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United States Georgia Habersham County

County Courthouse

Habersham County Courthouse
555 Monroe Street #35;
Clarkesville, GA 30523-0227
Phone: 706.754.6264 

Probate Court has marriage and probate records from 1819,
birth and death records from 1940; Clerk Superior Court has
divorce, Court and land records, from 1819^[1]

History

Parent County

1818--Habersham County was created 15 December 1818 from Cherokee Indian lands.
County seat: Clarkesville^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1882 and 1895 -- 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

• Banks
• Hall
• Oconee County, South Carolina
• Rabun
• Stephens
• Towns
• White

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

 Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Civil War

• Ledford, Karen Ann Thompson. These Men Wore Grey Genealogical, Military, and Interment Records of Confederate Soldiers. (Toccoa, Georgia : K.T. Ledford, c1998-c2001), 7 Volumes. Each volume contains bibliographical references and full-name index. Contents: v. 1. Franklin County -- v. 2. Habersham County --v. 3. Stephens County -- v. 4. Rabun County --v. 5. White County -- v. 6. Banks County -- v. 7. Jackson County. Book found at FHL 975.8 V3L and Other Libraries.

Newspapers

Probate

1.  Estates 1820-1850 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers

2.  Minutes 1842-1853 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers

3.  Index to Inventories, Appraisements, Sales 1819-1928 Georgia Pioneers

4.  Index to Annual Returns, Vouchers, 1879-1957 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

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

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

• Cornelia Georgia Family History Center (Mount Airy)

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
• Habersham 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), Habersham 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).