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United States Georgia Whitfield County

County Courthouse

Whitfield County Courthouse
300 W Crawford Street
PO Box 248
Dalton, GA 30722-0248
Phone: 706.275.7451 

Probate Court has birth and death records from 1927,
marriage and probate records from 1852; Clerk Superior
Court has divorce, court and land records from 1852^[1]

History

Parent County

1851--Whitfield was created 30 December 1851 fromMurray County. County seat: Dalton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1864 -- 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

• Bradley County, Tennessee
• Catoosa
• Gordon
• Hamilton County, Tennessee
• Murray
• Walker

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War battles were fought in Whitfield County.

• February 22-27, 1864 = Dalton I^[3]
• May 7-13, 1864 = Rocky Face Ridge, also known as Combats at Buzzard Roost, Mill Creek, or Dug Gap^[4]
• May 13-15, 1864 = Resaca^[5]
• August 14-15, 1864 = Dalton II^[6]

Map showing Civil War battles in Georgia.

Newspapers

Probate 

• Wills 1843-1854 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Will Book A, 1852-1960 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns, Vouchers, Sales, Book B, 1852-1860 Georgia Pioneers
• Index to Annual Returns, Vouchers, Sales, Book E 1869-1885 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
• Whitfield 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), Whitfield County, Georgia. Page 162 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).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)
4. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)
5. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)
6. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 13 August, 2012)