This is a guide to some basic genealogy resources that relate to Carroll County, Georgia. They are located in Special Collections at the Neva Lomason Memorial Library in Carrollton.
Birth Records
Birth Records, Carroll County, Georgia, August 1920 – August 1959
929.375839 SMITH
(Patients of Dr. William Prescott Smith only)
The Carroll County Health Department and the Georgia Division of Public Health have more Carroll County birth records.
Business Records
On microfilm in the drawer labeled Carroll County Courthouse Records:
Records of the Creek Trading House Letter Book, 1795-1816
William Thomas Johnson Store Records 1891-1897, 1981
Cemeteries
Carroll County Cemeteries
Vol. 1 (Western half of the county, 2005)
Vol. 2 (Eastern half of the county, 2005)
929.575839 CARRO
Carroll County Cemeteries (1983)
929.575839 CARRO
Carroll County Cemeteries: First Supplement (1987)
929.575839 CARRO
Bowdon City Cemetery Directory, 1883-2001
929.575839 BOWDO
Mount Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery (1980)
929.575839 MOUNT
Pleasant View Baptist Church Cemetery (1982)
929.575839 PLEAS
Census
Carroll County 1830-1880
Carroll County Census 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
929.375839 CARRO
These census books are either in alphabetical order by family name or have an index in the back.
Other Counties or Dates
1890 Census records were lost in a fire; no library has them.
1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 Censuses for Carroll County are on microfilm in the Census microfilm cabinet.
Microfilm census records are organized by county, then town or enumeration district.
(Searching AncestryPlus is easier than looking through the microfilm).
Censuses for Georgia counties besides Carroll County are also on microfilm, from 1820 to 1930, except 1890. Records are organized by county, then town or enumeration district. (Searching AncestryPlus is easier than looking through the microfilm).
Census records for 1940 will not be available until 2012, for privacy reasons. Census records for 1950 will be made available in 2022, and so on.
Church Histories and Records
Abilene Baptist Church, 1875-1991 286.175839 ABILE
Bethesda Baptist Church, 1849-1949 286.175839 WORD
Carrollton First United Methodist Church (1974) 286.175839 HISTO
Carrollton First Methodist Church (1967) 286.175839 HISTO
Concord Missionary Baptist Church, 1951-2002 286.175839 CONCO
First Baptist Church (1997) 286.175839 GRIFF
First Christian Church, 1872-1972 286.6 SOME
Moore’s Chapel United Methodist Church (1873-2003) 287.1 HISTO
Oak Grove Baptist Church (1977) 286.175839 HISTO
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church (1962) 282.975839 BLESS
St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church 283.75839 STORY
St. Paul Methodist Church 287.675839 FOSTE
Stripling Chapel Church (1957) 287.675839 JONES
Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1899-1999 286.175839 TABER
Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church, 1830-2000 256.175839 TALLA
Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church 286.175839 TALLA
Temple United Methodist Church, 1884-1974 287.675839 HISTO
Upper Tallapoosa Baptist Church, Carrollton Baptist Church, and First Baptist Church 286.175839 NAMES
Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church 287.675839 BICKE
On microfilm in drawer labeled Church Records:
Abilene Baptist Church
Antioch Baptist Church, Bowdon, 1903-1978
Bethany Christian Church
Bethesda Baptist Church
Bowdon First United Methodist 1992-1978
Center Point United Methodist Church 1871-1971
Concord Primitive Baptist Church 1882-1902
First Christian Church of Carrollton
Georgia Primitive Baptist Association
Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church 1896-1978 (minutes); 1818-1977 (cemetery)
Indian Creek Baptist Church 1848-1969, 1909-1916, 1925-1943
Mars Hill Baptist Church 1898-1964
New Hope Church Oct. 1840-Oct. 1984
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Villa Rica
Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church
Roopville Baptist Church 1883-1976
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Stripling Chapel United Methodist Church
Temple United Methodist Church 1882-1955
Whooping Creek Primitive Baptist 1852-1970
Family Histories
Unpublished family histories are in the filing cabinet next to the computer, filed alphabetically by family name.
