Migration of the Stewart Families Before 1800 to Georgia

Guide to Stewart County, Georgia beginnings, genealogy and family history, nascence records, marriage records, decease records, census records, family history, and military machine records.

County Data [edit | edit source]

Description [edit | edit source]

The County was named for Daniel Stewart, a Revolutionary War veteran, and fighter against American Indians. He was 1 of the four corking-grandfathers of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. The County is located in the west central expanse of the state.^[ane]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Stewart County Courthouse
PO Box 157
Lumpkin, GA 31815-0157
Telephone: 912-838-6220
Stewart County Website

Probate Court has nascence, death and burial records from 1927, matrimony records from 1828 and probate records.
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and land records from 1830.^[2]

Stewart County, Georgia Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Data for this chart was taken from diverse sources, frequently containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken equally a guide and should be verified past contacting the county and/or the state government bureau.

Known Start Dates for Major County Records [3]
Nascence*	Wedlock	Expiry*	Court	Land	Probate	Demography
1927	1828	1927	1830	1830	1830	1820
*Statewide registration of births and expiry began in 1919. General compliance for births by 1928 and deaths by 1922.

Record Loss [edit | edit source]

1922 The courthouse at Lumpkin burned 21 April 1922. County records remained safe in fire-proof vaults.^[4]

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

• 1830 Stewart from Randolph County on 23 December 1830
• Canton seat: Lumpkin

For animated maps illustrating Georgia county purlieus changes, "Rotating Formation Georgia County Boundary Maps" (1758-1932) may exist viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

For a complete listing of populated places, including minor neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The post-obit are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this canton:^[v]\

Cities
Lumpkin	Richland
Unincorporated communities
Beatrice Louvale	Omaha Sanford
Ghost towns
Roanoke

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 take additional information on Stewart County cemeteries.

• Interment.net Georgia cemetery records

Demography Records [edit | edit source]

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1840	12,933	—
1850	xvi,027	23.9%
1860	xiii,422	−16.3%
1870	14,204	5.8%
1880	xiii,998	−1.5%
1890	xv,682	12.0%
1900	15,856	1.ane%
1910	13,437	−15.3%
1920	12,089	−10.0%
1930	11,114	−8.one%
1940	10,603	−iv.half dozen%
1950	nine,194	−xiii.iii%
1960	vii,371	−19.8%
1970	6,511	−11.vii%
1980	v,896	−ix.4%
1990	v,654	−four.1%
2000	5,252	−7.one%
2010	6,058	15.3%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Church building 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 equally age, engagement of baptism, christening, or birth; wedlock information and maiden names; and death engagement. For general information about Georgia denominations, come across the Georgia Church Records wiki folio.
List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places

• Harmony Church, Richland, Georgia, 1839 Members Georgia Pioneers ($)

Court Records [edit | edit source]

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

Indigenous, 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 holding records tin place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic data, and reveal family unit relationships. Land records include deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Georgia Land and Property for additional information about early on Georgia country grants from the government. After state was transferred to private buying, subsequent transactions (generally buying and selling deeds) were ordinarily recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.

• 1735-1866 Georgian Colonial and Headright Plat Index, 1735-1866 at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alpha index
  
• 1783-1909 Headright and Bounty Plats, 1783-1909 at Georgia Athenaeum Virtual Vault - images with blastoff index
  
• 1805-1833 District Plats of Survey at Georgia Athenaeum Virtual Vault - images organized past county and district
  
• Colonial Plats and Warrants at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
  

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

Local histories are bachelor for Stewart County, Georgia Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church building, school and government history, and military information. For more than information virtually local histories, see the wiki page section Georgia Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this canton - How to Use FS Places
• 1740s-? Historic Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
• 1866 - 1935 Canton Map File at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images
• Maps of Georgia (1758-1932)

Migration [edit | edit source]

Military Records [edit | edit source]

• Georgia USGenWeb Athenaeum Project

Ceremonious War

Online Records

• 1861-1865 Georgia Civil War Service Records of Amalgamated Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1865 Georgia Ceremonious War Service Records of Spousal relationship Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch — index
• 1861-1865 U.S., Amalgamated Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (gratis)
• 1861-1865 Confederate Enlistment Oaths and Discharges at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images and alphabetical index
• 1861-1865 Confederate Muster Rolls at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault- images; filter by commanding officer, service co-operative and regiment
• 1861-1865 Confederate Pension Awarding Supplements - images and alphabetical alphabetize; filter past county
• 1864 Militia Enrollment Lists, 1864 - images; filter by county
• 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Adjuration Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — alphabetize
• 1879-1920 Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 at FamilySearch — index
• 1879-1960 Confederate Pension Applications - images and alphabetical index; filter past canton

Regiments. Service men in Stewart 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 Stewart Canton:

- 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Visitor Thou

- 17th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Amalgamated), Companies I and Thousand

- 21st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Visitor I

- 31st Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Confederate), Companies E and G

- 35th Battalion, Georgia (Confederate), Companies East and Grand

- 46th Regiment, Georgia Infantry (Amalgamated), Company Yard

• Georgia. 1960. Confederate rosters (reconstructed in 1899). Atlanta [Georgia]: Georgia Department of Athenaeum and History. film 847787
• Webster County (Georgia). Superior Court Clerk. 1966. War machine records, 1944-1964: confederate muster ringlet, for Webster and Stewart Counties; Globe War I service records, compiled nether sponsorship of the American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary by the Veterans Service Office; and discharge records. Common salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Order of Utah. film 431391

Spanish-American State of war

• 1898 Castilian-American State of war Service Summary Cards - images and alphabetical index; filter by residence, muster location and unit of measurement

Earth War I

• 1914-1918 World War I Casualties Scrapbooks - images and alphabetical alphabetize
• 1920-1929 Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929 at FamilySearch — alphabetize and images

World War Two

• 1940-1942 Georgia World War Ii Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 at findmypast - index ($))

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
• Georgia Celebrated Newspapers at Digital Library of Georgia

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Voting Records

• 1867-1868 Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 at FamilySearch — index

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

Colonial courts kept some early probate records.  From 1777 to 1798 and since 1852, the courtroom of ordinary or register of probates has kept probate and guardianship records.  The junior court handled probate and guardianship matters from 1798 to 1852.

