Franklin County Georgia Marriages 1805-1850

<p class=ql-align-justify>By: Martha W. Acker Pub. 1987 reprinted 2025 200 pages Index soft cover ISBN #978-1-63914-225-5. <span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(17 17 17 1)>Franklin County was created in 1784 and was considered the 8th county of the state. It is located in the northeastern portion of the state boarding South Carolina along the Savannah River. Early on Franklin County boarded Wilkes and Greene Counties Georgia and Pendleton District/County South Carolina. Franklin County is the parent county in part or whole to: Banks Barrow Clarke Hart Jackson Madison Oconee and Stephens.  Marriage licenses were not required until 1805 in Georgia. They were granted by the Clerk of the Ordinary Court. The marriage and date were to be returned on the license to the Clerk who was to record the marriage. This work is a comparison of all extant loose marriage licenses from 1805-1850 on file at the Georgia Archives to the marriage licenses recorded in books. There ar some remarkable differences in the two records in many cases. The marriages are listed in alphabetical order by groom surname followed by a bride's index which mentions approximately 5000 names.</span></p>