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Guide to Montgomery County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Montgomery County, Georgia
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Location in the state of [[Georgia]]
Location of Georgia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	19 December, 1793
County Seat	Mont Vernon
Courthouse
Address	Montgomery County Courthouse Railroad Avenue; PO Box 295 Mont Vernon, GA 30445; Phone: 912.583.2363  Montgomery County Website

County Courthouse

Montgomery County Courthouse
Railroad Avenue; PO Box 295
Mont Vernon, GA 30445;
Phone: 912.583.2363 

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1918,
marriage records from 1807 and probate records from 1793;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from
1800 and land records from 1793; most original records
prior to 1890 are in State Archives^[1]

History

Local histories are available for Montgomery 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

1793--Montgomery County was created 19 December 1793 from Washington County. County seat: Mount Vernon ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Emanuel
• Jeff Davis
• Toombs
• Treutlen
• Wheeler

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Georgia denominations, see the Georgia Church Records wiki page.

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

• WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
  

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

Probate 

Colonial courts kept some early probate records.  From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records.  The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.

Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the Family History Library on microfilm.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).

• Digital Images of Montgomery County Wills 1786-1809; 1809-1817. See names of testators. Georgia Pioneers

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

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Georgia State Department of Health or the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred.

For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Georgia.

Marriage

• 1796-1798 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1796-1798. Batch M713401 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1810-1877 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1810-1877. Batch M713402 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1870-1893 - Montgomery County Marriage Books B and C Index 1870-1893. Batch M713403 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1893-1895 - Montgomery County Marriage Book 1 Index 1893-1895. Batch M713404 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1893-1895 - Montgomery County Marriage Book 1 Index 1893-1895. Batch M713405 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

 Family History Centers 

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Montgomery County, Georgia. Page 158 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. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.

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