Pierce County, Georgia Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Pierce County Courthouse PO Box 679; Blackshear, GA 31516-0679 Phone: 912.449.2022 Probate Court has birth records from 1926, marriage records from 1875, death records from 1924 and probate records; Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1875 and land records.

Clerk of Superior Court 3550 Hwy 84 P.O. Box 588 Blackshear, GA 31516 Phone: (912) 449-2020 Fax: (912) 449-2106

Probate Court of Pierce County 3550 Hwy 84 Suite 1 Blackshear, GA 31516 Phone: 912-449-2029

Parent County
1857--Pierce County was created 18 December 1857 from Appling and Ware Counties. County seat: Blackshear

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
1875 The courthouse at Blackshear burned 11 March 1875, destroying almost all county records.

Neighboring Counties
Appling • Bacon • Brantley • Ware County • Wayne

African Americans
African American research page on the Coastal Georgia History & Genealogy site. Biographies, burial index, cemeteries, census, court, death records, enslavement records, family files, history, links & websites, marriages, name changes, newspapers, plantations and schools.
 * Coastal Georgia Genealogy & History (GlynnGen.com)

Cemeteries
The following web site may have additional information on Pierce County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Georgia cemetery records

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)


 * - 26th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company N
 * - 50th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A
 * - Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project


 * Baxter, David. 2006. Satilla rebels, a small county in a big war. [S.l.]: D. Baxter. (entire book)

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


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


 * 1872-1941 Pierce County Index to Wills 1872-1941 Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1875-1911 Pierce County Index to Inventories and Appraisements, Book A, 1875-1911 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
 * 1824 - 1850 - Marriages 1824-1850 Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1828 - 1978 - Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1885 - 1886 - Marriages from Newspapers Georgia Pioneers $
 * 1875 - 1895 - Pierce County Marriage Index 1875-1895. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death Records

 * 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

Voter Records

 * 1867-1868 - at FamilySearch — index

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Pierce County Historical & Genealogical Society PO Box 443 Blackshear 31516 Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

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