Richmond County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Richmond County

County Courthouse
Richmond County Courthouse 530 Green Street Augusta, GA 30911-0001 Phone: 760.821.2460 Clerk Superior Court has land records from 1778 and court records; Probate Court has marriage and probate records

Parent County
1777--Richmond County was created 5 February 1777 from St. Paul Parish. County seat: Augusta

Neighboring Counties

 * Aiken County, South Carolina
 * Burke
 * Columbia
 * Edgefield County, South Carolina
 * Jefferson
 * McDuffie

Cemeteries
Richmond County, Georgia Lists at Find a Grave

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Augusta

Court
Teachers Employed from 1873 to 1881 in Richmond County Georgia Pioneers

Local Histories

 * Augusta. Augusta, Ga.: Tidwell Print. Supply Co., 1938. Digital version at Ancestry ($). See also Ancestry ($).


 * Clark, Walter A. A Lost Arcadia, or, The Story of My Old Community. Augusta, Ga.: Chronicle Job Print., 1909. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Dellquest, Augustus Wilfrid. Historic Augusta: A Brief Description of the Monuments and Places of Historical Interest in and around Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga.: A.W. Dellquest Book Co., 1917. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Jones, Charles Colcock. Memorial History of Augusta, Georgia: From Its Settlement in 1735 to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason &amp; Co., 1890. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages
1885-1886 Marriages from old Newspapers Georgia Pioneers

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Richmond County for European settlers included:


 * Savannah River pre-historic
 * Occaneechi Path pre-historic
 * Lower Creek Trading Path pre-historic
 * Cisca and St. Augustine Trail (or Nickajack Trail) pre-historic
 * Fort Moore-Charleston Trail about 1716
 * Fall Line Road about 1735
 * Augusta-Savannah Trail 1739
 * Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s
 * Augusta-St. Augustine Trail
 * Augusta and Cherokee Trail about 1777

Probate

 * Wills, Book A, 1777-1798 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1798-1810 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1810-1829 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1839-1844 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1845-1853 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills 1777-1958 Georgia Pioneers

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