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County Courthouse

Heard County Courthouse
PO Box 40
Franklin, GA 30217-0040
Phone: 770.675.3821 

Probate Court has birth and death records from
1927, marriage and probate records from 1894^[1]

History

Parent County

1830--Heard County was created 22 December 1830 from Carroll and Coweta and Troup Counties.
 County seat:  Franklin ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1893 -- 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

• Carroll
• Chambers County, Alabama
• Coweta
• Randolph County, Alabama
• Troup

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• 1894-1965 - Heard County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. 1-2) at SamPubCo - free.
  
• Wills 1894-1900 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book I, 1894-1930 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Inventories and Appraisements, 1894-1920 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

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
• Heard 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), Heard 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).