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United States    Georgia    Bryan County

County Courthouse

Bryan County Courthouse
PO Box 430
Pembroke, GA 31321-0000
Phone: 912.653.3839

Probate Judge has marriage, probate, birth and some death records;
County Clerk has divorce records from 1920, court and land records
from 1793^[1]

History

Parent County

1793--Bryan County was created 19 December 1793 from Chatham County. County seat:  Pembroke ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bulloch
• Chatham
• Effingham
• Evans
• Liberty

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Marriages

1868-1889 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battles were fought in Bryan County.

• March 3, 1863 = Fort McAllister I^[3]
• December 13, 1864 = Fort McAllister II^[4]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

Probate

 Wills 1870-1891 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers   Index to Will Book 1891-1933 Georgia Pioneers

  Index to Will Book A 1870-1891 Georgia Pioneers

  Index to Will Book B 1891-1933  Georgia Pioneers       

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1859-60, 1869-70 - Bryan 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
• Bryan County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Bryan County, Georgia. Page 152 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).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)