Georgia Courthouses Destroyed by Cyclones, Floods, Tornadoes & Storms
(This list is from the State of Georgia, Dept. of Archives & History)

Destruction of some county courthouse records in 66 of Georgia's 159
counties.  With a few exceptions, this survey does not imply all records
were lost at the time of destruction of the courthouse.  Human frailties
contributed in the loss of many records also.

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 (Some records destroyed by Sherman's men.)
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.