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WALTON COUNTY
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This Free Genealogy Site is maintained by: Bettie Wood <><

NORTH: Barrow County     "Gen-Kid", Jim PATTON ([email protected]) is the
                               web-master for the East Georgia Genealogical Society
                               (Formally the Piedmont Regional Genealogy Society)
                               A very nice, "must-see" site that covers these counties:
                               Banks, Barrow, Butts, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin,
                              Glascock, Greene, Gwinnett, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper,
                               Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Newton, Oconee,
                               Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rockdale, Stephens, Taliaferro, Walton,
                               Warren and Wilkes.

Barrow County was formed on 07 JUN 1914 from portions of Jackson,
Gwinnett and Walton Counties.
Barrow County Courthouse
310 S. Broad St.
Winder, GA 30680-1973
770-867-7581
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial, & probate records; Superior Court Clerk has divorce, court, & land records from 1915

NORTHWEST:
Gwinnett County formed from Cherokee, & Creek Indian Lands on 15 DEC 1818

1) Gwinnett County Courthouse
75 Langley Dr.
Lawrenceville, GA 30245-6935
770-822-8815
Courthouse burned in 1871; few records were saved; Superior Court Clerk has divorce, court & land records

2) Gwinnett Historical Society, Inc.
P.O. Box 261
Lawrenceville, GA 30246

SOUTHEAST:
Morgan County   The current Morgan County location is included as a part of
                                the territory obtained from the Creek Indians by a treaty at Fort
                                Wilkinson, on the 16th day of June, 1802. This area was made
                                into three counties, Wayne, Wilkinson and Baldwin. Morgan
                                County was subsequently divided from Baldwin County, & established
                                0n 10 DEC 1807

Morgan County Courthouse
P.O. Box 168
Madison, GA 30650-0168
706-342-0725
County Health Department has birth records; Probate court has marriage, death, burial, & probate records; Superior Court Clerk has divorce, court, & land records form 1807

SOUTHWEST:
Newton County     was created by the Georgia General Assembly on
                               24 DEC 1821.   It was formed from parts of Henry,
                               Jasper, and Walton Counties.

Newton County Courthouse
1113 Usher St.
Covington, GA 30209
770-784-2000
Superior Court Clerk has divorce, court, & land records form 1822 & military records from 1917

EAST:
Oconee County     was formed from Clarke County on 25 FEB 1875. The county seat
                               of Oconee County is Watkinsville, which was the original
                               county seat of Clarke.

Oconee County Courthouse
1291 Greensboro Hwy.
Watkinsville, GA 30677-2438
706-769-5120
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, & probate records; Superior Court Clerk has divorce, court & land records from 1875

SOUTHWEST:
Rockdale County was created by the Georgia Legislature on 18 OCT 1870 from Henry &
Newton Counties; Rockdale is the second smallest county in Georgia.

Rockdale County Courthouse
922 Court St, NE
Conyers, GA 30207-4540
770-929-4021
Probate Court has marriage, & probate records from 1870 & death records from 1930; Superior Court Clerk has land, divorce, & court records