Pierce County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Pierce County

County Courthouse
Pierce County Courthouse PO Box 679; Blackshear, GA 31516-0679 Phone: 912.449.2022 Probate Court has birth records from 1926, marriage records from 1875, death records from 1924 and probate records; Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1875 and land records

Parent County
1857--Pierce County was created 18 December 1857 from Appling and Ware Counties. County seat: Blackshear

Record Loss
1875 -- 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

Neighboring Counties

 * Appling
 * Bacon
 * Brantley
 * Ware
 * Wayne

Marriages
1885-1886 Marriages from Newspapers

Probate

 * Index to Wills 1872-1941
 * Index to Inventories and Appraisements, Book A, 1875-1911 Georgia Pioneers

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Pierce County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Pioneers