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Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 2.3 Record Loss 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 3.2 Neighboring Counties 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Church 4.3 Court 4.4 Land 4.5 Local Histories 4.6 Maps 4.7 Military 4.8 Newspapers 4.9 Probate 4.10 Taxation 4.11 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries  5.1 Family History Centers 6 Web Sites 7 References

County Courthouse

<img src="/learn/wiki/en/images/6/62/Walton_County%2C_Georgia_Courthouse.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="Walton County, Georgia Courthouse.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_width="200" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="Walton County, Georgia Courthouse.jpg" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" style="width: 200;" />  Walton County; PO Box 585; Monroe, GA 30655-0585;
Ph. 770.267.1301
Details:

• Pro Ct has m & pro rec from 1819;
• Clk sup Ct has land rec from 1819 & div rec from 1900;
• Magistrate Ct has ct rec from 1900;
• Co Hlth dept has b & d rec from 1919)

History

Parent County

1818--Walton County was created 15 December 1818 from Creek Indian Lands. County seat: Monroe ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• <a href="Barrow County, Georgia">Barrow</a>
• <a href="Gwinnett County, Georgia">Gwinnett</a>
• <a href="Morgan County, Georgia">Morgan</a>
• <a href="Newton County, Georgia">Newton</a>
• <a href="Oconee County, Georgia">Oconee</a>
• <a href="Rockdale County, Georgia">Rockdale</a>

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• 1819-1839 - Digital Images of Walton County Wills and Estates 1819-1839 at <a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywalton.html">Georgia Pioneers</a> ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1885-1886 - Walton County Marriages from Newspapers 1885-1886 at <a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countywalton.html">Georgia Pioneers</a> ($).
  

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">Introduction to LDS Family History Centers</a>

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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• <a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/GA/Walton/">Walton County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History</a> (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers <a href="http://www.georgiapioneers.com Georgia">Pioneers</a>

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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