Finding Aids @ Georgia Archives

Series consists of correspondence of the state auditor.

Series consists of volume containing "auditor's certificates".

Series consists of two volumes, one titled "Auditor's Certificates & Certificates for State Troops Bounty" and another only titled "Ledger".

Series consists of 1965 report on property valuation in the state of Georgia.

These Sales Ratio Study Computation Sheets contain computation factors used in a study undertaken to establish and maintain an equalized, adjusted, annual school property tax digest for each county and independent city school system in Georgia and for the state as a whole. Also included on the sheets are assessment data from the previous year's county tax digest, the adjusted 100% digest computations, the 100% value of public utility property and the total 100% adjusted county digest.

This series contains the final sales ratio study in computer printout form which was sent to and approved by each county and independent city school system in Georgia. These studies, often referred to as black binders, show summary calculations, previous owner, current owner, location of real property, type of property (residential, commercial, industrial or farm), selling price and county assessment or property ratio.

The scrapbooks cover from two (2) to eight (8) years per volume. They are filled with newspaper clippings, photographs, event programs and materials from the year's activities. The High School Good Citizens program begun in 1934 was initially awarded only to girls, but in 1975 boys were included. All students in good standing with the State Board of Education are eligible. A Clayton County history essay contest was the highlight of the annual February History month celebrations.

This collection includes the Avalona Church register, which contains lists of pastors, members, baptisms, and deaths.

Letter to Mason's mother, Mrs. Tamar Mason, in Buckeye, Georgia, January 4, inquiring about the effects of Sherman's march to the sea. Benjamin, stationed at Camp Rescue, Macon, Georgia, could get a furlough from the 6th Regiment Georgia Militia Company G, if their farm had been destroyed.

Record of goods sold by B.R. Herty, druggist and bookseller of Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia.

Record of daily merchandise sold, citing name of account, goods purchased, and cost. The top of each page bears the heading "Bachalors Retreat."

This collection mostly consists of World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War military records and related materials. Also included are Bailey family photographs and personal correspondence. Items relate to the following individuals: Herbert H. Bailey, Henry J. Bailey, J.O. Bailey, Charles Lindberg Bailey, J.E. Bailey, Archie C. Odum, Joe Odum, Wallace Wildenradt Sr. and Jr., Annie L. Bailey, Fridich Andrew Rathman, Gary Odum, Dorothy Bailey, Joseph Lester Butterworth.

This series consists of one loose-leaf notebook containing abstracts of ordinances passed by the City Council. These abstracts are general summaries of the ordinances. Information presented in these includes the inclusive dates, as reflected in the Minute Books, in which these ordinances were approved, a summary of their contents and the number of the page in which they were recorded in the bound volumes found in RGSGSERIES 105-20-51, City Council Ordinances.

This series consists of unbound business stubs, which document the name and kind of businesses located in Milledgeville for the dates listed. Information presented in these stubs includes: (1) the name of the owner; (2) the name or type of business; (3) the dates for which the license was in force; (4) the date license was issued and its cost, and (5) the number of the license.

Cash books document the amount of money the payer spent and to whom and when it was spent and is thus the same as an account book. The volumes comprising this series serve this purpose for the City of Milledgeville. Information in these volumes includes: (1) the name of the recipient of payment; (2) an enumeration of the amount involved; (3) specifications for the purpose of the transaction, and (4) date of payment.

This census documents the names of the residents of Milledgeville and other related information for the date listed. Information presented includes the name, age, skin color and residence of each entry.

This series consists of bound volumes whose information documents the payments by the City Clerk to the individuals on the payroll of the City of Milledgeville. The information includes the amount paid to each individual and the date of payment but does not often specify the reason for the payment.

This series consists of bound volumes that provide documentation of the ordinances of the Milledgeville City Council for the dates listed. These ordinances deal exclusively with the regulation of spirituous liquors. The information presented in these volumes includes the ordinances, their dates of approval by the City Council, and the signatures of the Mayor and members of the City Council.

The bound volume comprising this series documents the amount of tax the City Clerk collected on the Cotton Warehouse Tax for each year and contains other information that includes: (1) name of owner; (2) owner's county of residence; (3) brand or mark of owner; (4) cotton bale number; (5) weight of cotton bale, and (6) amount of tax.

This series consists of bound volumes of the minutes of the City Council of Milledgeville and documents the decisions and the business transactions the Mayor and City Council considered during the inclusive dates listed. Among the subjects discussed were regulation of street traffic and public drunkenness, the creation of a Fire Department and Board of Health and the regulation of the sale of intoxicating liquors.

This series is composed of miscellaneous unbound records from the City of Milledgeville. The types of records found in this series include fliers, telegrams, receipts, cancelled checks, promissory notes, minutes of City Council meetings, bonds and copies of ordinances.

These bound volumes document the payments made by the City Clerk for services rendered to the City of Milledgeville and for the purchase of goods. The information contained in these records includes: (1) name of the recipient; (2) amount of money involved in transaction; (3) specifications for the purpose of transaction, and (4) date of payment. Promissory notes, bills of lading and other related documents are also included.

These bound volumes document the names of the persons buried in the City Cemetery for the dates listed. Information found in the volumes includes the following: (1) name, age, sex, and color of deceased; (2) name of disease the deceased expired of; (3) nativity of the deceased, and (4) place and date of death.

These bound volumes contain lists of the registered voters for the time period listed.

This series is composed of bound ledgers which document the accounts of the County Treasurer of Baldwin County for the dates listed. Information presented includes: (1) name of person County Treasurer received money from; (2) date of receipt; (3) amount of money involved, and (4) purpose of receipt. Information can be found on pages 2 thru 103.

This series consists of unbound records documenting the names of the white insolvent taxpayers of Baldwin County for the date listed. Information found in these records includes: (1) names of insolvent taxpayers; (2) the Georgia Militia District number each lived in, and (3) the amount of tax they owed.

Record of Baldwin County, Georgia, 1821-1823, blacksmithing services, citing name of account, description of work, and cost. The end of the volume contains some 1863 entries.

This series consists of bound volumes whose information documents the various animals that had strayed away from their owners and who had been brought to court for identification by claimants. Information found in these volumes includes: (1) type of animal; (2) name of claimant; (3) a description of animal; (4) the date the animal came before the court; (5) disposition of the animal and amount sold for, and (6) enumeration of court fees.

This series consists of a bound volume documenting civil cases appearing before the Probate Court of Baldwin County. Most of these cases deal with debts and assumpsits. Information includes: (1) names of the litigants; (2) the issue involved in each case; (3) the term of court in which each case appeared; (4) the names of the justices and jurors who heard the cases, and (5) the judgment rendered.

Appearance dockets contain the names of defendants who are asked to appear in court. The volumes comprising this series document the civil complaints appearing before the court and the judgment resulting from such complaints. Information presented in these records includes: (1) names of litigants involved; (2) term of court; (3) type of case involved, and (4) judgment of court rendered.

The "Baldwin Blues" was first organized in 1848 as a Georgia Militia Company. The bound volume comprising this series documents the receipts and disbursements to what apparently were the officers and enlisted men of that militia company for the dates listed. Information includes: (1) name of officer or enlisted man; (2) date of transaction, and (3) enumeration of amount involved.