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DEKAL8 MARRIAGE

COUNTY

GEORGIA

1840 - 1848

BOOK

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Aftrr the treaty of Indian Springs county 9nd named it Henry County, after

in 1821, the legislature created Patrick Henry of Virginia.

a new

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approve December 9, 1822, DeKalb County was created from territory then in Henry County, Wi1h andsettlement partly from of territory the Indian in claims, Fayetteandand by Gwinnett an act of Counties. the General Assembly,

Th~ new to county in in honor of efforts Baron Johann DeKalb, a native of yoke. Germany who had/come aid was the named colonies their to throw off the British

La er the General

Assembly approved an act appointing Commissioners who were on a public site for the Court House and jail to be as near the center of the cou ty as convenience will admit'! and authorized the Commissioners to purchase one squ re, or lot, of land and layout a county town.

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named f r Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy who distinguished himself the war of 1812. Th~ in commissioners did this and the town of Decatur was established. It was

ing

the

settlers Virginia

were of English, Scotch, and the Carolinas.

and Irish

descent,

mostly

is a book of the first marriages marriage book "1840-184811 ty. Note they are not all recorded in chronological order.

farmers,

recorded

com-

in

to abs ract the names as they appear in the marriage records. Since names were often pelled as they sounded, it is suggested that all possible spellings be checkeE;en • though it is obvious many names are misspelled, the compiler has tried

T~is marriage was abstracted Courth~use, Decatur,book Georgia.

from the original

MARY

book

in the DeKalb

County

D. MCCULLOUGH

25 Exeter

Road

Avondale,

Estates~

GA 30002

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