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Georgia Clinch County Contents |
County Courthouse
100 Court Square
Homerville, GA 31634
Phone: 912.487.2667
Probate Court has birth and death records 1919,
marriage and probate records from 1867; Clerk
Superior Court has divorce and court records from
from 1867, land records from 1868, voters list from
1890 and old county newspapers from 1895[1]
History
Parent County
1850--Clinch County was created 14 February 1850 from Ware and Lowndes Counties.
County seat: Homerville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1856 and 1867 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
- Huxford, Folks. History of Clinch County, Georgia: Revised to Date: Giving the Early History of the County Down to the Present Time (1916), Also Complete Lists of County Officers, Together with Minor Officers and Also Sketches of County Officers' Lives, with Chapters on the Histories of Old Families of Clinch County, Also Other Information as is Historical in Its Nature. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Co., 1916. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Huxford, Folks. History of Clinch County, Georgia: Revised to Date: Giving the Early History of the County Down to the Present Time (1916), Also Complete Lists of County Officers, Together with Minor Officers and Also Sketches of County Officers' Lives, with Chapters on the Histories of Old Families of Clinch County, Also Other Information as is Historical in Its Nature. Macon, Ga.: J.W. Burke Co., 1916. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Wills 1888-1904 (digital images). See Names of Testators. Georgia Pioneers
Taxation
Vital Records
Marriages
- Index to Clinch County Marriages 1867-1874 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Clinch County Marriage Licenses 1874-1889 Georgia Pioneers ($)
Death
- 1869-70, 1879-80 - Clinch County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
- 1869-70, 1879-80 - Clinch County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
Societies and Libraries
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
- Clinch County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers ($)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Clinch County, Georgia. Page 153 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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