Lincoln County Militia Districts Map

Lincoln County Militia District Map & Captains
1807-1830

This map and the Militia District information is posted with permission of the of the author of the book "An 1800 Census for Lincoln County, Georgia", Frank Parker Hudson. This book was compiled from tax records for 1801 and 1802. If you want a lookup from this book, contact Liz Nash.

Militia Districts in Georgia are political subdivisions which might be called districts, beats, parishes and possibly other names in other states and would pertain to where and whom taxes were paid, and where one voted among other things. The Tax Digests are the most important use of these genealogically as they often are the only census subsititute for the early census records. The letters in bold type where assigned by Mr. Hudson and the numbers in bold are still in use much unchanged today and can be seen on many modern maps. The Wilkes County districts are included to help those researchers who need to find information about Lincoln County settlers before it was carved out of Wilkes County in 1796. Click here for more information about the origins of the militia districts.

Table 1: WILKES COUNTY, GA., CAPTAINS OF MILITIA DISTRICT COMPANIES,
1785-1795, IN THE AREA WHICH BECAME LINCOLN COUNTY IN 1796

Author's Symbol	1785	1786	1787	1788	1789	1790
D	Douglas	Ware	Ware	Ware	Ware	Ware
G	Walker	Walker¹	Walker¹	Walker	Walker	Holiday
H			Talbot¹	Talbot	Talbot	Talbot
E		York²	York	Smith	Smith	Smith
F	Davis	Parkes²	Hughes	Hughes	Hughes	Hughes
C	Arrington	Arrington	Arrington	Walton	Walton	Walton
R	Pope	Pope	Pope	Burke	Burke	Pope

	1791	1792	1793	1794	1795
D	Lamar	Lamar	Ware	Ware	Ware
G	McKinney	McKinney⁴	Binion	Binion	Binion
H	Talbot	Talbot	Piper⁴	Piper	Piper⁵
E	Zimmerman	Zimmerman	Zimmerman	Zimmerman	Zimmerman⁶
F	Hughes	Hughes	Woolridge	Woolridge	Woolridge
C	Walton	Walton	Steel	Ragland	Steel
R	Pope	Pope	Wooten	Wooten	Wooten⁷

1. Walker's District (G) split after 1786. Part of same are found in Talbot's District (H) thereafter.
2. Davis's District (F) split after 1785. Part of same are found in York's District (E) thereafter.
3. Arrington's (also recorded as "Harrington") District (C) split after 1785. Some taxpayers may be found in Richard Heard's District (A) in 1787 and in Districts A and B thereafter.
4. McKinney's District (G) split after 1792. Some forty-odd taxpayers wereput into Piper's District (H) for 1793. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found thereafter in District G.
5. Piper's District (H) split in 1795 in formation of Lincoln County. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found thereafter in District G.
6. Zimmerman's District (E) in 1795 split in formation of Lincoln County. Twenty-three taxpayers left in Wilkes County are identified in the 1796 Wilkes County tax digest and were put into Capt. S. Thornton's District (I) in 1797.
7. Woolen's District (R) 1795 split in formation of Lincoln County. Those taxpayers put into Lincoln County are found

Table 2, LINCOLN COUNTY, GA CAPTAINS OF MILITIA DISTRICT COMPANIES, 1796-1804

Author's Symbol	1796	1797	1798	1799	1800	1801
D	Ware¹	Ware	Ware	Pickett	Pickett [Rickett)	Pickett
GD		Tomlinson¹	Tomlinson	Tomlinson	Tomlinson [Ashby]	Espey
G	Binion¹	Samuel	Samuel	Samuel	Samuel	Samuel
E	Zimmerman	Cullars	Cullars	Cullars	Smith	Smith
F	Woolridge²	Murray	Murray	Murray	Murray	Murray
CF		Davis²	Davis	Davis	Norman	Norman
C	Steel²	Aycock	Aycock	Moore	Barksdale	Barksdale

	1802	1803	1804
D	Pickett	Solley	Solley
GD	Espey	Espey	Walton
G	Samuel	Samuel	Samuel
E	Smith	Jones	Jones
F	Arrent	Dooley	Dooley
CF	Norman	Norman	Norman
C	Barksdale	Barksdale	Barksdale

1. Tomlinson's (GD) was formed from Ware's (D) and Binion's (G) in 1796.
2. Davis's (CF) was formed from Woolridge's (F) and Steel's (C) in 1796.

