Chattahoochee County, Georgia                         A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group This County is available for adoption. Our goal at Genealogy Trails is to help you track your ancestors through time and place by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. This is a continuation of our original, Illinois Genealogy Trails History and Genealogy Project and we are excited about this opportunity to expand into other states. We welcome your feedback and comments, and your data contributions. If you think you might be interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and instructions on signing up. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please contact us. Any data we come across will be added to this site. We regret that we are unable to perform any personal research for you. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists The county was created on February 13, 1854 The county seat is Cusseta, Georgia The Georgia General Assembly created Chattahoochee County on February 13, 1854 from portions of Muscogee and Marion counties.  It is named for the Chattahoochee River that forms its western boundary. The county seat was named Cusseta to commemorate the Creek Indian town that used to exist nearby. The original courthouse, built in 1854 by slaves, is preserved at the tourist attraction of Westville, near Lumpkin, Georgia. In 2003, the county and its only incorporated city formed a consolidated Cusseta-Chattahoochee County government Cities and Towns Cusseta Fort Benning South Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles History Marriages Military Newspaper Data Obituaries Surnames Wills/Probate Records  Website Updates: Nov 2009: List of Cemeteries. Burials in Harmony Cemetery -  July 2011: History, Pioneers, Churches, School, Tax Records, Biographies, Obits and News, List of Marriages 1854-1889- List of Deaths 1919 to 1929 Adjacent Counties Muscogee County (north) Talbot County (northeast) Marion County (east) Stewart County (south) Russell County, Alabama (west) Visit our National Genealogy Trails Website © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.