Quitman County, Georgia Genealogy
United States 
Georgia Quitman County
Guide to Quitman County, Georgia ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Quitman County, Georgia | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Georgia | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | December 10, 1858 |
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| County Seat | Georgetown |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Quitman County Courthouse] PO Box 114 Georgetown, GA 31754-0114 Phone: 912.334.2578 Quitman County Website |
County Courthouse
Quitman County Courthouse
PO Box 114
Georgetown, GA 31754-0114
Phone: 912.334.2578
Clerk Superior Court has birth records from 1927, marriage records from 1919, divorce records, and court records from 1923 and land records from 1879[1]
| Birth | Marriage | Death | Census | Land | Probate |
| 1879 |
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History
Parent County
1858--Quitman County was created 10 December 1858 fromRandolph and Stewart Counties.
County seat: Georgetown [2]
Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Georgia county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps" (1758-1932) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Variant Spellings
Record Loss
1921 The courthouse at Georgetown burned 1 February 1921. Almost all county records were lost.[3]
For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:
- Burned Counties. By Michael John Neill at 24-7 Family History Circle.
- When the Records are Gone. By Arlene Eakle at Arlene Eakle's Tennessee Blog.
- Burned Counties Research in the FamilySearch Research Wiki.
- List of counties in the United States with Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Barbour County, Alabama • Clay County • Henry County, Alabama • Randolph County • Stewart County
Genealogy Resources
Research Guides
African Americans
Bible Records
Cemeteries
List of Cemeteries in Quitman County: http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/cemetery.html
Census
Church Records
Court
Administration & Guardianship Bonds
- Bland, Jasper Orphans David and Jasper (Bond) 1899
- Bland, Mary J. Belcher (Guardianship) 1872
- Dowdy, Woodson H. Orphans (Guardianship) 1865
- Guerry, T. S. (Guardianship) 1865
- Griffin, Lunsford Eleanor and children (Exemplification) 1864
- Guilford, J. M. (Guardianship) 1894
- Harrison, William Orphans (Guardianship) 1866
- Kaigler, Orphans (Guardianship) 1898
- Matthews, Lucy C. and John W. (Guardianship) 1864
- Moore, William F. (Guardianship) 1864
- Ogletree, J. E. (Request to Sell Land) 1893
- Phillips, J. E. (Guardianship)
- Slayton, Mary (Bond) 1864
- Whitaker, John Bland Minors (Estate) 1898 [6]
Genealogy
Land and Property
Local Histories
Maps
Military
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/military.html
War of 1812
1883 Pensioners
Civil War
- - 11th Regiment Company I
- - 11th Ga Regiment Company I History
- - 51st Regiment Company G
- - 53rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry
- - 61st Regiment Company F
Civil War from "The Quitman Echo"
Quitman Grays History From "The Quitman Echo"
Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
World War I
Tye, J. P. WWI Draft 1917
World War I from "The Quitman Echo" [7]
Naturalization
Newspapers
Template:GA Newspaper abstracts
USGenWeb has transcriptions for some newspaper articles.
Occupations
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
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. See also How to order Georgia Vital Records
http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/vitals.html
Birth
Marriage
- 1875 - 1885 Marriages
- 1875 - 1885 Marriages (Partial)
- 1885 - 1891 Marriages Surnames A - L
- 1885 - 1891 Marriages Surnames M - Z [8]
Death
- 1919 Death Index
- 1920 Death Index
- 1921-1924 Death Index
- 1926 Death Index
- 1927 Death Index
- 1928 Death Index
- 1929 Death Index
- 1930 Death Index
Barrett, Elizabeth 1923
Harrell, Hugh L 1969 [9]
Vital Record Substitutes
Genealogy Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Websites
- Quitman County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Georgia Genealogy Network Community on Google+
- Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- FamilySearch Catalog
- Quitman County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Quitman County, Georgia. Page 159 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 50. At various libraries (WorldCat).
- ↑ The Quitman Echo by Eldridge and Shepard
- ↑ The Quitman Echo by Eldridge and Shepard
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/court.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/military.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/vitals.html
- ↑ http://usgwarchives.net/ga/quitman/vitals.html