Table 3: LINCOLN COUNTY, GA., CAPTAINS OF MILITIA DISTRICT COMPANIES, 1805-1830.

Author's Symbol	District Number	1805	1806	1807	1808	1809	1810
D	182	Farror	Farror¹	Kennon	Reynolds	Reynolds	Leverett
GD	183	Blanton	Bussey	Bussey	Bussey	Walton	Binion
G	184	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell
E	185	M. Jones	M.Jones	M. Jones	M. Jones	Norman	Norman
F	186	Dooley	May(s)¹	May(s)	May(s)	May(s)	May(s)
CF	187	Norman	Norman	Hughes	Hughes	Hughes	McDowell
C	188	W. Jones	W. Jones	King	Alien	Alien	Wiseman
DF	269	Jeter	Parks	Parks	Parks	Parks	Parks

1. Fleming's (DF), 1807, was taken out of Farror's (D) and May(s) (F) of 1806.

Author's Symbol	District Number	1811	1812	1813	1814	1815	1816
D	182	Leverett	Jeter	Jeter	Jeter	Jeter	Jeter
GD	183	Binion	Covington	Covington	Covington	Covington	Eubanks
G	184	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell	Gartrell	Walker
E	185	Sims	Sims	Sims	Sims	Sims	Sims
F	186	Turman	May(s)	May(s)	May(s)	May(s)	May(s)
CF	187	McDowell	McDowell	McDowell	Stinson	Stinson	Smith
C	188	Wiseman	Tatom	Tatom	Tatom	Tatom	Overstreet
DF	269	Jeter	Parks	Parks	Parks	Parks	Parks

Author's Symbol	District Number	1817	1818	1819	1820	1821	1822
D	182	Jeter	Jeter	Jeter	Jeter	Leverett	Leverett
GD	183	Graves	Graves	Graves	Graves	Graves	Graves
G	184	Walker	Walker	Walker	Walker	Walker	Walker
E	185	Glaze	Glaze	Jones	Jones	Jones	Frazier
F	186	May(s)	Tatom	Tatom	Tatom	Tatom	Blalock
CF	187	Smith	Stokes	Stokes	Stokes	Stokes	Stokes
C	188	Thompson	Thompson	Thompson	Anthony	Anthony	Anthony
DF	269	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes

Author's Symbol	District Number	1823	1824	1825	1826	1827	1828
D	182	Leverett	Leverett	Leverett	Leverett	Leverett	Leverett
GD	183	Graves	Graves	Graves	Winn	Winn	Bentley
G	184	Walker	Wheat	Gideon	Jeter	Jeter	Walker
E	185	Frazier	Frazier	Frazier	Frazier	Ross	Ross
F	186	Tebow	Phipps	Lonnergin	Hardy	Hardy	Campbell
CF	187	Statham	Statham	Prather	Prather	Bostick	Bostick
C	188	Beaman	Beaman	Beaman	Wigginton	Wigginton	Cole
DF	269	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes	Parkes

Author's Symbol	District Number	1829	1830	1830 Census
D	182	Leverett	Leverett	Leverett
GD	183	Bentley	Graves	Graves
G	184	Walker	Woods	Woods
E	185	Ross	Stokes	Stokes
F	186	Campbell	Walker	McMillan²
CF	187	Bostick	Bostick	Bostick
C	188	Cole	Benson	Benson
DF	269	Parkes	Lockhart	Lockhart

2. The 1830 Census shows the 186th District commanded by David McMillan, but no commission is found for him and he is not in the tax digests. Commission records and tax digests indicate James McMillan as captain of this District, effective as of 18 March 1830.

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