Hancock County, Georgia Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for John Hancock. The County is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Hancock County Courthouse 12630 Broad Street Sparta, GA 31087 Phone: 706-444-6644 Hancock County Website Probate Court has birth and death records from 1927, marriage records from 1805 and probate records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1919 and land records from 1794.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Hancock County Bible Records at Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Hancock County, Ga. Bible Records at Georgia Genealogy
 * James Walker Bible of Hancock Co. at Google Books

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1794-1900 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1794-1903 (*); Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1800-1876 (*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1800-1905 (*); Inferior and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1807-1901 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1833-1918 (*); Superior and Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1845-1858 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Georgia Newspaper Clippings : Hancock County Extracts; v. 02. 2000. By Tad Evans. Savannah, Georgia : Tad Evans. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

The Uncle Remus Regional Library System website has posted a variety of digitized microfilm court records for Hancock County. Note: ledger indexes may sometimes be found at the end of each microfilm reel.
 * Annual returns
 * Bonds
 * Deeds and mortgages
 * Dismission
 * Guardianship
 * Inventory and appraisment
 * Marriages
 * Minutes
 * Pony homesteads
 * Record of wills
 * Wills and estates
 * Writs
 * Years support

Funeral Homes

 * Ingram Brothers Funeral Home in Sparta
 * Warren Brothers Mortuary in Sparta (Facebook)

Genealogies

 * [Jackson] Brandenberger, Evelyn Duke. "The Jacksons of Lower Virginia". . Searchable online at American Ancestors by NEHGS ($). Enter volume and page number. (See detailed vol and page num listing below).
 * Vol. 30, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1986):163-169; Vol. 30, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):288-295; Vol. 31, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1987):11-18; Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1987):101-111; Vol. 31, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1987):195-204; Vol. 31, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1987):269-278; Vol. 32, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1988):49-57; Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1988):119-130; Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1988):185-192; Vol. 32, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1988):259-263; Vol. 33, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1989):34-44; Vol. 33, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1989):135-143; Vol. 33, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1989):204-207; Vol. 33, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1989):295-304.

Land and Property Records
Digitized microfilm of Hancock County deed and mortgage books covering the years 1794 through 1900, and Index books for the years 1794 through 1961 can be found at Deeds and mortgages (Uncle Remus Regional Library System). Note: in some cases, indexes of the individual ledgers can be found at the end of the microfilm roll.

Online Land Indexes and Records
 * 1735-1866 Georgian Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alpha index
 * 1783-1909 Headright and Bounty Plats, 1783-1909 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1784-1785 Land Grants (images). Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1784-1787 Images of Land Court Minutes. Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1793-1798 Deeds images. Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1805-1833 District Plats of Survey at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images organized by county and district
 * Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * 1740s-? Historic Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1866 - 1935 County Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Military Records

 * Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images and alphabetical index
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Muster Rolls at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images; filter by commanding officer, service branch and regiment
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Pension Application Supplements - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
 * 1863 Georgia Militia (names, ages, where born). Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1864 Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 - images; filter by county
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county


 * - 6th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
 * - 15th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies E and K
 * - 49th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I
 * - 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I


 * Smith, Elizabeth Wiley, and Sara Smith Carnes. 1974. The history of Hancock County, Georgia. Washington, Ga: Wilkes Pub. Co. (page 132-142)
 * Shivers, Forrest. 1990. The land between: a history of Hancock County, Georgia to 1940. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co. (page 153-169)
 * Georgia. 1961. Confederate soldiers book, 1893; soldiers and widows pension rolls, 1890 -1943. [S.l.]: Mann Film Laboratories.

Spanish-American War
 * 1898 Spanish-American War Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit

World War I World War II
 * 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical index
 * 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1940-1942 Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia

Other Records
Voting Records 
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1856-1909 at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1733-1753 Colonial Wills at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1742-1990 (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1793-1800 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1794-1903 (*); Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1794-1958 (*); Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — partial index and images
 * 1804-1881 Families in Hancock County, Georgia Wills and Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1856-1908 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1860-1920 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1863-1909 (*);Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1863-1957 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1882-1914 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1885-1959 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, index and images

Birth

 * 1863 Hancock County Birth Index 1863. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Marriage

 * 1560-1993 Georgia, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index ($)
 * 1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1754-1960  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1785-1950  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1787-1962  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1806-1879 Hancock County Marriage Books 1 thru 3 Index 1806-1879. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1808-1901 Hancock County Marriage Books online at the Digital Archives of Georgia.
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1869-1876 Hancock County Marriage Books 4 thru 6 Index 1869-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1876-1880 Hancock County Marriage Books 7 and 8 Index 1876-1880. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1880-1882 Hancock County Marriage Books 9 and 10 Index 1880-1882. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1882-1886 Hancock County Marriage Book 11 Index 1882-1886. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1886-1891 Hancock County Marriage Book 12 Index 1886-1891. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1891-1900 Hancock County Marriage Book 13 Index 1891-1900. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * '''1808-1866 Marriage records images. Georgia Pioneers ($)

Death

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
 * 1914-1927  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - index and images
 * 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1928-1942  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index

Voter Records

 * 1856-1941 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, index and images

Societies
Sparta Hancock County Historical Society 9687 Jones Street Sparta, Georgia 31087 706-444-7412 Email: [mailto:RSJoslyn@aol.com RSJoslyn@aol.com] Email: [mailto:maurielj@aol.com maurielj@aol.com] Website Facebook East Georgia Genealogical Society, Inc. PO Box 117 Winder, GA 30680-0117 Email: [mailto:gaeggs@yahoo.com gaeggs@yahoo.com] Website Facebook

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Hancock County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Hancock County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records