Worth County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Worth County

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

Record Loss
1879 and 1893 -- 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

 * 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 ($).

Wills

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

Additional Probate Records

 * 1879-1888 - Index of Worth County, Georgia Annual Returns and Vouchers (1879-1888) at 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.
 * Worth County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)