Tattnall County, Georgia Genealogy
Guide to Tattnall County, Georgia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.
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County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
The county was named for Josiah Tattnall. The county is located in the southeast area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Tattnall County Courthouse
Main and Brazell Streets
Reidsville, GA 30453
Phone: 912-557-6761
Tattnall County Website
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death and probate records.
Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1880, court and land records.[3]
Tattnall County, Georgia Record Dates[edit | edit source]
Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.
| Birth* | Marriage | Death* | Court | Land | Probate | Census |
| 1919 | 1806 | 1919 | 1805 | 1802 | 1802 | 1820 |
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
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There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.[5] |
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
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Populated Places[edit | edit source]
The following are locations in Tattnall County, Georgia:
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History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
- Tattnall County Bible Records at Google Books
Biographies[edit | edit source]
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
- Georgia, State Employees at MyHeritage — index ($)
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
Census Records[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1810 | 2,206 | — |
| 1820 | 2,644 | 19.9% |
| 1830 | 2,040 | −22.8% |
| 1840 | 2,724 | 33.5% |
| 1850 | 3,227 | 18.5% |
| 1860 | 4,352 | 34.9% |
| 1870 | 4,860 | 11.7% |
| 1880 | 6,988 | 43.8% |
| 1890 | 10,253 | 46.7% |
| 1900 | 20,419 | 99.2% |
| 1910 | 18,569 | −9.1% |
| 1920 | 14,502 | −21.9% |
| 1930 | 15,411 | 6.3% |
| 1940 | 16,243 | 5.4% |
| 1950 | 15,939 | −1.9% |
| 1960 | 15,837 | −0.6% |
| 1970 | 16,557 | 4.5% |
| 1980 | 18,134 | 9.5% |
| 1990 | 17,722 | −2.3% |
| 2000 | 22,305 | 25.9% |
| 2010 | 25,520 | 14.4% |
| Source: "Wikipedia.org". | ||
Church Records[edit | edit source]
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Georgia denominations, see the Georgia Church Records wiki page.
List of Churches and Church Parishes
- Beard's Creek Church, Glenville, Georgia, 1804 Members Georgia Pioneers ($)
Court Records[edit | edit source]
- 1805-1823 Court Minutes, 1805-1823 [Tattnall County, Georgia](*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1805-1868 Inferior Court Minutes, 1805-1868(*); Inferior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1824-1916 Minutes, 1824-1916(*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1830-1915 Writs & Declaration, 1830-1915(*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1835-1839 Testimony in Criminal Cases 1835-1839, Tattnall County, Georgia(*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1840-1878 Retail Licenses, 1840-1878 [Tattnall County, Georgia](*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1853-1913 Minutes, 1853-1913(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1867-1916 Superior Court Miscellaneous Records, 1867-1916 [Tattnall County, Georgia](*); Superior Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- 1901-1906 Court of Ordinary Sitting for County Purposes Minutes 1901-1903, and, Court of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues Minutes 1903-1906 [Tattnall County, Georgia](*); Court of Ordinary and Court of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1906-1910 Commissioner Minutes, 1906-1910 [Tattnall County, Georgia](*); Court of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- Tattnall County, Georgia, Loose Papers; 1801-1845; v. 1. 2005. By Sabina J. Murray. Homerville, Georgia : Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
- Tattnall County, Georgia, Loose Papers; v. 2; 1846-1870. 2008. By Sabina J. Murray. Homerville, Georgia : Huxford Genealogical Society, Inc. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
- Genealogy Index at Tattnall County Archives - index to records at the county archives including court records for City Court, Superior Court, Inferior Court, Court of Ordinary, and Justice Court;
Directories[edit | edit source]
- 1970-2024 United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index, coverage may vary
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
African Americans
- 1866-1872 Tattnall County Colored Marriage Index 1866-1872. Batch M713776 at FamilySearch
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
- Brannen-Kennedy Funeral Homes in Glennville
- Kennedy Funeral Homes in Cobbtown
- Low Country Cremation and Burial-Glennville Funeral Home in Glennville and Reidsville
Genealogies[edit | edit source]
Guardianship[edit | edit source]
Land and Property Records[edit | edit source]
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Georgia Land and Property for additional information about early Georgia land grants from the government. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions (generally buying and selling deeds) were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
Online Land Indexes and Records
- 1735-1866 Georgian Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alpha index
- 1783-1909 Headright and Bounty Plats, 1783-1909 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
- 1805-1833 District Plats of Survey at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images organized by county and district
- Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
- Full-Text Search - Land Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Tattnall County, Georgia Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Georgia Local Histories.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
for more resources
- FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
- 1740s-? Historic Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
- 1866 - 1935 County Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
- Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
Civil War
Online Records
- 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
- 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
- 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
- 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
- 1861-1865 Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images and alphabetical index
- 1861-1865 Confederate Muster Rolls at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images; filter by commanding officer, service branch and regiment
- 1861-1865 Confederate Pension Application Supplements - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
- 1864 Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 - images; filter by county
- 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index
- 1879-1920 Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 at FamilySearch — index
- 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter by county
Regiments. Service men in Tattnall County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Tattnall County:
- - 11th Battalion, Georgia Infantry (State Guards) (Confederate) , Company G
- - 47th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company G
- - 61st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies B and H
Spanish-American War
- 1898 Spanish-American War Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit
World War I
- 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical index
- 1920-1929 Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index & images
World War II
- 1940-1942 Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
- 1800s-Current Georgia, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-Current at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
- Georgia Historic Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
- Tattnall County, Georgia Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Glennville, Reidsville, Collins, Cobbtown, and Manassas areas.
