Since many of our ancestors moved from County to County and sometimes can be found in neighboring counties. When I first started doing my research, I found this on the internet and printed it out and have used it many times. One of the biggest mistakes I made in the beginning is not writing down how I found these neat sites. This table came from Paul Hickey's Genealogy Corner. I is long so I will send it to you in segments. Georgia Counties and their creation dates Part One County Name NO. Date of Act Created From Appling 40 Dec. 15, 1818 Creek cession of Aug 9, 1914 and Jan 22, 1810 - an original county Atkinson 151 Aug 15, 1917 Clinch and Coffie Bacon 149 July 27, 1914 Appling, Pierce and Ware Baker 61 Dec 12 1825 Early Baldwin 27 May 11 1803 Creek cession of June 16, 1802 and June 26, 1805 Nov 14, 1805 - an original County Banks 127 Dec. 11, 1858 Franklin and Habersham Barrow 147 July 7, 1914 Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton Bartow 80 Dec 3 1832 Chreokee - originally named Cass; named changed Dec 6 1861 Ben Hill 144 July 31 1906 Irwin and Wilcox Berrien 114 Feb 25, 1856 Coffee, Irwin and Lowneds Bibb 54 Dec 9, 1882 Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Bleckley 145 July 30, 1912 Pulaski Brantley 156 Aug 14, 1920 Charlton, Pierce and Wayne Brooks 128 Dec 11, 1858 Lowndes and Thomas Bryan 16 Dec 19, 1793 Chatham Bulloch 21 Feb 8, 1796 Bryan and Screvend Screven Burke 1 Feb. 5, 1777 Creek, Cession of May 20, 1733 An original County previously organized in 1758 as the Parish of St. George. Butts 64 Dec 24 1825 Henry and Monroe