Gordon County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Gordon County

County Courthouse
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1864 and land records; Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records

Parent County
1850--Gordon County was created 13 February 1850 from Cass (named changed to Bartow County 6 Dec. 1861) andFloyd Counties. County seat: Calhoun

Boundary Changes
Multiple small boundary change from 1852-1877. Involved Cass/Bartow, Floyd, Murray, Pickens, and Walker Counties.

Record Loss
1864 -- Courthouse burned by Sherman's troops. Some record loss including early marriage records.

1888 -- Courthouse damaged by Storm. For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Populated Places
Calhoun

Plainville

Reeves Station

Resaca

Sugar Valley

Neighboring Counties

 * Bartow
 * Cherokee
 * Floyd
 * Gilmer
 * Murray
 * Pickens
 * Walker
 * Whitfield

Cemeteries
Bethesda Baptist Church Cemetery (incomplete);

Local Histories

 * Pitts, Lulie. History of Gordon County, Georgia. Calhoun, Ga.: Press of the Calhoun Times, c1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Reeve, Jewell B. Climb the Hills of Gordon: Stories of Gordon County and Calhoun, Georgia. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press, 1979.

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battles were fought in Gordon County.


 * May 13-15, 1864 = Resaca
 * May 17, 1864 = Adairsville


 * Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

 * Calhoun Times - 1,511 issues spanning 1924-2008 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Calhoun Times - 1870 to 1976 available on microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project
 * Calhoun Times and Gordon County News - 957 issues spanning 1967-2006 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Cherokee Phoenix (New Echota) - 1829 to 1834 (prior to county creation) available online as part of Georgia Historic Newspapers
 * The Confederate Flag - 13 November 1861 available at Chicago Historical Society Library, 20 November 1861 available at Emory University
 * Democratic Platform, 8 September 1859 and Georgia Platform, 9 September 1858 available on microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project
 * Gordon County Citizen - 1894 to 1895 available on microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project
 * Gordon County News - 1940 to 1976 available on microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project
 * The Southern Statesman - 5 April 1855 available at the American Antiquarian Society
 * Gordon County Obituaries clippings search from Digital Library of Georgia
 * Bartow Press - 900 issues spanning 1983-2006 freely available via Google News Archive
 * Georgia Pioneer, The Standard, and Cassville Standard - newspapers from Cassville (parent county) covering 1840-1845, and 1852 to 1860 available on microfilm from the Georgia Newspaper Project
 * The Standard (Cassville) - 1852, 1853, 1857, 1858, 1859 extracts available online at Bartow County GenWeb

Probate
Digital images of Gordon County Wills 1856-1884. See testators. Georgia Pioneers

Vital Records
Marriages


 * 1864-1935 and African American 1908-1965 microfilmed images available free online in the Georgia Virtual Vault.
 * Forsythe, Donald Forbes. Gordon County, Georgia Marriages: Books A, B, &amp; C (White). Georgetown, Tex: D.F. Forsythe, 1994. Available free online from Family History Books.
 * Gladney, Robert Hoyt.Gordon County, Georgia, Marriage Book A, 1864-1880: An Index. Adairsville, Ga: Oothcaloga Chapter, Georgia Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1984.
 * Ingmire, Frances Terry.Gordon County, Georgia Marriage Records, 1864-1884. St. Louis, Mo: F.T. Ingmire, 1985.
 * Hageness, MariLee Beatty.Marriage Licenses, 1864-1870, Gordon County, Georgia. Anniston, AL: MLH Research, 1999.
 * Hall, Patsy Payne, and Frances Martin Stubbs. Marriage Log Gordon County, Georgia: Listed by Brides &amp; Grooms : Includes Colored Marriages. Oak Park, Ill: Glyph Notes, 2002.

Death

 * 1869-70, 1879-80 - Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Gordon County GAGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Gordon County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioners ($)
 * Georgia Pioners ($)