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United States Georgia Echols County

Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Church 4.3 Court 4.4 Land 4.5 Local Histories 4.6 Marriages 4.7 Maps 4.8 Military 4.9 Newspapers 4.10 Probate 4.11 Taxation 4.12 Vital Records 4.12.1 Death 5 Societies and Libraries  5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

Echols County Courthouse
PO Box 190
Statenville, GA 31648-0190
Phone: 229.559.5642

Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1858--Echols County was created 13 December 1858 from Clinch and Lowndes Counties.
County seat: Statenville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1897 -- 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

• Clinch
• Columbia County, Florida
• Hamilton County, Florida
• Lanier
• Lowndes

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

• Index to Minutes 1880-1906 Georgia Pioneers
  

Land

Local Histories

Marriages

• Index to Marriages 1898-1928 Georgia Pioneers
  

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Wills 1875-1920 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
  
• Index to Wills 1875-1952 Georgia Pioneers
  
• Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers 1898-1938 Georgia Pioneers
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Echols 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
• Echols 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), Echols County, Georgia. Page 154 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).

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