Lowndes County Deed Book A was created after the fire at the courthouse in Troupville, Georgia on 22 June 1858 destroyed nearly all of the county records. After the fire property owners in Lowndes County came in and re-recorded their deeds. It is officially labeled deed book A, but we know from its contents that before the fire the county was already up to Deed Book F. Occasionally the rerecorded deeds will give the old book and age number. From this we can tell that the previous deed books covered the following dates:

• Deed Book A: 1825-1834

• Deed Book B: 183?-1840

• Deed Book C: 1840-1845

• Deed Book D: 1845-1852

• Deed Book E: 1852-1855

• Deed Book F: 1855-June 1858

From the deeds that were re-recorded, we can also tell a large number of previous deeds are simply lost forever. Most of the deeds that were rerecorded do not give a previous book number, but even if those were included there are many land lots whose history is not fully documented. 

There are few deeds listed that were originally recorded in Irwin County, Georgia from before the creation of Lowndes County in 1825. There are many deeds recorded in Deed Book A (1858) that were for land that became part of Brooks County, Georgia in December 1858.

Below you will find the deeds abstracted in a searchable spreadsheet. The sheet contains columns for grantor, grantee, land district, land lot number, book letter, pages in the book, amount paid, an additional column of notes designed to contain other information related to the entry, and the current county of the land. There are several deeds that involve enslaved people. They have been highlighted. The names of the enslaved people mentioned in the deed are listed in the notes section. If the age is given is listed between their name and their sex ie: Eliza 15 F.

In the grantor/grantee columns, when the person was residing outside of Lowndes County, Georgia, their county and state are given after their name.

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For a map showing the land district and land lot boundaries in Lowndes please see this map at the Georgia Archives. A similar one for Brooks County can be found here.