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United States Georgia Liberty County

County Courthouse

Liberty County Courthouse
Courthouse Square; PO Box 829
Hinesville, GA 31313-3240
Phone: 912.876.2164 

Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from late 1700’s,
birth records from 1919 and death records from 1927; Clerk of Court
has divorce, court and land records from 1756; some early records lost^[1]

History

Parent County

1777--Liberty County was created 5 February 1777 from St. Andrew, St. James and St. John Parishes.
County seat:  Hinesville ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bryan
• Evans
• Long
• McIntosh
• Tattnall

Resources

Cemeteries

• Midway Church Burials, Midway, Georgia Georgia Pioneers

Church

• Midway Congregational Church Records, Liberty County, Georgia. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

• Stacy, James. History of the Midway Congregational Church, Liberty County, Georgia. 1951. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Court

• 1870 Residents, physical descriptions of Persons (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Land

Local Histories

• Taylors Creek: Story of the Community and Her People Through 200 years. Pearson, Ga.: Press of the Atkinson County Citizen, 1963. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate

• Estates 1823-1829 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Estates 1784-1791, by surname (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Wills and Appraisements, Book A, 1789-1823 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Wills and Appraisements, Book B, 1824-1850 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Wills and Appraisements, Book C, 1863-1873 Georgia Pioneers
• Wills 1772-1887 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Wills 1779-1823 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1785-1895 - Owen, Clint. Liberty County, Georgia Marriages, 1785-1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1998. 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
• Liberty 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), Liberty 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).