Quitman County, Georgia Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Quitman County Courthouse PO Box 114 Georgetown, GA 31754-0114 Phone: 912.334.2578 Clerk Superior Court has birth records from 1927, marriage records from 1919, divorce records, divorce and court records from 1923 and land records  from 1879

Parent County
1858--Quitman County was created 10 December 1858 fromRandolph and Stewart Counties. County seat: Georgetown

Record Loss
1920 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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


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

Neighboring Counties

 * Barbour County, Alabama
 * Clay
 * Henry County, Alabama
 * Randolph
 * Stewart

Cemeteries
Georgetown Baptist Church The Quitman Echo. Eldridge and Shepard

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.
 * Quitman County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Quitman County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)