Worth County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Worth County

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

County Courthouse
Worth County Courthouse 201 N Main Street Sylvester, GA 31791-2178 Phone. 229-776.8205 Probate Court has birth records from 1897, marriage records from 1854, death records from 1919 and probate records from 1880; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and and records

Parent County
1853--Worth County was created 20 December 1853 from Dooly andIrwin Counties. County seat:  Sylvester

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Georgia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps" (1758-1932) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1879, 1880, 1893, and 1982. Four fires have destroyed the county's courthouses, if not all of her records. The night of 26 and 27 January 1879 the courthouse at Isabella burnt to the ground. All records were lost except one deed book and some marriages.

Twenty-one months later on 24 October 1880 the new courthouse burnt down, but the county records were save by a fire-proof vault.

9 August 1893 the third courthouse at Isabella burnt. Most probate records were unharmed; only two Superior Court books survived.

In 1904 the county seat was moved, and the new courthouse at Sylvester burned 27 January 1982. The county's records had been microfilmed only four days prior to the last fire.

Neighboring Counties

 * Colquitt
 * Crisp
 * Dougherty
 * Lee
 * Mitchell
 * Tift
 * Turner

Census

 * Jeffery, Alice. Worth County, Georgia Census, 1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Local Histories

 * Grubbs, Lillie Martin. History of Worth County, Georgia: For the First Eighty Years, 1854-1934. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Co., 1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)



Civil War

 * - 10th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Confederate)
 * - 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
 * - 59th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Probate Records

 * 1865-1905 - Index to Worth County, Georgia Wills, Volume A (1865-1905) at Georgia Pioneers ($).
 * 1863-1885 - Digital Images of Worth County Wills. See names of testators. Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1879-1888 - Index of Worth County, Georgia Annual Returns and Vouchers (1879-1888) at Georgia Pioneers ($).

Vital Records
See also How to order Georgia Vital Records

Genealogy Societies and Libraries

 * List of Georgia Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Worth County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Worth County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)