Henry County, Georgia Genealogy

Guide to Henry 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 Patrick Henry. The County is located in the central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Henry County Courthouse 345 Phillips Drive McDonough, GA 30253-3425 Phone: 770-954-2400 Henry County Website Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1821.

Populated Places
Henry County is included in the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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:

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

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

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)
 * 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
 * 1879-1920  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county


 * - 19th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
 * - 22nd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company K
 * - 23rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company K
 * - 27th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
 * - 28th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company H
 * - 30th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company E
 * - 44th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies A and I
 * - 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company F
 * - 60th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company I


 * Rainer, Vessie Thrasher. 1971. Henry County, Georgia: The Mother of Counties. (page 34-76)
 * Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County). 1958. Confederate veterańs pension roll, 1890-1929. Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah.

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
 * 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

Other Records
Voting Records 
 * 1867-1868  at FamilySearch — index

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 ($)
 * 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
 * 1821-1835; 1821-1838; 1823-1840; 1860-1888 Inventories, appraisements, Sales, Annual Returns 1821-1835; Inventorie, Appraisements 1821-1838; 1823-1840; 1860-1888
 * 1821-1939 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1821-1954 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1822-1834 Index to Wills and Bons, 1822-1834 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1822-1834  Wills and Bonds 1822-1834 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1826-1891 (*); Georgia. Inferior Court (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — partial index and images
 * 1826-1952 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1829-1941 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1834-1869 Index to Wills, Book A, 1834-1869 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1834-1869 Wills 1834-1869 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1835-1915 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1835-1937 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Forsyth County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1836-1840; 1840-1853; 1851-1861; 1861-1878; 1877-1906 Annual Returns Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1836-1946 Guardian Bonds 1838-1871; 1868-1946 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1836-1949 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1839-1888 Sales 1839-1858; 1860-1888; 1888-1941; Vouchers 185201856; 1856-1878; 1880-1891 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1852-1950 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1856-1926 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1856-1891, 1893-1929 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1856-1935 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1857-1896 (*); Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Henry County) at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
 * 1867-1896 Index to Wills, Book B, 1867-1896 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1867-1896 Probate Records - Images of Wills 1867-1896 Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1897-1909 Lunacy Records Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1897-1917 Indexes to Probate Records - Wills Bk C, 1897-1917 Georgia Pioneers ($)

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.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, index and images

Birth

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images

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
 * 1785-1950  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1787-1962  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1808-1967  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1822-1850 Marriage Contracts in Deeds; Marriages 1822-1850 at Georgia Pioneers ($)
 * 1822-1851 Henry County Marriage Index 1822-1851. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
 * 1851-1885 Henry County Marriage Index 1851-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1851-1885 Henry County Marriage Index 1851-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch
 * 1851-1885 Henry County Marriage Index 1851-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
 * 1914-1927  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 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
 * 1933-1998  at FamilySearch — index

Societies
Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties, Inc. 71 Macon Street PO Box 1296 McDonough, GA 30253-1296 Phone: 770-954-1456 Email: [mailto:genealsoc@bellsouth.net genealsoc@bellsouth.net] Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties, Inc. Genealogical Society of Henry and Clayton Counties, Inc.2

Websites

 * Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb Henry County, Georgia project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * GAGenWeb Archives
 * Henry 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