Cherokee County, Georgia Genealogy
Guide to Cherokee County, Georgia ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Contents
- 1 County Information
- 2 Resources
- 2.1 Bible Records
- 2.2 Biographies
- 2.3 Business, Commerce, and Occupations
- 2.4 Cemeteries
- 2.5 Census Records
- 2.6 Church Records
- 2.7 Court Records
- 2.8 Directories
- 2.9 Emigration and Immigration
- 2.10 Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
- 2.11 Funeral Homes
- 2.12 Genealogies
- 2.13 Guardianship
- 2.14 Land and Property Records
- 2.15 Local Histories
- 2.16 Maps and Gazetteers
- 2.17 Migration
- 2.18 Military Records
- 2.19 Naturalization and Citizenship
- 2.20 Newspapers
- 2.21 Obituaries
- 2.22 Other Records
- 2.23 Periodicals
- 2.24 Probate Records
- 2.25 School Records
- 2.26 Social Security Records
- 2.27 Tax Records
- 2.28 Vital Records
- 3 Research Facilities
- 4 Societies
- 5 Websites
- 6 Research Guides
- 7 References
County Information[edit | edit source]
Description[edit | edit source]
The County was named for the Cherokee people. The County is located in the north central area of the state.[2]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Cherokee County Courthouse
90 N Street
Canton, GA 30114-2794
Phone: 770-479-1953
Cherokee County Website
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1833.
Probate Court has birth, marriage, death, burial and probate records.[3]
Cherokee 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 | 1841 | 1919 | 1833 | 1833 | 1833 | 1820 |
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
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1864 During the American Civil War the courthouse was destroyed about 30 October. The earliest marriage and probate records were apparently lost at that time. Significant county records including deeds survived.[5] 1927 Fire destroyed the courthouse on 10 March, but county records were carried to safety.[5] For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:
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Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
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. |
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:[7]
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History Timeline[edit | edit source]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biographies[edit | edit source]
Business, Commerce, and Occupations[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
The following web site may have additional information on Cherokee County cemeteries.
- Interment.net Georgia cemetery records
Census Records[edit | edit source]
| Historical populations | ||
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| Census | Pop. | %± |
| 1840 | 5,895 | — |
| 1850 | 12,800 | 117.1% |
| 1860 | 11,291 | −11.8% |
| 1870 | 10,399 | −7.9% |
| 1880 | 14,325 | 37.8% |
| 1890 | 15,412 | 7.6% |
| 1900 | 15,243 | −1.1% |
| 1910 | 16,661 | 9.3% |
| 1920 | 18,569 | 11.5% |
| 1930 | 20,003 | 7.7% |
| 1940 | 20,126 | 0.6% |
| 1950 | 20,750 | 3.1% |
| 1960 | 23,001 | 10.8% |
| 1970 | 31,059 | 35.0% |
| 1980 | 51,699 | 66.5% |
| 1990 | 90,204 | 74.5% |
| 2000 | 141,903 | 57.3% |
| 2010 | 214,346 | 51.1% |
| 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
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
Emigration and Immigration[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
Funeral Homes[edit | edit source]
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.
Scanned land records from 1832 onward can be searched online at the Cherokee County Georgia Index Search. Real Estate Index 1832-1898 and indexes from July 1979 - December 1988 are available for viewing. Years 1899 - 1979 indexes are currently in the process of being preserved and scanned.
Local Histories[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Cherokee 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:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
- Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military Records[edit | edit source]
- Georgia USGenWeb Archives Project
Mexican War
Cherokee County Soldiers in the Mexican War Georgia Pioneers ($).
Civil War
Online Records
- 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
- 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
- 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
- 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry— index (free)
- 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
- 1879-1920 Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
- Online Images of Civil War Pensions Georgia Pioneers ($)
Regiments. Service men in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County:
- - 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Confederate) , Company F
- - 14th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate) , Company B
- - 34th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company B
- - 36th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Broyles') (Confederate) , Company A and E
- - 41st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Company C
- - 43rd Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate) , Company A and B
- Index to Georgia's Confederate Pension Supplements. compiled by Ted O. Brook and Linda Woodward Geiger, 1999. 210 pages
- Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee (Cherokee County, Ga.). 1998. The heritage of Cherokee County, Georgia, 1831-1998. [Cherokee County, Ga.]: Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee. (page 63-64) 975.8253 H2h
- Marlin, Lloyd G. 1932. The history of Cherokee County. Atlanta: Walter W. Brown Pub. Co. (page 65-83) FHL Collection
- Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee (Cherokee County, Ga.). 1998. The heritage of Cherokee County, Georgia, 1831-1998. [Cherokee County, Ga.]: Cherokee County Heritage Book Committee. (page 2-24) 975.8253 H2h
World War I
- 1920-1929 Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
- Legal Advertising 1868-1873 Georgia Pioneers ($).
