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1840 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Georgia:

Appling Gilmer Newton
Baker Glynn Not Stated
Baldwin Greene Oglethorpe
Bibb Gwinnett Paulding
Bryan Habersham Pike
Bulloch Hall Pulaski
Burke Hancock Putnam
Butts Harris Rabun
Camden Heard Randolph
Campbell Henry Richmond
Carroll Houston Screven
Cass Irwin Stewart
Chatham Jackson Sumter
Chattooga Jasper Talbot
Cherokee Jefferson Taliaferro
Clarke Jones Tattnall
Cobb Laurens Telfair
Columbia Lee Thomas
Coweta Liberty Troup
Crawford Lincoln Twiggs
Dade Lowndes Union
De Kalb Lumpkin Upson
Decatur Macon Walker
Dooly Madison Walton
Early Marion Ware
Effingham Mcintosh Warren
Elbert Meriwether Washington
Emanuel Monroe Wayne
Fayette Montgomery Wilkes
Floyd Morgan Wilkinson
Forsyth Murray
Franklin Muscogee

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.