DeKalb County, GA

History

DeKalb was created in 1822 from portions of Henry, Gwinnett, and Fayette counties. These lands were opened for settlement after the Indian Springs Treaty of 1821 removed the Creek and Cherokee Indians from the area. Named for Baron Johann DeKalb, a German soldier who fought on the side of the Americans in the American Revolutionary War.

DeKalb County was settled by new arrivals from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina on land allotments of 202.5 acres each.
Wikipedia and New Georgia Encyclopedia

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

DeKalb County is bordered by Gwinnett, Rockdale, Henry, Clayton and Fulton counties.

Gleanings from

• DeKalb Co., GA - Family Bibles
  • Jonathan Reeves Family Record
  • William J. Donaldson Family Bible
• DeKalb Co., GA - Probate Records
  • 1838 Will - William Reeve
  • 1852 Estate - James W. Reeve
• DeKalb Co., GA - Military Records
  • 1825-1840 DeKalb County Militia
• US Federal Census - DeKalb Co., GA
  • 1830 Census - DeKalb Co., GA
    • Burgess Reeves
    • Dempsey Reeves
    • James W. Reeve
    • John Reeves
    • Jonathan Reeves
    • Malachi Reeves
    • Michael Reeves
    • William Durham Reeve
  • 1840 Census - DeKalb Co., GA
    • Andrew Jackson Reeve
    • George Washington Reeve
    • James W. Reeve
    • Wiley Reeve
    • William Reeve
    • Asbury W. Reeves
    • Burgess Reeves
    • Ephraim Reeves
    • John Reeves
    • Joseph Henry Reeves
    • Redden Reeves
  • 1850 Census - DeKalb Co., GA
  • 1920 Census - DeKalb Co., GA
  • 1930 Census - DeKalb Co., GA
    • William Harcourt Reeves
• DeKalb Co., GA - Reeves Chronology