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
- Annotated Obituaries from the Cherokee Advance, Canton, Georgia, 1880-1938. by John Carver, 2003. Over 600 pages.
Other Records[edit | edit source]
Voting Records
- 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Colonial courts kept some early probate records. From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the court of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records. The inferior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.
Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Archives and History and the Family History Library on microfilm.
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).
Online Probate Records
- 1742-1990 Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
- 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
- 1847-1921 Abstracts of Cherokee County, Georgia, Wills and Bonds, 1847-1921. by John Carver 2005 Over 350 pages.
- 1848-1852 Index to Cherokee County Inventories, Appraisements, Vouchers, Sales, Annual Returns 1848-1852 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- 1848-1866 Index to Cherokee county Will Bk B 1848-1866 Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Wills, Administrator's Bonds, Guardianships (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)
- Images of Will Book A, 1848-1854; Book B, 1848-1866; Book C, 1866-1921. Georgia Pioneers ($)
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. — How to Use this Collection
- 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
Tax Records[edit | edit source]
Taxes were levied on free white males over 21 and all slaves up to age 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Tax listings, or digests, of a county generally list the taxable landowners and other polls and the amount of tax. The records for each county are divided by militia district.
Online Records
- Tax Digest - 1849, all districts (Images)Georgia Pioneers ($)
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 — How to Use this Collection
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 and images — How to Use this Collection
- 1785-1950 Georgia County Marriages 1785-1950 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
- 1787-1962 Georgia, Church Marriages, 1787-1962 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
- 1808-1967 Georgia Marriages 1808-1967 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
- 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
- 1841-1870 Cherokee County Marriage Book D Index 1841-1870. Batch M712471 at FamilySearch.[8]
- 1841-1910 Cherokee County Marriages 1841-1910. compiled by John Carver 2002.Groom & Bride lists. 320 pages
- 1870-1884 Cherokee County Marriage Book E Index 1870-1884. Batch M712472 at FamilySearch.
- 1884-1895 Cherokee County Marriage Books F and G Index 1884-1895. Batch M712473 at FamilySearch.
- Online Images 1841-1849; 1849-1858; 1854-1870. Georgia Pioneers ($)
Death[edit | edit source]
- 1870-1960 Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images — How to Use this Collection
- 1914-1927 Georgia Deaths 1914-1927 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
- 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
- 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - index and images
- 1928-1930 Georgia Non-Indexed Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
- 1928-1942 Georgia Deaths, 1928-1942 at FamilySearch — index and images — How to Use this Collection
- 1933-1998 Georgia Death Index 1933-1998 at FamilySearch — index — How to Use this Collection
Divorce[edit | edit source]
- 1885-1886 Divorces, Georgia Pioneers ($)
Research Facilities[edit | edit source]
Archives[edit | edit source]
Listed below are archives in Cherokee County. For state-wide archival repositories, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Family History 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 family history center.
Local Centers and Libraries
Libraries[edit | edit source]
Listed below are libraries in Cherokee County. For state-wide library facilities, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.
Museums[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Listed below are societies in Cherokee County. For state-wide genealogical societies, see Georgia Societies.
- Cherokee County Historical Society
RR 2, Box 126
Canton, GA 30114
Website - Ball Ground (Georgia) Historical Society
Ball Ground City Hall
215 Valley Street
Ball Ground, GA
Facebook
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Cherokee County, GA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Ball Ground (Georgia) Historical Society
- Georgia Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- GAGenWeb Archives
- Cherokee County, Georgia Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Georgia Pioneers 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); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cherokee County, Georgia" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County,_Georgia accessed 31 Oct 2018
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Georgia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cherokee County, Georgia. Page 151-163 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 19-20. At various libraries (WorldCat).
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Georgia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Cherokee County, Georgia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee_County%2C_Georgia, accessed 3 Febuary 2019.
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/0/09/Igigeorgiaad.pdf.
