First Families of McDonough and Henry County, GA

This is an on-going project to research and publish information on the first families of Henry County, Georgia. Today Henry county has a population approaching 200,000.

This project focuses on the families who were in the area prior to 1830.

We have identified 693 surnames making up the 10,000 people living in Henry county in 1830. As all of these families were first or second generation in Henry County when the war came, we have included these Historical Sketch and Roster volumes which included men from Henry County:

Georgia Historical Sketch and Roster Volumes:
  • 19th Infantry,
  • 22nd Infantry,
  • 27th Infantry,
  • 30th Infantry,
  • 44th Infantry,
  • 53rd Infantry.


  • Also included on the DVD:
  • The First Families of McDonough & Henry County, Ga. Vol. 1 by John Rigdon - 158 pgs.
  • The First Families of McDonough & Henry County, Ga. Vol. 2 by John Rigdon - 158 pgs.
  • A Brief History of Henry County, GA by Mrs. R. H. Henderson
  • Early and current maps
  • Bibliography for additional research
  • Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography V. 1 by John Wilson and John Fiske - 834 pgs.
  • Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography V. 2 by John Wilson and John Fiske - 787 pgs.
  • A History of Georgia by William Bacon Stevens - 547 pgs.
  • A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians by Lucian L. Knight - 673 pgs.
  • Biographical Sketches of the Delegates for the Constitutional Congress from Georgia by Charles Colcock Jones - 237 pgs.
  • Dead Towns of Georgia by Charles Colcock Jones - 241 pgs.
  • Early History of Georgia by Samuel G. Drake - 43 pgs.
  • Georgia by Allen Daniel Candler and Clement Anselm Evans - 705 pgs.
  • Georgia History Stories by Joseph Harris Chappell - 409 pgs.
  • History of Georgia by Robert Preston Brooks - 475 pgs.
  • History of the Choctaw Chickasaw and Natchez Indians by Horatio Cushman - 625 pgs.
  • History of the Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union by Mrs. J. J. Ansley - 325 pgs.
  • Lives of Christian Ministers by Peter Jefferson Kernodle - 505 pgs.
  • Official Congressional Directory 1892 by W. H. Michael - 307 pgs.
  • Story of Georgia by George Gillman Smith - 712 pgs.
  • The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. 1 - 400 pgs.
  • The History of Georgia by Charles Colcock Jones - 595 pgs.
  • The History of Georgia by Capt. Hugh McCall - 407 pgs.
  • The History of Georgia Methodism from 1796 to 1896 by George Smith - 457 pgs.
  • The History of Methodism in Georgia and Florida by George Smith - 601 pgs.
  • The History of the Woman's Club Movement in America by Jane Croly - 456 pgs.
  • The Mission History and Times of the Farmers Union by Charles Barrett - 433 pgs.
  • The Story of Georgia and the Georgia People by George Gilman Smith - 699 pgs.




  • For Additional Research