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1850 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Georgia:

Appling Franklin Murray
Baker Gilmer Muscogee
Baldwin Glynn Newton
Bibb Gordon Oglethorpe
Bryan Greene Paulding
Bulloch Gwinnett Pike
Burke Habersham Pulaski
Butts Hall Putnam
Camden Hancock Rabun
Campbell Harris Randolph
Carroll Heard Richmond
Cass Henry Screven
Chatham Houston Stewart
Chattooga Irwin Sumter
Cherokee Jackson Talbot
Clarke Jasper Taliaferro
Clinch Jefferson Tattnall
Cobb Jones Telfair
Columbia Laurens Thomas
Coweta Lee Troup
Crawford Liberty Twiggs
Dade Lincoln Union
Decatur Lowndes Upson
Dekalb Lumpkin Walker
Dooly Macon Walton
Early Madison Ware
Effingham Marion Warren
Elbert McIntosh Washington
Emanuel Meriwether Wayne
Fayette Monroe Wilkes
Floyd Montgomery Wilkinson
Forsyth Morgan

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.