Published family histories are shelved at 929.2, alphabetically by family name.
Carroll County Genealogical Quarterly
929.375839 CARRO
Land Records
Georgia Land Lottery
Georgia Land Lottery Papers, 1805-1914 929.3758 GEORG
Authentic List of All Land Lottery Grants Made to Veterans of the Revolutionary War
By the State of Georgia 929.3758 AUTHEN
1805 Georgia Land Lottery 929.3758 EIGHT
The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia 929.3758 SECON
The Fourth or 1821 Land Lottery of Georgia 929.3758 LUCAS
Reprint of Official Land Lottery of Georgia, 1827 929.3758 REPRI
Land Lottery Grants, Carroll County, 1827 – on microfilm in drawer labeled Land Lottery
State of Georgia Sixth or 1832 Land Lottery, Columbia and Richmond Counties
929.3758 WELLS
The 1833 Land Lottery of Georgia 929.3758 DAVIS
The Cherokee Land Lottery (1838) 929.3758 SMITH
Deeds and Mortgages
The clerk of court at the Carroll County courthouse has more deed books and their indexes.
Carroll County, Georgia Abstract of Deed Book 929.375839 WORD
v.1 1827-1836
v.2 1836-1843
v.3 1843-1855
On microfilm, in the drawer labeled Carroll County Court Records:
Carroll County Deeds and Mortgages (indexes to the following deed & mortgage books)
On microfilm, in the drawer labeled Carroll County Court Records:
Carroll County Deeds and Mortgages (indexes to the following deed & mortgage books)
D 1839-43, E 1843-47, F 1847-52, G-H 1853-57, I 1858-1863, K 1863-1867,
L 1867-1869, M 1869-73, N 1873-76, O-R 1877-1883, S 1884-1887, T 1886-87, U-V 1888-91, W 1891-1892, X 1892-94, Y-Z 1895-96, AA 1897-99, BB 1899-1901
General Index Deed and Mortgage Grantees A-K 1828 – 1934; L-Z 1828-1934
General Index Deeds Grantors A-L 1828-1934; M-Z 1828-1934
In large red leather book at the back of Special Collections:
Deeds 1886
Local Histories
Towns of Carroll County
Bowdon, the First Hundred Years, 1853-1953: A Pictorial History
975.839 BOWDO
The March of Time (Bowdon, 1938-1946) 975.839 WHATL
The March of Time and Other Selected Columns (Bowdon, 1946-1951)
975.839 BIRD
At Home in Carrollton: A History Illustrated, 1827-1994 975.839 AT
History of Mt. Zion (1975) 975.839 HISTO
History of Sand Hill (1970s) 929.375839 MCGUI
My Small-Town Home Town, Roopville, Georgia (1985)
929.375839 HUFF
A Historical Sketch of Temple (1976) 975.839 HIS
A History of Temple, Georgia (1982) 975.839 HOLDE
The History of Villa Rica: City of Gold (1976) 975.839 AND
Several of the books listed below also have sections on towns in Carroll County. Carroll County and Her People (1906) covers the history of several small communities as well.
Carroll County
Carroll County and Her People (1906) 929.375839 COBB
Carroll County Cornerstones, Historical Sites and Commemorative Markers (1994)
975.839 CARRO
Carroll County: Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide (no date) 975.839 CARRO
Georgia’s Last Frontier; the Development of Carroll County (1971) 975.839 BONNE
The Heritage of Carroll County, Georgia, 1826-2001 929.375839 HERIT
Looking Back: A Pictorial History of Carroll County (1996) 975.839 LOOKI
Papa’s Papers: The Life and Collected Works of James Jefferson Thomasson, 1851-1946.
