Lumpkin County, Georgia Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Wilson Lumpkin, who at the time was governor of Georgia. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Lumpkin County Courthouse 99 Courthouse Hill, Suite A Dahlonega, GA 30533-1167 Phone: 706-864-3742 Lumpkin County Website Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial, and probate records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1833.

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

 * Lumpkin County Bible Records at Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Lumpkin County, Georgia Bible Records Index at Rootsweb

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1833-1858 (*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1833-1888 (*); Inferior Court and Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1833-1901 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1833-1903 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1834-1879 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1835-1937 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1847-1884 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1896 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1872-1912 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1883-1936 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1885-1941 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1895-1917 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images


 * Homestead Schedules, Lumpkin County, Georgia 1868-1882. By Court of Ordinary, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Lunacy Record Lumpkin County - August 1901-January 1950. Court of Ordinary, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Minute Book 1853-1871. Court of Ordinary, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Minutes of Poor School Fund 1847-1857. Court of Ordinary, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Records of Homestead, Book A 1868-1869. Court of Ordinary, Lumpkin County, Georgia. Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

Funeral Homes

 * Anderson-Underwood Funeral Home in Dahlonega
 * Dahlonega Funeral Home in Dahlonega

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
 * 1868 - 1869 Homestead Records Georgia Pioneers.com($)
 * Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index

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


 * - 1st Regiment, Georgia Cavalry (Confederate),
 * - 1st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Ramsey's) (Confederate), Company H
 * - 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies C and D


 * Cain, Andrew W. 1978. History of Lumpkin County for the first hundred years, 1832-1932. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co. (Page 142-180) ;

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

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 and images
 * 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1833-1850 Names of Families in Lumpkin County Genealogy, Wills, Estates, Marriages, Church Records at Georgia Pioneers.com ($)
 * 1833-1852 Wills, Administrations and Guardian Bonds, Lumpkin County : A-1 1833-1852. Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1833-1923 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1844-1906 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1853-1871 Minute Book. By Georgia Court of Ordinary (Lumpkin County). Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1855-1890 Record of Returns, 1855-1890. By Georgia Court of Ordinary (Lumpkin County). Lumpkin County, Georgia : Lumpkin County, Georgia, n.d. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * 1856-1912 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1883-1936 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1885-1941 (*); Court of Ordinary 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.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

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
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1833-1849 Lumpkin County Marriage Index 1833-1849. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1845-1884 Lumpkin County Marriage Books A and B Index 1845-1884. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1884-1895 Lumpkin County Marriage Book C Index 1884-1895. 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

Archives
Georgia Archives University System of Georgia 5800 Jonesboro Road Morrow, GA 30260 678-364-3700 Website Facebook

FamilySearch Centers

 * Dahlonega Georgia FamilySearch Center (Dawsonville)

Societies
Georgia Genealogical Society PO Box 550247 Atlanta, Georgia 30355-2747 Email: [mailto:publicity@gagensociety.org publicity@gagensociety.org] Website Facebook Georgia Historical Society Street address: 501 Whitaker Street Mailing address: 104 W Gaston Street Savannah, GA 31401 912-651-2125, 877-424-4789 Email: [mailto:webmaster@georgiahistory.com webmaster@georgiahistory.com] Website Facebook Lumpkin County Historical Society 75 Enota St PO Box 894 Dahlonega, GA 30533 706-864-6684 Email: [mailto:lchsociety@gmail.com lchsociety@gmail.com] Website Facebook Northeast Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 907085 Gainesville, GA 30501 Email: [mailto:NEGAHistorical@Yahoo.com NEGAHistorical@Yahoo.com] Website Facebook Northwest Georgia Historical and Genealogical Society PO Box 5063 Rome, Georgia 30162-5063 Email: [mailto:patmillican@yahoo.com patmillican@yahoo.com] Website Southern Appalachian Genealogy Email: [mailto:genealogicalme@gmail.com genealogicalme@gmail.com] Facebook

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Lumpkin County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this 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