Liberty County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Liberty County

County Courthouse
Liberty County Courthouse Courthouse Square; PO Box 829 Hinesville, GA 31313-3240 Phone: 912.876.2164 Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from late 1700’s, birth records from 1919 and death records from 1927; Clerk of Court has divorce, court and land records from 1756; some early records lost

Parent County
1777--Liberty County was created 5 February 1777 from St. Andrew, St. James and St. John Parishes. County seat: Hinesville

Neighboring Counties

 * Bryan
 * Evans
 * Long
 * McIntosh
 * Tattnall

Cemeteries

 * Midway Church Burials, Midway, Georgia Georgia Pioneers

Church

 * Midway Congregational Church Records, Liberty County, Georgia. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Stacy, James. History of the Midway Congregational Church, Liberty County, Georgia. 1951. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Court

 * 1870 Residents, physical descriptions of Persons (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Local Histories

 * Taylors Creek: Story of the Community and Her People Through 200 years. Pearson, Ga.: Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, 1963. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Probate

 * Estates 1823-1829 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Estates 1784-1791, by surname (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills and Appraisements, Book A, 1789-1823 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills and Appraisements, Book B, 1824-1850 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills and Appraisements, Book C, 1863-1873 Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills 1772-1887 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills 1779-1823 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Vital Records

 * 1785-1895 - Owen, Clint. Liberty County, Georgia Marriages, 1785-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. Digital version 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.
 * Liberty County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers