| Name of County
|
Date Formed
|
Parent County
|
Progeny Count
|
| Appling
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Creek Indian Cession
|
Jeff Davis 1905, Pierce 1857, Bacon 1914, Charleton 1854, Coffee 1854, Echols 1858
|
| Atkinson
|
Aug 1917
|
Coffee, Clinch
|
none
|
| Bacon
|
27 Jul 1914
|
Appling, Pierce
|
none
|
| Baker
|
12 Dec 1825
|
Early
|
Dougherty 1853, Miller 1856, Mitchell 1857
|
| Baldwin
|
11 May 1803
|
Creek Indian lands
|
Jasper 1812, Jones 1807, Morgan 1807, Newton 1821, Putnam 1807
|
| Banks
|
11 Dec 1858
|
Franklin, Habersham
|
none
|
| Barrow
|
07 Jul 1914
|
Jackson, Walton
|
none
|
| Bartow
|
06 Dec 1861
|
renamed from Cass
|
none
|
| Ben Hill
|
31 Jul 1906
|
Irwin, Wilcox
|
none
|
| Berrien
|
25 Feb 1856
|
Lowndes
|
Cook 1918, Lanier 1919, Tift 1905
|
| Bibb
|
09 Dec 1822
|
Jones, Monroe
|
none
|
Bleckley
|
02 Oct 1912
|
Pulaski
|
none
|
| Bourbon
|
1785
|
Indian lands
|
extinct, never functioned
|
| Brantley
|
14 Aug 1920
|
Chalton, Pierce
|
none
|
| Brooks
|
11 Dec 1858
|
Lowndes, Thomas
|
none
|
| Bryan
|
19 Dec 1793
|
Effingham, Liberty
|
none
|
| Bulloch
|
08 Feb 1796
|
Creek Indian lands
|
Candler 1914, Emanuel 1812, Evans 1914, Jenkins 1905
|
| Burke
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. George Parish
|
Jefferson 1796, Jenkins 1905, Screven 1793
|
| Butts
|
24 Dec 1825
|
Henry, Monroe
|
none
|
| Calhoun
|
20 Feb 1854
|
Early
|
none
|
| Camden
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. Mary Parish
|
Wayne 1803
|
| Campbell
|
20 Dec 1828
|
Carroll, Cowta
|
merged with Fulton 1932
|
| Candler
|
17 Jul 1914
|
Bullock, Emanuel
|
none
|
| Carroll
|
11 Dec 1826
|
Indian lands
|
Campbell 1828, Douglas 1870, Heard 1830, Haralson 1856
|
| Cass
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee
|
Gordon 1850, renamed Bartow 1861
|
| Catoosa
|
05 Dec 1853
|
Walker, Cherokee
|
none
|
| Charlton
|
18 Feb 1854
|
Wayne, Appling
|
Brantley 1920
|
| Chatham
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. Phillip Parish
|
none
|
| Chattahoochee
|
13 Feb 1854
|
Muscogee, Randolph
|
none
|
| Chattooga
|
28 Dec 1838
|
Floyd, Walker, Cherokee
|
none
|
| Cherokee
|
26 Dec 1831
|
Cherokee Indian lands
|
Bartow 1832, Catoosa 1853, Chattooga 1838, Cobb 1832, Floyd 1832, Milton 1857, Paulding 1832, Pickens 1853
|
| Christ Church Parish
|
15 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Fredreica
|
none
|
| Clarke
|
05 Dec 1801
|
Jackson
|
Madison 1811, Oconee 1875
|
| Clay
|
16 Feb 1854
|
Early, Randolph
|
none
|
| Clayton
|
30 Nov 1858
|
Fayette, Henry
|
none
|
| Clinch
|
14 Feb 1850
|
Wayne
|
Atkinson 1917
|
| Cobb
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee
|
Milton 1857
|
| Coffee
|
09 Feb 1854
|
Appling, Irwin, Telfair
|
Atkinson 1917, Jeff Davis 1905
|
| Colquitt
|
25 Feb 1856
|
Irwin, Thomas
|
none
|
| Columbia
|
10 Dec 1790
|
Richmond
|
McDuffie 1870, Warren 1793
|
| Cook
|
30 Jul 1918
|
Berrien
|
none
|
| Coweta
|
11 Dec 1926
|
Indian lands
|
Campbell 1828, Heard 1830
|
| Crawford
|
09 Dec 1822
|
Houston, Macon, Talbot
|
Taylor 1853, Upson 1824
|
| Crisp
|
17 Aug 1905
|
Dooly
|
none
|
| Dade
|
25 Dec 1837
|
Walker
|
none
|
| Dawson
|
03 Dec 1857
|
Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin
|
none
|
| Decatur
|
08 Dec 1823
|
Early
|
Grady 1905, Seminole 1920, Thomas 1825
|
| DeKalb
|
09 Dec 1922
|
Fayette, Henry
|
Fulton 1853
|
| Dodge
|
26 Oct 1870
|
Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair
|
none
|
| Dooly
|
15 May 1821
|
Indian lands
|
Crisp 1905, Macon 1857, Turner 1905, Wilcox 1857, Worth 1852
|
| Dougherty
|
15 Dec 1853
|
Baker
|
none
|
| Douglas
|
17 Oct 1870
|
Carroll
|
none
|
| Early
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Creek Land Cession
|
Baker 1825, Calhoun 1854, Clay 1854, Decatur 1857, Miller 1856, Seminole 1920
|
| Echols
|
13 Dec 1858
|
Appling, Irwin
|
none
|
| Effingham
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. Matthew Parish
|
Bryan 1793, Screvan 1893
|
| Elbert
|
10 Dec 1790
|
Wilkes
|
Hart 1853, Madison 1811
|
| Emanuel
|
10 Dec 1812
|
Montgomery, Bullock
|
Treulton 1917, Candler 1914, Toombs 1905, Jenkins 1905, Johnson 1858
|
| Evans
|
11 Aug 1914
|
Bullock, Tattnall
|
none
|
| Fannin
|
21 Jan 1854
|
Gilmer, Union
|
none
|
| Fayette
|
15 May 1821
|
Indian land cession
|
Clayton 1858, DeKalb 1822
|
| Floyd
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee
|
Chattooga 1838, Gordon 1850
|
| Forsyth
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee
|
Dawson 1857, Milton 1857
|
| Franklin
|
23 Feb 1784
|
Cherokee land cession
|
Banks 1858, Hart 1784, Jackson 1796, Madison 1811, Stephens 1905
|
| Fredrick
|
15 Apr 1741
|
Provincial Georgia
|
none
|
| Fulton
|
20 Dec 1853
|
DeKalb
|
none
|
| Gilmer
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee Cession
|
Dawson 1857, Fannin 1854, Pickens 1853
|
| Glascock
|
19 Dec 1857
|
Warren
|
none
|
| Glynn
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. David, St. Patrick Parishes
|
Wayne 1803
|
| Gordon
|
13 Feb 1850
|
Cass, Floyd
|
none
|
| Grady
|
17 Aug 1905
|
Decatur, Thomas
|
none
|
| Greene
|
03 Feb 1786
|
Washington
|
Hancock 1793, Taliaferro 1825
|
| Gwinnett
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Cherokee lands
|
none
|
| Habersham
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Cherokee Land Strip
|
Banks 1858, Stephens 1905, White 1857
|
| Hall
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Cherokee Cession
|
none
|
| Hancock
|
17 Dec 1793
|
Greene, Washington
|
Taliaferro 1825
|
| Haralson
|
26 Jan 1856
|
Carroll, Polk
|
none
|
| Harris
|
14 Dec 1827
|
Muscogee, Troup
|
none
|
| Hart
|
07 Dec 1853
|
Elbert, Franklin, Madison
|
none
|
| Heard
|
22 Dec 1830
|
Carroll, Coweta, Troup
|
none
|
| Houston (old)
|
23 Feb 1784
|
Indian lands
|
dissolved
|
| Houston
|
15 May 1821
|
Indian land cession
|
Crawford 1822, Macon 1857, Peach 1924
|
| Irwin
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Cherokee land
|
Worth 152, Wilcox 1857, Ben Hill 1906, Coffee 1854, Colquitt 1856, Echols 1858, Lowndes 1835, Thomas 1825, Turner 1905, Ware 1824
|
| Jackson
|
11 Feb 1796
|
Franklin
|
Barrow 1914, Clarke 1801, Madison 1811
|
| Jasper
|
10 Dec 1812
|
Baldwin
|
Newton 1821
|
| Jeff Davis
|
18 Aug 1905
|
Appling, Coffee
|
none
|
| Jefferson
|
20 Feb 1796
|
Burke, Warren
|
none
|
| Jenkins
|
17 Aug 1905
|
Bullock, Burke, Emanuel
