Cobb County, Georgia Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Thomas W. Cobb. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Cobb County Courthouse 100 Cherokee Street Marietta, GA 30060 Phone: 770-528-3300 Cobb County Website Probate Court has marriage, death and probate records from 1865. Clerk Superior Court has land and divorce records. Magistrate Court has court records.

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:

Cemeteries
The following web site may have additional information on Cobb County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Georgia cemetery records
 * The Marietta National Cemetery by Findagrave.com is the grave site for 10,172 officers and soldiers who died in defense of the Union 1861 to 1865. This site has the photos of headstones at the graves.
 * Marietta, Georgia, Marietta National Cemetery, 1866-2010. Digital version at Ancestry ($)
 * Mars Hill Presbyterian Church Registry, Acworth, Georgia, 1837-1874 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records
The Brantley Association of America Project has digitized and indexed many records from the Cobb County Courthouse including:


 * Marriage Records, 1865-1
 * Homestead Book, 1866-1
 * Estate Records, 1866-1
 * Wills, 1866-1
 * Minute Books, 1865-1
 * Minute Book A, 1865-1871 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Confederate Pensions, 1891-1

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * 1874-1943 Cobb County Colored Marriage Licenses and Old Affidavits Index 1874-1943. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1879-1905 Cobb County Colored Marriage Books A thru C Index 1879-1905. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1905-1935 Cobb County Colored Marriage Books C thru E Index 1905-1935. Batch  at FamilySearch

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Military Records

 * Georgia 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)
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index


 * -7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies D, H, and I
 * -18th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
 * - 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies F and H
 * - 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies B and C
 * - 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F


 * Confederate pensioners of Cobb County, Georgia. 1989. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
 * Temple, Sarah Blackwell Gober. 1935. The first hundred years; a short history of Cobb county, in Georgia. Atlanta: Walter W. Brown Pub. Co. (chapter 16-24)

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battles were fought in Cobb County.


 * June 9-July 3, 1864 Marietta (Operations), also known as Marietta Operations
 * June 22, 1864 Kolb's Farm
 * June 27, 1864 Kennesaw Mountain
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

World War II 
 * World War II Military Registrants Georgia Pioneers ($)

World War I
 * 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images

Newspapers

 * The Atlanta Weekly Intelligencer and Cherokee Advocate (1855-later 1800s) — sixteen issues available from 1855
 * This newspaper covered Atlanta, Fulton County and Marietta, Cobb County

Other Records
Voting Records 
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1742-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1857-1904 Wills 1857-1904 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1865-1873 Estates, Miscellaneous in the Inferior Court 1865-1873 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1865-1925 Estates, folder collection at Cobb County Court House, 1865-1925 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)

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.

Birth

 * 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
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1865-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1865-1890 Cobb County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1865-1890. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1865-1937 Index to Groom Names Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1890-1911 Cobb County Marriage Books D and E Index 1890-1911. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1926 Cobb County Marriage Books F thru H Index 1911-1926. Batch  at FamilySearch

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 ($)
 * 1928-1942  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index

Divorce

 * 1885-1886 Divorces at Georgia Pioneers ($)

Societies

 * Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society P.O. Box 1432 Marietta, GA 30061 Website
 * Cobb County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1413 Marietta, GA, 30061-1413 Website
 * Northeast Cobb Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1413 Marietta, GA 30061

Websites

 * Cobb County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Cobb County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Cobb 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