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Calhoun County, Georgia
Map
Location of Georgia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 20, 1854
County Seat	Morgan
Courthouse
Address	Calhoun County Courthouse 111 School Street PO Box 111 Morgan, GA 31766 Phone: 912.849.4835 Calhoun County Website

Contents 1 Calhoun County Georgia Courthouse 2 Calhoun County Georgia History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Calhoun County Georgia Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Church 4.3 Court 4.4 Land 4.5 Local Histories 4.6 Maps 4.7 Military 4.8 Newspapers 4.9 Probate 4.10 Taxation 4.11 Vital Records 4.11.1 Marriage 4.11.2 Death 5 Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy Societies and Libraries  5.1 Family History Centers 6 Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy Websites 7 Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy References

Calhoun County Georgia Courthouse

Clerk Superior Court has divorce, land, military and
court records from 1854; Probate Court has birth, 
marriage, death, burial and probate records^[1]

Calhoun County Georgia History

Local histories are available for Calhoun County, Georgia. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Georgia Local Histories.

Parent County

1854--Calhoun County was created 20 February 1854 from Baker andEarly Counties.  County seat:  Morgan ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1888 and 1920 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research
  
• http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Calhoun County Georgia Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Baker
• Clay
• Dougherty
• Early
• Randolph
• Terrell

Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Georgia Land and Property for additional information about early Georgia land grants from the government. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions (generally buying and selling deeds) were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Newspapers Extracts and Abstracts

Newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Calhoun County, Georgia newspapers in online catalogs like:

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
  

• Family History Library Catalog. Do a Place search for Calhoun County, Georgia to find these and other records in the Family History Library Catalog (For instructions see FHL Catalog Place-name Search).

Probate

Taxation

Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and slaves aged 21 to 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1878-1909 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1878-1909. Batch M712311 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Death

• 1869-70 - Calhoun County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
  

Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy Websites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Calhoun County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Calhoun County Georgia Genealogy References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Calhoun County, Georgia. Page 152 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/0/09/Igigeorgiaad.pdf.

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