Only one Jacob Bankston in Wilkes County, Georgia prior to 1795

By exhaustive study of the Wilkes County, Georgia Tax Records 1785-1805 published in 1996 by Frank Parker Hudson, Cynthia Forde has confirmed that there was only one adult Jacob Bankston in Wilkes County, Georgia before 1795.  Confusion arose from the fact that the militia districts changed from year to year, making it appear as if there were more than one Jacob Bankston.

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