975.839 THOMA
The Sesquicentennial-Bicentennial Edition of the Carroll County Story (1976)
975.839 SESQU
Maps
At the back of Vol. 1 of Carroll County: Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide
(975.839 CARRO):
1900 Carrollton Sanborn Map (street map with buildings marked)
1911 Bowdon Sanborn Map (street map with buildings marked)
1930 Bowdon Sanborn Map (street map with buildings marked)
1933 Villa Rica Sanborn Map (street map with buildings marked)
More Sanborn maps of Carrollton (1885, 1890, 1895, 1900, 1905, 1911, 1922) are available on the library computers through the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map database in GALILEO. If you need any assistance, please ask at the reference desk.
At the front of Vol. 2 of Carroll County: Teacher’s Heritage Resource Guide
(975.839 CARRO):
1921 Carroll County soil map
1940 Carroll County highway map
In drawer VV:
City of Carrollton 1963 (Roads, lakes, railroads, creeks, rivers)
In drawer WW:
Bowdon, Carrollton, Villa Rica street map circa 1980 (Carrollton Federal SNL map)
Bowdon East topographic map 1973
Bowdon West topographic map 1966
Bowdon street map 1990s
Carrollton topographic map 1973
Carrollton street map (folded up in West Georgia National Bank envelope) 1987
Carrollton and Carroll County street map 2003
Carrollton and Carroll County street map 2004
Hulett topographic map 1973
Roopville topographic map 1964
Villa Rica topographic map 1973
Whitesburg topographic map 1965
On the walls:
1986 Carroll County highway map
1866 Carroll County land lots
Militia districts
The Map Room in the County Administration building on College St. has many more maps.
770-830-5820
Marriage Records
Index to Marriage Licenses, Carroll County, Georgia, 1827-1980
Groom Index – 929.375839 FAGG v.1
Bride Index – 929.375839 FAGG v.2
Marriage Certificates, Carroll County, Georgia, 1890-1899
929.375839 MARRI
On microfilm in the drawer labeled Carroll County Court Records:
Carroll County Probate Court Loose Marriage Records, 1890-1950
The Probate Court at the Carroll County Courthouse has more Carroll County marriage and divorce records.
Military
Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution
929.3758 KNIGH
Georgia Citizens and Soldiers of the American Revolution
973.3 DAVIS
Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia
929.3758 ROSTE
Index to War of 1812 Service Records for Volunteer Soldiers from Georgia
929.3758 INDEX
Carroll County, Georgia, Confederate Pensions: Roster of Confederate Soldiers and Widows 1890-1911
929.375839 WASH
Carroll County, Georgia Souvenir Historical Edition To Benefit Confederate Monument
929.375839 SOUVE
Georgia in the War, 1861-1865: A Compendium of Georgia Participants
973.7458 JON
Georgia’s Confederate Soldiers
929.3758 GEORG
Index to Georgia Civil War Confederate Pension Files
929.3758 INDEX
Roster of the Confederate Soldiers of Georgia, 1861-1865: Index
929.3758 ROSTE
Salt List Index for Carroll County (During Civil War, soldiers’ families were given salt)
Carroll County Genealogical Quarterly, Winter 1992 issue
929.375839 CARRO
Veterans of the Villa Rica, Georgia Area – [Spanish American and World Wars]
929.375839 VETER
World War II Ordinary Heroes, Carroll County, Georgia
940.5481 MARTI V.1 and V.2
You can also search for military records, especially Civil War records and World War I draft cards, in the Ancestry database on the library’s computers.
Newspapers/Obituaries
On microfilm
Carroll Free Press Nov. 23, 1883-March 13, 1896; Jan. 1907 -Dec.1934;
Jan. 1936 – July 1948
*Print index for 1883-1884 newspapers located at 070 TIMES
Carroll County Times Feb. 1872-Dec. 1873; Jan. 1876-Dec. 1885; May 9, 1907 –
Dec. 1915; Jan. 1917 – Jan. 17, 1918; Jan. 1919- Aug. 1924;
Feb. 1925 – Oct. 1946
*Print index for 1872-1879 newspapers located at 070 CARRO
*Items of Genealogical Interest in the Carroll County Times from 1872 to 1885 have been indexed and reprinted in the Carroll County Genealogical Quarterly at 929.375839 CARRO. There is a cumulative index for the CCGQ for 1990 – 1994 (in which you will find names from the Carroll County Times 1878-1879). In addition, each quarterly issue has its own name index at the back.
