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Wayne County, Georgia                         A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Wayne County, Georgia. This County is available for adoption. Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to help you track your ancestors through time and place by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This is a continuation of our original, Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and of course, your data contributions. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please contact us. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as our Illinois websites are. If you think you might be interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and instructions on signing up.. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists Any data we come across will be added to this site. We regret that we are unable to perform any personal research for you. Seventy years after General James Oglethorpe settled the colony of Georgia and 27 years after that colony became one of the 13 original states, Wayne County came into being. It was created by an Act of the Legislature in 1803 after the Wilkinson Treaty was signed with the Creek Indians on January 16, 1802, which ceded part of the Tallassee Country and part of the lands within the forks of the Oconee and Ocmulgee Rivers to the United States. The county was named for Mad Anthony Wayne whose military career had made him a well known hero. When he surprised the British garrison at Stony Point on July 15, 1779, he acquired the nickname “Mad” Anthony. From one siege to another, he was a vital member of General George Washington’s staff serving well under General Nathaniel Greene and coming to Georgia in 1781 in his service during the American Revolution. The county seat is Jesup, Georgia Cities and towns Jesup Odum Screven Gardi Mt. Pleasant Former towns Waynesville (There is another community named Waynesville in Brantley County, Georgia.) Tuckersville Pendarvis Fort Barrington Williamsburg ONLINE DATA Only the links in color are active. Native Americans Obituaries Census Slave Data Cemeteries Marriages History Wills Biographies Military Newspaper Data Misc     EMail Us       Website Updates: Adjacent Counties Tattnall County (north) Long County (northeast) McIntosh County (east) Glynn County (southeast) Brantley County (south) Pierce County (southwest) Appling County (northwest) If you think you might be interested in hosting one of the above counties, you can read the Volunteer Information page Here ~ Please Report Broken Links ~ Visit our National Genealogy Trails Website Copyright © 2007 by Genealogy Trails - Contributors retain all copyrights.