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Clay County, Florida
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Location in the state of Florida
Location of Florida in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 31, 1858
County Seat	Green Cove Springs
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

Clay County Courthouse
PO Box 698;
Green Cove Springs, FL 32043-0698
Phone: 904.284.6317 

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, probate, court, and land records from 1872
and divorce records from 1859; County Health Department has birth and death
rec from 1973 ^[1]

History

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The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).^[2]

Clay County was created on December 31, 1858, from a section of Duval County. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, a famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky, and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century.^[3]

Parent County

1858--Clay County was created 31 December 1858 from Duval County.
County seat: Green Cove Springs ^[4]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1872 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research
• http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Baker
• Bradford
• Duval
• Putnam
• St. Johns 
  

Resources

African American

• Florida African American Griots Project  -  USGenWeb
• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

• Florida Tombstone Transcription Project  -  USGenWeb
• Interment.net - Florida cemetery records by County
• Veterans Administration National Cemeteries - Florida National Cemeteries

Individual cemeteries:

• Jacksonville Memory Garden, Bellair-Meadowbrook Terrace BillionGraves
• Magnolia Cemetery, Orange Park BillionGraves

Census

For tips on accessing Clay County, Florida census records online, see: Florida Census.

• 1783 Spanish Census  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• 1821 Census/Tax List Index  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• 1823 Census/Tax List Index  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• 1880 Census African Born Blacks and Mulattos  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• Federal Census Information from National Archives  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• State Census Information from Florida State Archives  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• Census of Pensioners Revolutionary Military Service  -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Doctors Inlet

Court

Land

Florida Territorial Land Records

Local Histories

History of Clay County, FLGenWeb

Maps

• 1870 Gray's Atlas Panhandle Portion of State -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• 1882 Rand McNally Panhandle Portion of State  -  USGenWeb Archives Project

Military

• Civil War Pensioners, Clay Co. FLGenWeb
• Florida State Military Files  -  USGenWeb Archives Project
• Pension Transcriptions  -  Florida state pension records from various wars  -  USGenWeb Pension Project
• Florida Casualties in the Korean Conflict
• Florida Casualties in the Vietnam War

Newspapers

• Digitized Newspapers relating to Clay Co, at the FLGenWeb
• Early Florida Newspapers at the Florida State Library

Obituaries

• Florida Obituaries  -  Obituary transcriptions from Florida counties -  USGenWeb Obituaries Project

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1871-1885 - Clay County Marriage Books E thru H Index 1871-1885. Batch M513001 at FamilySearch - free.^[5]
• 1872-1909 - Clay County Marriage Books E thru H Index 1872-1909. Batch M737245 at FamilySearch - free.^[5]
• 1909-1927 - Clay County Marriage Index 1909-1927. Batch M737246 at FamilySearch - free.^[5]

• Florida State Archives

Societies and Libraries 

• Florida State Historical Societies  -  Listing by County
• Florida Historical Society
• Florida State Genealogical Society

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Jacksonville Florida West Family History Center (Orange Park)
  

Web Sites

• USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Clay County, Florida Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Clay County FLGenWeb Project
• Clay County, FLGenWeb Project, Inc.

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clay County, Florida. Page 133 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Henry Clay," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ Clay County, FLGenWeb, 2011.
4. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/54/Igiflorida.pdf.

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