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Lowndes County, Georgia
A Proud Member of the Genealogy
Trails Group
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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for Lowndes
County, Georgia.
This County is available for adoption.
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Lowndes
(pronounced Lounds) was created December 23, 1825. The county seat is
Valdosta. The county was named for William Jones Lowndes, whose father,
Rawlins Lowndes, had been a Revolutionary War leader from South
Carolina.
The county is a major commercial, educational, and manufacturing center
of south Georgia with considerable forest products including pulpwood
and naval stores, such as turpentine and rosin. Part of Grand Bay, a
13,000-acre swamp is located in Lowndes County.
Cities and towns
Barretts (unincorporated) --
Clyattville (unincorporated) -- Dasher -- Hahira
Lake Park -- Minneola (unincorporated) -- Moody AFB -- Naylor
(unincorporated)
Remerton -- Valdosta
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Online Data
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Biographies
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Births
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Church Histories/Records
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County Records
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Court Records
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Deaths
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Family Bibles
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History
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Military
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Newspaper Data
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Obituaries
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Weddings And
Engagements
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website
Updates:
Nov 2009: 1830 and 1840 Census; Court Record for SMITH, Obit for S. A.
WISENBAKER. Wedding of Roberts-Pendleton
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