Coweta County, Georgia Genealogy

United States   Georgia    Coweta County

County Courthouse
Coweta County Courthouse 200 Court Square Newnan, GA 30263 Phone: 770.254.2690 Probate Court has birth and death records from 1919, marriage and probate records from 1828; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1828

Parent County
1826--Coweta County was created 11 December 1826 from Creek Indian Lands. County seat: Newnan

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Fayette
 * Fulton
 * Heard
 * Meriwether
 * Spalding
 * Troup

Local Histories

 * Jones, Mary G. Coweta County Chronicles for One Hundred Years: With an Account of the Indians from Whom the Land was Acquired, and Some Historical Papers Relating to Its Acquisition by Georgia, with Lineage Pages. Atlanta, Ga.: Stein Print. Co., 1928. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages
1827-1849; 1885-1886 Georgia Pioneers

Probate

 * Wills 1827-1847; 1849-1885; 1885-1910 (abstracts)Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Will Bk A 1828-1848 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Will Bk B 1848-1892 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Annual Returns Bk B 1837-1843 Georgia Pioneers

Death

 * 1859-60, 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).

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