sisk, Skinner, Slaughter, Slocumb, Smith, Smylie, Stallings, Stallsworth, Standley, Starr, Stewart, Stocks, Strickland, Stripling, Struthers, Stubbs, Sumner, Surrency, Tankersley, Taylor, Tekell/Teakell, Tennille, Thomas, Thornton, Todd, Tomlin, Treadway, Trotman, Upton, Ussery, Valentine, Vanderplank, Vanzant, Veazey, Vernon, Wade, Waldhauer, Warnell, Warren, Watkins, Watson, Way, Welch, Wells, Wereat, Wheelis/Wheeless/Wheelus, Whitefield, Wilcher, Wilder, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wimberly, Winn, Wright, Young, Zant, Zellner, Zettler, Ziegler, Zipperer, Zitterauer, Zorn, and Zouberbuhler.

Volume II:
Aaron, Adams, Albritton, Aldredge, Alexander, Alston, Anglin, Ansley, Ash/Ashe, Atkinson, Avera, Avery/Avary, Baldree, Baldwin, Bankston, Barfield, Barksdale, Barnett, Barnwell, Bartlett, Battle, Bell, Berry, Biddy, Bingham, Blackstock, Blackwell, Blair, Blandford, Bond, Bonnell, Bonner, Borders, Bostick, Bowen, Braselton, Brooks, Brunson, Bullock, Burgess, Burney, Butler, Butner, Buttrill, Caldwell, Campbell, Candler, Cannon, Carithers, Carlton, Carmichael, Carnes, Caruth, Castlin, Causey, Cauthern, Chalker, Chamlee, Childs, Cline, Cloud, Clower, Cochran, Coggins, Colbert, Collins, Comer, Conner, Cooper, Cordle, Crawford, Creel, Creighton, Crisson, Crosson, Crowley, Cunningham, Curls, Day, Deason, Denson, Dobbs, Dooly, Dover, Dowdy, Drawhorn/Draughton, Dyer, Easley, Eberhart, Evans, Eve, Fitzpatrick, Fleming, Flewellen, Fountain, Franklin, Freeman, Garrard, Gilmer, Gober, Golden, Goodson, Goss, Greer, Guess, Gunnells, Guthrie, Guyton, Hammock, Hargis, Hargrove, Harris, Harrison, Haygood, Haynes, Heard, Heath/Heeth, Henderson, Hicks, Hill, Hilley, Hodge, Holt, Hooper, Hopkins, House, Howard, Howell, Hubert, Huff, Human, Hume, Humphrey/Humphries, Hurt, Inman, Irby, Irwin, Jeffers, Jolley, Jones, Keaton, Kemp, Kendrick, Key, Kirk, Kiser, Kitchens, Knox, Kontz, Lamkin, Ledbetter, Lee, Lemon, Lester, Lewis, Liddell, Lindley, Little, Lockett, Lockhart, Long, Lord, Lovelace, Lowry, Lyon, Mangum, Matthews, Mayes, McCall, McCardle, McClure, McCurdy, McGuire, McRee, Meeks, Merritt, Miller, Millican, Moone, Moore, Morris, Moseley, Mullins, Mundy, Neal, Nephew, Newsom, Nicholson, Nunnalee, Ogletree, Oliver, Orr, Parker, Parris, Peace, Pentecost, Perdue, Perkins, Peters, Phinizy, Powell, Power, Preston, Pullen, Quillian, Ragsdale, Raiford, Redding, Redman, Renfroe, Rollestone, Rouse, Rucker, Rumph, Russell, Rutherford, Ryals, Satterfield, Sanford, Scroggins, Selman, Sewell, Shackleford, Shankle, Shannon, Sheffield, Sheftall, Sheppard, Simmons, Sims, Siniard, Smith, Stansel, Stapler, Steed, Steele, Stephens, Stephenson, Stevens, Stokes, Stovall, Strickland, Strong, Stroud, Stubbs, Summerhill, Swift, Swinney, Talley, Tatom, Taylor, Tibbitts, Tidwell, Todd, Tomlin, Townsend, Trammell, Trotman, Trout, Tucker, Tuggle, Turk, Turner, Upton, Varnedoe, Veal, Vickers, Wadsworth, Wakefield, Waldrep/Waldrop/Waldroup, Waldrop, Walker, Wall, Waller, Walraven, Walton, Watkins, Watts, Wellbourne, Whatley, Wheeless, Whelchel, Whisenhunt, White, Whitehead, Whitehurst, Wigley, Wilburn, Wilkins, Wills, Wilson, Wimberly, Wimpy, Wisener, Wommack, Woolfolk, Wootten, Worley, Wortham, Wyche, Wylie, York, Zellers, and Zuber.

Volume III:
Ables, Adair, Austin, Baxter, Beckham, Bell, Bird, Bittick, Bivins, Bone, Bradley, Brent, Brooks, Brown, Bulloch, Calloway, Camp, Carlton, Carnes, Carter, Chambless/Chambliss, Cheatham, Clements, Cliatt, Cobbs, Coles, Collins, Conger, Cook, Craton/Crayton, Danielly, Davis, Dean, Delk, Dent, Dixon, Drew, Durham, Edmondson, Edwards, Elsberry, Ethridge, Evans, Fambrough, Finch, Foote, Forsyth, Franklin, Gamel/Gammell, Gann, Gideon, Greene, Gruber, Hagan/Hagin, Hamilton, Hargett/Hugett, Harris, Hill, Hitchcock, Hogan, Holland, Howard, Howell, Huckaby, Johns, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Kalcher, Keaten, Kilpatrick (Patrick), Lane, Lee, Leverett, Littleton, Matthews, McGarity, McGee, McKenney/McKinney, Mercer, Miles, Monfort/Montford/Munford, Moody, Moon, Noland, O'Neal, Parker, Parris, Perkins, Ponder, Power, Pye, Ragsdale, Roberts, Roguemore, Sailors, Salter, Sanders, Singleton, Skedsvold, Smith, Sorrells, Sparks, Spiers/Spears, Spinks, Starling, Stegall, Sullivan, Tapley, Tolbert, Wade, Waldron, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Woodall, York, Young, and Youngblood. ... Read more

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Wilkes County, Georgia comprised one-third of the population of the state in 1790.The records in this work--principally wills and settlements of estates, but also deeds of gift,inheritances, and marriage bonds--name not only principals but also beneficiaries (showingrelationships), as well as witnesses and executors. The material is mostly of the period datingfrom the late 18th to the early 19th centuries and identifies nearly 5,000 early Georgians. ... Read more

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This collection of Georgia Bible Records contains an itemized list of the births,marriages, and deaths found in approximately 1,000 family Bibles! Included are Bible records ofsome of Georgia's first settlers and prominent figures, as well as records of ordinary individuals,some of whom migrated to or from other states. Many of the records were sent to the compilerover a twenty-year period by the actual owners of the Bibles, while others she copied fromBibles located in the Georgia State Archives and the University of Georgia Library, or fromgenealogical publications. The collection spans a period stretching from the early 1700s to the1900s, and because of its range and diversity it should be a gold mine to the researcher ofGeorgia families. It is absolutely unique, of course, and cannot be duplicated by any other bodyof records, published or manuscript. In all, some 20,000 persons are named in these recordswhich often span several generations in a family. ... Read more