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Lee County, Georgia
Map
Location of Georgia in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 11, 1826
County Seat	Leesburg
Courthouse
Address	Lee County Courthouse PO Box 889 Leesburg, GA 31763-0056 Phone: 912.759.6000 Lee County Website

County Courthouse

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

History

Parent County

1825--Lee County was created 11 December 1826 from Creek Indian Lands. County seat:  Leesburg ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1858--The courthouse in Starkville burned with all of the county records. Another fire in 1872 destroyed the temporary courthouse in Leesburg.

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Crisp
• Dougherty
• Sumter
• Terrell
• Worth

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Wills 1854-1858 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Digital Images of Wills 1854-1891. See names of testators. Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A, 1854-1966 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
• Lee 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), Lee 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).