Abstracts of DeKalb County Georgia Deeds, 1842-1852. (Volume #1)

Dr. A.B. Pruitt, Pub. 2014, reprinted 2026, 356 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #978-1-63914-739-7. DeKalb County was created in 1822 from Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry and Newton Counties. Deeds are GREAT source for genealogical research due to the many and varied family members that are mentioned. Not only will the reader find the deed transaction itself, but often times such things as: marriages, relinquishment of dower, divisions of family farms among heirs, remarriages of widows are just a few of the matters you can anticipate finding within records of deeds. These 1,661 deed abstracts are from Books H & L which cover the years 1842-1852. These are the earliest two surviving deed books; several were lost in a courthouse fire.