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United States Georgia Towns County

County Courthouse

Towns County Courthouse
48 River Street Ste E;
Hiawassee, GA 30546-0178
Phone: 706.896.2130 

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1927,
marriage records from 1885 and probate records;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, land and military 
records from 1865^[1]

History

Parent County

1856--Towns County was created 6 March 1856 from Rabun andUnion Counties. County seat: Hiawassee ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Cherokee County, North Carolina
• Clay County, North Carolina
• Habersham
• Macon County, North Carolina
• Rabun
• Union
• White

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military 

  Towns County List of Militia Georgia Pioneers

Newspapers

Probate 

• Index to Wills and Estates, Voll I, 1856-1871 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Estates, Vol. F, 1856-1871 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Estates, Vol. D, 1869-1894 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
• Towns 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), Towns County, Georgia. Page 161 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).