Elbert County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Elbert County

County Courthouse
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court, land and cemetery records, from 1790 and military from 1922; Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records

Parent County
1790--Elbert County was created 10 December 1790 from Wilkes County. County seat: Elberton

Neighboring Counties

 * Abbeville County, South Carolina
 * Anderson County, South Carolina
 * Hart
 * Lincoln
 * Madison
 * McCormick County, South Carolina
 * Oglethorpe
 * Wilkes

African American

 * In Those Days is an oral history from elderly African Americans in Elbert County, Georgia, and Abbeville County, South Carolina.

Local Histories

 * McIntosh, John H. The Official History of Elbert County, 1790-1935. Elberton, Ga.: The Chapter, c1940. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages

 * 1817; 1885-1886 (from old newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

Migration
Early migration routes to Elbert County for European settlers included:


 * Savannah River pre-historic
 * Occaneechi Path pre-historic
 * Middle Creek Trading Path pre-historic
 * Fall Line Road about 1735
 * Augusta-Savannah Trail 1740s
 * Augusta and Cherokee Trail 1740s
 * Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s
 * Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail in South Carolina about 1765
 * Ft. Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path in South Carolina about 1765

Probate

 * Wills 1791-1826, Books A-M (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Index to Will Book 1835-1860 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Index to Misc. Wills, Inventories, Letters of Administration, 1791-1806 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Digital Images of Elbert County Wills 1836-1860. See names of Testators. Georgia Pioneers

Death

 * 1869-70 - 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.
 * Elbert County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)