Jackson County Historical Society

Jackson County Historical Society The Jackson County Historical Society encourages their community to connect to their roots through research

The Historical Society’s archive collection in the Heritage Room of the Commerce Public Library contains research books on North Georgia counties, the Carolinas, Virginia, and various other states in the southeast. Available research tools include: surname books, family files, wills, bible records, court records, deed records, cemetery records, obituaries, church histories, community histories, so

ldier records and published books on Georgia counties. While visiting the collection you will also have access to use Ancestry.com through the libraries free Galileo account. A new microfilm scanner is available for the census’, newspapers, Confederate pension records and various films. It has the capabilities to send images as an e-mail and copy to a flash drive. For those wishing to visit the library, an index of the collection and past newsletters from 1997-2014 can be viewed and the newsletters text is searchable on the library website:
http://prlib.org/our-libraries/commerce-public-library

Additionally, several volunteers and archives are available at the Jackson County Historic Courthouse, to aid you in your research.

Beautiful home across from the Commerce Public Library
11/06/2025

Beautiful home across from the Commerce Public Library

Jackson County, Commerce…This photograph shows the home of Pleasant Owen Pitman in what is now Commerce, Georgia—a community originally known as Harmony Grove until its name was changed in 1904 to avoid confusion with another town. Pitman, a farmer and early builder who settled in the area in 1817, constructed this handsome Victorian-era Eastlake style home around 1884. A prominent figure in the growing town, he also served as one of the first directors of the Harmony Grove Mills. The image, captured during a rare Georgia ice storm, beautifully preserves both the elegance of the house and a wintry glimpse of a town on the edge of transformation.

Georgia on My Mind curated by Lisa Land Cooper - Author and Historian

James Jackson presentation, November 9, 2025, Fellowship Hall , Commerce Methodist Church, 54 Cherry St. 2 p.m. All welc...
11/02/2025

James Jackson presentation, November 9, 2025, Fellowship Hall , Commerce Methodist Church, 54 Cherry St. 2 p.m.
All welcomed.

All welcome to the 50th Anniversary celebration!
09/08/2025

All welcome to the 50th Anniversary celebration!

07/15/2025

The City of Commerce will conduct a public hearing on Monday, July 21, 2025, at the Commerce Administrative Complex, 110 State St, Commerce, GA 30529. The hearing will take place during the voting session, which will begin at 6 pm.

The purpose of the hearing is to brief the community on the relocation of graves located at the WILSON-WHEELER-KING Cemetery, Bana Rd.

All interested are invited to attend the hearing.

Send a message to learn more

All welcome. Sunday, 2 PM
07/12/2025

All welcome. Sunday, 2 PM

A Coca Cola bottling plant in Commerce
07/12/2025

A Coca Cola bottling plant in Commerce

Check this out! Searching for Deeds:
07/04/2025

Check this out! Searching for Deeds:

JCHS meeting Sunday, July 13, 2025
06/17/2025

JCHS meeting Sunday, July 13, 2025

06/16/2025

Juan Reardon is looking for Jackson Co residents who are African American and who are interested in African American historical themes, places and stories. He can be contacted at

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05/23/2025
from the Collection at UGA, box 15, Folder 3, item 19 : (to be uploaded to digital library of Georgia soon)transcriptio...
05/10/2025

from the Collection at UGA, box 15, Folder 3, item 19 : (to be uploaded to digital library of Georgia soon)

transcription:
"Jackson Superior Court July Term 1842.
Order that seven dollar and twenty five cents be allowed to Crawford W. Long for Medical Services rendered to Miles M. Perry a States Prisoner. A true copy from the minutes August 23rd 1842 John J. McCullock, Clk. "

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1344 S Broad Street
Commerce, GA
30529

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Thursday 10am - 8pm
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Saturday 10am - 4pm

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Heritage Room

The Historical Society’s archive collection in the Heritage Room of the Commerce Public Library contains research books on North Georgia counties, the Carolinas, Virginia, and various other states in the southeast. Available research tools include: surname books, family files, wills, bible records, court records, deed records, cemetery records, obituaries, church histories, community histories, soldier records and published books on Georgia counties. While visiting the collection you will also have access to use Ancestry.com through the libraries free Galileo account. A new microfilm scanner is available for the census’, newspapers, Confederate pension records and various films. It has the capabilities to send images as an e-mail and copy to a flash drive. For those wishing to visit the library, an index of the collection and past newsletters from 1997-2014 can be viewed and the newsletters text is searchable on the library website: http://prlib.org/our-libraries/commerce-public-library Additionally, several volunteers and archives are available at the Jackson County Historic Courthouse, to aid you in your research. http://www.jacksoncountyhistoriccourthouse.com/historic-archives.html