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Henry County, Georgia                         A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Henry County, Georgia. 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 Created May 15, 1821 The county seat is McDonough, Georgia Henry County, Georgia was created by the Georgia State Legislature in 1821 from land acquired from the Creek Indian Nation by the First Treaty of Indian Springs. Henry's original land area was much larger than it is today, stretching from near Indian Springs in the south to the Chattahoochee River near Sandy Springs in the north; encompassing most of present day Metropolitan Atlanta. Before one year passed the size of the County was diminished through the separation of land areas which, in whole or in part, became present day DeKalb, Fulton, Fayette and Newton Counties. Later divisions resulted in Clayton, Spalding, Rockdale and Butts Counties. Cities and towns Blacksville (Unincorporated) Flippen (Unincorporated) Hampton Kelleytown (Unincorporated) Locust Grove Luella (Unincorporated) McDonough Ola (Unincorporated) Stockbridge Only the links in color are active. EMail Us Newspaper Data Marriages Census Misc Wills History Biographies Military Cemeteries           Website updates: 27 Dec 2007: County History Adjacent Counties Rockdale County, Georgia - north DeKalb County, Georgia - north Newton County, Georgia - east Butts County, Georgia - southeast Spalding County, Georgia - southwest Clayton County, Georgia - west If you think you might be interested in hosting one of the above counties, you can read the Volunteer Information page Here ~ Please Report Broken Links ~ Visit our National Genealogy Trails Website Copyright © 2007 by Genealogy Trails - Contributors retain all copyrights.