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Georgia Quitman County
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County Courthouse
Quitman County Courthouse
PO Box 114
Georgetown, GA 31754-0114
Phone: 912.334.2578
Clerk Superior Court has birth records from 1927,
marriage records from 1919, divorce records,
divorce and court records from 1923 and land
records from 1879[1]
History
Parent County
1858--Quitman County was created 10 December 1858 fromRandolph and Stewart Counties.
County seat: Georgetown [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1920 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Georgetown Cemetery [3]
Georgetown Cemetery Private (Afr-Am) [4]
List of Cemeteries in Quitman County: http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/cemetery.html
Church
Georgetown Baptist Church [5]
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/cemetery.html
Court
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/court.html
Administration & Guardianship Bonds
Bland, Jasper Orphans David and Jasper (Bond) 1899
Bland, Mary J. Belcher (Guardianship) 1872
Dowdy, Woodson H. Orphans (Guardianship) 1865
Guerry, T. S. (Guardianship) 1865
Griffin, Lunsford Eleanor and children (Exemplification) 1864
Guilford, J. M. (Guardianship) 1894
Harrison, William Orphans (Guardianship) 1866
Kaigler, Orphans (Guardianship) 1898
Matthews, Lucy C. and John W. (Guardianship) 1864
Moore, William F. (Guardianship) 1864
Ogletree, J. E. (Request to Sell Land) 1893
Phillips, J. E. (Guardianship)
Slayton, Mary (Bond) 1864
Whitaker, John Bland Minors (Estate) 1898 [6]
Land
Local Histories
Maps
http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/histcountymaps/quitman1863map.htm
Military
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/military.html
Military - War of 1812
1883 Pensioners
Military - Civil War
11th Regiment Company I
11th Ga Regiment Company I History
51st Regiment Company G
61st Regiment Company F
Civil War from "The Quitman Echo"
Quitman Grays History From "The Quitman Echo"
Military - World War I Description
Tye, J. P. WWI Draft 1917
World War I from "The Quitman Echo" [7]
Newspapers
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/news.html
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/news.html
A Grand Old Church, Liberty Baptist Church at Grooverville 1893
Flewellen, James T. Trustee's Sale 1870
Hopper, Mr. G. C . Retires January 10, 1930
Hopper, George Carroll Funeral October 31, 1932
Joint Resolutions Lead To Ga / Al Border War [8]
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/vitals.html
1919 Death Index
1920 Death Index
1921-1924 Death Index
1926 Death Index
1927 Death Index
1928 Death Index
1929 Death Index
1930 Death Index
Barrett, Elizabeth 1923
Harrell, Hugh L 1969 [9]
1875 - 1885 Marriages
1875 - 1885 Marriages (Partial)
1885 - 1891 Marriages Surnames A - L
1885 - 1891 Marriages Surnames M - Z [10]
Societies and Libraries
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
- Quitman County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Quitman County, Georgia. Page 159 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ The Quitman Echo by Eldridge and Shepard
- ↑ The Quitman Echo by Eldridge and Shepard
- ↑ The Quitman Echo by Eldridge and Shepard
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/court.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/military.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/news.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/vitals.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/vitals.html
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