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United States    Georgia    Cobb County

County Courthouse

Cobb County Courthouse
100 Cherokee Street
Marietta, GA 30060
Phone 770.528.3300

Probate Court has marriage, death and probate reocrds 1865;
Clerk Superopr Court has land and divorce records; Magistrate
Court has court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1832--Cobb County was created 3 December 1832 from Cherokee County.  County seat:  Marietta ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1864 -- 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

• Bartow
• Cherokee
• Douglas
• Fulton
• Paulding

Resources

Cemeteries

The Marietta National Cemetery  is the gravesite for 10,172 officers and soldiers who died in defense of the Union 1861 to 1865. This site has the photos of headstones at the graves.

• Marietta, Georgia, Marietta National Cemetery, 1866-2010. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

BillionGraves: Google map, photos, transcritptions of each cemetery.

• Allatoona Cemetery, Ackworth
• Macland Cemetery, Powder Springs
• Mt. Zion Cemetery, Marietta

        Mars Hill Presbyterian Church Registry, Acworth, Georgia, 1837-1874 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Church

Court

The Brantley Association of America Project has digitized and indexed many records from the Cobb County Courthouse including:

• Marriage Records, 1865 - 1937
  
• Homestead Book, 1866 - 1928
  
• Estate Records, 1866 - 1900
  
• Wills, 1866 - 1918
  
• Minute Books, 1865 - 1901
• Minute Book A, 1865-1871 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
  
• Confederate Pensions, 1891 - 1920

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1865-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)

  1865-1937 Index to Groom Names  Georgia Pioneers ($)

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battles were fought in Cobb County.

• June 9-July 3, 1864 = Marietta (Operations), also known as Marietta Operations^[3]
• June 22, 1864 = Kolb's Farm^[4]
• June 27, 1864 = Kennesaw Mountain^[5]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

World War II Military Registrants Georgia Pioneers ($)

Newspapers 

  Divorces 1885-1886 Georgia Pioneers ($)

Probate 

  Wills 1857-1904 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)

  Estates, folder collection at Cobb County Court House,  1865-1925 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)

  Estates, Miscellaneous in the Inferior Court 1865-1873 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1859-60, 1869-70 - Cobb 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
• Cobb 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), Cobb County, Georgia. Page 153 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)
5. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)