Appling County, Georgia Genealogy

Guide to Appling 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 Daniel Appling and is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Appling County Courthouse 83 South Oak Street Baxley, GA 31513-2097 Phone: 912-367-8100 Appling County Website

Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and burial records. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce, probate and court 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:

Bible Records

 * Appling County Bible Records Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Cemeteries

 * 1949-1969 (*) at FamilySearch

US Vol. 5 page 74

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1856-1934 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1922 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1874-1882 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1874-1897 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1879-1958 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1881-1922 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1890-1959 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1894-1900 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1897-1953 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1898-1916 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1898-1921 (*); City Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1899-1928 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1900-1926 (*); City Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1904-1957 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans

African American research page on the Coastal Georgia History & Genealogy site. Biographies, burial index, cemeteries, census, court, death records, enslavement records, family files, history, links & websites, marriages, name changes, newspapers, plantations and schools.
 * Coastal Georgia Genealogy & History (GlynnGen.com)

Funeral Homes

 * C.M. Brown Funeral Home in Baxley
 * Nobles Funeral Home and Crematory in Baxley
 * Peoples Community Funeral Home in Baxley
 * Swain Funeral Home in Baxley

Land and Property Records

 * 1735-1866Georgian 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
 * 1856-1879 Appling Homestead Applications (Digital Images) at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * Appling County Exemptions (Digital Images) at Georgia Pioneers ($)

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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1879-1920 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county


 * - 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) (Confederate), Company F
 * - 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I
 * - 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I
 * - 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 54th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies B and K

Spanish-American War World War I World War II
 * 1898 Spanish-American War Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit
 * 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical index
 * 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
 * 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 — How to Use this Collection

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 ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1856-1879 Appling County, Georgia Estates, Guardianships, Vouchers, etc. at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1856-1860,1876-1891 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1866-1879 Index of Appling County, Georgia Miscellaneous Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1873-1878 Index of Appling County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1877-1888 Index of Appling County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1877-1900 Digital Images of Appling County, Georgia Wills. See names of testators. Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1877-1937 Appling County Georgia list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills.
 * 1877-1937 Index of Appling County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1877-1937 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1877-1940 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — partial index and images
 * 1879-1958 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1883-1899 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1887-1949 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images & index
 * 1889-1908 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1897-1945 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1897-1953 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — indexes and images
 * 1897-1956 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1901-1938 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1911-1949 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Appling County) at FamilySearch Catalog — 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 — How to Use this Collection.
 * 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 — How to Use this Collection

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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1785-1950  at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
 * 1787-1962  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1869-1879 Marriages at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1869-1889 Appling County Marriage Index 1869-1889. Batch  at FamilySearch.
 * 1869-1889 Appling County Marriage Index 1869-1889. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1889-1891 Appling County Marriage Index 1889-1891. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1889-1907 Appling County Marriage Index 1889-1907. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1907-1921 Appling County Marriage Index 1907-1921. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1918-1935 Appling County Marriage Index 1918-1935. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1918-1952 Appling County Marriage Index 1918-1952. Batch  at FamilySearch

Death

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

Societies
Appling County Heritage Center 209 Thomas St. Baxley GA 31513 Phone: 912-367-8133 Appling County Heritage Center

Appling County Historical Society P O Box 1063 Baxley 31513-7063 Appling County Historical Society

Websites

 * Coastal Georgia Genealogy & History (GlynnGen.com)
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Appling County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Appling County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * 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