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County Courthouse

Talbot County Courthouse
Courthouse Square
PO Box 155
Talbotton, GA 31827
Phone: 706.665.3220 

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

History

Parent County

1827--Talbot County was created 14 December 1827 from Muscogee County.  County seat: Talbotton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1890 -- 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

• Chattahoochee
• Harris
• Marion
• Meriwether
• Muscogee
• Taylor
• Upson

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps 

Marriages

  1885-1886 Marriages from old Newspapers

Military

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills 1830-1856 (abstracts) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A, 1828-1856 Georgia Pioneers

Taxation

Vital Records

• 1826-1852 Jefferey, Alice. Georgia Marriage Records, Houston, Muscogee, Talbot Counties. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
  

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
• Talbot County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers Pioneers

References

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