Welcome to Fannin County

My name is Pam Rathbone and as your Fannin county, Georgia host I try to post as much data online as possible in order to make it freely available to all. We gratefully accept contributions of raw data such as census information, marriage/birth/death records, obituaries, county histories, biographies, old newspaper items - anything that would help someone build their family tree!!

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Brief History of Fannin County

Fannin County was created from Gilmer and Union counties on Jan. 21, 1854 by an act of the General Assembly. The act creating Fannin County authorized the justices of the county's inferior court to select a county seat and provide for construction of a courthouse and other public buildings. Until such action was taken, the act directed that county business and elections take place at Joab Addington's Store. Fannin County's first courthouse, a small wooden structure, was built in Morgantown. Little is known about when, except that it reportedly burned down. In 1895, the county seat was moved to the town of Blue Ridge, where a two-story brick courthouse was built in 1895-96. The courthouse burned in 1936, and a new courthouse was completed the following year funded by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.

Georgia's 107th county was named for Col. James Fannin (1804-1836), a Georgian who fought in the War for Texas Independence and was killed at Goliad.

Cities and Towns Includes the cities of Blue Ridge, McCaysville, and Morganton

County History	Marriages	Newspaper Articles
James Fannin The Cities Of Fannin County, Georgia The Negro Landholder of Georgia	Marriages Records 1864-1870 Marriage Records 1854-1903 Misc. Marriage Records	Newspaper Abstracts
Cemeteries	Military	Miscellaneous
Cemetery Index List	"Military Personal Who Died From Hostile Action" Troops To Be Sent To Fannin Muster-In-Roll of Nat Mangum	Dialect of the Southern Appalachia Legends and Myths Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery Post Offices
Photos	Census	Deaths
Old Photos		1919-1927 Law Enforcement Heroes
Religion	Local Churches
Snake Handlers Religious Bodies:1906	Churches

Surrounding Counties

Union County, GA
Gilmer County, GA
Polk County, TN

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