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United States    Georgia    Baker County

County Courthouse

Baker County Courthouse
Baker Pl; PO Box 607
Newton, GA 31770-0000
Phone: 912.734.3007

Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial,
and probate court records; County Clerk has divorce,
court and land records from 1861^[1]

History

Parent County

1825--Baker County was created 12 December 1825 from Early County.  County seat:  Newton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1925 and 1929 -- Courthouse flooded 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

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Calhoun
• Decatur
• Dougherty
• Early
• Miller
• Mitchell

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Wills

• 1868-1962 - Baker County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. A-B) at SamPubCo - free.
  

• 1868-1918 - Index to Baker County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1868-1962 - Index to Baker County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1868-1919 - Images of Baker County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Additional Probate Records

• 1868-1875 - Index to Baker County, Georgia Inventories at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1872-1920 - Index to Baker County, Georgia Annual Returns and Vouchers at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1874-1915 - Index to Baker County, Georgia Sale Bills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1875-1918 - Index to Baker County, Georgia Inventories at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

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

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
• Baker County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Baker County, Georgia. Page 151 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).