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Transition from Districts and Towns into
Parishes in 1758 and 1765 to Counties in 1777

1732-1758	1758-1765	1765-1777	1777
Districts and Towns	Parishes	Parishes	Counties
District of Augusta	St. Paul	St. Paul	Richmond
District of Halifax	St. George	St. George	Burke
District of Abercorn	St. Matthew	St. Matthew	Effingham
District of Goshen	St. Matthew	St. Matthew	Effingham
District of Ebenezer	St. Matthew	St. Matthew	Effingham
District of Ogeechee (Above Canoochee River)	St. Philip	St. Philip	Effingham
District of Ogeechee (Below Canoochee River)	St. Philip	St. Philip	Chatham
Town of Hardwick	St. Philip	St. Philip	Chatham
Town of Savannah	Christ Church	Christ Church	Chatham
District of Savannah	Christ Church	Christ Church	Chatham
Sea Islands north of Great Ogeechee River	Christ Church	Christ Church	Chatham
Town of Sunbury	St. John	St. John	Liberty
District of Midway	St. John	St. John	Liberty
District of Newport	St. John	St. John	Liberty
St. Catherine Island	St. John	St. John	Liberty
Bermuda Island	St. John	St. John	Liberty
Town of Darien	St. Andrew	St. Andrew	Liberty
District of Darien	St. Andrew	St. Andrew	Liberty
Sapelo Island	St. Andrew	St. Andrew	Liberty
Eastwood Island	St. Andrew	St. Andrew	Liberty
Sea Island between Great Ogeechee & Altamaha Rivers	St. Andrew	St. Andrew	Liberty
Town of Frederica	St. James	St. James	Liberty
District of Frederica	St. James	St. James	Liberty
Great St. Simons Island	St. James	St. James	Liberty
Little St. Simons Island	St. James	St. James	Liberty
Sea Island south of Altamaha River	St. James	St. James	Liberty
Between Altamaha & Turtle River		St. David	Glynn
Between Turtle and Little Satilla Rivers		St. Patrick	Glynn
Between Little Satilla & Great Satilla Rivers		St. Thomas	Camden
Between Great Satilla & St. Marys River		St. Mary	Camden

Horatio Marbury & William H. Crawford. Digest of the Laws of Georgia (Savannah 1802)
P. 150-153.
State of Georgia. 1777 Constitution, Section 242.