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United States    Georgia    Bibb County

County Courthouse

Bibb County Courthouse
601 Mulberry Street
Macon, GA 31201-2672
Phone: 912.749.6527

County Health Department has birth, death and burial records;
Probate Court has marriage and probate records; County Clerk
has divorce, court and land records from 1823^[1]

History

Parent County

1822--Bibb county was created 9 December 1822 from Jones, Monroe, Twiggs and Houston Counties.
County seat: Macon ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Crawford
• Houston
• Jones
• Monroe
• Peach
• Twiggs

Resources

Cemeteries

• Oakridge Cemetery, Macon BillionGraves
• Swift Creek United Methodist Cemetery, Macon BillionGraves

Church

• Hart, Oliver J. The History of Christ Church Parish, Macon, Georgia: March 5th 1825, March 5th, 1925. Macon, Ga.: Lyon, Harris & Brooks, Printers and Binders, 1925. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Macon

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Butler, John C. Historical Record of Macon and Central Georgia, Containing Many Interesting and Valuable Reminiscences Connected with the Whole State, Including Numerous Incidents and Facts Never Before Published and of Great Historic Value. Macon, GA, USA: J. W. Burke, 1879. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Wills

• 1823-1929 - Bibb County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. A-H) at SamPubCo - free.
  

• 1823-1855 - Abstracts of Bibb County, Georgia 1823-1855 at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1823-1855 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Wills and Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1851-1864 - Abstracts of Bibb County, Georgia 1851-1864 at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1851-1871 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Wills and Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1870, 1891, 1914 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Wills and Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1891-1907 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Wills and Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Additional Probate Records

• 1823-1844 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1843-1851 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1851-1854 - Index to Bibb County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1849-50, 1859-60 - Bibb 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
• Bibb County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

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