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"The records of the Inferior Courts and Courts of Ordinary of Georgia reflect the day to day events of our ancestors ... The records appear here in three formats: complete transcriptions, abstracts and listings. Efforts were made to include as much information as would be of interest to the reader and to retain the "flavor" of the writings without the inclusion of extensive repetitive matter."--Foreword.
"On December 10, 1793, the Georgia General Assembly created Oglethorpe County, from a portion of Wilkes County and designated Lexington as the seat of its government. In 1794, a portion of Greene County was added to Oglethorpe and the boundary between Oglethorpe and Greene shifted several times in 1799. In 1811, Oglethorpe lost territory to the newly formed Madison County. In 1813, Oglethorpe acquired land from Clarke County. Taliaferro County took land from Oglethorpe in 1831, and Oglethorpe received land from Madison County in 1842. The legislature divided the state of judicial districts, assigning Oglethorpe to the Western Circuit, comprised of Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Lincoln, and Wilkes counties. The judges, elected to serve three-year terms, held court in each county at least twice per year, as they traveled from county to county within their circuit. The Superior Court had jurisdiction over all criminal matters most civil cases, appeals from the Inferior Courts and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, admissions to the bar, and registration of land deeds"--Introduction.
By: Michael A. Ports, Pub. 2019, soft cover, 178 pages, soft Cover, Index, ISBN #0-89308-838-2. Oglethorpe County was created from Wilkes County in 1793 and later became the parent county to Madison County. The Superior Court of the county had jurisdiction over all criminal matters, civil cases involving title to land, appeals from Inferior Court decisions and Justice's Courts, divorces, grand juries, naturalizations, and registration of land deeds.