Habersham County, Georgia Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Habersham County Courthouse 555 Monroe Street #35 Clarkesville, GA 30523-0227 Phone: 706.754.6264 Probate Court has marriage and probate records from 1819 along with birth and death records from 1940. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, Court and land records, from 1819. Clerk of Superior Court 295 Llewellyn Street, Suite 110 Clarkesville, GA 30523 Telephone: (706) 839-0300 Fax: (706) 839-6351 Probate Court of Habersham County P.O. Box 876 Clarkesville, GA   30523 Telephone: 706-754-2013 Fax: 706-754-5093

Parent County
1818--Habersham County was created 15 December 1818 from Cherokee Indian lands. County seat: Clarkesville

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
1856 Fire burned the courthouse. 1898 There was an explosion at the courthouse. 1923 The courthouse at Clarkesville burned the night of 1-2 December. The record vault saved most of the county's records.

Although the first will book was lost in the 1923 fire, the reason several other probate records are missing is uncertain.

Habersham County estate inventories start in 1863; and probate bonds begin in 1881.

Neighboring Counties
Banks County • Hall County • Rabun • Stephens County • Towns County • White County
 * Oconee County •

Maps

 * Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)



Military

 * 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)


 * - 16th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - 24th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company K
 * - 52nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
 * - 65th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies I and K
 * - Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project


 * Ledford, Karen Ann Thompson. 1998. These men wore grey: genealogical, military, and interment records of Confederate soldiers. Toccoa, Georgia: K.T. Ledford. (v.2 page 93-170) and Other Libraries.
 * Kimzey, Herbert B., and Nancy Kimzey Dempsey. 1988. Early genealogical &amp; historical records: Habersham County, Georgia. [Athens, Ga.?]: N.K. Dempsey. (page 503)
 * Daughters of the American Revolution. Tomochichi Chapter (Georgia). 1972. Miscellaneous records of Habersham Co., Georgia. 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


 * 1820-1850 - Estates 1820-1850 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1842-1853 - Minutes 1842-1853 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1819-1928 - Index to Inventories, Appraisements, Sales 1819-1928 Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1879-1957 - Index to Annual Returns, Vouchers, 1879-1957 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 $
 * 1885 - 1886 - Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886 Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1868 - 1895 - Habersham County Marriage Index 1868-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death Records

 * 1859-60, 1869-70 - 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

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Habersham County Historical Society 228 North Main St. Cornelia, GA 30531 706-754-0765

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Cornelia Georgia Family History Center (Mount Airy)

Websites

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