Randolph County

Randolph County

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Georgia County Map 1810

Georgia County Map 1820

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Georgia County Map 1830

unorg. = unorganized
g. = gained
w. = with
fr. = from
atmt. = attachment
exch = exchanged
nca.= non county area
ch. = changed

Ap - Appling
At - Atkinson
Bac - Bacon
Bak - Baker
Bal - Baldwin
Ban - Banks
Ber - Berrien
BH - Ben Hill
Bib - Bibb
Bl - Bleckley
Bra - Brantley
Bro - Brooks
Brw - Barrow
Bry - Bryan
Btw - Bartow
Bul - Bulloch
Bur - Burke
But - Butts
Cal - Calhoun
Can - Candler
Car - Carroll
Cat - Catoosa
Cbl - Campbell
Cdn - Camden
Chn - Charlton

Clb - Columbia
Cli - Clinch
Clk - Clarke
Cly - Clay
Cob - Cobb
Cof - Coffee
Coo - Cook
Cow - Coweta
Cqt - Colquitt
Cra Crawford
Cri - Crisp
Crk - Cherokee
Cte - Chattahoochee
Ctg - Chattooga
Ctm - Chatham
Ctn - Clayton
Dad - Dade
Daw - Dawson
Dec - Decatur
Dgs - Douglas
DK - De Kalb
Dod - Dodge
Doo - Dooly
Dty - Dougherty
Ea - Early
Ec - Echols
Ef - Effingham
El - Elbert
Em - Emanuel
Ev - Evans
Fan - Fannin
Fay - Fayette
Fl - Floyd
Fo - Forsyth

Fr - Franklin
Fu - Fulton
Gi - Gilmer
Gla - Glascock
Gly - Glynn
Go - Gordon
Gra - Grady
Gre - Greene
Gw - Gwinnett
Hab - Habersham
Hal - Hall
Han - Hancock
Hea - Heard
Hen - Henry
Ho - Houston
Hrs - Harris
Hrt - Hart
Hsn - Haralson
Ir - Irwin
Jac - Jackson
Jas - Jasper
JD - Jeff Davis
Jfn - Jefferson
Jkn - Jenkins
Joh - Johnson
Jon - Jones
Lam - Lamar
Lan - Lanier
Lau - Laurens
Lee - Lee
Lib - Liberty
Lin - Lincoln
Lon - Long
Low - Lowndes

Lu - Lumpkin
Mac - Macon
Mad - Madison
Mar - Marion
McD - McDuffie
McI - McIntosh
Me - Meriwether
Mit - Mitchell
Mlr - Miller
Mor - Morgan
Mro - Monroe
Mtn - Milton
Mty - Montgomery
Mur - Murray
Mus - Muscogee
Ne - Newton
Oc - Oconee
Og - Oglethorpe
Pa - Paulding
Pe - Peach
Pic - Pickens
Pie - Pierce
Pik - Pike
Po - Polk
Pul - Pulaski
Put - Putnam
Qu - Quitman
Rab - Rabun
Ran - Randolph
Ri - Richmond
Ro - Rockdale
Scr - Screven
Se - Seminole
Sp - Spalding

Spn - Stephens
Su - Sumter
Swt - Stewart
Tat - Tattnall
Tay - Taylor
Tbt - Talbot
Tel - Telfair
Ter - Terrell
Tfo Taliaferro
Th - Thomas
Ti - Tift
Too - Toombs
Tow - Towns
Tre - Treutlen
Tro - Troup
Tu - Turner
Tw - Twiggs
Un - Union
Up - Upson
Was - Washington
Way - Wayne
Wcx - Wilcox
We - Webster
Wfd - Whitfield
Whe - Wheeler
Wkr - Walker
Wks - Wilkes
Wo - Worth
Wre - Ware
Wrn - Warren
Wsn - Wilkinson
Wte - White
Wtn - Walton

Randolph County was created from Lee County on Dec. 20, 1828 by an act of the General Assembly (Ga. Laws 1828, p. 53). Georgia's 75th county was named for Virginia congressman John Randolph (1773-1833).

This was the second time that a Georgia county was named for John Randolph. Earlier, an act of Dec. 10, 1807 created a Randolph County. After John Randolph became unpopular for publicly opposing the U.S. declaration of war on Britain, Georgia legislators in 1812 voted to change the name of the original Randolph County to Jasper County. However, John Randolph's reputation eventually was restored, and in 1828 the General Assembly again named a new county in his honor.

Portions of Randolph County were used to form the following counties: Stewart (1830), Clay (1854), Terrell (1856), and Quitman (1858).

Lee County Georgia was formed in 1826 from Indian Lands. Census Records for Indian lands may have been murky and if you are searching for Randolph County Records you may be off-track since Randolph County was not formed (from Lee County) until 1828. These records may be found in Lee County vaults rather than Randolph County. A large number of settlers moved into the Lee County area after the area was taken from the Indians in 1826 (1825 Land Lottery so many Family Surnames "showed up" in Lee and Randolph Counties during the 1830-1840 Census and they may have moved to the are from other States or Counties. Cuthbert became a boomtown with as many as 20,000 people living in the area (whereas 2000 population was about 7700 people for Randolph County-3700 for Cuthbert).

Randolph County Maps

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