Many probate records to the 1930s and 1940s are at the Georgia Department of Athenaeum and History and the Family History Library on microfilm.

Content: Probate Records may give the decedent'southward date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.

Tape types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, marriage, adoption, and birth and death records (not all years).

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1733-1753 Colonial Wills at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
• 1742-1990 Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1742-1992 Georgia Wills and Probate Records 1742-1992 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
• 1754-1776 Colonial Will Books at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - images with alpha index
• 1837-1849 Index to Will Volume A, 1837-1849 Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1837-1849 Wills, Book B, 1837-1849 (digital images) Georgia Pioneers ($)

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 Usa Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to apply this collection; index. Besides at Beginnings, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click hither for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.Due south., Social Security Applications and Claims Alphabetize, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more data.

Tax Records [edit | edit source]

Taxes were levied on complimentary white males over 21 and all slaves upward to age 60. These persons are referred to as "polls." Taxation 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.

• 1787-1900 Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900 at FamilySearch — How to use this collection, alphabetize and images

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 nearly original records tin be purchased from the Georgia State Department of Wellness , the Canton Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or gild electronically online.

For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Georgia.

Birth [edit | edit source]

• 1870-1960 Georgia, Canton Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images

Spousal relationship [edit | edit source]

• 1560-1993 Georgia, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index ($)
• 1699-1944 Georgia Marriages 1699-1944 at Beginnings — index ($)
• 1754-1960 Georgia Church building Marriages, 1754-1960 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1785-1950 Georgia Canton Marriages 1785-1950 at FamilySearch — alphabetize and images
• 1787-1962 Georgia, Church Marriages, 1787-1962 at FamilySearch — index
• 1808-1967 Georgia Marriages 1808-1967 at FamilySearch — alphabetize
• 1828-1870 Stewart Canton Marriage Books A1, A2, B, C Index 1828-1870. Batch M713721 at FamilySearch^[vi]
• 1828-1978 Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties 1828-1978 at Ancestry — index and images ($)
• 1830-1860 Stewart Canton Marriage Alphabetize 1830-1860 Georgia Pioneers ($)
• 1870-1884 Stewart County Marriage Book C Alphabetize 1870-1884. Batch M713722 at FamilySearch
• 1884-1895 Stewart County Marriage Index 1884-1895. Batch M713723 at FamilySearch

Death [edit | edit source]

• 1870-1960 Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 at FamilySearch — index, and some images
• 1914-1927 Georgia Deaths 1914-1927 at FamilySearch — index and images
• 1919-1998 Georgia Deaths 1919-1998 at Ancestry — index ($)
• 1919-1930 Georgia Death Certificates at Georgia Archives Virtual Vault - alphabetize 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
• 1933-1998 Georgia Death Index 1933-1998 at FamilySearch — index

Divorce [edit | edit source]

Research Facilities [edit | edit source]

Archives [edit | edit source]

Listed below are archives in Stewart County. For country-broad archival repositories, encounter Georgia Archives and Libraries.

Family unit History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family History Center and Chapter Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Affiliate Libraries

• Family unit History Centers provide one-on-one assistance, costless access to heart-only databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries take access to most center-but databases, only may not always take full services unremarkably provided by a family history center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed below are libraries in Stewart County. For state-wide library facilities, see Georgia Archives and Libraries.

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Websites [edit | edit source]

• Georgia Genealogy Network Grouping on Facebook
• USGenWeb projection May have maps, name indexes, history or other data for this county.
• Stewart County, Georgia Genealogy and Family unit History (Linkpendium)
• Georgia Pioneers ($)
• FamilySearch Itemize - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access data for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their drove.  Employ Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Research Guides [edit | edit source]

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Stewart County, Georgia" in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_County,_Georgia accessed 5 Nov 2018
2. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: U.s.a. of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Georgia.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002.
3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Stewart 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 Boondocks Sources, Third ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 155-160.
4. ↑ Paul K. Graham, Georgia Courthouse Disasters (Decatur, Georgia: Genealogy Co., 2013), 52. At diverse libraries (WorldCat).
5. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Stewart_County,_Georgia," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_County,_Georgia#Cities_and_communities, accessed 1 Baronial 2016.
6. ↑ Genealogical Social club of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/v/53/Igigeorgiamz.pdf.

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Major Repositories	National Archives at Atlanta · Georgia Archives · Georgia Genealogical Society · Georgia Historical Club · Athens-Clarke County Library Heritage Room · Atlanta-Fulton Public Library Central Library · Atlanta History Heart · Coweta County Genealogical Order Research Library · DeKalb History Center · Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library · Georgia Salzburger Society · Gilbert H. Gragg Library · Huxford-Spear Genealogical Library · Ladson Genealogical Library · Thomasville Genealogical, History and Fine Arts Library · University of Georgia Main Library · Washington Memorial Library · Dallas Public Fundamental Library
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