Meriwether County, Georgia Genealogy
United States 
Georgia Meriwether County
Guide to Meriwether County Georgia genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Meriwether County, Georgia | |
| Map | |
 Location of Georgia in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | December 14, 1927 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Greenville |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Meriwether County Courthouse PO Box 428 Greenville, GA 30222-0428 Phone: 706.672.1314 Meriwether County Website |
County Courthouse
Probate Court has birth records from 1927,
marriage records from 1828, death records
from 1929 and probate records from 1838;
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and
land records from 1827 and military discharge
records[1]
History
Parent County
1827--Meriwether County was created 14 December 1827 from Troup County. County seat: Greenville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
March 3, 1893 -- Courthouse damaged by cyclone
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
Church
- Providence Church, Luthersville, Georgia, 1818 Members Georgia Pioneers
Court
Land
Local Histories
- Hill, Ella Godwin. The History of Warm Springs, Georgia. Chastain, Ark.: Hillcroft Press, c1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Hill, Ella Godwin. The History of Warm Springs, Georgia. Chastain, Ark.: Hillcroft Press, c1934. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Maps
Marriages
- 1885-1886 Marriages (from newspapers) Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1828-1843 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1843-1866 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1843-1866 Marriage License Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1866-1877 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1877-1880 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1880-1866 Marriage Index Georgia Pioneers ($)
Military
Civil War
Confederate regiments from this county include:
Newspapers
Probate
Colonial courts kept some early probate records. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.
Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the FamilySearch Library on microfilm.
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).
- Wills , Book A, 1839-1859 (digital images) See names of testators Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Will Book B, 1859-1903 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book A, 1828-1841 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book B, 1841-1846 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book C, 1845-1852 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book D, 1852-1855 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book E, 1858-1863 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book F, 1856-1859 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book G, 1862-1873 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Index to Annual Returns, Appraisements, Inventories, Sales, Book H, 1865-1888 Georgia Pioneers ($)
Taxation
Vital Records
Marriage
- 1828-1886 - Meriwether County Marriage Books A thru E Index 1828-1886. Batch M713351 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
- 1886-1895 - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch M713352 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
- 1886-1895 - Meriwether County Marriage Books F thru G Index 1886-1895. Batch M733988 at FamilySearch - free.[3]
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Meriwether County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers Georgia Pioneers ($)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Meriwether County, Georgia. Page 158 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.