Records that survive
These are the Jackson County record books the Georgia Archives has scanned and put online free in its Virtual Vault, grouped into series with the earliest and latest years. They're a selection: the archives' full index (linked below) lists every county record it has on microfilm.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriage Book1806–1910
Deeds and land
- Land Court Warrants1796–1805
- Superior Court Deed Books1796–1800
- Superior Court Deed Book1797–1812
- Superior Court Deeds Book1803–1808
- Land Warrants1805–1875
- Homestead Exemptions1868–1870
- Land Court Minutes1871–1877
Wills and estates
- Inventories and Appraisements and Wills1796–1814
- Ordinary Court Misc. Records1797–1804
- Will Book1803–1860
- Court of Ordinary Minutes1805–1809
Tax records
- Tax Digest1799–1861
- Tax Digests1828
- Habeas Corpus Writs1875–1884
Court records
- Inferior Court Minutes1796–1831
- Superior Court Petitions1797–1809
- Inferior Minutes for County Purposes1799–1800
- Inferior Court Records1800–1812
- Superior Court Minutes1801–1813
- Inferior Court Docket1838–1865
- Grand Jury Minutes1850–1853
- Justice of the Peace Court1855–1879
- Superior Court Jury Lists1873–1880
Schools
- Poor School Fund1852–1884
Other records
- Miscellaneous Records1797–1802
- Liquor and Peddlers Licenses1851–1861
Open the Georgia Archives' index of this county's microfilm
Source: Georgia Archives Virtual Vault (Marriage Records from Microfilm, and County Records from Microfilm). The microfilm index is a set of scanned catalog cards. Georgia's statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1919.
Where to find the records
- Jackson County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the probate court and the clerk of superior court, and any online record search the county offers.
- The probate court
Wills, estates, guardianships and marriage licenses. Until the 1970s it was called the Court of Ordinary, and older books carry that name.
- The clerk of superior court
Deeds and other land records, and civil and criminal court cases.
- The Georgia Archives
In Morrow, near Atlanta: microfilm of county records from before 1900, colonial and headright land records, the land lottery records, Confederate pension applications and tax digests.
- Georgia Archives: index to Jackson County records on microfilmfree
Scanned catalog cards listing the record books the archives has on microfilm for this county.
- Georgia Archives Virtual Vaultfree
Scanned marriage books, county records, colonial wills, Confederate pension applications and death certificates, searchable by name and county.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Georgia, Jackson" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Franklin County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Franklin County
Later formed partly from Jackson County: Barrow County, Clarke County, Madison County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1796, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Georgia gave away much of its land by lottery between 1805 and 1833, so if your ancestor was in Georgia then, look for their name in the land lottery lists as well as the county's deed books. Tax digests, which survive for many counties from the 1790s on, place a person in a county year by year.