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Guide to Jefferson County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Jefferson County, Georgia
Map
Location of Georgia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 20, 1796
County Seat	Louisville
Courthouse
Address	Jefferson County Courthouse 202 E Broad Street PO Box 658 Louisville, GA 30434-1622 Phone: 478.625.7922 Jefferson County Website

County Courthouse

Clerk of Courts has land and court records from 1865,
divorce records from 1900’s and marriage records;
Probate Court has probate records; County Health
Department has birth and death records^[1]

History

Parent County

1796--Jefferson County was created 20 February 1796 from Burke and Warren Counties. County seat:  Louisville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Burke
• Emanuel
• Glascock
• Johnson
• McDuffie
• Richmond
• Warren
• Washington

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court 

  1797 Grand Jurors Georgia Pioneers

  1799 Petit Jurors   Georgia Pioneers

Land 

  Abstracts of Deeds 1797-1799 Georgia Pioneers

Local Histories

• Thomas, Z. V. History of Jefferson County. Macon, Ga.: Press of the J.W. Burke Co., 1927. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps 

Marriages

  1885-1886 (rom newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

  Marriage Contracts found in deeds, documents Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills 1777-1893 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book 3, 1864-1884 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns 1815-1827 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

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
• Jefferson 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), Jefferson County, Georgia. Page 157 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).