GA Co Origins
In Apr 21 1732,
King George II granted a charter for the Proprietary Colony
January 7,
1755 became a Crown Colony
Christ Church parish created March 15, 1758
St Matthews parish created
March 15, 1758
St. George parish created
March 15, 1758
St. Philip parish created
March 15, 1758
St. John parish created
March 15, 1758
St. Andrew parish created
March 15, 1758
St. James parish created
March 15, 1758
St. David parish created
March 25, 1765
St. Patrick parish created
March 25, 1765
St. Thomas parish created
March 25, 1765
St. Mary parish created
March 25, 1765
June 1, 1773 Creek-Cherokee treaty Ceded Lands Added
Jan 02 1788 GA
Statehood
Appling created Dec 15 1818
from Creek Indian lands
Atkinson created Aug 15 1917
from Clinch, Coffee
Bacon created Jul 27 1917 from Appling, Pierce, Ware
Baker created Dec 12 1825 from
Early
Baldwin created Jun 27 1806
from Creek Indian lands
Banks created Dec 11 1858 from
Franklin, Habersham
Barrow created Jul 07 1914
from Jackson, Walton, Gwinnett
Bartow created --- -- 1861
from Name changed from Cass
Ben Hill created Jul 31 1906
from Irwin, Wilcox
Berrien created Feb 25 1856
from Lowndes, Coffee, Irwin
Bibb created Dec 09 1852 from
Houston, Jones, Monroe, Twiggs
Bleckley created Jul 30 1912
from Pulaski
Brantley created Aug 14 1920
from Charlton, Pierce, Wayne
Brooks created Dec 11 1858
from Lowndes, Thomas
Bryan created Dec 19 1793 from
Chatham
Bulloch created Feb 08 1796
from Bryan, Screven
Burke created Feb 05 1777 from
St. George Parrish
Butts created Dec 24 1825 from
Henry, Monroe
Calhoun created Feb 20 1854
from Baker, Early
Camden created Feb 05 1777
from St. Mary, St. Thomas
Campbell created Dec 20 1828
from Coweta, Carroll, DeKalb, Fayette
Candler created Jul 14 1914
from Bullock, Emanuel, Tattnall
Carroll created Jun 09 1825
from Creek Indian lands
Cass created Dec 03 1832 from
Cherokee
Catoosa created Dec 05 1853
from Walker, Whitfield
Charlton created Feb 18 1854
from Camden
Chatham created Feb 05 1777
from St. Philip, Christ Church Parish
Chattahoochee created Feb
13 1854 from Marion, Muscogee
Chattooga created Dec 28 1838
from Floyd, Walker
Cherokee created Dec 21 1830
from Cherokee Indian lands
Clarke created Dec 05 1801
from Jackson
Clay created Feb 16 1854 from
Early, Randolph
Clayton created Nov 30 1858
from Fayette, Henry
Clinch created Feb 14 1850
from Ware, Lowndes
Cobb created Dec 02 1832 from
Original Cherokee County
Coffee created Feb 09 1854
from Clinch, Irwin, Ware, Telfair
Colquitt created Feb – 1856
from Lowndes, Thomas
Columbia created Dec 10 1790
from Richmond
Cook created Jul 30 1918 from
Berrien
Coweta created Jun 09 1825
from Creek Indian lands
Crawford created Dec 09 1822
from Houston
Crisp created Aug 17 1905 from
Dooly
Dade created Dec 25 1837 from
Walker
Dawson created Dec 03 1857
from Lumpkin, Gilmer
Decatur created Dec 08 1823
from Early
DeKalb created Dec 09 1822 from Henry, Fayette, Gwinnett
Dodge created Oct 26 1870
from Montgomery, Pulaski, Telfair
Dooly created May 15 1821
from Creek Indian lands
Dougherty created Dec 15 1853
from Baker
Douglas created Oct 17 1870
from Carroll, Campbell
Early created Dec 15 1818
from Creek Indian lands
Echols created Dec 13 1858
from Clinch, Lowndes
Effingham created Feb 05 1777
from St. Mathews, St. Phillips Parishes
Elbert created Dec 10 1790
from Wilkes
Emanuel created Dec 10 1812
from Montgomery, Bullock
Evans created Aug 11 1914
from Bullock, Tattnall
Fannin created Jan 21 1854 from Gilmer, Union
Fayette created May 15 1821
from Creek Indian lands
Floyd created Dec 03 1832
from Original Cherokee
Forsyth created Dec 03 1832
from Original Cherokee
Franklin created Feb 25 1784
from Cherokee Indians lands
Fulton created Dec 20 1853
from DeKalb
Gilmer created Dec 03 1832
from Original Cherokee
Glascock created Dec 19 1857
from Warren
Glynn created Feb 05 1777
from St. David, St. Patrick Parishes
Gordon created Feb 13 1850
from Cass, Floyd
Grady created Aug 17 1905
from Decatur, Thomas
Greene created Feb 03 1786
from Washington
Gwinnett created Dec 15 1818
from Cherokee & Creek Indian lands
Habersham created Dec 15 1818
from Cherokee Indian lands
Hall created Dec 15 1818
from Cherokee Indian lands
Hancock created Dec 17 1793
from Greene, Washington
Haralson created Jan 26 1856
from Carroll, Polk
Harris created Dec 14 1827
from Muscogee, Troup
Hart created Dec 07 1853