CCGQ Issues from: Cover the year(s)
1986 1872
1987 1872-1873
1988 1876-1877
1989 1877-1878
1990 1878
1991 1878
1992 1878
1993 1878-1879
1994 1879
1995 1879-1880
1996 1880
1997 1880-1881
1998 1881
1999 1881-1882
2000 1882-1883
2001 1883
2002 1883-1884
2003 1884
2004 1884-1885
2005 1885
2006 1885
Times-Free Press Nov. 1946 – Nov. 11, 1980
*Print index for 1970-1980 newspapers located at 070 TIMES
Carroll County Georgian Nov. 8, 1945-Nov. 15, 1980
Daily Times-Georgian Nov. 18, 1980-July 15, 1985
Times-Georgian July 16, 1985 – Apr. 30, 2000; June 21, 2000-July 15, 2000; Sept. 1, 2000- Sept. 30, 2000; Oct. 17, 2000 – April 20, 2001; June 1, 2001 – June 30, 2001; Sept. 1, 2001 – Oct. 31, 2001; Jan. 1, 2002 – May 31, 2002; August 1, 2002 – August 31, 2002; Dec. 1, 2002 – Dec. 31, 2002
To look at Times-Georgian issues published on or after May 1, 2000 that are not listed above, please ask at the reference desk.
Tax Records
Carroll County Tax Digest
929.375839 CARRO 1890
In the back of special collections (most years are in large red leather books):
Tax Digest 1841-1842, 1852-1859, 1861, 1863, 1866, 1868, 1890-1897, 1899-1905, 1909-1920, 1922-1923, 1928-1935, 1937-1955, 1957-1959, 1963, 1965, 1970
On microfilm in the drawer labeled Carroll County Court Records:
Tax Digest 1832, 1841, 1842, 1844, 1847, 1852-1854, 1854-1857, 1858-1859, 1861,
1863,1866,1868,1873
Telephone & Address Directories
BellSouth Carrollton Area Telephone Directory 975.839 CARRO
1965, 1987-1988, 1990-2005
Polk’s Carrollton City Directory 975.839 CARRO
1939-1940, 1947, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1968,
1972-1973, 1975-1981, 1983-1989, 1991-2005
Wills
On microfilm, in the drawer labeled Carroll County Court Records:
Index to Estates, Wills, Minutes and Estate Records A-K 1826-1859
Index to Estates, Wills, Minutes, Estate Records L-Z 1826-1939
Index to Will A, 1852-1883
Will A, 1852-1896
Will B, 1892-1922
Estate Records 1870-1876
Yearbooks
Carrollton Elementary School 1993
372.75839 CARRO
Carrollton High School Arrowhead 1944-1985, 1987-1992
373.75839 ARROW
Carver High School Carrolltonian 1955
373.75839 CARRO
Carver High School Carverite 1961-1962
373.75839 CARVE
Carver High School Jacket 1956-1958, 1963-1966, 1968
373.75839 JACKE
Central High School Leonine 1963, 1965 – 1972, 1974 – 1976, 1992
371.75839 LEONI
Oak Mountain Academy Tartan 1989-1992
371.0275839 TARTA
Sand Hill Elementary School Yearbook 1977
372.75839 SAND
West Georgia College Chieftain
1935-1936, 1944, 1947, 1949-1950, 1953-1955, 1957-1958, 1960-1979, 1981
378.75839 CHIEF
For more yearbooks, check with the library or media center at the particular school.
