Jackson County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Jackson County

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

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 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.

Probate
Online Records
 * 1784 – 1990 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1810 – 1974 Florida Wills and Probate Records 1810-1974 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

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
 * 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 &amp; 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.