Elbert County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Elbert County

Guide to Elbert County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court, land and cemetery records, from 1790 and military from 1922; Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records

Parent County
1790--Elbert County was created 10 December 1790 from Wilkes County. County seat: Elberton

Neighboring Counties

 * Abbeville County, South Carolina
 * Anderson County, South Carolina
 * Hart
 * Lincoln
 * Madison
 * McCormick County, South Carolina
 * Oglethorpe
 * Wilkes

African American

 * In Those Days is an oral history from elderly African Americans in Elbert County, Georgia, and Abbeville County, South Carolina.

Local Histories

 * McIntosh, John H. The Official History of Elbert County, 1790-1935. Elberton, Ga.: The Chapter, c1940. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages

 * 1817; 1885-1886 (from old newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

Migration
Early migration routes to Elbert 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
 * Ft. Charlotte and Cherokee Old Path in South Carolina about 1765

Probate

 * Wills 1791-1826, Books A-M (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Index to Will Book 1835-1860 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Index to Misc. Wills, Inventories, Letters of Administration, 1791-1806 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Digital Images of Elbert County Wills 1836-1860. See names of Testators. Georgia Pioneers

Death

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Elbert County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)