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*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/32144?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778''], (Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1983). | *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/32144?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index to Probate Records of Colonial Georgia, 1733-1778''], (Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr. Foundation, 1983). | ||
==Land Records== | ==Land Records== | ||
From 1732-1755, Georgia land records were part of a trusteeship where lands were given to males and their heirs. Land was distributed by headright and bounty grants after 1756.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the counties of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 183, 192. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref> | |||
Land records available at the Georgia State Archives in Atlanta include: | |||
*Colonial records of Georgia, 1750-1829 (film 0158965 ff.). | |||
:Commission books, 1754-1827 | |||
:Conveyances, 1750-1798 | |||
:Mortgages, 1755-1785 | |||
:Proclamations, 1754-1794 | |||
:Bonds, bills of sale, deeds of gift, powers of attorney, 1755-1762 | |||
:Fiats for grants, 1755-1776 | |||
:Entry of claims, 1755, 1762-1765 | |||
:Miscellaneous records, 1765-1777 | |||
*Marks and brands, 1755-1793 (film 0488183). | |||
*Georgia Surveyor General. | |||
:Entry of land claims, 1755-1758 (film 0488183). | |||
:Headright surveys, 1748-1773 (film 0465059). Copied and recorded in 1798. | |||
:Headrights and registers of land grants, 1756-1939 (film 0465071 ff.). This collection includes lists of the wharf and town lots in the town of Brunswick. | |||
:Headright surveys, 1753-1767, and undated (film 0464998 ff.). | |||
:Land Office records indexz, 1767-1908 (film 0465173 ff.). | |||
*Telamon Cyler Collection of colonial records (film 0214742). Includes deeds, inventories, bonds, powers of attorney, etc. | |||
==Church Records== | ==Church Records== | ||