Jackson County, Florida Genealogy

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

United States   Florida    Jackson County

County Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 2864 Madison Court; PO Box 510; Marianna, FL 32447 Ph. 850.482.9552

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1845, land records from 1824, divorce, divorce, military and court records from 1900.

History


The county is named after Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) who became Seventh President of the United States in 1829.

Parent County
1822--Jackson County was created 12 August 1822 from Escambia County. County seat: Marianna

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
November 30, 1848 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. For a list of record loss in Florida counties see: Florida Counties with Burned Courthouses

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:


 * Arlene Eakle, When the Records are Gone in the Tennessee Genealogy Blog.
 * Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle.

Neighboring Counties

 * Bay
 * Calhoun
 * Decatur County, Georgia
 * Gadsden
 * Geneva County, Alabama
 * Holmes
 * Houston County, Alabama
 * Liberty
 * Seminole County, Georgia
 * Washington

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Sink Creek

Maps

 * Maps of Florida (1821-1997)
 * Family Maps of Jackson County, Florida (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Marriage

 * 1848-1929 - Jackson County Marriage Books A-F, 1-14 Index 1848-1929 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Marianna Florida Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Jackson County, FL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Florida Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Florida Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Jackson County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jackson County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Jackson County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.