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United States Georgia Gwinnett County

County Courthouse

Gwinnett County Courthouse
75 Langley Drive; PO Box 880
Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Phone: 770.822.8100 

Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records^[1]

History

Parent County

1818--Gwinnett County was created 15 December 1818 from Cherokee and Creek Indian Lands.
County seat: Lawrenceville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1871 -- 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

• Barrow
• DeKalb
• Forsyth
• Fulton
• Hall
• Jackson
• Rockdale
• Walton

Resources

Cemeteries

BillionGraves:

• Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Buford
• Harmony Grove Methodist Cemetery, Tucker
• Lilburn First Baptist Church Cemetery, Lilburn
• Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Lilburn
• White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Lawrenceville

Church

• Flanigan, James C. Gwinnett Churches: A Complete History of Every Church in Gwinnett County, Georgia, With Short Biographical Sketches of Its Ministers. 1911. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

• Marriage Book 3, 1827-1837 Georgia Pioneers
• Marriages 1885-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Marriages 1843-1864 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Marriages 1871-1882 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

 Probate 

1.  Wills 1846-1886, Book D (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

2.  Index to Inventories and Annual Returns, Books 10-14, 1872-1895 Georgia Pioneers

3.  Index to Inventories and Appraisements 1856-1866 Georgia Pioneers

4.  Index to Inventories and Appraisements 1886-1897 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1859-60, 1869-70 - Gwinnett County, Georgia Mortality Schedules at Ancestry ($).
  

• Flanigan Funeral Home Obituaries Buford, Gwinnett County, Georgia Free from GenealogyBuff.com.
  

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
• Gwinnett 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), Gwinnett County, Georgia. Page 156 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).