MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA - DEEDS GRANTEE Owen/Owens Surname Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Fowler Kilgore JodieK444@aol.com Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Owen/Owens grantees (purchasers of land), Meriwether County, GA, 1833-1870 The following was copied from the Grantee Index (persons who purchased land, as opposed to grantors, those who sold land) in the Meriwether County Courthouse, Office of the Superior Court Judge. It is only a partial list and I did not copy all the specific dates, but I got all the early deeds from 1833 and ended with 1870, since my immediate Owens family was gone by then. The individual deed books (copies of the originals) are also available in this office. LL means "land lot." The index books give much more information than I have listed here. Sometimes the "date of instrument," that is, the date the two people actually sat down at the table and made the deal, is much earlier ... sometimes years earlier ... than the date the deed was recorded at the courthouse. All these dates are given in the index books. Once you locate a deed that interests you, find the corresponding deed book and page number for a copy of the original deed, which gives much more specific information, including names of witnesses. The original books are not available, but they have made reduced size copies of all the originals and bound them in smaller books for ease of research. For a complete list and more detailed information, check the index books at the courthouse in Greenville, GA, county seat of Meriwether County. They are open 9-5, Monday-Friday. Copies are 25 cents each, on the honor system. The clerks will give you a receipt if you so request. These records probably are available on microfilm at the Georgia Archives in Morrow, GA, and may be available from your local LDS Family History Center. Submitted by Judy Fowler Kilgore, Sept. 2003 JodieK444@aol.com Owens, John N., (purchased land) from Edmonds, Amos, 202.5 acres, LL116, 3rd Dist., filed/recorded 7 Jan 1833, Book B, p. 365 Owen, Wm. A. from Bailey, Jacob, LL14, 10th Dist., recorded/filed 19 June 1834, Book C, p.270 Owen, Robert from Gray, Seaborn B., 9th Dist., 1835, Book D, p. 25 Owens, John N. from Key, Jenney, Talbot & G.W., 3rd Dist., 1836, Book E, p.60 Owens, John T. from Tignor, Jackson, 7th Dist., 1836, Book E, p. 87 Owens, Coleman from Lawrence, Thomas, 10th Dist., 1836, Book E, p. 116 Owens, William A. from Scott, A.H., 9th Dist., 1838, Book F., p. 146 Owen, George from Routon, William, (no dist or LL given), 1841, Book G, p. 281 Owens, George from Lester, Nathan N., 1st Dist., 1843, Book H, p. 81 Owens, Martin from Harris, Matthew, 9th Dist., LL234, 50 acres, 6 Sept. 1843, Book H, p. 112 Owen, Allen F. atty from Edwards, P.G. & A.M., 10th Dist., 1844, Book H, p. 256 Owen, Young G. from Wooten, Joel, 1st Dist., 1846, Book I, p. 47 Owen, George, et al from Cochran, Martin, admr, 1st Dist., 1850, Book J, p. 183 Owens, Coleman P. from Smith, Jeptha V., 10th Dist., 1851, Book J, p. 365 Owens, Wm. A, from Nichols, Travis, 9th Dist., 1851, Book J, p. 431 Owens, Wm. from McDowell, Charles, 9th Dist., 1851, Book J, p. 433 Owens, John Thomas from Ector, Walton, 10th Dist., 1852, Book J, p. 580 Owens, Thomas from Sturges, Rachel, admr, 9th Dist., 1859, Book L, p. 325 Owens, John Thomas, et al from Wyatt, William, 10th Dist., 1867, Book M, p. 302 Owens, John T., from Wright, J.B., 10th Dist., 1868, Book M, p. 460 Owens, James from McCrary, Robt, exec, 9th dist., 1869, Book M, p. 566 Owens, John Thomas from Watkins, Eliz, trus, 10th Dist., 1870 (forgot to write the book and page number ... sorry)