Coffee 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 of course, your data contributions. If you have data that you would like to have posted on this website, please contact us. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as our Illinois websites are. If you think you might be interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and instructions on signing up.. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to our mailing lists Coffee County was created by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on February 9, 1854 from portions of Clinch, Irwin, Telfair, and Ware counties. These lands were originally ceded by the Creek in the Treaty of Fort Jackson in (1814) and the Treaty of the Creek Agency (1818) and apportioned to the above Counties before becoming Coffee County. Berrien (1856), Jeff Davis (1905), and Atkinson (1917) Counties were subsequently formed from sections of Coffee's original borders. The County is named for General John E. Coffee, an officer in the War of 1812, a state legislator, and a U. S. representative. The county seat is Douglas, Georgia Cities and Towns Ambrose -- Broxton -- Bushnell -- Douglas -- Lax Mora -- Nicholls -- Pridgen -- Upton -- West Green Only the links in color are active. Newspaper Data Obituaries Marriages Census Deaths Wills History Biographies Military Cemeteries           Website Updates:   Adjacent Counties Telfair County, Georgia - north Jeff Davis County, Georgia - northeast Bacon County, Georgia - east Ware County, Georgia - southeast Atkinson County, Georgia - south Berrien County, Georgia - southwest Irwin County, Georgia - west Ben Hill County, Georgia - west Off-site Links Kia's Potpurri - Afro American Census/Slave/Marriage/Military & Probate Records Visit our National Genealogy Trails Website Copyright © 2007 by Genealogy Trails - All Rights Reserved