Fayette County, Georgia Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Fayette County Courthouse 200 Courthouse Square Fayetteville, GA 30214-2198 Phone: 770.461.6041 Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records. Clerk of Superior Court  One Center Drive P.O. Box 130 Fayetteville, GA 30214 Telephone: (770) 716-4290 Fax: (770) 716-4868 Probate Court of Fayette County One Center Drive NE Fayetteville, GA 30214 Work Phone: 770-716-4220 Fax: 770-716-4854  Fayette county's original courthouse was built in 1825 and is the oldest standing courthouse in Georgia. It is located at the intersections of GA Highways 85 and 54, "on the Square." Read more about it here: former Fayette Courthouse History

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Parent County
1821--Fayette County was created 15 May 1821 from Creek Indian Lands. County seat: Fayetteville

Boundary Changes
Several neighboring counties were created in part from Fayette County lands: DeKalb (1822), Campbell (1828 - consolidated with Fulton County in 1932), Spalding (1851) and Clayton (1858). 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
1983 -- 11 April 1983 the upper floors of the Courthouse at Fayetteville burned, but the no records were harmed in the vault in the basement.

Populated Places
The main cities and towns in Fayette county are Brooks, Fayetteville (county seat) Peachtree City, Tyrone and Woolsey.

Neighboring Counties
Clayton County •  Coweta County  •  Fulton County  •  Spalding County

Cemeteries
Fayette county contains dozens of church, family and municipal cemeties in various states of upkeep. Many of the cemeteries are being transcribed and are available online:


 * Findagrave.com Georgia Cemetery Search Results [www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi Cemetery Search]
 * Billiongraves.com Search Billion Graves
 * Rootsweb: FAYETTE COUNTY, GEORGIA CEMETERIES
 * The GA Genweb Tombstone Transcription Project Fayette Co., GA-Tombstone Transcription Project
 * For a more complete list, see Linkpendium's Fayette County Georgia: Cemeteries page: Fayette cementeries

Baptist
Fayetteville Baptist Church


 * 1903 - Fayetteville Baptist Church Baptism Index 1903. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Methodist
Fayetteville Methodist Church


 * 1869-1885 - Fayetteville Methodist Church Marriage Index 1869-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869-1895 - Fayetteville Methodist Church Marriage Index 1869-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Land and Property
Deeds - Early deeds are available online at Fayette Clerk On the left under the Main Menu click Property Index Search. Under Disclaimer select "CLICK TO ACCEPT THE DISCLAIMER AND PROCEED TO THE WEBSITE" From the top menu select "Online Index Books". You can search the Grantor/Grantee Index first or if you know the book and page number you can enter that on the right hand side under "Search Record Book".

Maps

 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)



Military

 * Georgia Military - USGenWeb Archives Project

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 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)


 * - 10th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I
 * - 13th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - 30th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
 * - 44th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
 * - 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company C
 * - Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project


 * Fayette County Historical Society, and Carolyn C. Cary. 1977. The history of Fayette County, 1821-1971. [Fayetteville, Ga.]: Fayette County Historical Society. (page 344,350,354,356,359,362,365,371)
 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Fayette County). 1960. Pension 1861-1949, and, Soldiers' roll 1861-1865. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1742–1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1742–1990 at FamilySearch.org images


 * 1828-1897 - Wills 1828-1897 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1830-1850 - Wills 1830-1850 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1837-1845, 1851-1856 - Mixed Records, inventories, returns, etc. 1837-1845; 1851-1856 Georgia Pioneers $

Vital Records
See also How to order Georgia Vital Records

Marriage Records

 * 1699 - 1944 - Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry.com— index $
 * 1754 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1785 - 1950 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1787 - 1962 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1808 - 1967 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1828 - 1978 - Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1823 - 1849 - Fayette County Marriage Books A and B Index 1823-1849. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1849 - 1881 - Fayette County Marriage Books C and E Index 1849-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881 - 1892 - Fayette County Marriage Book F Index 1881-1892. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1892 - 1912 - Fayette County Marriage Books G and H Index 1892-1912. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death Records

 * 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry $
 * 1914 - 1927 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1919 - 1998 - Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1928 - 1939 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1933 - 1998 - at FamilySearch.org — index

"The Georgia Archives has a few 'Georgia Death Certificates from 1919 through 1927. The collection also includes a number of certificates from 1914-1918, with the bulk dating from 1917 and 1918. The Georgia Archives would like to thank the Genealogical Society of Utah for their partnership in scanning and indexing these records.' Search them here: Georgia Death Certificates - Georgia's Virtual Vault" The Georgia Archives maintains a "Virtual Vault" of digitized records. They can be found here:     Georgia Archives

Vital Record Substitutes
Because Georgia did not require statewide recording of birth records until 1919, the WWI and WWII Draft Registration cards are an excellent alternative for men born between the years 1886 and 1896 for the WWI draft and 1877 and 1900 for the WWII "Old Man's Draft."

Search the WWI Draft here: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

The WWII draft cards are available at ancestry.com - U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 - Search $ and at fold3.com - Search WWII "Old Man's Draft" Registration Cards at Fold3 $

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
The Fayette County Historical Society is an active organization in Fayetteville. You can learn more about them here: Fayette Historical Society

Family History Centers
There are two LDS Family History Centers near Fayette County, Georgia:

The Jonesboro Family History Center:

Jonesboro Georgia Family History Center

The Newnan Family History Center:

Newnan Georgia_Family History Center


 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Fayette County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Fayette County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Fayette County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * The New Georgia Encyclopedia has an excellent thumbnail sketch of Fayette county here: Georgia Encyclopedia Articles Fayette County
 * The New Georgia Encyclopedia has an excellent thumbnail sketch of Fayette county here: Georgia Encyclopedia Articles Fayette County