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Voting Records
- 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index
- 1856-1909 Georgia, County Voter Registrations, 1856-1909 at FamilySearch — index & images
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Colonial courts kept some early probate records. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.
Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the FamilySearch Library on microfilm.
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).
Online Probate Indexes and Records
- 1733-1753 Colonial Wills at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
- 1742-1990 Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990(*) at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
- 1837-1917 Miscellaneous Estate Records, 1837-1917(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1846-1933 Record of Letters of Administrations and Will, 1846-1933(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1852-1909 Vouchers, 1852-1909(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1853-1913 Minutes, 1853-1913(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1854-1939 Wills, 1854-1939(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index and images
- 1857-1862 Family Names in Tattnall County Probate Records at Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1857-1913 Annual Returns, 1857-1913(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1858-1923 Twelve Months Support, 1858-1923(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
- 1862-1865 Administrator Bonds, 1862-1865(*); Court of Ordinary at FamilySearch Catalog — images
- Full-Text Search - Wills and Probate Records at FamilySearch - index & images; dates, records, and places vary; How to Search
School Records[edit | edit source]
Social Security Records[edit | edit source]
- 1935-2014 United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
- 1936-2007 United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and all slaves up to age 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district.
- 1787-1900 Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, index & images
- 1811 Tax Digest Georgia Pioneers ($)
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Georgia State Department of Health , the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or order electronically online.
For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Georgia.
Birth[edit | edit source]
- 1870-1960 Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
Marriage[edit | edit source]
- 1560-1993 Georgia, United States Marriages at Findmypast — index ($)
- 1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1754-1960 Georgia Church Marriages, 1754-1960 at FamilySearch — index & images
- 1785-1950 Georgia County Marriages 1785-1950 at FamilySearch — index & images
- 1806-1873 Tattnall County Marriage Index 1806-1873. Batch M713771 at FamilySearch[7]
- 1808-1967 Georgia Marriages 1808-1967 at FamilySearch — index
- 1828-1978 Georgia, U.S., Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
- 1850-1873 Tattnall County Marriage Index 1850-1873. Batch M713772 at FamilySearch
- 1873-1884 Tattnall County Marriage Books E and F Index 1873-1884. Batch M713773 at FamilySearch
- 1884-1890 Tattnall County Marriage Books G and H Index 1884-1890. Batch M713774 at FamilySearch
- 1889-1895 Tattnall County Marriage Books J and D Index 1889-1895. Batch M713775 at FamilySearch
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1870-1960 Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
- 1914-1927 Georgia Deaths 1914-1927 at FamilySearch — index & images
- 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - index & images
- 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
- 1928-1942 Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942 at FamilySearch — index & images
- 1933-1998 Georgia Death Index 1933-1998 at FamilySearch — index
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Voting Records[edit | edit source]
- 1856-1941 Georgia, County Voter Registrations, 1856-1941 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection, index & images
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Tattnall County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.
Georgia Archives
University System of Georgia
5800 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, GA 30260
678-364-3700
Website
Facebook
FamilySearch Centers[edit | edit source]
FamilySearch Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local FamilySearch Centers or Affiliate Libraries
- FamilySearch Centers provide one-on-one assistance, free access to center-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
- FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.
Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Tattnall County. For state-wide library facilities, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Tattnall County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Georgia Societies.
Georgia Genealogical Society
PO Box 550247
Atlanta, Georgia 30355-2747
Email: publicity@gagensociety.org
Website
Facebook
Georgia Historical Society
Street address: 501 Whitaker Street
Mailing address: 104 W Gaston Street
Savannah, GA 31401
912-651-2125, 877-424-4789
Email: webmaster@georgiahistory.com
Website
Facebook
Tattnall County Historical Society
PO Box 2012
Reidsville, GA 30453-2012
912-654-2823
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- USGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
- Tattnall County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers ($)
- FamilySearch Catalog - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection. Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records
Research Guides[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Georgia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Tattnall County, Georgia" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattnall_County,_Georgia accessed 6 Nov 2018
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Georgia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Tattnall County, Georgia. Page 151-163 At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002; Alice Eichholz, ed. Ancestry’s Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 155-160.
- ↑ Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 53. At various libraries (WorldCat).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Georgia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.