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United States    Georgia    Bulloch County

	Georgia Online Records

County Courthouse

Bulloch County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square; PO Box 347;
Statesboro, GA 30459
Phone: 912.764.6245

Probate Court has birth, marriage and probate records;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from
1891 and land records from 1876^[1]

History

Parent County

1796--Bulloch County was created 8 February 1796 from Bryan and Screven Counties.
County seat: Statesboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1864-- 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

Statesboro

Neighboring Counties

• Bryan
• Candler
• Effingham
• Emanuel
• Evans
• Jenkins
• Screven

Resources

Cemeteries

Some cemeteries in and near the Statesboro area are in the Statesboro article.

BillionGraves:

• Cone Cemetery, Brooklet
• Corinth Leefield Cemetery, Brooklet
• Eldora Cemetery, Ellabell
• Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
• Friendship Cemetery, Brooklet
• Hubert Cemetery, Brooklet
• Lanes Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Brooklet
• Mount Olive Church Cemetery, Register

LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol. 5 page 76 - Middle Ground Church Cemetery

Church

  Minutes of Upper Black Creek Church, Brooklet, 1832 members  Georgia Pioneers

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Marriages

  Index to Marriages 1795-1900 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate

 Willis 1854-1861 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers

 Index to Inventories and Appraisements 1795-1900 Georgia Pioneers

 Index to Annual Returns 1795-1900 Georgia Pioneers

 Index to Inventories and Appraisements 1795-1900  Georgia Pioneers

 Index to Wills 1795-1900 Georgia Pioneers

 Index to Miscellaneous Estate Records 1795-1900 Georgia Pioneers

 Index to Receipts from the Heirs and Other Principals to the Estates  Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Bulloch 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
• Bulloch County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

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