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United States Georgia Stewart County

County Courthouse

Stewart County Courthouse
PO Box 157
Lumpkin, GA 31815-0157
Phone: 912.838.6220 

Probate Court has birth, death and burial records from 1927,
marriage records from 1828 and probate records; Clerk Superior
Court has divorce, court and land records from from 1830^[1]

History

Parent County

1830--Stewart County was created 23 December 1830 from Randolph County.  County seat: Lumpkin ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1922 -- 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

• Barbour County, Alabama
• Chattahoochee
• Marion
• Quitman
• Randolph
• Russell County, Alabama
• Webster

Resources

Cemeteries

Church 

  Harmony Church, Richland, Georgia, 1839 Members Georgia Pioneers

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1830-1860 Georgia Pioneers

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills, Book B, 1837-1849 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A, 1837-1849 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
• Stewart 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), Stewart County, Georgia. Page 160 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).