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United States Georgia Irwin County

County Courthouse

Irwin County Courthouse
207 S Irwin Avenue; PO Box 186;
Ocilla, GA 31774-1098
Phone: 229.468.5356 

Clerk Superior Court has divorce, land and court
records from 1821 and military records from 1900;
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and burial
records from 1920 and probate records from 1850^[1]

History

Parent County

1818--Irwin County was created 15 December 1818 from Creek Indian Lands.
County seat: Ocilla^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Ben Hill
• Berrien
• Coffee
• Tift
• Turner

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

• Jefferey, Alice, ed. Irwin County, Georgia Census, 1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• Clements, J. B. History of Irwin County. Atlanta, Ga.: Foote & Davies Co., c1932. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps 

Marriages

1827-1872 Georgia Pioneers

1885-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Will Book No. 1, 1821-1864 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book No. 1, 1821-1864 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Sales, Minutes, 1822-1855 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Sales, Minutes, 1863-1875 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Death

• 1849-50, 1869-70, 1879-80 - Irwin 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
• Irwin 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), Irwin 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).