|
none
|
| Johnson
|
11 Dec 1858
|
Emanuel, Laurens
|
none
|
| Jones
|
10 Dec 1807
|
Baldwin
|
Bibb 1822
|
| Kinchafoonee
|
21 Feb 1856
|
Randolph
|
renamed Webster 1856
|
| Lamar
|
17 Aug 1920
|
Monroe
|
none
|
| Lanier
|
11 Aug 1919
|
Berrien, Lowndes
|
none
|
| Laurens
|
10 Dec 1807
|
Washington, Wilkinson
|
Johnson 1858, Pulaski 1808
|
| Lee
|
11 Dec 1827
|
Indian land cession
|
Macon 1857, Marion 1827, Randolph 1828, Sumter 1831, Terrell 1856
|
| Liberty
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. Andrew, St. James Parishes
|
Bryan 1793, Long 1920, McIntosh 1793
|
| Lincoln
|
20 Feb 1796
|
Wilkes
|
none
|
| Long
|
14 Aug 1920
|
Liberty
|
none
|
| Lowndes
|
23 Dec 1835
|
Irwin
|
Berrien 1856, Brooks 1858, Lanier 1919
|
| Lumpkin
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee Land
|
Dawson 1857, White 1857
|
| McDuffie
|
18 Oct 1870
|
Columbia, Warren
|
none
|
| McIntosh
|
19 Dec 1793
|
Liberty
|
none
|
| Macon
|
14 Dec 1857
|
Dooly, Houston, Lee, Muscogee
|
Crawford 1822, Peach 1924, Schley 1857, Taylor 1853
|
| Madison
|
11 Dec 1811
|
Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, Ogelthorpe
|
Hart 1853
|
| Marion
|
14 Dec 1827
|
Lee, Muscogee
|
Schley 1857, Taylor 1853
|
| Meriwether
|
14 Dec 1827
|
Troup
|
none
|
| Miller
|
26 Feb 1856
|
Baker, Early
|
none
|
| Milton
|
18 Dec 1857
|
Cobb, Cherokee, Forsyth
|
merged with Fulton County 1932
|
| Mitchell
|
21 Dec 1857
|
Baker
|
none
|
| Monroe
|
15 May 1821
|
Indian lands
|
Bibb 1822, Butts 1825, Pike 1822, Lamar 1920, Taylor 1853
|
| Montgomery
|
19 Dec 1793
|
Washington, Wilkinson
|
Dodge 1870, Emanuel 1812, Tattnall 1801, Toombs 1905, Treulten 1917, Wheeler 1912
|
| Morgan
|
10 Dec 1807
|
Baldwin
|
none
|
| Murray
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee
|
Walker 1833, Whitfield 1851
|
| Muscogee
|
11 Dec 1826
|
Creek Indian lands
|
Chattahoochee 1854, Macon 1857, Harris 827, Talbot 1827
|
| Newton
|
24 Dec 1821
|
Baldwin, Walton, Henry, Jasper
|
none
|
| Oconee
|
25 Feb 1875
|
Clark
|
none
|
| Oglethorpe
|
19 Dec 1783
|
Wilkes
|
Madison 1811
|
| Paulding
|
03 Dec 1832
|
Cherokee
|
Polk 1851
|
| Peach
|
1924
|
Houston, Macon
|
none
|
| Pickens
|
0 Dec 1853
|
Cherokee, Gilmer
|
none
|
| Pierce
|
18 Dec 1857
|
Appling, Ware
|
Bacon 1914, Blickley 1912, Brantley 1920
|
| Pike
|
09 Dec 1822
|
Monroe
|
Spaulding 1851, Upson 1824
|
| Polk
|
20 Dec 1851
|
Paulding
|
Haralson 1856
|
| Pulaski
|
13 Dec 1808
|
Laurens
|
Blickley 1912, Pulaski 1870, Wilcox 1857
|
| Putnam
|
10 Dec 1807
|
Baldwin
|
none
|
| Quitman
|
10 Dec 1858
|
Randolph, Stewart
|
none
|
| Rabun
|
21 Dec 1819
|
Cherokee Land Cession
|
Towns 1856
|
| Randolph
|
20 Dec 1828
|
Lee
|
Webster 1856, Chattahoochee 1854, Clay 1854, Quitman 1858, Stewart 1830, Terrell 1856, Kinchafoonee 1856
|
| Richmond
|
05 Feb 1777
|
St. Paul\'s Parish
|
Columbia 1790, Warren 1793
|
| Rockdale
|
18 Oct 1870
|
Henry
|
none
|
| Savannah
|
15 Apr 1741
|
Provincial Georgia
|
none
|
| St. Andrew Parish
|
15 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Liberty 1777
|
| St. David Parish
|
25 Mar 1765
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Glynn 1777
|
| St. George Parish
|
