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United States Georgia Murray County

County Courthouse

Murray County Courthouse
101 N 3rd Avenue
Chatsworth, GA 30705;
Phone: 706.695.2932 

Probate Court has birth and divorce records from 1924,
marriage records from 1842 and probate records from 1890;
Clerk Superior Court has court records from 1834^[1]

History

Parent County

1832--Murray County was created 3 December 1832  from Cherokee County.  County seat: Chatsworth ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Bradley County, Tennessee
• Fannin
• Gilmer
• Gordon
• Polk County, Tennessee
• Whitfield

Resources

Cemeteries: Calvery, Sumach,Zion Hill, Murray Gardens, Center Valley

Church

Court 

• List of Rangers of 1838 Georgia Pioneers
• List of Superior Court Judges and Clerks Georgia Pioneers
• List of County Sheriffs
• List of Tax Collectors and Receivers

Land

Local Histories

Murray County Heritage

Maps

Military

Newspapers: The Chatsworth Times

Probate

• 1840-1922 - Murray County, Georgia Will Testators Index (Vols. 1, B) at SamPubCo - free.
  
• Wills 1840-1872 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Wills 1872-1922 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Digital Images of Murray County Wills 1840-1872. See testators. Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book 1, 1840-1872 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book 2, 1872-1922 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

• Whitfield-Murray Historical Society 
• Chatsworth-Murray County Library

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
• Murray 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), Murray County, Georgia. Page 159 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).