Toombs County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Toombs County

County Courthouse
Toombs County Courthouse 100 Courthouse Square Lyons, GA 30436 Phone: 912.526.3501 Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records from 1905; Clerk superior Court has divorce, court, and land records from 1905

Parent County
1905--Toombs County was created 18 August 1905 from Emanuel, Tattnall and Montgomery Counties. County seat: Lyons

Record Loss
COURTHOUSE IS DESTROYED Toombs County Loses Structure Valued at $50,000 - Partial Insurance. LYONS, Nov. 21. -- The Toombs County courthouse was destroyed by fire early today, causing a loss estimated at $50,000. The county carried insurance of $30,000 on the building. Records are believed to be safe in the vaults.

The Macon Daily Telegraph, Macon, GA 22 Nov 1917

Toombs County's first courthouse was a brick structure built in 1906. The building was destroyed by fire in 1917 and rebuilt in 1919.

http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/courthouses/toombsCH.htm (source:GenDisasters)

Neighboring Counties

 * Appling
 * Candler
 * Emanuel
 * Jeff Davis
 * Montgomery
 * Tattnall
 * Treutlen

Cemeteries
LDS Cemetery Records

US Vol 5 page 151 - McCullough Cemetery page 151 - Off in The Woods Cemetery page 152 - Mount Zion Cemetery page 152 - Mobley Family Cemetery page 153 - Stanley Cemetery page 153 - Reedy Creek Cemetery page 154 - Vaughn Cemetery page 154 - Moseley Family Cemetery page 154 - Bazemore Cemetery

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