from Elbert, Franklin
Heard created Dec 22 1830
from Carroll, Coweta, Troup
Henry created May 15 1821
from Creek Indian lands
Houston created May 15 1821
from Creek Indian lands
Irwin created Dec 15 1818 from
Creek Indian lands
Jackson created Feb 11 1796
from Franklin
Jasper created Dec 10 1807
from Baldwin
Jeff Davis created Aug 18 1905
from Appling, Coffee
Jefferson created Feb 20 1796
from Burke, Warren
Jenkins created Aug 17 1905
from Bullock, Burke, Emanuel, Screven
Johnson created Dec 11 1858
from Emanuel, Laurens, Washington
Jones Dec created 10 1807
from Baldwin
Kinchafoonee created Dec 16 1853 from Stewart
Lamar created Aug 17 1920
from Monroe, Pike
Lanier created Aug 07 1920
from Berrien, Lowndes, Clinch
Laurens created Dec 10 1807
from Wilkinson
Lee Jun created 09 1825
from Creek Indian lands
Liberty created Feb 05 1777
from St. Andrew, St. James, St. John Parishes
Lincoln created Feb 20 1796
from Wilkes
Long created Aug 14 1920
from Liberty
Lowndes created Dec 23 1825
from Irwin
Lumpkin Dec 03 1832 from Cherokee,
Habersham, Hall
Macon created Dec 14 1837 from Houston, Marion
Madison created Dec 05 1811
from Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, Oglethorpe
Marion created Dec 14 1827
from Lee, Muscogee
McDuffie created Oct 18 1870
from Columbia, Warren
McIntosh created Dec 19 1793
from Liberty
Meriwether created Dec 14 1827
from Troup
Miller created Feb 26 1856
from Baker, Early
Milton created Dec 18 1857 from Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth
Mitchell created Dec 21 1857
from Baker
Monroe created May 15 1821
from Creek Indian lands
Montgomery created Dec 19 1793
from Washington
Morgan created Dec 10 1807
from Baldwin
Murray created Dec 03 1832
from Cherokee
Muscogee created Jun 09
1825 from Creek Indian lands
Newton created May 15 1821
from Henry, Jasper, Walton
Oconee created Feb 25 1875
from Clarke
Oglethorpe created Dec 19 1793
from Wilkes
Paulding created Dec 03 1832
from Cherokee
Peach created Jul 08 1924
from Houston, Macon
Pickens created Dec 05 1853
from Cherokee, Gilmer
Pierce created Dec 18 1857
from Appling, Ware
Pike created Dec 09 1822
from Monroe
Polk created Dec 20 1851
from Paulding, Floyd
Pulaski created Dec 13 1808
from Laurens
Putnam created Dec 10 1807
from Baldwin
Quitman created Dec 10 1858
from Randolph, Stewart
Rabun created Dec 21 1819
from Cherokee Indian lands
Randolph created Dec 20 1828
from Lee
Richmond created Dec 05 1777
from St. Paul Parish
Rockdale created Oct 18 1870
from Henry, Newton
Schley created Dec 22 1857
from Marion, Sumter
Screven created Dec 14 1793
from Burke, Effingham
Seminole created Jul 08 1920
from Decatur, Early
Spalding created Dec 20 1851
from Fayette, Henry, Pike
Stephens created Aug 18 1905
from Franklin, Habersham
Stewart created Dec 23 1830
from Randolph
Sumter created Dec 26 1831
from Lee
Talbot created Dec 14 1827
from Muscogee
Taliaferro created Dec 24 1825
from Green, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes
Tattnall created Dec 05 1801
from Montgomery
Taylor created Jan 15 1852
from Macon, Marion, Talbot
Telfair created Dec 10 1807
from Wilkinson
Terrell created Feb 16 1856
from Lee, Randolph
Thomas created Dec 23 1825
from Decatur, Irwin
Tift created Aug 17 1905
from Berrien, Irwin, Worth
Toombs created Aug 18 1905
from Emanuel, Tattnall, Montgomery
Towns created Mar 06 1856
from Rabun, Union
Treutlen created Aug 21 1917
from Emanuel, Montgomery
Troup created Jun 08 1825
from Creek Indian lands
Turner created Aug 18 1905
from Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, Worth
Twiggs created Dec 14 1809
from Wilkinson
Union created Dec 03 1832
from Cherokee
Upson created Dec 15 1824
from Crawford, Pike
Walker created Dec 18 1833
from Murray
Walton created Feb 13 1818
from Creek Indian lands
Ware created Dec 15 1824
from Appling
Warren created Dec 19 1793
from Columbia, Richmond, Wilkes
Washington created Feb 25 1784
from Creek Indians lands
Wayne created May 11 1803
from Creek Indian lands
Webster created Feb. 21,
1856 from Kinchafoonee renamed
Wheeler created Aug 14 1912
from Montgomery
White created Dec 22 1857
from Habersham
Whitfield created Dec 30 1851
from Murray
Wilcox created Dec 22 1857 from Dooly, Irwin, Pulaski
Wilkes created Dec 05 1777 from Cherokee
& Creek Indian lands
Wilkinson created May 11 1803
from Creek Indian lands
Worth created Dec 20 1853
from Dooly, Irwin