Calhoun County, Georgia Genealogy

United States   Georgia    Calhoun County

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

County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse 111 School St Morgan, GA 31766 Phone: 229.849.2715 Clerk Superior Court has divorce, land, military and court records from 1854. Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records.

Parent County
1854--Calhoun County was created 20 February 1854 from Baker and Early Counties.

County seat:  Morgan

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Georgia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps" (1758-1932) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1891 and 1920. The courthouse at Morgan burned 11 December 1891. Almost all records survived because of a fireproof vault. Again on 2 August 1920 the new wooden courthouse was destroyed, but the fire-proof vault saved the records.

Neighboring Counties
Baker County • Clay County • Dougherty County • Early County • Randolph County • Terrell County

Maps

 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Civil War

 * - 12th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company D
 * - 25th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company L
 * - 42nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)
 * - 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - Military - Civil War - Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project


 * Calhoun County Historical Society (Edison, Georgia). 1994. Against oblivion: a history of Calhoun County, Georgia. Alpharetta, Georgia: WH Wolfe Associates.(page 584, Ex-confedate Soldiers; List of Widows; )
 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Calhoun County). 1962. Pension records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah. (United States, Georgia, Calhoun - Military records - Pensions)

Newspapers
Newspapers Extracts and Abstracts

Vital Records
See also How to order Georgia Vital Records

Marriage

 * 1878-1909 - Calhoun County Marriage Index 1878-1909. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death

 * 1869-70 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * List of Georgia Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Calhoun County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Georgia 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.
 * Calhoun County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Calhoun County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)