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County Courthouse

Screven County Courthouse
216 Mims Road;
Sylvania, GA 30467-0159
Phone: 912.564.2622 

Probate Court has birth and death record from 1927, marriage and probate 
records from 1817; Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from
1816 and land records from 1790^[1]

History

Parent County

1793--Screven County was created 14 December 1793 fromBurke and Effingham Counties. County seat: Sylvania ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1860's and 1896 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research
  
• http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Allendale County, South Carolina
• Bulloch
• Burke
• Effingham
• Hampton County, South Carolina
• Jenkins

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1815-1850 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills, Book 2A, 1808-1877 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book, 1810-1875 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
• Screven County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers {http://www.georgiapioneers.com Georgia Pioneers]

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Screven 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).