Clay County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Clay County

County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse PO Box 698; Green Cove Springs, FL 32043-0698 Phone: 904.284.6317 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, court, and land records from 1872 and divorce records from 1859; County Health Department has birth and death rec from 1973

History


The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Clay County was created on December 31, 1858, from a section of Duval County. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, a famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky, and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century.

Parent County
1858--Clay County was created 31 December 1858 from Duval County. County seat: Green Cove Springs

Record Loss
1872 -- 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

 * Baker
 * Bradford
 * Duval
 * Putnam
 * St. Johns

African American

 * Florida African American Griots Project -  USGenWeb
 * Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

 * Florida Tombstone Transcription Project -  USGenWeb
 * Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
 * Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

Individual cemeteries:


 * Jacksonville Memory Garden, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace BillionGraves
 * Magnolia Cemetery, Orange Park BillionGraves

Census

 * 1783 Spanish Census -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1821 Census/Tax List Index -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1823 Census/Tax List Index -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Federal Census Information from National Archives -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * State Census Information from Florida State Archives -  USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Doctors Inlet

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories
History of Clay County, FLGenWeb

Maps

 * 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Military

 * Civil War Pensioners, Clay Co. FLGenWeb
 * Florida State Military Files - USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Pension Transcriptions -  Florida state pension records from various wars  -  USGenWeb Pension Project
 * Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
 * Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

 * Digitized Newspapers relating to Clay Co, at the FLGenWeb
 * Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

 * Florida Obituaries -  Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Vital Records

 * Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries

 * Florida State Historical Societies -  Listing by County
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Jacksonville Florida West Family History Center (Orange Park)

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Clay County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Clay County FLGenWeb Project
 * Clay County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.
 * Clay County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.