Randolph County, Georgia Genealogy

Guide to Randolph 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 the Virginia planter and politician, John Randolph. The County is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Randolph County Courthouse 208 Court Street Cuthbert, GA 31740 Phone: 229-732-6440 Randolph County Website Probate Court has marriage, probate records from 1835. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and land records from 1835.

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:

Bible Records

 * Randolph County Bible Records at Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1837-1841 (*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1838-1890 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1841-1859 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1841-1890 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1842-1869 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images


 * 1845-1870 (*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1848-1862 (*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1852-1871 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1862-1877 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1866-1913 (*); Court of Ordinary and County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Funeral Homes

 * Community Funeral Service in Shellman (Facebook)
 * Lunsford Funeral Home Cuthbert and Shellman
 * Murphy Mortuary Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Cuthbert
 * Perkins Funeral Home in Cuthbert

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

 * Randolph County Historical Society. Randolph County, Georgia. Fernandina Beach, Florida.: Wolfe Pub., c1997, 1999. Available at the Family History Library.
 * Suarez, Annette McDonald. A source book on the early history of Cuthbert and Randolph County, Georgia. Atlanta, Georgia.: Cherokee, c1982. Available at the Family History Library.

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, Georgia Cavalry (Confederate), Company G
 * - 5th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 11th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I
 * - 13th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) (Confederate), Company E
 * - 13th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company B
 * - 51st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
 * - 55th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies A, G and H
 * - 64th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H


 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Randolph County). 1962. Pension records. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
 * Aldridge, Christine. 1994. Early miscellaneous Georgia records. Nacogdoches, Tex: Printed &amp; distributed by Partin Publications. (read the index)

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 ($)
 * Evans, Tad. Georgia Newspaper Clippings, Randolph County Extracts. Savannah, GA.: 2012. Available at the Family History Library.
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia

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 ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1835-1840 Index to Will Book A, 1835-1840 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1835-1840 Wills, 1835-1840 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1835-1916 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Randolph County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Includes index to wills and images
 * 1837-1845 Index to Wills 1837-1845 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1840-1943 (*); Georgia. Inferior Court (Randolph County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Partial index and images
 * 1845-1856 Index to Miscellaneous Estates 1845-1856 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1857-1858 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Randolph County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1858-1907 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Randolph County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1861-1867 Index to Annual Returns 1861-1867 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1867-1872 Index to Annual Returns 1867-1872 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1870-1916 Index to Will Book B, 1870-1916 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1872-1882 Index to Annual Returns 1872-1882 Georgia Pioneers ($)

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
 * 1875-1877 Randolph County Birth Index 1875-1877. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1875-1877 Randolph County Births: 1875-1877 Georgia Pioneers ($)

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
 * 1787-1962  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1837-1839  Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1837-1860 Randolph County Marriage Index 1837-1860. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1856-1865 Randolph County Marriage Index 1856-1865. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1879-1894 Randolph County Marriage Index 1879-1894. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1895 Randolph County Marriage Index 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
Randolph Historical Society Route 1, Box 1005 Shellman, GA 31786 Mailing Address: PO Box 456 Cuthbert, GA 31740 Phone: 912-679-5165 Randolph Historical Society

Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society PO Box 4672 Albany, GA 31706 Southwest Georgia Genealogical Society

Historic Chattahoochee Commission LaGrange, GA 30240 Phone: 706-845-8440 Historic Chattahoochee Commission Historic Chattahoochee Commission 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

 * Randolph County ARGenWeb
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Randoph County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * New Georgia Encyclopedia - http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/randolph-county
 * - 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

Research Guides

 * Research Help guides for Georgia can be found through the Georgia Archives online at http://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/research