Pickens County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Pickens County

County Courthouse
Pickens County Courthouse 52 North Main Street Jasper, GA 30143 Phone: 706.692.2014 Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial, and probate records; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1854

Parent County
1853--Pickens County was created 5 December 1853 from Cherokee and Gilmer Counties. County seat:  Jasper

Record Loss
1947 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Bartow
 * Cherokee
 * Dawson
 * Gilmer
 * Gordon

Court
Divorces 1885-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

Local Histories

 * Tate, Luke E. History of Pickens County. Atlanta, Ga.: Press of W.W. Brown Pub. Co., c1935. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Newspapers

 * Legal Advertising 1868-1873 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Probate
1. Index to Will Book A, 1854-1887 Georgia Pioneers

2. Index to Will Book B, 1887-1935 Georgia Pioneers

3. Index to Inventories, Appraisements, Estates, Book A, 1854-1880 Georgia Pioneers

4. Wills, 1854-1887 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

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.
 * Pickens County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers