Destruction of Courthouses in Georgia

Below is a list from the State of Georgia, Dept. of Archives & History of Georgia Counties and the years the Courthouses were subjected to a disaster. This does NOT mean that ALL RECORDS were lost. Often, folks took their documents again in for recording after a disaster and later deeds will contain long chains of title, etc.

        Baker County        Flood - 1925, 1929. 
        Baldwin County      Fire - 1861. 
        Bartow County       Originally Cass County. Courthouse destroyed by enemy 
                            fire during War Between the States in the 1860's. 
        Bulloch County      Fire - 1864. 
        Burke County        Fire - 1825, 1856. 
        Calhoun County      Fire - 1888, 1920. 
        Carroll County      Fire - 1927. 
        Charlton County     County site then at Traders Hill. Destroyed by fire 
                            in 1877. Present site fire 19 February 1928. 
        Cherokee County     Fire - 1865, 1928. 
        Clayton County      Fire - 1864. 
        Clinch County       Fire - 1856, 1867. 
        Cobb County         Fire - 1864. 
        Coffee County       Fire - 1898, 1938. 
        Colquitt County     Fire - 1881. 
        Crawford County     Fire - 1829. 
        Dade County         Fire - 1865, 1895. 
        DeKalb County       Fire - 1842, 1898. 
        Dooly County        Fire - 1847. 
        Douglas County      Fire - 1896, 1957. 
        Early County        Fire - 1896. 
        Echols County       Fire - 1897. 
        Emanuel County      Fire - 1841, 1855, 1857, 1919, 1938. 
        Forsyth County      Fire - 1973. 
        Glynn County        Storm - 1896. 
        Gordon County       Storm - 1888. 
        Greene County       Town burned by Indians in 1787. 
        Gwinnett County     Fire - 1871. 
        Habersham County    Fire - 1856. Blown up in 1898. 
        Hall County         Fire - 1851, 1882. Tornado in 1936. 
        Harris County       Set fire by Federal Troops in 1865, but quickly 
                            extinguished. 
        Hart County         Fire - 1900, 1967. Courthouse burned in 1967. Clerk & 
                            Ordinary's Office in adjacent building. 
        Heard County        Fire - 1893. 
        Henry County        Fire - 1824. Some records destroyed by Sherman's men, 1864 
        Jenkins County      Fire - 1919. 
        Lee County          Fire - 1856. County seat then at Starkville. Fire at 
                            Leesburg  in 1872. 
        Lowndes County      Fire - 1858, 1869. 
        Macon County        Fire - 1857. 
        Marion County       Fire - 1845. 
        McIntosh County     Fire - 1864, 1872, 1931. 
        Meriwether County   Cyclone - 3 March 1893.  Fire - 1976. 
        Miller County       Fire - 1873, 1974. 
        Mitchell County     Fire - 1869. 
        Muscogee County     Fire - 1838. 
        Newton County       Fire - 1883. 
        Paulding County     Fire -  
        Pickens County      Fire - 1947. 
        Pierce County       Fire - 1875. 
        Quitman County      Fire - 1920. 
        Screven County      Fire - 1860's, 1896. 
        Stewart County      Fire - 1922. 
        Talbot County       Fire - 1890. 
        Telfair County      Fire in the early 1900's. 
        Thomas County       Damaged by storm in 1849. 
        Toombs County       Fire - 1919. 
        Troup County        Mysterious fire 4 November 1936. 
        Twiggs County       Fire - 1901. 
        Union County        Fire - 1859. 
        Walker County       Fire - 1883. 
        Ware County         Fire - 1854. 
        Warren County       Fire - 1909. 
        Washington County   Fire - 1855, 1864 (Sherman). 
        Webster County      Fire - 1914. 
        Wheeler County      Fire - 1916. 
        Whitfield County    Fire - 1864 (Sherman). 
        Wilkes County       Fire - 1958. 
        Wilkinson County    Fire - 1829, 1854, 1864, 1924. 
        Worth County        Fire - 1879, 1893