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County Courthouse

Spalding County Courthouse
132 W Solomon Street
Griffin, GA 30223-3312
Phone: 770.467.4745 

Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1852^[1]

History

Parent County

1851--Spalding County was created 20 December 1851 from Fayette, Henry and Pike Counties.
County seat: Griffin ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Butts
• Clayton
• Coweta
• Fayette
• Henry
• Lamar
• Meriwether
• Pike

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1885-1886 (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills 1852-1880 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A, 1852-1880 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
• Spalding 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), Spalding 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).