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==== Variant Spellings  ====
==== Variant Spellings  ====


==== Record Loss ====
==== Record Loss ====


'''March 3, 1893''' -- Courthouse damaged by cyclone  
'''March 3, 1893''' -- Courthouse damaged by cyclone  
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==== Populated Places  ====
==== Populated Places  ====


==== Neighboring Counties ====
==== Neighboring Counties ====


*[[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta]]  
*[[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta]]  
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*'''1828-1886''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books A thru E Index 1828-1886. Batch {{IGI|M713351}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.</ref>  
*'''1828-1886''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books A thru E Index 1828-1886. Batch {{IGI|M713351}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.</ref>  
*'''1886-1895''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch {{IGI|M713352}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />  
*'''1886-1895''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch {{IGI|M713352}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />  
*'''1886-1895''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch {{IGI|M733988}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />
*'''1886-1895''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch {{IGI|M733988}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />  
*1877-1880 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)  
*1877-1880 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)  
*1880-1866 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]&nbsp;($)
*1880-1866 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]&nbsp;($)
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===== Death  =====
===== Death  =====


===== Vital Record Substitutes =====
===== Vital Record Substitutes =====


== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
== Genealogy Societies and Libraries  ==
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*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]


== Websites ==
== Websites  ==
 
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
*{{FHL|Georgia%2C+Meriwether|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/GA/Meriwether/ Meriwether County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History] (Linkpendium)
*Georgia Pioneers [http://www.georgiapioneers.com Georgia Pioneers] ($)
 
== County Courthouse  ==
 
Probate Court has birth records from 1927,<br> marriage records from 1828, death&nbsp; records<br> from 1929 and probate records from 1838; <br>Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and&nbsp;<br>land records from 1827 and military discharge<br>records<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Meriwether County, Georgia. Page 158 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
 
== History<br>  ==
 
==== Parent County  ====
 
'''1827'''--Meriwether County was created&nbsp;14 December 1827&nbsp;from [[Troup County, Georgia|Troup ]]County.&nbsp; '''County seat:&nbsp;'''&nbsp;Greenville <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
 
==== Boundary Changes  ====
 
==== Record Loss  ====
 
'''March 3, 1893''' -- Courthouse damaged by cyclone
 
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
 
*[[Burned Counties Research]] <br>
*[http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424 http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424]
 
== Places / Localities  ==
 
==== Populated Places  ====
 
==== Neighboring Counties  ====
 
*[[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta]]
*[[Harris County, Georgia|Harris]]
*[[Pike County, Georgia|Pike]]
*[[Spalding County, Georgia|Spalding]]
*[[Talbot County, Georgia|Talbot]]
*[[Troup County, Georgia|Troup]]
*[[Upson County, Georgia|Upson]]
 
== Resources  ==
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
 
==== Church  ====
 
{{GA Church Intro}}
 
*Providence Church, Luthersville, Georgia, 1818 Members [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]
 
==== Court  ====
 
==== Land  ====
 
{{GA Land}}
 
==== Local Histories  ====
 
{{GA History}}
 
:*Hill, Ella Godwin. ''The History of Warm Springs, Georgia.'' Chastain, Ark.: Hillcroft Press, c1934. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=22852 Ancestry] ($).<br>
 
==== Maps ====
[[Image:Gameriwether.jpg|right|900px]]
 
==== Marriages  ====
 
*1885-1886 Marriages (from newspapers) [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*1828-1843 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*1843-1866 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*1843-1866 Marriage License Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*1866-1877 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*1877-1880 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*1880-1866 Marriage Index [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]&nbsp;($)<br>
 
==== Military  ====
 
===== Civil War  =====
 
Confederate regiments from this county include:
 
:-[[2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry|2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry]]
 
==== Newspapers  ====
 
{{GA Newspaper abstracts|Meriwether}}
 
==== Probate  ====
 
{{GA Probate Intro}}
 
*Wills , Book A, 1839-1859 (digital images) See names of testators &nbsp;[http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*Index to Will Book B, 1859-1903 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book A, 1828-1841 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]&nbsp;($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book B, 1841-1846 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book C, 1845-1852&nbsp;[http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]&nbsp;($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book D, 1852-1855 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book E, 1858-1863 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book F, 1856-1859 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers]&nbsp;($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book G, 1862-1873 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
*Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book H, 1865-1888 [http://www.georgiapioneers.com/counties/countymeriwether.html Georgia Pioneers] ($)
 
==== Taxation  ====
 
{{GA Tax Intro}}
 
==== Vital Records  ====
 
{{GA Vital Intro}}
 
===== Marriage  =====
 
*'''1828-1886''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books A thru E Index 1828-1886. Batch {{IGI|M713351}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/5/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.</ref>
*'''1886-1895''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch {{IGI|M713352}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />
*'''1886-1895''' - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch {{IGI|M733988}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr" />
 
== Societies and Libraries&nbsp;  ==
 
==== Family History Centers<br>  ====
 
*[[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.  
*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.  
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