Welcome to Hancock County, Georgia
Hancock County Courthouse, Sparta, Georgia
(Photo by Keith Hair)
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County Coordinator: Suzanne Forte
State Coordinator: Vivian Price Saffold
Assistant State Coordinator: Linda Blum Barton
Regional Assistant: Sandy Smith
This is the official home page of the Hancock 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 members are located through 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.
If you have information that you are willing to share, such as cemetery, census, marriage, deeds, or wills that you have transcribed, or that you would be willing for me to transcribe, please let me know and I will be glad to transcribe them, if needed, and put them up on the page. If you have a home page relating to ancestors from Hancock County, I would like to have that also. Any old photos would be great to have too. Family histories, stories about the county, anything of interest along these lines would be helpful.
Brief History of Hancock County
Hancock County was founded December 17, 1793, and was originally part of Greene and Washington counties. Part of Baldwin County, east of the Oconee River was part of Hancock from 1793 until 1807. A portion of Hancock was set aside to create Taliaferro County in 1825. It is Georgia's fifteenth county, and was named for John Hancock, first signer of the Declaration of Independence. The city of Sparta (named for the classical Greek city) was established in 1795 and incorporated by the legislature on December 3rd, 1805 as the county seat. It was founded in 1795 by American Revolutionary Officer, Major Charles Ambercrombie of North Carolina. Millmore Gristmill, located within the county, was the site of the historic 1786 peace treaty between Georgia and the Creek Indian Nation. The county encompasses 473.3 square miles, and lies between the Oconee and Ogeechee Rivers in east central Georgia.
A More In-Depth History of Hancock County
Surrounding Counties: Baldwin, Glascock, Greene, Taliaferro, Washington, Warren, and Putnam.
Hancock County GA
GENWEB Archives - (Contains cemeteries, wills, bibles, marriages, death records,
military information, and much more)
Books for Sale - Published Resources for Hancock County
Census Index - (SK Publications)
1830 (Transcription on line - click HERE)
1840 (Transcription on line - click HERE)
1850 (Transcription on line - click HERE)
1880 (Family History Center Complete Census)
Cemeteries and Churches
Friends of Hancock County Cemeteries - (Contains list of all known cemeteries in Hancock County, including GPS coordinates, directions, and pictures)
"Register of Members of Zebulon Methodist Church, South", 1871-1937
History of Darien Baptist Church (includes member
records)
Pictures of some Churches in Hancock County
Georgia Baptist Church Records, Jack Tarver Library, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia
Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
Tombstone Transcription Project - Georgia - Hancock County
Writings from Horeb Baptist Church - 1792 - 1960
Military
War Between the States
CSA Soldier Pension Application - Thomas M.
Jackson - 1896
Pictures of Confederate Soldiers of Hancock County
List of all Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War by the State of Georgia (Includes 1820, 1827 and 1832 land lotteries)
Spanish American War (Link to Micah J. Jenkins Camp - Sons of Spanish American War Veterans)
Georgia Soldiers who Perished in World War I
Georgia Soldiers who Perished in World War II
Georgia Soldiers who Perished in the Korean War
Georgia Soldier who Perished in the Vietnam War
Surnames and Researchers (post your queries here to get in touch with others researching your Hancock County surnames)
Biographies
of Hancock County Families
Cousin Connect - Another place to post your genealogy queries
Look Up Volunteers and Local (for a fee) Researchers
Home Pages of Hancock County Researchers
List of 1925 Graduates of 10th District Agriculture School
Old Pictures of Hancock County Settlers
1931/32 Sparta High School Basketball Team
Hancock County In the News - 1900 - 1909 (Includes
surname index)
Historic Milledgeville Newspapers - 1808-1922 - View actual images on line
Old Newspapers (University of Georgia Library Web site) from Hancock County, various dates from 1806 to 2000. Includes link to list of local researchers
who will search for a fee.
Genealogical Societies
East Georgia Genealogical Society
Research Addresses (where
to send for birth, death, marriage, records)
Georgia's
Virtual Vault - Georgia Archives Web Site - Contains a multitude of information, among other things, actual copies of Confederate pension applications, enlistments, oaths, etc; Colonial wills and will books, head right and
bounty plats. THIS IS A MUST SEE SITE!!
THIS SITE NOW CONTAINS ACTUAL IMAGES OF DEATH CERTIFICATES FOR GEORGIA FROM 1919 TO 1927 (CLICK HERE)
Historic
Places Located in Hancock County
Old Post Cards of Sparta and Hancock County
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places
Historic Piedmont Scenic Byway - Hancock and Putnam Counties
Program from "Spotlights of Sparta, Georgia" - Sesqui-Centennial
Celebration - 1805 - 1955
OTHER LINKS
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Family History Library Catalog has listings giving detailed information of what is available pertaining to Hancock County.
Rootsweb Mailing List for Hancock County
Rootsweb Message Board for Hancock County
GENFORUM Message Board for Hancock County
US GENWEB Archives for Georgia
GA US GENWEB Archives page for Hancock County
US GENWEB Archives Search Engine
US GENWEB Archives Project - Digital Maps
US GENWEB Archives Project - Church Records Project
US GENWEB Archives Project - Marriages Project
US GENWEB Archives Project - Military Pensions
Local Information Links (churches, schools, library)
Documenting the American South
African Ancestor Genealogy Links
American History and Genealogy Project for Hancock County (please check this site, lots of information here)
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 hunting trip to Georgia.
Georgia Place Names (origins of names of counties, towns, rivers, etc)
Family History Archives - Brigham Young University (3580 family history collections and growing)
Georgia Historical Maps - University of Alabama Web Site
More Historical County Maps - Includes Militia Districts
Topo Maps and Aerial Photos for Hancock County
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for Georgia Towns and Cities - 1884-1922
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