Lincoln County, Georgia Genealogy

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

Description
The County was named for General Benjamin Lincoln. The County is located in the east central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse 210 Humphrey Street PO Box 340 Lincolnton, GA 30817 Phone: 706-359-4444 Lincoln County Website Probate Court has court has birth records from 1920, marriage records from 1810, death records from 1930 and probate records from 1796. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1796 and land records from 1790.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Bible Records

 * Lincoln County Bible Records at Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1796-1908 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1796-1939 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1797-1801 (*); Ordinary Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1797-1868 (*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1799-1908 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1802-1880 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1821-1906 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1845-1926 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1849-1884 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1856-1923 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1864-1953 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1868-1917 (*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1879-1959 (*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * 1866-1884 Lincoln County Colored Marriage Books AA and BB Index 1866-1884. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1884-1895 Lincoln County Colored Marriage Book C Index 1884-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch

Funeral Homes

 * Beggs Funeral Home in Lincolnton
 * Norris W. Gunby Sr. Funeral Home in Lincolnton
 * Rees Funeral Home in Lincolnton
 * Wright and Jones Funeral Home in Lincolnton (Facebook)

Land and Property Records

 * 1735-1866 Georgian Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alpha index
 * 1783-1909 Headright and Bounty Plats, 1783-1909 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1805-1833 District Plats of Survey at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images organized by county and district
 * Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * 1740s-? Historic Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1866 - 1935 County Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Migration
Early migration routes to Lincoln County for European settlers included:


 * Savannah River pre-historic
 * Occaneechi Path pre-historic
 * Middle Creek Trading Path pre-historic
 * Fall Line Road about 1735
 * Augusta-Savannah Trail 1740s
 * Augusta and Cherokee Trail 1740s
 * Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s
 * Charleston-Ft. Charlotte Trail in South Carolina about 1765
 * Fort Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path in South Carolina about 1765

Military Records

 * Georgia 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)
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images and alphabetical index
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Muster Rolls at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images; filter by commanding officer, service branch and regiment
 * 1861-1865 Confederate Pension Application Supplements - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
 * 1864 Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 - images; filter by county
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county


 * - 15th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
 * - 22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 37th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
 * - 37th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E, 9th Battalion


 * Hudson, Frank Parker. 1977. An 1800 census for Lincoln County, Georgia. Atlanta: R.J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation. (page 55)
 * Perryman, Clinton J. 1960. History of Lincoln County, Georgia. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.
 * Perryman, Clinton J. 1985. History of Lincoln County, Georgia: 1933. Tignall, Georgia: Boyd Pub. Co. (Vo. 2 page 55)
 * White, George. 2001. Lincoln County, Georgia history &amp; biographies. Signal Mountain, Tennessee: Mountain Press. (page 6-7)
 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County). 1960. Confederate soldiers pensions, 1890-1949. [S.l.]: Mann Film Laboratories.

Spanish-American War
 * 1898 Spanish-American War Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit

World War I World War II
 * 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical index
 * 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1940-1942 Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia

Other Records
Voting Records 
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records


 * 1733-1753 Colonial Wills at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1742-1990 (*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1796-1808 Index to Will Book B, 1796-1808 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1796-1832 Wills, 1796-1832 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1796-1936 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1799-1908 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1807-1953 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Partial index and images
 * 1808-1950 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1830-1926 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1833-1877 Index to Will Book E, 1833-1877 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1852-1878 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1852-1936 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1853-1952 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1853-1957 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — Index and images
 * 1878-1884 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Lincoln County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*); Smith, Sarah Quinn at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, index and images

Birth

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Marriage

 * 1560-1993 Georgia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
 * 1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry— index ($)
 * 1754-1960  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1785-1950  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1806-1873 Lincoln County Marriage Books G thru I Index 1806-1873. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1873-1904 Lincoln County Marriage Books J and K Index 1873-1904. Batch  at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
 * 1914-1927  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
 * 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - index and images
 * 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
 * 1928-1942  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index

Societies

 * Lincoln County Historical Society, Inc. 2060 White Rock Road Lincolnton, GA 30817 Facebook

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Lincoln County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Lincoln County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers
 * - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records