Oconee County Clerk of Courts (Angela Elder-Johnson): the recorder of military discharges

The Oconee County Clerk of Courts - Angela Elder-Johnson, Clerk of Superior, Magistrate & Juvenile Courts, Room 208, 23 North Main Street, Watkinsville (P.O. Box 1099, Watkinsville, GA 30677; 706-769-3940, fax 706-769-3948, [email protected], weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) - is the county's recorder of military discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-72 and 15-6-78; the clerk's own page lists the courts and the staff but no discharge line, so the free recording and the 50-year closure rest on the State entries.

Also called: Clerk of Courts, Angela Elder-Johnson, DD-214, discharge, military discharges, recording, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 706-769-3940, 23 North Main Street, Room 208, Watkinsville, Watkinsville, Bogart, Bishop, North High Shoals.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Oconee County, GACounty

The office. The county's Clerk of Courts page names the court personnel: "Angela Elder-Johnson - Clerk of Superior, Magistrate, & Juvenile Courts" and the deputies, with the Magistrate and Juvenile divisions' schedules. The page lists no recording duties and no discharge line - the recording duty is the statute's. Where and who. Clerk of Courts Angela Elder-Johnson, Room 208, 23 North Main Street, Watkinsville, Georgia 30677; mailing address P.O. Box 1099, Watkinsville; phone 706-769-3940, fax 706-769-3948, [email protected]; "Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.". The statute. Georgia's clerks of the superior court record discharges under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and keep them confidential for fifty years under 15-6-72, with free copies to the authorized list (the State entries carry the sections and the synopsis); an Oconee veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's Room 208 office in the courthouse annex at 23 North Main Street and asks there for copies.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Oconee County Clerk of Courts (Angela Elder-Johnson): the recorder of military discharges
Gate	Rule
Any veteran with a discharge	The recording is free under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and the record is closed for fifty years under 15-6-72. No rating is needed.

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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