Calhoun County, Florida Genealogy

United States   Florida    Calhoun County

County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse 425 E Central Avenue Blountstown, FL 32424-2242 Phone: 850.674.4545 County Judge has marriage and probate records County Clerk has divorce, court and land records

Parent County
1838--Calhoun County was created 26 January 1838 from Franklin County. County seat: Blountstown

Named for John C. Calhoun, member of the United States Senate from South Carolina and the seventh U.S. vice president, serving under John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson.

Record Loss
-- 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

Populated Places
Altha

Neighboring Counties

 * Bay
 * Gadsden
 * Gulf
 * Jackson

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:


 * Chipola Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Altha BillionGraves
 * Nettle Ridge Cemetery, Blountstown 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

The includes sex, age, relationship, occupation, place of birth of each family member and parents. Also census for agriculture and mortality.

Land
Florida Territorial Land Records

Maps

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

Military

 * 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

 * 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 Family History Centers
 * Florida Historical Society
 * Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

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