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United States Georgia Putnam County

County Courthouse

Putnam County Courthouse
100 S Jefferson Avenue
Eatonton, GA 31024
Phone: 706.485.4501 

Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1807
Probate Court has birth records from 1866, marriage and probate
records from 1808, death records from 1919 and tax digest 1812-1848^[1]

History

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The county is named after Revolutionary War Major General Israel Putnam (1718-1790).^[2]

Parent County

1807--Putnam County was created 10 December 1807 fromBaldwin County. 
County seat:  Eatonton ^[3]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Baldwin
• Greene
• Hancock
• Jasper
• Jones
• Morgan

Resources

Cemeteries

Church 

  Crooked Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Members 1807, 1820, 1824-1826 Georgia Pioneers

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military 

  Muster Roll of Brown Rifles,  C. S. A. Georgia Pioneers

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills, 1808-1822 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Wills, 1822-1857 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book C, 1857-1888 Georgia Pioneers

  WillWill

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
• Putnam 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), Putnam County, Georgia. Page 159 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Putnam County, Georgia," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).