Burke County, GeorgiaEdit This Page

From FamilySearch Wiki

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    Burke County

County Courthouse

Burke County Courthouse
111 E 6th Street; PO Box 89;
Waynesboro, GA 30830
Phone: 706.554.2324

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1927,
marriage and probate records from 1856^[1]

History

Parent County

1777--Burke County was created 5 February 1777 from St. George Parish.  County seat: Waynesboro ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1825 and 1856 -- 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

• Aiken County, South Carolina
• Allendale County, South Carolina
• Barnwell County, South Carolina
• Emanuel
• Jefferson
• Jenkins
• Richmond
• Screven

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Burke County.

• December 4, 1864 = Waynesborough^[3]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

Probate

• Burke County, Georgia Wills Index at GAGenWeb - free.
  
• Burke County, Georgia Wills 1855-1858 (Digital Images) Georgia Pioneers
• Burke County, Georgia Miscellaneous Wills and Estates Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Burke County Annual Returns 1859-1868 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

      1798 Burke County Slaveholders, First and Second Districts Georgia Pioneers

Vital Records

Death

• 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Burke 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
• Burke 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), Burke 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).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)