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209/02. Probate Court

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 209/02

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Apprentice Indentures

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-004
Scope and Contents This series contains unbound original apprentice indentures of the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe County. Also called Five Year Contracts, these indentures bound a person, often a minor, to an apprenticeship with a master of some trade or industry to work a specified period of time, usually five years but sometimes less, and for a specified amount of money. Also present are crop and rent contracts in which the apprentice and master equally divided the crops raised. More often than not these...
Dates: Created: 1802-1903

Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Estate Records and Wills

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-001
Scope and Contents This series consists of the unbound estate records filed with the Court of Ordinary (later Probate Court) under the state laws of Georgia. Oglethorpe County is one of the older counties of Georgia, and the family relationships and material possessions of its citizens as reflected by these records is an important part of Georgia's history. Included in some of the returns are inventories of slaves with their names listed. These slave inventories are an invaluable source of information for...
Dates: Created: 1790-1962

Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Marriage Records

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-003
Scope and Contents This series consists of unbound marriage licenses and applications which have been arranged in alphabetical order by surname of the groom. The applications are very few and date from the late 1920's and early 1930's. Whenever there was an application, it was filed with its respective license. Information on the licenses includes: (1) name of the groom (2) name of the bride (3) date the license was issued (4) date of the marriage (5) name of the Ordinary and (6) name of the person...
Dates: Created: 1794-1942

Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Minutes

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-010
Scope and Contents

This series contains bound copies of the original minutes kept by the Court of Ordinary or Inferior Court (now Probate) of Oglethorpe County.

Dates: Created: 1800-1810

Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Misc. Records of the Inferior Court

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-006
Scope and Contents This series contains unbound original and microfilmed miscellaneous records of the Court of Ordinary (now Probate Court) of Oglethorpe County. This convoluted series has many different and varied records including (but not inclusive): (1) inventories and appraisements and bills of sale (2) school and constable elections (3) court contracts (4) homesteads (5) habeas corpus (6) constable oaths (7) deputy sheriff and tax collector oaths (8) administrators of estates bonds and oaths (9) annual...
Dates: Created: 1796-1925

Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Petitions and Orders

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-005
Scope and Contents This series contains loose original petitions and orders from the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe County. Included in the petitions and orders are (1) applications for commission of lunacy, (2) applications for administration of estate, (3) applications for letters of permanent administration, (4) administrator's bonds, (5) applications for and orders granting letters of dismission, (6) applications for and orders granting leave to sell real estate, (7) applications for and orders granting...
Dates: Created: 1869-1919