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Discover the History of Telfair County

Explore the families, cemeteries, schools, churches, communities, photographs, and records that preserve the story of Telfair County, Georgia.

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1807 County Created
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Welcome to Telfair County Georgia GenWeb

Welcome to the Telfair County page of the Georgia GenWeb Project. This site is dedicated to collecting and sharing historical and genealogical information for Telfair County families, researchers, descendants, and anyone with an interest in the people and places that shaped this part of South Georgia.

Contributions are welcome. If you have cemetery updates, obituaries, family information, historic photographs, school records, church histories, or other Telfair County material to share, please contact the county coordinator.
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Featured County Spotlight

Telfair County’s story is one of pine woods, river routes, railroads, churches, cemeteries, schools, and families whose roots stretch across communities large and small.

This site serves as both a genealogy resource and a growing local history hub — preserving not just names and dates, but the places and stories behind them.

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Telfair County Timeline

1807 Telfair County was created.
River Era Communities grew around river travel, crossings, and trade.
Railroad Era Railroads helped shape towns, commerce, and migration.
Today Local history is preserved through digital records and shared memory.

Telfair County Photo Gallery

Historic view of Lumber City

Lumber City

Historic downtown Lumber City and the people, places, and memories connected to it.

Telfair County cemetery

Cemeteries & Memory

Telfair County contains municipal cemeteries, historic burial grounds, church cemeteries, and family plots.

Historic Telfair County school

Schools & Community

Help preserve photographs, yearbooks, class lists, teacher names, report cards, newspaper clippings, and school memories.