1828-1931
Campbell
County was formed by an act of the Georgia Legislature December
20, 1828 taking land from Carroll, Coweta, DeKalb, and Fayette
Counties. In 1832 land from the Cherokee Land Lottery was added,
for a total to about 192 square miles. On October 17, 1870 the
land lying north of the river was taken along with some of eastern
Carroll to form what is now Douglas County. The rest merged with
Fulton on January 1, 1932. Campbell County was named in honor
of Colonel Duncan G. Campbell. He and James Meriwether negotiated
the Indian Springs Treaty in which the Creek Indian land was
ceded on February 12, 1825. The County seat was Campbellton until
1870. It was then moved to Fairburn where it remained for the
life of the county. Read George
White, M.A.'s History of Campbell County from his Historical
Collections of Georgia; find out the first jurors of Campbell and
read about Campbell's Indian Princess.
About Campbell's Records: The marriage license bureau of the Ordinary's office
in Fulton County, store both Campbell County and Milton
County marriage license records. They also store on microfilm,
copies of the Atlanta Journal/Constitution newspaper, going
back many years. They also have wills, deeds, estate records
etc.
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