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United States Georgia Jones County

	Georgia Online Records

County Courthouse

Jones County Courthouse
PO Box 1359;
Gray, GA 31032-1359
Phone: 478.986.6671 

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1924,
marriage and probate records from 1811; Clerk Superior
Court has land and court records^[1]

History

Parent County

1807--Jones County was created 10 December 1807 from Baldwin County.  County seat: Gray ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Baldwin
• Bibb
• Jasper
• Monroe
• Putnam
• Twiggs
• Wilkinson

Resources

Cemeteries

• Mountain Springs Cemetery, Macon BillionGraves

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1811-1850 Georgia Pioneers ($)

  1811-1822, Marriage Bonds Index (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battle was fought in Jones County.

• November 22, 1864 = Griswoldville^[3]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills, Book E, 1808-1850 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
• Wills, Book C 1851-1856 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
• Wills, Book D 1864-1890 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
• Index to Will Books A, B, C, 1809-1851 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Books C and D, 1851-1867 Georgia Pioneers ($)
• Index to Annual Returns and Estates, Book F, 1825-1828 Georgia Pioneers ($)
• Digital Images of Jones County Wills 1809 to 1835. See list of testators. 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
• Jones 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), Jones County, Georgia. Page 157 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).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)