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United States Georgia Dodge County

County Courthouse

Dodge County Courthouse
407 Anson Ave PO box 818;
Eastman, GA 31023-0818
Phone: 478.374.4361

Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1870--Dodge County was created 26 October 1870 from Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair Counties.
County seat: Eastman^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bleckley
• Laurens
• Pulaski
• Telfair
• Wheeler
• Wilcox

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Empire

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Cobb, Addie Davis. History of Dodge County. Atlanta, Ga.: Foote & Davies Co., 1932. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps

Marriages

• 1885-1886 (from old newspapers) Georgia Pioneers
  

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Wills 1878-1901 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
  
• Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book A, 1871-1888 Georgia Pioneers
  
• Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book B, 1888-1894 Georgia Pioneers
  
• Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book C, 1893-1901 Georgia Pioneers
  

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1879-80 - Dodge 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
• Dodge 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), Dodge County, Georgia. Page 154 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).