Harris County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Harris County

County Courthouse
Harris County Courthouse PO Box 528 Hamilton, GA 31811-0528 Phone: 706.628.4944

Probate Court has marriage and probate records; Clerk Superior Court has land records from 1827, divorce and court records from 1927; County Health Department has birth and death records

Parent County
1827--Harris County was created 14 December 1827 from Muscogee and Troup Counties. County seat: Hamilton

Record Loss
1865 -- Fire set by Federal Troops, but quickly extinguished.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Chambers County, Alabama
 * Lee County, Alabama
 * Meriwether
 * Muscogee
 * Talbot
 * Troup

Probate

 * Wills, Book 1, 1835-1849 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, Book 2, 1850-1875 (digital images). See names of Testators. Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Will Book 1, 1850-1875 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Will Book 2, 1873-1932 Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Misc. Estates, Book B, 1837-1844 Georgia Pioneers

Vital Records
Marriages


 * Index to Harris County Marriages 1828-1860
 * Index to Harris County Marriages 1859-1872 Georgia Pioneers

Death

 * 1869-70, 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).


 * 1879-80 - Hamilton Mortality Schedules 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.
 * Harris County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers