Peach County Clerk of Superior Court (Sherry Gonzalez): the discharge route at 205 West Church Street

The Peach County Clerk of Superior Court - Sherry Gonzalez, elected 2021, Superior and Juvenile Courts, 205 West Church Street, P.O. Box 389, Fort Valley, GA 31030 (478-825-5331, fax 478-825-8662), with Chief Deputy Clerk Beth Hammond (civil division, ext. 245) and Deputy Clerk Phillis Ballew (real-estate division, ext. 247) - is the county's discharge-recording route under O.C.G.A. 15-6-78 and 15-6-72 (the State entries); the clerk's own site publishes no discharge page, so the free recording rests on the State entries and the office's route.

Also called: Clerk of Superior Court, Sherry Gonzalez, Beth Hammond, Phillis Ballew, DD-214, discharge, military discharge, 15-6-72, 15-6-78, 478-825-5331, 205 West Church Street, Fort Valley, P.O. Box 389, Fort Valley, Byron.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Peach County, GACounty

The office. The clerk's own site, peachclerkofcourt.com: "Superior and Juvenile, 205 West Church Street, PO Box 389, Fort Valley, GA 31030, Phone: 478.825.5331, Fax: 478.825.8662." The staff page: Chief Deputy Clerk Beth Hammond (Civil Division, ext. 245), Deputy Clerk Sherry Gonzalez (Civil & Criminal Division, ext. 249) and Deputy Clerk Phillis Ballew (Real Estate Division, ext. 247). The Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority's clerk directory lists Sherry Gonzalez as Peach County's Clerk of Superior Court, elected 2021. 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); a Peach veteran records the DD-214 at the clerk's office at 205 West Church Street, Fort Valley, and asks there for copies. Looked for and not written. The clerk's site - a 2006-era Icon Software build with Home, Case Search, Land Records, Staff, Links, News, Court Calendars, Jury Info, Legal Notices and Legal Forms pages - publishes no military-discharge text at all: no discharge line, no fee schedule, no form. The duty itself is the State's, and the office is the route; if the clerk posts a discharge page, this entry's route stands and the page can be cited then.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Peach County Clerk of Superior Court (Sherry Gonzalez): the discharge route at 205 West Church Street
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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