Cobb County, Georgia Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for Thomas W. Cobb. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Cobb County Courthouse 100 Cherokee Street Marietta, GA 30060 Phone: 770-528-3300 Cobb County Website Probate Court has marriage, death and probate records from 1865. Clerk Superior Court has land and divorce records. Magistrate Court has 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

 * Cobb County Bible Records at Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Cobb County Bible Records at Rootsweb

Cemeteries
The following web site may have additional information on Cobb County cemeteries.


 * The Marietta National Cemetery by Findagrave.com is the grave site for 10,172 officers and soldiers who died in defense of the Union 1861 to 1865. This site has the photos of headstones at the graves.
 * Marietta, Georgia, Marietta National Cemetery, 1866-2010. Digital version at Ancestry ($)
 * Mars Hill Presbyterian Church Registry, Acworth, Georgia, 1837-1874 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes


 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * Genealogical Resources in the Atlanta Area. 1994. By Gary M. Palgon. Atlanta, GA : Custom Enterprises, Ltd. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.

The Brantley Association of America Project has digitized and indexed many records from the Cobb County Courthouse including:


 * Marriage Records, 1865-1
 * Homestead Book, 1866-1
 * Estate Records, 1866-1
 * Wills, 1866-1
 * Minute Books, 1865-1
 * Minute Book A, 1865-1871 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Confederate Pensions, 1891-1

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 


 * 1874-1943 Cobb County Colored Marriage Licenses and Old Affidavits Index 1874-1943. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1879-1905 Cobb County Colored Marriage Books A thru C Index 1879-1905. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1905-1935 Cobb County Colored Marriage Books C thru E Index 1905-1935. Batch  at FamilySearch

Funeral Homes

 * Carmichael Funeral Home in Marietta and Smyrna
 * Davis-Struempf Funeral Home and Crematory in Austell
 * Greener Pastures Funeral Home in Powder Springs
 * Georgia Funeral Care and Cremation Services in Acworth
 * Hanley-Shelton Funeral Home in Marietta
 * Heritage Funeral Home and Chapel in Marietta
 * H.M. Patterson and Son-Canton Hill Chapel in Marietta
 * Marietta and Collins Funeral Homes and Crematory in Acworth and Marietta
 * Mayes Ward-Dobbins Funeral Home and Crematory in Marrietta and Powder Springs
 * Medford-Peden Home and Crematory in Marietta
 * Southern Cremations and Funerals in Marietta

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

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 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


 * -7th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies D, H, and I
 * -18th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
 * - 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies F and H
 * - 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies B and C
 * - 56th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F


 * Confederate pensioners of Cobb County, Georgia. 1989. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
 * Temple, Sarah Blackwell Gober. 1935. The first hundred years; a short history of Cobb county, in Georgia. Atlanta: Walter W. Brown Pub. Co. (chapter 16-24)

Civil War Battle The following Civil War battles were fought in Cobb County.
 * June 9-July 3, 1864 - Marietta (Operations), also known as Marietta Operations.
 * June 22, 1864 - Kolb's Farm.
 * June 27, 1864 - Kennesaw Mountain.
 * Battles of the American Civil War maps - filter by state or by battle name.

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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1942 Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))

World War II 
 * World War II Military Registrants Georgia Pioneers ($)

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia
 * The Atlanta Weekly Intelligencer and Cherokee Advocate (1855-later 1800s) — sixteen issues available from 1855
 * This newspaper covered Atlanta, Fulton County and Marietta, Cobb County

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 & images ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1857-1925 Family Names in Cobb County Wills, Estates, Marriages, Divorces, Minute Book at Georgia Pioneers ($)

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 — 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
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
 * 1865-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1865-1890 Cobb County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1865-1890. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1865-1937 Index to Groom Names Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1890-1911 Cobb County Marriage Books D and E Index 1890-1911. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1911-1926 Cobb County Marriage Books F thru H Index 1911-1926. 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
 * 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1928-1942  at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection

Divorce

 * 1885-1886 Divorces at Georgia Pioneers ($)

FamilySearch Centers

 * Marietta Georgia East FamilySearch Center
 * Powder Springs Georgia FamilySearch Center

Societies
Cobb County Genealogical Society PO Box 1413 Marietta, GA 30061-1413 Email: [mailto:ccgs@cobbgagensoc.org ccgs@cobbgagensoc.org] Website Facebook Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society 80 N Marietta Parkway NW Marietta, GA 30060 678-594-4994 Email: [mailto:executive.director@cobblandmarks.com executive.director@cobblandmarks.com] Website Facebook Seven Springs Historical Society  3901 Brownsville Road Powder Springs, Georgia 30127 678-567-5611 Website Smyrna Historical & Genealogical Society 2861 Atlanta Road Smyrna, GA 30082-3305 678-631-5423 Email: [mailto:smyrnahistoricalsociety@gmail.com smyrnahistoricalsociety@gmail.com] Website Facebook Vinings Historical Preservation Society  3010 Paces Mill Road SE Atlanta, Georgia, 30339 770-432-3343 Email: [mailto:info@vinings.org info@vinings.org] Website Facebook

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Cobb County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Cobb County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
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