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County Courthouse

McDuffie County Courthouse
337 Main Street PO Box 158;
Thomson, GA 30824-0028
Phone: 706.595.2134 

Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records from 1872;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce from 1872, court and land records
from 1870^[1]

History

Parent County

1870--McDuffie County was created 18 October 1870 from Columbia and Warren Counties.
County seat:  Thomson ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Columbia
• Jefferson
• Lincoln
• Richmond
• Warren
• Wilkes

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

• Quaker Records (Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths) from Wrightsboro Meeting House, Thomson, Georgia Georgia Pioneers

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Wills 1872-1885 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Inventories, Sales, Appraisements, Years' Support, 1871-1927 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
• McDuffie 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), McDuffie County, Georgia. Page 158 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).