Wilkinson County Georgia History and Genealogy

Wilkinson County, Ga. American History & Genealogy Project

Situated in beautiful Middle Ga, Wilkinson County is bordered by Baldwin, Washington Jones, Twiggs & Laurens counties. When organized in 1803, from Creek land, Wilkinson embraced Dodge and Telfair, and parts of four other counties: Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, and Twiggs. The county is named in honor of General James Wilkinson.The county seat is Irwinton named for Governor Jared Irwin.

Some of the orginal settlers were Samuel Beall, Charles C. Beall,
Solomon B. Murphy, John Hoover, John Meredith, Abner Hicks, Alexander Passmore,
John Freeman, Joel Rivers, Samuel Bragg, John Lavender, Isaac Hall, Green B. Burney, Wiley Shepherd, Joseph Hill, William Lord, Jesse Pittman, M. Carswell, Anson Ball, Wm. Lindsey, and Ellis Harvill.

Birthplace of internationally known antiques dealer Jim Williams and
Allstar Pitcher Kevin Brown

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Common Misspellings - Wilkerson for Wilkinson
Irvington, Irwington for Irwinton

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