Lincoln County Militia District
Map & Captains This map and the Militia District information
is posted with permission of the of the author of the book "An 1800 Census for Lincoln
County, Georgia", Frank Parker Hudson. This book was compiled from tax records
for 1801 and 1802. Militia Districts in Georgia are political subdivisions which might be called
districts, beats, parishes and possibly other names in other states and would
pertain to where and whom taxes were paid, and where one voted among other things.
The Tax Digests are the most important use of these genealogically as they often
are the only census subsititute for the early census records. The letters
in bold type where assigned by Mr. Hudson and the numbers in bold are still in use
much unchanged today and can be seen on many modern maps. The Wilkes County districts
are included to help those researchers who need to find information about Lincoln
County settlers before it was carved out of Wilkes County in 1796. Click
here
for more information about the origins of the militia districts.
Ware
Ware Smith Hughes Hughes Burke Pope 1. Walker's District (G) split after 1786. Part
of same are found in Talbot's District (H) thereafter.
Table 2, LINCOLN COUNTY, GA CAPTAINS OF MILITIA DISTRICT COMPANIES, 1796-1804
Ware
Ware
Pickett
Pickett
Pickett
Aycock
Aycock
Moore
Barksdale
Barksdale 1. Tomlinson's (GD) was formed from Ware's (D) and Binion's (G)
in 1796.
Table 3: LINCOLN COUNTY, GA., CAPTAINS OF MILITIA
DISTRICT COMPANIES, 1805-1830. 1. Fleming's (DF), 1807, was taken out of Farror's
(D) and May(s) (F) of 1806.
GD
183 Binion Covington Covington Covington Covington Eubanks
184 Gartrell Gartrell Gartrell Gartrell Gartrell Walker
CF
187 McDowell McDowell McDowell Stinson Stinson Smith
GD
183
Graves
Graves
Graves
Graves
Graves
Graves
F
186
May(s)
Tatom
Tatom
Tatom
Tatom
Blalock
CF
187
Smith
Stokes
Stokes
Stokes
Stokes
Stokes
269
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
G
184
Walker
Wheat
Gideon
Jeter
Jeter
Walker
E
185
Frazier
Frazier
Frazier
Frazier
Ross
Ross 2. The 1830 Census shows the 186th District commanded
by David McMillan, but no commission is found for him and he is not in the tax digests.
Commission records and tax digests indicate James McMillan as captain of this District,
effective as of 18 March 1830.
1807-1830
Table 1: WILKES COUNTY,
GA., CAPTAINS OF MILITIA DISTRICT COMPANIES,
1785-1795, IN THE AREA WHICH BECAME LINCOLN COUNTY IN 1796
Author's
Symbol
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
D
Douglas
Ware
Ware
Ware
G
Walker
Walker¹
Walker¹
Walker
Walker
Holiday
H
Talbot¹
Talbot
Talbot
Talbot
E
York²
York
Smith
Smith
F
Davis
Parkes²
Hughes
Hughes
C
Arrington
Arrington
Arrington
Walton
Walton
Walton
R
Pope
Pope
Pope
Burke
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
D
Lamar
Lamar
Ware
Ware
Ware
G
McKinney
McKinney4
Binion
Binion
Binion
H
Talbot
Talbot
Piper4
Piper
Piper5
E
Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Zimmerman6
F
Hughes
Hughes
Woolridge
Woolridge
Woolridge
C
Walton
Walton
Steel
Ragland
Steel
R
Pope
Pope
Wooten
Wooten
Wooten7
2. Davis's District (F)
split after 1785. Part of same are found in York's District (E) thereafter.
3.
Arrington's (also recorded as "Harrington") District (C) split after 1785. Some
taxpayers may be found in Richard Heard's District (A) in 1787 and in Districts
A and B thereafter.
4. McKinney's District (G) split after 1792. Some forty-odd
taxpayers wereput into Piper's District (H) for 1793. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln
County are found thereafter in District G.
5. Piper's District (H) split in 1795
in formation of Lincoln County. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found
thereafter in District G.
6. Zimmerman's District (E) in 1795 split in formation
of Lincoln County. Twenty-three taxpayers left in Wilkes County are identified in
the 1796 Wilkes County tax digest and were put into Capt. S. Thornton's District
(I) in 1797.
7. Woolen's District (R) 1795 split in formation of Lincoln County.
Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found
Author's
Symbol
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
D
Ware1
[Rickett)
GD
Tomlinson1
Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Tomlinson
[Ashby]
Espey
G
Binion1
Samuel
Samuel
Samuel
Samuel
Samuel
E
Zimmerman
Cullars
Cullars
Cullars
Smith
Smith
F
Woolridge2
Murray
Murray
Murray
Murray
Murray
CF
Davis2
Davis
Davis
Norman
Norman
C
Steel2
1802
1803
1804
D
Pickett
Solley
Solley
GD
Espey
Espey
Walton
G
Samuel
Samuel
Samuel
E
Smith
Jones
Jones
F
Arrent
Dooley
Dooley
CF
Norman
Norman
Norman
C
Barksdale
Barksdale
Barksdale
2. Davis's (CF) was formed from Woolridge's (F) and Steel's (C) in 1796.
Author's
Symbol
District
Number
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
D
182
Farror
Farror1
Kennon
Reynolds
Reynolds
Leverett
GD
183
Blanton
Bussey
Bussey
Bussey
Walton
Binion
G
184
Gartrell
Gartrell
Gartrell
Gartrell
Gartrell
Gartrell
E
185
M. Jones
M.Jones
M. Jones
M. Jones
Norman
Norman
F
186
Dooley
May(s)1
May(s)
May(s)
May(s)
May(s)
CF
187
Norman
Norman
Hughes
Hughes
Hughes
McDowell
C
188
W. Jones
W. Jones
King
Alien
Alien
Wiseman
DF
269
Jeter
Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
Author's
SymbolDistrict
Number
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
D
182
Leverett
Jeter
Jeter
Jeter
Jeter
Jeter
G
E
185
Sims
Sims
Sims
Sims
Sims
Sims
F
186
Turman
May(s)
May(s)
May(s)
May(s)
May(s)
C
188
Wiseman
Tatom
Tatom
Tatom
Tatom
Overstreet
DF
269
Jeter
Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
Parks
Author's
Symbol
District
Number
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
D
182
Jeter
Jeter
Jeter
Jeter
Leverett
Leverett
G
184
Walker
Walker
Walker
Walker
Walker
Walker
E
185
Glaze
Glaze
Jones
Jones
Jones
Frazier
C
188
Thompson
Thompson
Thompson
Anthony
Anthony
Anthony
DF
Author's
Symbol
District
Number
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
D
182
Leverett
Leverett
Leverett
Leverett
Leverett
Leverett
GD
183
Graves
Graves
Graves
Winn
Winn
Bentley
F
186
Tebow
Phipps
Lonnergin
Hardy
Hardy
Campbell
CF
187
Statham
Statham
Prather
Prather
Bostick
Bostick
C
188
Beaman
Beaman
Beaman
Wigginton
Wigginton
Cole
DF
269
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Parkes
Author's
Symbol
District
Number
1829
1830
1830
Census
D
182
Leverett
Leverett
Leverett
GD
183
Bentley
Graves
Graves
G
184
Walker
Woods
Woods
E
185
Ross
Stokes
Stokes
F
186
Campbell
Walker
McMillan2
CF
187
Bostick
Bostick
Bostick
C
188
Cole
Benson
Benson
DF
269
Parkes
Lockhart
Lockhart
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