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Pickens County, Georgia
A Proud Member of the Genealogy Trails Group
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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website
for Pickens County, Georgia.
This County is available for adoption.
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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.
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The Georgia General Assembly passed an act on December 5, 1863
to create Pickens County from portions of Cherokee and Gilmer counties. Pickens received several more land additions
from Cherokee (1869) and Gilmer Counties (1858 and 1863); however several sections of Pickens County have also
been transferred to other counties: Dawson County (1857), Gordon County (1860), and Cherokee County (1870).
Pickens County is named for American Revolutionary War General Andrew Pickens. The county seat is Jasper, Georgia
Most of Pickens County's early industry revolved around the marble industry. Georgia Marble Company is located
in Marble Hill near Tate. The Tate Elementary school is built out of marble. The marble was also used to make the
statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. Most of the marble is white, but there is also very rare pink
marble. It is one of the few places in the world where pink marble is found. The marble is also used for tombstones
for the United States Military.
Cities and towns
Jasper -- Talking Rock -- Nelson -- Tate
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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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Marriages
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Military
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Newspaper Data
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Obituaries
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Maps
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website Updates:
Sep 2009: Maps, STONE obit |
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