Courthouse Disasters

State of Georgia, Dept. of Archives & History County - Dates of occurrences (Not all records involved)

Baker County: Flood - 1925, 1929.
Baldwin County: Fire - 1861.
Bartow County:
Originally Cass County. Courthouse destroyed by enemy fire during War Between the States in the 1860's.
Bulloch County: Fire - 1864.
Burke County: Fire - 1825, 1856.
Calhoun County: Fire - 1888, 1920.
Carroll County: Fire - 1927.
Charlton County: County site then at Traders Hill. Destroyed by fire in 1877.
Present site fire 19 February 1928.
Cherokee County: Fire - 1865, 1928.
Clayton County:
Fire - 1864.
Clinch County: Fire - 1856, 1867.
Cobb County: Fire - 1864.
Coffee County:
Fire - 1898, 1938.
Colquitt County: Fire - 1881.
Crawford County: Fire - 1829.
Dade County:
Fire - 1865, 1895.
DeKalb County: Fire - 1842, 1898.
Dooly County: Fire - 1847.
Douglas County:
Fire - 1896, 1957.
Early County: Fire - 1896.
Echols County: Fire - 1897.
Emanuel County:
Fire - 1841, 1855, 1857, 1919, 1938.
Forsyth County: Fire - 1973.
Glynn County: Storm - 1896.
Gordon County:
Storm - 1888.
Greene County: Town burned by Indians in 1787.
Gwinnett County: Fire - 1871.
Habersham County:
Fire - 1856. Blown up in 1898.
Hall County: Fire - 1851, 1882.
Tornado in 1936.
Harris County:
Set fire by Federal Troops in 1865, but quickly extinguished.
Hart County: Fire - 1900, 1967.
Courthouse burned in 1967. Clerk & Ordinary's Office in adjacent building.
Heard County: Fire - 1893.
Henry County: Fire - 1824. 1864 (Records destroyed during Civil War.) Jenkins County: Fire - 1919.
Lee County: Fire - 1856. County seat then at Starkville. Fire at Leesburg in 1872.
Lowndes County:
Fire - 1858, 1869.
Macon County: Fire - 1857.
Marion County: Fire - 1845.
McIntosh County:
Fire - 1864, 1872, 1931.
Meriwether County: Cyclone - 3 March 1893. Fire - 1976.
Miller County:
Fire - 1873, 1974.
Mitchell County: Fire - 1869.
Muscogee County: Fire - 1838.
Newton County:
Fire - 1883.
Pickens County: Fire - 1947.
Pierce County: Fire - 1875.
Quitman County: Fire - 1920.
Screven County:
Fire - 1860's, 1896.
Stewart County: Fire - 1922.
Talbot County: Fire - 1890.
Telfair County: Fire in the early 1900's.
Thomas County: Damaged by storm in 1849.
Toombs County: Fire - 1919.
Troup County: Mysterious fire 4 November 1936.
Twiggs County: Fire - 1901.
Union County: Fire - 1859.
Walker County: Fire - 1883.
Ware County: Fire - 1854.
Warren County:
Fire - 1909.
Washington County: Fire - 1855, 1864 (Sherman).
Webster County: Fire - 1914.
Wheeler County:
Fire - 1916.
Whitfield County: Fire - 1864 (Sherman).
Wilkes County: Fire - 1958.
Wilkinson County:
Fire - 1829, 1854, 1864, 1924.
Worth County: Fire - 1879, 1893.