Meriwether County, Georgia Genealogy

Guide to Meriwether County, Georgia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named for David Meriwether, a general in the American Revolutionary War and member of Congress from Georgia. The County is located in the west central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Meriwether County Courthouse PO Box 428 Greenville, GA 30222-0428 Phone: 706-672-1314 Meriwether County Website Probate Court has birth records from 1927, marriage records from 1828, death records from 1929 and probate records from 1838. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1827 and military discharge records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * Providence Church, Luthersville, Georgia, 1818 Members Georgia Pioneers ($)

Land and Property Records

 * 1735-1866 Georgian Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alpha index
 * 1783-1909 Headright and Bounty Plats, 1783-1909 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1805-1833 District Plats of Survey at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images organized by county and district
 * Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index

Local Histories

 * Hill, Ella Godwin. The History of Warm Springs, Georgia. Chastain, Ark.: Hillcroft Press, c1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * 1740s-? Historic Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1866 - 1935 County Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Military Records

 * Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images and alphabetical index
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Muster Rolls at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images; filter by commanding officer, service branch and regiment
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Pension Application Supplements - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
 * 1864 Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 - images; filter by county
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county


 * -2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry
 * - 1st Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (Confederate)
 * - 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company B
 * - 8th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company D
 * - 13th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) (Confederate), Company B
 * - 13th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company B
 * - 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 55th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies F and K
 * - 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
 * - 64th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - 2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry, Company E


 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County). 1963. Roster of Confederate soldiers, no. 1, 1861-1865. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County). 1963. Confederate soldiers and widows; Confederate pension rolls, 1896-1956. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Spanish-American War
 * 1898 Spanish-American War Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit

World War I World War II
 * 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical index
 * 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1940-1942 Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia
 * Historic newspapers for the region can be searched in The Georgia Historic Newspapers database. Additional records may be found in Georgia newspaper clippings : Meriwether County extracts, 1828-1889.

Other Records
Voting Records 
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1733-1753 Colonial Wills at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1742-1990 (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1825-1902 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1828-1841 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book A, 1828-1841 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1828-1963 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1830-1930 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1831-1903 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1839-1859 Wills, Book A, 1839-1859 (digital images) See names of testators Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1841-1846 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book B, 1841-1846 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1845-1852 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book C, 1845-1852 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1851-1880 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1852-1855 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book D, 1852-1855 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1852-1873 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book G, 1862-1873 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1856-1859 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book F, 1856-1859 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1856-1881 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1856-1888 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book H, 1865-1888 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1858-1863 Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book E, 1858-1863 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1859-1903 Index to Will Book B, 1859-1903 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1865-1905 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Meriwether County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, index and images

Birth

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Marriage

 * 1560-1993 Georgia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
 * 1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1754-1960  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1785-1950  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1828-1843 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1828-1886 Meriwether County Marriage Books A thru E Index 1828-1886. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1843-1866 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1843-1866 Marriage License Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1866-1877 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1877-1880 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1880-1866 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1885-1886 Marriages (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1886-1895 Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1886-1895 Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
 * 1914-1927  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - index and images
 * 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1928-1942  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index

Societies
Meriwether Historical Society PO Box 741 Greenville, GA 30222-0741 Meriwether Historical Society Meriwether Historical Society Facebook

Georgia State Archives 5800 Jonesboro Road Morrow, GA 30260 Phone: 678-364-3700 Georgia State Archives Georgia State Archives Facebook

Georgia Historical Society Street address: 501 Whitaker Street Mailing address: 104 W. Gaston Street Savannah, GA 31401 Phone: 	912-651-2125 Toll Free: 877-424-4789 Email: [mailto:ghslib@georgiahistory.com ghslib@georgiahistory.com] Georgia Historical Society

Georgia Genealogical Society PO Box 550247 Atlanta, Georgia 30355-2747 Georgia Genealogical Society

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Meriwether County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Meriwether County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records