Walton County, Florida Genealogy

Guide to Walton County, Florida ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States   Florida    Walton County

Quick Dates
Walton County's civil records start the following years:

County Courthouse


Walton County Courthouse 571 East Nelson Ave PO Box 1260 De Funiak Springs, FL 32433-0000 Phone: 850-892-8118

CLerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1885, probate records from 1882, divorce, court and land records, newspaper records from 1905. County Health Department has birth and death records.

Parent County
1824--Walton County was created 29 December 1824 from Escambia County. County seat: De Funiak Springs

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Florida county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Florida County Boundary Maps" (1821-1997) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Bay
 * Covington County, Alabama
 * Geneva County, Alabama
 * Holmes
 * Okaloosa
 * Washington

African American

 * Florida African American Griots Project -  USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Walton County Cemeteries ~ partial list of cemeteries/transcriptions  ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Elgin Air Force Base Tombstones ~ photos  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

Census

 * 1783 Spanish Census -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1821 Census/Tax List Index -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1823 Census/Tax List Index -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Federal Census Information from National Archives -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * State Census Information from Florida State Archives -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Church
Florida Church Listing ~ Church Angel

Land

 * Davis Land Records, Walton County ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories

 * 1902 Medical Directories ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Walton County Biographies ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * Family Maps of Walton County, Florida (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Exploring Florida, FCIT Maps, University of South Florida

Military

 * Some Military Land Grants In Walton Co. FL For Soldiers Of The War Of 1812~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Some Military Land Grants In Walton Co. FL For Soldiers Of The Indian Wars ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Some Military Land Grants In Walton Co. FL For Soldiers Of The Mexican War ~ USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Florida State Military Files - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Pension Transcriptions -  Florida state pension records from various wars  -  USGenWeb Pension Project
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library
 * Beach Breeze - paper combined with DeFuniak Herald. 17 full-text issues spanning 2005-2008 available via Google Newspaper Archive

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives
 * Voters in First Florida Election 1845 ~  USGenWeb Archives Project

Birth Records

 * 1880 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index

Death Records

 * 1877 - 1939 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1900 - 1921 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1877 - 1998 at FamilySearch.org — index

Divorce Records

 * 1927 - 2001 Florida, Divorce Index, 1927-2001 at Ancestry.com — index $

Marriage Records

 * 1837 - 1974 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1830 - 1993 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1822 - 1875 and 1927 - 2001 at FamilySearch.org — index/images

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Florida Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
 * The West Florida Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * DeFuniak Springs Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Walton County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * The FLGenWeb Project
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Walton County, Florida Genealogy and FamilyHistory (Linkpendium)
 * Walton County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project
 * USGenWeb Archives Project