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County Courthouse

Montgomery County Courthouse
Railroad Avenue; PO Box 295
Mont Vernon, GA 30445;
Phone: 912.583.2363 

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1918,
marriage records from 1807 and probate records from 1793;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from
1800 and land records from 1793; most original records
prior to 1890 are in State Archives^[1]

History

Parent County

1793--Montgomery County was created 19 December 1793 from Washington County. County seat: Mount Vernon ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Emanuel
• Jeff Davis
• Toombs
• Treutlen
• Wheeler

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Digital Images of Montgomery County Wills 1786-1809; 1809-1817. See names of testators. 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
• Montgomery County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers ($)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Montgomery County, Georgia. Page 158 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).