GA Surnames

This site is primarily for Worth, Irwin, Dooly and Crisp Counties but you will find information for all counties here. In 1882, along the star mail route between Montezuma and Tifton, lived a number of families owning adjoining farm lands, who were thrifty in their home industries. Among these were Mr. Pitts, grandfather of Mr. John Pitts of Cordele; Mr. Bedgood; Mr. Royal, and others. Little thought did they give to the formation of a town, till they heard the toot of the whistle and the approach of the first G. S. & F. R. R. train, which invaded their premises in 1888. They immediately began to cast about for a name by which their R. R. station should be called. After much surmise the name of “Arabi” was decided upon, and Arabi it should be. So in 1891 this little town was incorporated. Its growth has continued steadily; and now it boasts a population of more than five hundred; with its bank, supply house, churches, numerous stores; and the graded school of one hundred pupils, employ three teachers, with music added to its curriculum. Arabi is now the largest town next to Cordele, in Crisp County. It is located nine miles south of Cordele, in the center of a rich and prosperous agricultural district. Through its warehouses about thirty-five hundred bales of cotton are handled annually.

I have been researching my family’s surnames in the Georgia area since 2004. In the years of researching I found numerous websites that provide information that anyone might be able to use. I am researching the Buzbee’s (Ruskin and Riverview Buzbee’s), Sumner, Haman, Rooks and Pitts, all from the Arabi, Cordele area of Georgia. The Pitts family settled in Hillsborough County around 1920. Genealogy is my passion and I hope that my website will assist you in your search as it has in mine.