Richmond County, Georgia Genealogy

United States Georgia  Richmond County

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

County Courthouse
Richmond County Courthouse 530 Green Street Augusta, GA 30911-0001 Phone: 760.821.2460 Clerk Superior Court has land records from 1778 and court records; Probate Court has marriage and probate records

Parent County
1777--Richmond County was created 5 February 1777 from St. Paul Parish. County seat: Augusta

Neighboring Counties

 * Aiken County, South Carolina
 * Burke
 * Columbia
 * Edgefield County, South Carolina
 * Jefferson
 * McDuffie

Cemeteries
Richmond County, Georgia Lists at Find a Grave

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Augusta

Court
Teachers Employed from 1873 to 1881 in Richmond County Georgia Pioneers

Local Histories

 * Augusta. Augusta, Ga.: Tidwell Print. Supply Co., 1938. Digital version at Ancestry ($). See also Ancestry ($).


 * Clark, Walter A. A Lost Arcadia, or, The Story of My Old Community. Augusta, Ga.: Chronicle Job Print., 1909. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Dellquest, Augustus Wilfrid. Historic Augusta: A Brief Description of the Monuments and Places of Historical Interest in and around Augusta, Ga. Augusta, Ga.: A.W. Dellquest Book Co., 1917. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Jones, Charles Colcock. Memorial History of Augusta, Georgia: From Its Settlement in 1735 to the Close of the Eighteenth Century. Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason &amp; Co., 1890. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Marriages
1885-1886 Marriages from old Newspapers Georgia Pioneers

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Richmond County for European settlers included:


 * Savannah River pre-historic
 * Occaneechi Path pre-historic
 * Lower Creek Trading Path pre-historic
 * Cisca and St. Augustine Trail (or Nickajack Trail) pre-historic
 * Fort Moore-Charleston Trail about 1716
 * Fall Line Road about 1735
 * Augusta-Savannah Trail 1739
 * Great Valley Road (south fork) 1740s
 * Augusta-St. Augustine Trail
 * Augusta and Cherokee Trail about 1777

Probate

 * Wills, Book A, 1777-1798 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1798-1810 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1810-1829 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1839-1844 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Wills, 1845-1853 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
 * Index to Wills 1777-1958 Georgia Pioneers

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.
 * Richmond County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers
 * Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers