Welcome to the GAGENWEB Page for Jasper County

Welcome to Jasper County, Georgia

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Historic Jasper County Courthouse and Confederate Monument

(For Another View of the Monticello Square click here)

(Photos Courtesy Benny Hawthorne)

This is the official home page for the Jasper County GAGenWeb Project. We are a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county in the State of Georgia. This Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. GAGenWeb Project members are located throughout the world, not just in Georgia. We rely on the resources of the Internet and on volunteers who are able to transcribe primary documents to assist us in getting information on line.

This web site is not a part of any Jasper County Government web site. I have listed some telephone numbers for government and other local resources at the link below, or you may click here to get to them.

County Coordinator: Suzanne Forte

State Coordinator: Ed Gordon

Assistant State Coordinator: Vivian Price Saffold

Regional Assistant: Kemis Massey

Map Created by Ed Gordon

Surrounding Counties

Butts, Jones, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, and Putnam

Jasper County, Georgia History

Jasper County was created December 10, 1807 from Baldwin County, number 31 in the order of creation. It was originally named Randolph County. (The present-day Randolph County was created on December 20, 1828) A part of Jasper was set off to Morgan in 1815 and a part to Newton in 1821. The name was changed December 10, 1812. Jasper County was named in honor of William Jasper, who was an officer in Colonel William Moultrie's Second South Carolina Infantry, 1775.

Monticello is the County Seat

More History about Jasper County More History about Georgia

History of Jasper County Written by Henry Bonner Jordan for the Daughters of the American Revolution - 1929

Links of Interest to Researchers:

Research Addresses (includes information on how to obtain copies of vital records)

Jasper County Local Government, City of Monticello Government, and other useful telephone numbers.

(Please note, this web site is not a part of the government of Jasper County, these numbers are furnished as a courtesy only)

Jasper County GAGenWeb Archives - Wills, Land Deeds, Bible Records, Cemeteries, Old Newspapers, Military, Court, Land and Deeds, Vital Records, biographies, census records. Please be sure to check this site also.

Jasper County GAGenWeb Volunteer/Tribute Page

Bible Records of Jasper County (not contained in the Jasper Archives)

Biographies

Books-Microfilm-Periodicals

Cemeteries - Pictures of Local Cemeteries

Census Information

Churches (includes a link to snapshots of local churches old pictures and church minutes)

Deeds/Land Lottery/Estate Records/Wills (also check the Jasper County GENWEB Archives link above for MANY more)

Early Schools of Monticello and Jasper County (abstracts from newspapers)

Entertainment in Early Jasper County

Pictures of Early School Buildings and Students

Family Group Sheets for Georgia

German Prisoners of War in Jasper County

Homepages of Jasper County Researchers

Historical Markers

Lookup Volunteers

Maps of Jasper County

Marriages

Military

Newspaper - The Monticello News

Newspaper Articles by Mr. John Harvey (loaded with local historical, genealogical, and just plain interesting articles)

Old Wilson Papers (contains wills, deeds and misc. documents)

Photos of People and Historic Places in Jasper County (Includes early maps of Jasper County and Georgia)

Surnames and Researchers (post your queries here to get in touch with others researching your Jasper County surnames)

The Story of the Jackson Sisters of Hillsboro, Georgia

The Town of Shady Dale - Some History. Pictures, and old Newspaper Articles

Pictures of Historic Places and People of Hillsboro

Georgia's Virtual Vault - Georgia Archives Web Site - Contains a multitude of information such as actual copies of Confederate pension applications, enlistments, oaths, etc, colonial wills and will books and head- right and bounty plats, among many other things. YOU MUST SEE THIS SITE!!

NEW!! Now contains actual images of death certificates for Georgia from 1919 to 1927!! (click HERE)

Recreational Activities

Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center Oconee National Forest Middle Georgia Outdoors

Digital Library of Georgia - Historic Structures in the town of Monticello and Shady Dale (enter Monticello or Shady Dale in search criteria)

Homes on the National Register of Historic Places - Jasper County

Documenting the American South - A University of North Carolina Web Site

Visitors to this site since March 10, 2005

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This page was last updated on June 1, 2007

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