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United States    Georgia    Carroll County

County Courthouse

Carroll County Courthouse
423 College Street; PO Box 338;
Carrollton, GA 30117
Phone: 770.830.5801

Clerk superior Court has divorce records from 1900,
land and court records from 1828; Probate Court
has marriage and probate records from 1827;
County Health Department has birth and death records^[1]

History

The county is named after Charles Carroll (1737-1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence.^[2]

Parent County

1826--Carroll County was created 11 December 1826 from Creek Indian Lands.  County seat:  Carrollton ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1927 -- 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

• Cleburne County, Alabama
• Coweta
• Douglas
• Fulton
• Haralson
• Heard
• Paulding
• Randolph County, Alabama

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land 

  Index to Carroll County Deed Book A 1852-1896 Georgia Pioneers

  Index to Carroll County Deed Book 1858-1863 Georgia Pioneers

  Carroll County Superior Court Index to Deeds 1801-2012 Real Estate Index

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  Carroll County Marriages 1829-1860 Georgia Pioneers

  Carroll County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• 1852-1894 - Index of Carroll Co., GA, Will Book A - 1852 - 1894 at GAGenWeb - free.
  
• 1852-1900 Carroll County Wills (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Inventories, Appraisements, Annual Returns 1854-1857 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Carroll County Will Book A 1852-1896 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Carroll County Will Book B 1896-1922 Georgia Pioneers
• General Index to Carroll County Annual Returns and Vouchers 1831-1885 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Carroll County, Georgia. Page 152 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Carroll_of_Carrollton.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).