Averett Surname by any spelling

John Averett arrived in the Colony of Georgia with his wife (name unknown) in 1769 and requested a land grant of 150 acres which was granted in Wilkes County.  He is the only Averett found in Georgia Colonial Records.  His origin is unknown.  He died in Hancock Co GA in 1811.  Autosomal dna has confirmed that David, Matthew, Drury, and Allen were sons of John Averett  Based on limited documentation and dna matches, John probably had daughters and other sons.

After the Revolutionary War, William Averett, Benjamin Averett, Archibald Averett, Albright Averett, and Thomas Averett also appeared in various land grant records and tax lists of the area.  Their origin is also unknown.  Albright Averett died about 1801 and was listed in the state newspaper as the son of William Averett.  Autosomal dna from descendants of John, William, Benjamin, and Archibald has proven that these four were all related but the exact relationships have not been able to be determined. They could have been brothers.  Best guess at this point in time is that all could have possibly from the Richland Co SC area where they were frequently listed as Everett.  Very little is known about Thomas except for a military service land grant.

During the late 1700s and early 1800s, Georgia was continuously creating new counties by dividing older counties and incorporating Indian land.  John lived in the Hancock Co area.  William lived in Warren Co.  Archibald originally lived in Warren Co near William but moved to the Hancock Co area near John.  Benjamin lived in the Hancock Co and Washington Co area and later moved to Autauga Co AL.

There are various spellings for this name:

• The surname for the early Georgians was usually spelled Averett but sometimes listed as Averitt, Avret, or Everett or similar variation.

• Averitts are found in earlier records in NC and Virginia.

• Averas were sometimes listed as Averett and some later became Averetts.  No record has been found for an Averett to be listed as Avera.

For about 30 years, several of us Averett descendants have been sharing documentation, family trees, photos, stories, and etc about our Averett lines.  For the last 5 years we have been sharing our autosomal dna matches to further our knowledge of the Averett ancestry.  If you are an Averett descendant and have taken an autosomal dna test through any testing company, we encourage you to upload your autosomal dna to gedmatch.com and join our Averett autosomal dna group.  Contact: kcgen1970@gmail.com.

To become a member of a surname project requires that you have a dna test on FTdna.  The least expensive route is to upload your atdna from another company such as ancestry.com to FTdna at a much lower cost than taking another atdna test.