15 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Burke 1777
|
| St. James Parish
|
15 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Liberty 1777
|
| St. John Parish
|
15 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
dissoluted
|
| St. Mary Parish
|
25 Mar 1765
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Camden 1777
|
| St. Mathew Parish
|
17 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Effingham 1777
|
| St. Patrick Parish
|
25 Mar 1765
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Glynn 1777
|
| St. Paul Parish
|
17 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Richmond 1777
|
| St. Philip Parish
|
17 Mar 1758
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
Chatham 1777
|
| St. Thomas Parish
|
25 Mar 1765
|
Savannah, Frederica
|
dissoluted
|
| Schley
|
22 Dec 1857
|
Macon, Marion, Sumter
|
none
|
| Screven
|
14 Dec 1793
|
Burke, Effingham
|
none
|
| Seminole
|
08 Jul 1920
|
Decatur, Early
|
none
|
| Spalding
|
20 Dec 1851
|
Henry, Pike
|
none
|
| Stephens
|
18 Aug 1905
|
Franklin, Habersham
|
none
|
| Stewart
|
23 Dec 1830
|
Randolph
|
Quitman 1858
|
| Sumter
|
26 Dec 1831
|
Lee
|
Schley 1857
|
| Talbot
|
14 Dec 1827
|
Muscogee, Troup
|
Crawford 1822, Taylor 1853, Taliaferro 1825
|
| Tattnall
|
05 Dec 1801
|
Montgomery
|
Evans 1914, Toombs 1905
|
| Taylor
|
15 Jan 1853
|
Crawford, Macon, Talbot, Monroe, Marion
|
none
|
| Telfair
|
10 Dec 1807
|
Wilkinson
|
Coffee 1854, Dodge 1870
|
| Thomas
|
23 Dec 1825
|
Decatur, Irwin
|
Brooks 1858, Colquitt 1856, Grady 1905
|
| Tift
|
17 Aug 1905
|
Berrien, Worth
|
none
|
| Toombs
|
17 Aug 1905
|
Emanuel, Tattnall, Montgomery
|
none
|
| Towns
|
06 Mar 1856
|
Rabun, Union
|
none
|
| Treutlen
|
21 Mar 1917
|
Emanuel, Montgomery
|
none
|
| Troup
|
11 Dec 1826
|
Indian Land Cession
|
Harris 1827, Heard 1830, Meriwether 1827, Talbot 1827
|
| Turner
|
18 Aug 1905
|
Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, Worth
|
none
|
| Twiggs
|
14 Dec 1809
|
Wilkinson
|
none
|
| Union
|
03 De c1832
|
Cherokee
|
Fannin 1854, Towns 1856
|
| Upson
|
15 Dec 1824
|
Crawford, Pike
|
none
|
| Walker
|
18 Dec 1833
|
Murray
|
Catoosa 1853, Chattooga 1838, Dade 1837
|
| Walton
|
15 Dec 1818
|
Cherokee Indian lands
|
Barrow 1914, Newton 1821
|
| Ware
|
15 Dec 1824
|
Irwin
|
Pierce 1857
|
| Warren
|
19 Dec 1793
|
Wilkes, Richmond, Columbia
|
Glascock 1857, Jefferson 1796, McDuffie 1870, Taliaferro 1825
|
| Washington
|
25 Feb 1784
|
Indian Land Cession
|
Greene 1786, Hancock 1793, Laurens 1807, Montgomery 1793
|
| Wayne
|
11 May 1803
|
Creek Indian lands, Charlton, Glynn, Camden
|
Charlton 1854, Clinch 1850
|
| Webster
|
21 Feb 1856
|
reamed from Kinchafoonee
|
none
|
| Wheeler
|
14 Nov 1912
|
Montgomery
|
none
|
| White
|
22 Dec 1857
|
Habersham, Lumpkin
|
none
|
| Whitfield
|
30 Dec 1851
|
Murray
|
none
|
| Wilcox
|
22 Dec 1857
|
Dooly, Irwin, Pulaski
|
Ben Hill 1906, Turner 1905
|
| Wilkes
|
5 Feb 1777
|
Indian lands
|
Warren 1793, Elbert 1790, Lincoln 1796, Taliaferro 1825, Ogelthorpe 1783
|
| Wilkinson
|
11 May 1803
|
Creek Indian lands
|
Laurens 1807, Montgomery 1793, Telfair 1807, Twiggs 1809
|
| Worth
|
20 Dec 1852
|
Dooly, Irwin
|
Tift 1905, Turner 1905
|