Baldwin County, GeorgiaEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

This article is about a central Georgia county. For other uses, see Baldwin.

This Georgia-related article is a stub. You can help by expanding it. While this page is under construction, may we suggest Cyndi's List.

United States    Georgia    Baldwin County

County Courthouse

Baldwin County Courthouse
121 N Wilkinson
Milledgeville, GA 31061-3346
Phone: 912.734.3007

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1930,
marriage and probate records from 1875; Clerk Superior
Court has land, divorce and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1803--Baldwin County was created 11 May 1803 from the Creek Indian Lands.  County seat:  Milledgeville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1861-- 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

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Hancock
• Jones
• Putman
• Washington
• Wilkinson

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Cook, Anna Maria Green. History of Baldwin County, Georgia. Anderson, S.C.: Keys-Hearn Print. Co., 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

• Beeson, Leola Selman. History Stories of Milledgeville and Baldwin County. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Co., 1943. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Wills

• 1806-1864 - Baldwin County, Georgia Index of Wills at GAGenWeb - free.
  

• 1806-1829 - Abstracts of Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1829-1918 - Baldwin County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. A-B) at SamPubCo - free.
  

• 1829-1854 - Abstracts of Baldwin County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1829-1868 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book B at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1868-1936 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Will Book C at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Additional Probate Records

• 1813-1820 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book A at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1820-1824 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book B at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1824-1831 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book C at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1831-1842 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book D at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1839-1856 - Index to Baldwin County, Georgia Annual Returns Book E at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1849-50, 1869-70 - Baldwin County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
  

Societies and Libraries 

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Baldwin 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).