Georgia's Original 32 Counties

Counties formed from the Headright and Bounty Grants:

1. Camden
2. Glynn
3. Liberty
4. Chatham
5. Effingham
6. Burke
7. Richmond
8. Wilkes
9. Franklin
10.Washington

Counties formed in the 1805 Lottery:

11. Wayne
12. Wilkinson
13. Baldwin

Counties formed in the 1807 Lottery:

The remainder of 12. Wilkinson
The remainder of 13. Baldwin

Counties formed in the 1820 Lottery:

14. Walton
15. Gwinnett
16. Hall
17. Habersham
18. Early
19. Irwin
20. Appling
21. Rabun

Counties formed in the 1821 Lottery:

22. Dooley
23. Houston
24. Monroe
25. Henry
26. Fayette

Counties formed in the 1827 Lottery:

27. Carroll
28. Coweta
29. Troup
30. Muscogee
31. Lee

Counties formed in the 1832 Lotteries:

32. Cherokee
which was divided into Cass (later Bartow), Cherokee, Cobb, Floyd, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding and Union.




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