Columbia County Courthouse
Photos Inside the Historic Columbia County Courthouse (Courtesy Robert Calhoun) Photo 1, 2
Welcome to Columbia County, Georgia
A part of
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County Coordinator: Suzanne Forte
State Coordinator: Ed Gordon
Assistant State Coordinator: Vivian Price Saffold
Regional Assistant: Nancy Gay Crawford
Map Created by Ed Gordon
Surrounding Counties
Edgefield, S.C. McCormick, S.C. McDuffie Co, GA
Lincoln Co, GA Richmond Co, GA
Wilkes Co, GA (though not a surrounding county, many early settlers moved between Columbia and Wilkes Counties)
This is the official home page of the Columbia County GA GENWEB Project. We are a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county in the State of Georgia. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. GA GENWEB Project members are located throughout the world, not just in Georgia. We rely on the resources of the Internet and on volunteers who are able to transcribe primary documents to assist us in getting information on line.
We need your information. Do you have cemetery transcriptions, transcribed census records, church listings, deeds, wills, Confederate pension records, histories of town in Columbia County, family histories, biographies, pictures of people and or places connected to Columbia County? Any information that you believe may be helpful to other researchers. I would love to hear from you and will get those on line as soon as possible. If you own books or other items of interest about Columbia County, and would be willing to do lookups, please let me know. Or if you have a homepage relating to Columbia County, I would like to put a link to it on this site.
If you previously submitted information for the Columbia County page and do not see if here now please contact me, suzanneforte@bellsouth.net and with your help furnishing items, I will get your information back on line as soon as possible.
Brief History of Columbia County
Columbia County was created December 10th 1790 from the northern part of Richmond County. Columbia gave land to Warren County on December 19, 1793, in March 1856 Columbia took more land from Richmond County, gave land to McDuffie County in October of 1870 (when McDuffie was created), gave more land to McDuffie and took some from McDuffie in August of 1872. It was the 12th county formed in Georgia. It is named for Christopher Columbus. Appling is the county seat. Columbia County lies along the Savannah River in east central Georgia, bordering South Carolina, just northwest of Augusta. In the colonial era, the territory that constitutes Columbia County was laid out as a part of St. Paul Parish. It was created in response to a request by backcountry settlers that they be given court sessions that would be more convenient than those held in Augusta.
(MORE HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY)
(AND STILL ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY)
Columbia County Historical Society (P.O. Box 203, Appling, GA. 30802)
Georgia's Virtual Vault - Georgia Archives web site - contains a multitude of information, such as Confederate pension applications, enlistments, etc, Colonial wills and will books; head right and bounty plats. THIS IS A MUST SEE SITE!! PLUS MUCH MORE!
THIS SITE NOW CONTAINS ACTUAL IMAGES OF DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR GEORGIA FROM 1919 TO 1927 (CLICK HERE)
BOOKS ABOUT COLUMBIA COUNTY
"To Seek A Newer World" a history of Columbia County (Columbia County Historical Society web site)
"Land We Lived", new book by Joseph Williams about African American life in Columbia County
"Sacred to the Memory Of", new cemetery book for Columbia County
"Co. K, 48th Georgia Infantry, CSA, Officers, Battles and Genealogy of its Soldiers"
(For a list of the men who served with Co K, 48th Georgia Infantry, click HERE)
Cemetery Locations in Columbia County (also see the USGENWEB Archives for Columbia County for more)
Photos of Cemeteries and Headstones of Columbia County
Photos of Churchs and Church Cemeteries of Columbia County
Photos of people and houses of Columbia County
Information of some early settlers of Columbia County 
Miscellaneous Historical Documents
Surnames and Researchers (Post your queries here) Another web site for Genealogy Queries is cousinconnect.com
Marshall Historical Site Photos
1880 Federal Census Mortality Schedule
Codes Used in the 1880 Mortality Schedule
Deeds, Land Records and Other Miscellaneous Records
Wills and Estate Records - (Some of these wills also contain some marriage names and dates)
Excerpts from "The Story of Wrightsboro - 1768-1964"
Newspapers from Columbia County (University of Georgia Library website) various dates beginning in 1881 to 2000 - Includes links to local researchers who
will search and make copies for a fee
Communities of Columbia County
Census Records
1820 - Transcribed with full names of heads of household
1820 - A Much More Detailed Transcription
1830 - Index Only - Provided by SK Publications
1860 Census (Located in the Columbia County US GENWEB Archives)
Name index and transcription of the 1860 Columbia County census
1880 Census - (Family History Center Website)
Columbia County Militia Districts
Historic Population Profile for Columbia County
National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County
Cities/Communities of Columbia County also the Town of Appling
Historical and Current Maps of Columbia County
Military
World War I - Georgia Soldiers who Perished in World War I Plaque in the Columbia County Courthouse Honoring Those Who Perished in World War I
World War II - Georgia Soldiers who Perished in WW II Plaque in the Columbia County Courthouse Honoring Those Who Perished in World War II
Korean War - Georgia Soldiers who Perished in the Korean War
Vietnam War - Georgia Soldiers who Perished in the Vietnam War
War Between the States (Rosters and units formed in Columbia County and soldiers from Columbia County in other units) Courtesy Major General Ambrose R. Wright Camp, #1914, Georgia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Evans, Georgia) Scroll down to "Columbia County Confederates"
Plaque in the Columbia County Courthouse Honoring Those Who Perished in the War Between the States
Photo of all three Plaques in the Columbia County Courthouse
Links to War Between The States Web Sites
Revolutionary War - List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia
Newspaper Article about Revolutionary Soldier's Graves in Columbia County
Spanish American War - (Link to Micah J. Jenkins Camp - Sons of Spanish American War Veterans)
Other Links of Interest:
Columbia County Government (This site contains lots of information on the history of Columbia County as well as useful local government telephone numbers)
US GenWeb Archives for Columbia County (bios, cemeteries, census, city/towns, churches, military)
The US GenWeb Project Archives for Georgia
The US GenWeb Archives Search Engine
The US GenWeb Archives Project - Digital Maps
The US GenWeb Archives Project - Church Records
The First Baptist Church in Georgia - Kiokee Baptist Church - Columbia County, GA.
Georgia Baptist Church Records - Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
The US GenWeb Archives Project - Military Pensions
The US GenWeb Archives Project - Marriages - Georgia
The US GenWeb Archives Project - Obits - Georgia
Rootsweb Mailing List for Columbia County
Rootsweb Message Board for Columbia County
GENFORUM Message Board for Columbia County
Tombstone Transcription Project Page for Columbia County
Glossary of Last Name Meanings and Origins - (free ancestry.com web site - click on right side of page under this heading)
Georgia Roads (Information on Georgia's State Highway System) Good Information for your ancestor hunt in Georgia.
Georgia Place Names (origins of names of counties, towns, rivers, etc)
Georgia Place Names pertaining to Columbia County
Family History Archives - Brigham Young University (3580 family history collections and growing)
Georgia County Formation Maps (slideshow of formation of Georgia Counties and parishes back to 1758)
Documenting the American South - A University of North Carolina Web Site
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