Leon County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Leon County

County Courthouse
Leon County Courthouse 301 S Monroe Street Tallahassee, Florida 32302 850-577-4000

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate, court and land records from 1825 and military discharge records from 1914. County Health Department has birth, death and burial records.

Parent County
1824--Leon County was created 29 December 1824 from Gadsden County. County seat: Tallahassee

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

Populated Places
Tallahassee

Unincorportated Communities
Belair, Bradford, Centerville, Chaires, Felkel, Fort Braden, Lamonia, Meridian, Miccosukee, Ochlockonee, Wadesboro

Neighboring Counties

 * Gadsden
 * Grady County, Georgia
 * Jefferson
 * Liberty
 * Thomas County, Georgia
 * Wakulla

Cemeteries
MeadowWood Memorial Park 700 Timberlane Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312 850-893-4177

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battle was fought in Leon County.


 * March 6, 1865 = Natural Bridge

Map showing Civil War battles in Florida.

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
 * 1825-1932 - Leon County Marriage Index 1825-1932 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Death
City Owned Cemetery and Burial Information

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Tallahassee Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

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