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United States Georgia Appling County

County Courhtouse

Appling County Courthouse
83 South Oak Street
Baxley, Georgia 31513-2097
Phone: 912.367.8100

Records begin 1879, some 1859; Probate Court has
birth, marriage, death and burial records: Clerk of
Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1818--Appling County was created 15 December 1818 from Creek Indian Lands. County seat: Baxley ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Cities: Baxley | Graham
Town: Surrency

Neighboring Counties

• Bacon
• Jeff Davis
• Pierce
• Tattnall
• Toombs
• Wayne

Resources

Cemeteries

LDS Cemetery Records

• US Vol. 5
  • page 71 - Carter Family Cemetery, on Baxley and Miles Road
  • page 71 - Hopewell Methodist Cemetery, on Baxley and Miles Road
  • page 72 - Piney Grove Cemetery
  • page 73 - Eason Family Cemetery
  • page 73 - Joyner Family Cemetery
  • page 73 - Wells Family Cemetery
  • page 73 - Youman Cemetery, on Jim Spears Farm (1955)
  • page 74 - Mount Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Wills

• 1877-1927 - Appling County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. 1-2) at SamPubCo - free.
  

• 1877-1900 -Digital  Images of Appling County, Georgia Wills. See names of testators. Georgia Pioneers
  

• 1877-1925 - Index of Appling County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1925-1937 - Index of Appling County, Georgia Wills at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Additional Probate Records

• 1856-1879 - Appling County, Georgia Estates, Guardianships, Vouchers, etc. at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1866-1879 - Index of Appling County, Georgia Miscellaneous Estates at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1873-1878 - Index of Appling County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1877-1888 - Index of Appling County, Georgia Annual Returns at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Appling County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Genealogy Trails - free.
  

• 1849-50, 1859-60, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Appling County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
  

Societies and Libraries

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.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Appling County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers$

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Appling County, Georgia. Page 151 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).