Early Records of Georgia, Wilkes County, Vol II, Foreward

The following items have been extracted from The Early Records of Georgia, Volume II, Wilkes County abstracted and compiled by Grace Gillam Davidson, published in 1933 at Macon, GA
NOTE: "End of Page" notations refer to the page numbers of the original (1933) Mrs. Davidson book. Page numbers beside a person's name refer to the page from the primary source, such as a will or deed book.

Foreward

To an appreciative public, it is a source of gratification to present Vol. II, Early Records of Georgia, a continuation of Wilkes county, so vitally connected with the history of Georgia, and probably the most far-reaching and important in genealogical source material.

No claim is made that these two volumes could possibly cover the records of this old and populous county for the period designated. They are a mere working foundation for more extensive research by those whose ancestors were early settlers of Wilkes, the parent county of all of Elbert, Lincoln and Oglethorpe, and part of Warren, Greene and Talliaferro counties. Nor is Vol. II a sequel to Vol. I. For a complete survey of the given period one is dependent upon the other.

Probably the most valuable and interesting data contained in Vol. II are the original papers, stored in attic and cellar of the old and new court houses since being returned for record, very little of which was transcribed into the county books. Their abstracting required the handling of thousands of papers, many of them mere scraps. All genealogical and historical facts therein are here compiled in convenient form.

The somewhat wide patronage accorded Vol. I leads us to hope Vol. II will be as graciously received. The leading public libraries and universities all over the United States have been eager purchasers.

Again the compiler makes grateful acknowledgment to Judge Richard O. Barksdale, Judge of Court of Ordinary; to Hon. Frank E. Callaway, Clerk of Superior Court; to Mrs. Sarah Quinn Smith for her unselfish and arduous labor in sorting the original papers; and to friend and husband, John Lee Davidson for his untiring efforts in helping to compile this volume.

THE COMPILER.

Quitman, Ga., Nov. 1, 1933.

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