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United States    Georgia    Catoosa County

County Courthouse

Catoosa County Courthouse
7694 Nashville Street
Ringgold, GA 30736-1799
Phone: 706.965.2500

Clerk Superior Court has court and divorce records
from 1853 and land records; Probate Court has marriage
and probate records from 1853^[1]

History

Parent County

1853--Catoosa County was created 5 December 1853 from Walker and Whitfield Counties.
County seat:  Ringgold ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bradley County, Tennessee
• Hamilton County, Tennessee
• Walker
• Whitfield

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

• Marriage Index 1858-1887 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battles were fought in Catoosa County.

• September 18-20, 1863 = Chickamauga^[3]
• November 27, 1863 = Ringgold Gap^[4]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

Probate 

  Catoosa County Wills 1874-1880 (digital images) .  See Testators Names. Georgia Pioneers 

  Index to Catoosa County Wills 1874-1961 . Georgia Pioneers  ($)

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

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

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Catoosa 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)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)