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United States Georgia Schley County

County Courthouse

Schley County Courthouse
PO Box 352;
Ellaville, GA 31806
Phone: 912.937.2609 

Probate Court has birth, death and burial records from 1927,
marriage records from 1858 and probate records; Clerk Superior
has divorce, court and land records from 1850^[1]

History

Parent County

1857--Schley County was created 22 December 1857 from Marion and Sumter Counties. County seat: Ellaville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Macon
• Marion
• Sumter
• Taylor

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1885-1886 Marriages from old newspapers Georgia Pioneers

Military 

  Veterans Records, World War I Georgia Pioneers

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills, 1858-1865 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A, 1858-1905 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns, Inventories, Vouchers, Appraisements, Dismissions, Book A, 1858-1869 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns, Inventories, Appraisements, Vouchers, Dismissions, Book B, 1869-1885 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
• Schley 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), Schley County, Georgia. Page 159 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).