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United States Georgia Houston County

County Courthouse

Houston County Courthouse
20 Carl Vinson Parkway
Perry, GA 31088-5808
Phone: 478.542.2105

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1927,
marriage records from 1833 and probate records from
1827; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land
records from from 1822^[1]

History

Parent County

1821--Houston County was created 15 May 1821 from Creek Indian Lands. County seat:  Perry ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bibb
• Bleckley
• Dooly
• Macon
• Peach
• Pulaski
• Twigg

Resources

Cemeteries

• Parkway Memorial Gardens, Warner Robbins BillionGraves

Census

• Jeffery, Alice, ed. Houston County, Georgia Census, 1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

• 1820-1852 Georgia Pioneers
• 1852-1864, Book B, Index of Brides and Grooms Georgia Pioneers
• 1875-1898, Book D, Index of Brides and Grooms Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• 1827-1855 Images of Houston County, Georgia Wills 1827 to 1855 at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  

• 1827-1896 Indexes to Houston County, Georgia Will Books A (1827-1855) and B (1855-1896) at Georgia Pioneers ($).
  
• 1824-1833 Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book A, 1824-1833 Georgia Pioneers
• 1833-1848 Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book B, 1833-1848 Georgia Pioneers
• 1847-1851, Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book C, 1847-1851 Georgia Pioneers
• 1852-1853, Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book D, 1852-1853 Georgia Pioneers
• 1853-1854, Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book E, 1853-1854  Georgia Pioneers
• 1854-1855, Index to Annual Returns and Vouchers, Book F, 1854-1855 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1826-1852 Jefferey, Alice. Georgia Marriage Records, Houston, Muscogee, Talbot Counties. Digital version 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
• Houston 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), Houston 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).