General James Oglethorpe established the first permanent settlement in Georgia in 1733 as a refuge for English debtors. In 1742, Oglethorpe defeated Spanish invaders in the Battle of Bloody Marsh. A Confederate stronghold, Georgia was the scene of extensive military action during the Civil War. Union general William T. Sherman burned Atlanta and destroyed a 60 mile wide path to the coast, where he captured Savannah in 1864.
This site is primarily for Worth, Irwin, Dooly and Crisp Counties but you will find information for all counties here.
I have been researching my family's surnames in the Georgia area since 2004. In the years of researching I found numerous websites that provide information that anyone might be able to use. I am researching the Buzbee's (Ruskin and Riverview Buzbee's), Sumner, Haman, Rooks and Pitts, all from the Arabi, Cordele area of Georgia. The Pitts family settled in Hillsborough County around 1920. Genealogy is my passion and I hope that my website will assist you in your search as it has in mine.