Cherokee County, Georgia Genealogy

Guide to Cherokee 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 the Cherokee people. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Cherokee County Courthouse 90 N Street Canton, GA 30114-2794 Phone: 770-479-1953 Cherokee County Website Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1833. Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records.

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:

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 * Ball Ground
 * Canton (county seat)
 * Holly Springs
 * cities-col2=
 * Mountain Park
 * Nelson
 * cities-col3=
 * Waleska
 * Woodstock


 * unincorp-col1=
 * Batesville
 * Buffington
 * ree Home
 * Gold Ridge
 * Hickory Flat
 * unincorp-col2=
 * Keithsburg
 * Lake Arrowhead
 * Lebanon {Toonigh)
 * Macedonia
 * Oak Grove
 * unincorp-col3=
 * Orange
 * Sixes
 * Sutallee
 * Towne Lake
 * Univeter

}}

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

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
 * Scanned land records from 1832 onward can be searched online at the Cherokee County Georgia Index Search. Real Estate Index 1832-1898 and indexes from July 1979 - December 1988 are available for viewing. Years 1899 - 1979 indexes are currently in the process of being preserved and scanned.

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)

Military Records

 * Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project


 * Cherokee County, Superior Court, Spanish American, World War 1 and 2, Korean military records, 1898-1955

Mexican War 

Cherokee County Soldiers in the Mexican War Georgia Pioneers ($).

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
 * Online Images of Civil War Pensions Georgia Pioneers ($)


 * - 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company B
 * - 34th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company B
 * - 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') (Confederate), Company A and E
 * - 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company C
 * - 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company A and B


 * Index to Georgia's Confederate Pension Supplements. compiled by Ted O. Brook and Linda Woodward Geiger, 1999. 210 pages
 * Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee (Cherokee County, Ga.). 1998. The heritage of Cherokee County, Georgia, 1831-1998. [Cherokee County, Ga.]: Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee. (page 63-64)
 * Marlin, Lloyd G. 1932. The history of Cherokee County. Atlanta: Walter W. Brown Pub. Co. (page 65-83)
 * Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee (Cherokee County, Ga.). 1998. The heritage of Cherokee County, Georgia, 1831-1998. [Cherokee County, Ga.]: Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee. (page 2-24)

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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 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 ($)
 * Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia
 * Legal Advertising 1868-1873 Georgia Pioneers ($).

Obituaries

 * Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia, 1880-1938. by John Carver, 2003. Over 600 pages.

Other Records
Voting Records 
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection

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 ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1839-1901 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Cherokee County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1847-1921 Abstracts of Cherokee County, Georgia, Wills and Bonds, 1847-1921. by John Carver 2005 Over 350 pages.
 * 1847-1921 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Cherokee County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1848-1852 Index to Cherokee County Inventories, Appraisements, Vouchers, Sales, Annual Returns 1848-1852 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1848-1866 Index to Cherokee county Will Bk B 1848-1866 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Wills, Administrator's Bonds, Guardianships (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Images of Will Book A, 1848-1854; Book B, 1848-1866; Book C, 1866-1921. Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1848-1929 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Cherokee County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1854-1924 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Cherokee County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1856-1866 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Cherokee County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1857 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Cherokee County) 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. — How to Use this Collection
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records
Online Records
 * Tax Digest - 1849, all districts (Images)Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, index and images

Birth

 * 1870-1960  at FamilySearch — index, and some images — How to Use this Collection

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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1785-1950  at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
 * 1787-1962  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1841-1870 Cherokee County Marriage Book D Index 1841-1870. Batch  at FamilySearch.
 * 1841-1910 Cherokee County Marriages 1841-1910. compiled by John Carver 2002.Groom &amp; Bride lists. 320 pages
 * 1870-1884 Cherokee County Marriage Book E Index 1870-1884. Batch  at FamilySearch.
 * 1884-1895 Cherokee County Marriage Books F and G Index 1884-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch.
 * Online Images 1841-1849; 1849-1858; 1854-1870. Georgia Pioneers ($)

Death

 * 1870-1960  at FamilySearch — index, and some images — How to Use this Collection
 * 1914-1927  at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
 * 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 — How to Use this Collection
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection

Divorce

 * 1885-1886 Divorces, Georgia Pioneers ($)

Societies
Cherokee County Historical Society RR 2, Box 126 Canton, GA 30114 Cherokee County Historical Society Website Ball Ground (Georgia) Historical Society Ball Ground City Hall 215 Valley Street Ball Ground, GA Ball Ground (Georgia) Historical Society Facebook Funk Heritage Center Of Reinhardt University 7300 Reinhardt Circle Waleska, GA 30183 Phone: 770-720-5970 Funk Heritage Center of Reinhardt University

Websites

 * Ball Ground (Georgia) Historical Society
 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Cherokee County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers 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