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County Courthouse
Muscogee County Courthouse
100 10th Street
PO Box 1340
Columbus, GA 31902
Phone: 706.653.4013
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1838[1]
History
Parent County
1826--Muscogee County was created 11 December 1826 from Creek Indian Lands.
County seat: Columbus [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1838 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Columbus
Court
Land
Local Histories
- Martin, John H. Columbus, Geo., From Its Selection as a "Trading Town" in 1827, to Its Partial Destruction by Wilson's Raid, in 1865: History, Incident, Personality. Columbus, Ga.: T. Gilbert, 1874-1875. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Martin, John H. Columbus, Geo., From Its Selection as a "Trading Town" in 1827, to Its Partial Destruction by Wilson's Raid, in 1865: History, Incident, Personality. Columbus, Ga.: T. Gilbert, 1874-1875. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Telfair, Nancy. A History of Columbus, Georgia: 1828-1928. Columbus, Ga.: Historical Pub. Co., c1929. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Telfair, Nancy. A History of Columbus, Georgia: 1828-1928. Columbus, Ga.: Historical Pub. Co., c1929. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Maps
Marriages
Marriage Books A and B, 1838-1844 Georgia Pioneers ($)
Marriage Books 1828-34, 1837-41, 1851-52, 1885-1886 Georgia Pioneers ($)
Military
Newspapers
Probate
- Wills 1838-1862 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Wills 1862-1875 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Wills 1875-1882 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Will Book A, 1838-1863 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Will Book B, 1862-1875 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Will Book C, 1875-1891 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Will Book D, 1891-1903 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Inventories, Book A, 1839-1843 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Book B, 1843-1848 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Book A, 1839-1843 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Book D, 1852-1854 Georgia Pioneers ($)
Taxation
Vital Records
- 1826-1852 Jefferey, Alice. Georgia Marriage Records, Houston, Muscogee, Talbot Counties. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- 1826-1852 Jefferey, Alice. Georgia Marriage Records, Houston, Muscogee, Talbot Counties. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Societies and Libraries
Public Libraries
- Columbus Public Library
Genealogy Department
3000 Macon Rd.
Columbus, GA 31906
Telephone: (706) 243-2681
They offer local histories, biographies, censuses, maps, newspapers, genealogy classes, and more.
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Muscogee County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Muscogee County, Georgia. Page 159 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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