Toombs County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Toombs County

Guide to Toombs County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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)