If you live close to a branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Later Day Saints (Mormans) Library they have filmed county records. These can be ordered to view on microfilm. Redbook says Cowetta Co. land records begin in 1827 so would assume this covers Warranty Deeds and Mortgages, which began same time as Deeds. Anna > >Content-Type: text/plain > >GACOWETA-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 15 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [GACOWETA-L] Mortgage Books [scrimshire <scrimshire@pvtnetworks] > #2 Re: [GACOWETA-L] Mortgage Books [Laurie Livingston <howards_girl@ya] > #3 [GACOWETA-L] Harris Scogin [Ronm514@aol.com] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from GACOWETA-D, send a message to > > GACOWETA-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > >______________________________ >X-Message: #1 >Date: Mon, 01 Mar 1999 06:51:34 -0700 >From: scrimshire <scrimshire@pvtnetworks.net> >To: GACOWETA-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <36DA9B66.3BC5@pvtnetworks.net> >Subject: [GACOWETA-L] Mortgage Books >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Does anyone know if there are any old mortgage books for Coweta >County? >Mell > >______________________________ >X-Message: #2 >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:03:47 -0800 (PST) >From: Laurie Livingston <howards_girl@yahoo.com> >To: GACOWETA-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <19990301170347.5767.rocketmail@send1e.yahoomail.com> >Subject: Re: [GACOWETA-L] Mortgage Books >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Mortgage books? Do you mean land deed records? The courthouse would >have them. If you REALLY mean mortgage payment records, I doubt you >will find anything as most land deals were done from person to person. >Mortgage companies are a relitively "new" thing as far as genealogy >goes...(this is just an opinion though) >Laurie > > > > >---scrimshire <scrimshire@pvtnetworks.net> wrote: >> >> Does anyone know if there are any old mortgage books for Coweta >> County? >> Mell >> >> > >== >Laurie Livingston >Howards_girl@yahoo.com >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >______________________________ >X-Message: #3 >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 22:27:25 EST >From: Ronm514@aol.com >To: GACOWETA-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <8c67b4ed.36db5a9d@aol.com> >Subject: [GACOWETA-L] Harris Scogin >Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > >I am Ron Massey, a new subscriber. I am a descendant of Harris H. SCOGIN >(many possible spelling variations). He was born in Georgia c. 1830 possible >in the Coweta County area. His father was probably James J. Scogin. I am >interested in any possible leads concerning a more specific location or other >family members. I am thankful for any assistance and always willing to share. >Thanks, > >Ron Massey >Shreveport, LA >