Scope and Contents Wilkes County was one of the eight counties established and named by the constitution of Georgia in 1777. It was created from lands acquired from the Creek and Cherokee Indians called the "ceded lands." Important to note is that the original Wilkes County territory included all of Elbert County (1790), all of Oglethorpe County (1793), part of Warren County (1793), all of Lincoln County (1896), part of Greene County (1802), and part of Taliaferro (1825 and 1828). What early tax...