Wilkes County, Georgia Deed Books A-V V 1784-1806 compiled by Michal Martin Farmer
Deed Book HH, 1790-1794
P. 136 27 Mar 1789, James Finley of Camden Co., Ga., to Revd. John Newton of Wilkes Co.,
Ga., for £30, 375 acres in Wilkes Co. on Golden Grove Creek, adj. S.E. by Robert
Caruthers, S.W. by Micajah Williamson, vacant on all other sides when surveyed, granted to
Finley, 20 Sept 1784. (signed) James Finley. Wit: James Scott, Thomas Kirkpatrick, John
King, J.P. Proved 22 July 1790 by Thomas Kirkpatrick, Will Terrell, J.P. Regd. 25 Jan
1791.
Deed Book II, 1792-1794
p. 449 William Chapman, planter of Elbert Co., Ga., for £50, to Robert Coruthers of
Wilkes Co., Ga., a Negro woman named Sucky, 19 Mar 1791. (signed) William Chapman. Test:
Jno. Luckie. Proved before Sam. Gardner, 19 Jan 1793. Regd. 14 Feb 1793.
Deed Book LL, 1794
P. 1 James Grigsby of Rockbridge Co., Va., appoint my trusty friend & brother,
Joseph Grigsby, my atty., to sell land in Georgia to Messrs. Terrell & Burfet, &
Jno. Talbot of Wilkes Co., Ga., & to collect debts in any state south of Va., 25 Nov
1793. (signed) James Grigsby. Rockbridge Co., Va., Mathew Hanna & James Caruthers,
J.P.'s proved this power of atty. to Joseph Grigsby, of said county, 26 Nov 1793.
Andrew Reed, clerk of county court of Rockbridge Co., Va., attests to signatures of Mathew
Hanna & James Caruthers, 27 Nov 1793. Regd. 2 Jan 1794.
The Wilkes County Papers 1773-1833 compiled by Robert Scott Davis, Jr.
These are loose papers from Court, Estate, Land, School, Military, Marriage and other
records.
Robert Carithers is listed among a list of Petit Jurors to be summoned, 6 Nov 1792.
Daniel Stamper, for the use of Charles Heard, vs. Jesse Caruther, debt, May Term 1822,
Inferior Court. Recorded in Book E., fo. 143
The Supplement to: The Wilkes County Papers (1773-1889)
William Carruthers is listed on the New List of Soldiers Who Fought at the Battle of
Kettle Creek (14 Feb 1779), Upper Ninety Six Regiment South Carolina Militia (200 men).
There is a footnote stating William was mentioned in John Cunningham Accounts Audited
1690. I believe the 1690 to be an identification number not a date.
Wm. Carothers is also on the list of militiamen who lost property while serving under
Capt. Andrew Pickens in 1779. A copy of the original record would have to be obtained to
see exactly what property was lost. From reading the paragraph preceding the list I think
the record is found in the Auditor General Account Book 1778-1780, pp. 160-163, South
Carolina Department of Archives and History.