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Union County, Georgia
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Hello and welcome to the Genealogy Trails website
for Union County, Georgia.
This County is available for adoption.
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Union County was carved from Cherokee County territory during the
Georgia Land Lottery of 1832. Originally inhabited by Native Americans, the area became more desirable to white
settlers with the discovery of gold in the 1820’s.
The Union Party, a political group that supported removing the Indians and opening the area to white settlers,
is the probable inspiration for the county’s name. Since it was founded almost 30 years before the Civil War, Union
County obviously wasn’t named in sympathy for the North as is sometimes mistaken.
Interestingly, though, prior to the Civil War, the county’s residents
were largely pro-Union and the county delegates to the state convention of 1861 voted against secession. When the
state seceded, however, the majority of Union County residents supported the Confederacy, though some fought and
died for the Union
The county seat is Blairsville, Georgia.
Cities and towns
Blairsville
Suches
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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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Surnames
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Wills/Legal Records
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Website Updates:
Nov 2009: History overview of county; 1919-1925 Death Index; Early Marriages; List of Cemeteries |
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