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Alabama Barbour County
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| Barbour County, Alabama | |
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 Location in the state of Alabama | |
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| Facts | |
| Founded | December 18, 1832 |
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| County Seat | Clayton |
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County Courthouse
Barbour County Courthouse
1800 Fifth Avenue North
PO Box 398
Clayton, Al 36016-0398
Phone: 334-775-8371
Judge of Probate has marriage
probate & land records from 1800's
Clerk Circuit Court has div rec from 1860
and Court Record from 1912[1]
History
Parent County
1832--Barbour County was created 18 December 1832 from Pike County and Creek Cession. Barbour County has two county courthouses (both in use) Clayton and Eufaula. County seat: Clayton [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:
- African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
- Alabama Minorities has information specific to Alabama African Americans.
Biographies
Biographies of many notable residents of Barbour County, Alabama were published in Memorial Record of Alabama (1893). Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Begins on page 394.
Cemeteries
FindAGrave ~ Transcriptions and partial transcriptions of 137 cemeteries in Barbour County.
- Adams Chapel Cemetery
- Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery
- Antioch Baptist Church
- Antioch Cemetery
- Baptist Cemetery
- Batesville Baptist Church Cemetary
- Beauchamp Cemetery
- Betcher Bethel Cemetery
- Bethel Hardshall Baptist Church Cemetery
- Bethlehem Cemetery
- Bethsadie Cemetery
- Blue Springs Assembly of God Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
- Christian Grove Cemetery
- Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
- County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Creel Cemetery
- Cunningham Cemetery
Dansby Family Cemetery - Dykes Cemetery
- Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
- Ephasus Cemetery
- Epworth Cemetery
- Espy Cemetery
- Evergreen Baptist Cemetery
- Fairview Cemetery
- Faulk Cemetery
- Grubbs Church Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
- Lightner Private Cemetery
- Lightwood Knot Cemetery
- McElvin Private Cemetery
- Methodist Cemetery
- Methodist Church Cemetery
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Louisville
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
- New Hope Cemetery
- Old Scott Cemetery
- Old Spring Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
- Pea Creek Church Cemetery
- Pea River Church Cemetery
- Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery
- Pine Level Baptist Church Cemetery
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery
- Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
- Pond Bethel Cemetery
- Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
- Sardis Church Cemetery
- Shiloh Holiness Church Cemetery
- Sikes Creek Baptist Cemetery
- Thomas Cemetery
- Tucker Cemetery
- Union Baptist Church Cemetery
- Upper Prospect Baptist Cemetery
- Warren Cemetery
- Weycott Plantation Cemetery
- Whiteoak Cemetery
- Zion's Chapel Cemetery
- Cemetery Records: Barbour County, Alabama, Vol. 1. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Includes Anderson Cemetery, Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery (Blue Springs, Ala.), Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Batesville Baptist Church Cemetery, Betcher Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Hardshall Baptist Church Cemetery, Blue Springs Assembly of God Church Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Elam Baptist Church Cemetery, Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery, Lightner Private Cemetery, New Hope Cemetery, Old Scott or Old Scotch Cemetery, Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant View Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rocky Mount Cemetery, Ryans Cemetery, Shiloh Holiness Church Cemetery, Sikes Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Warren Cemetery, and Weycott Plantation Cemetery.
- Cemetery Records: Barbour County, Alabama, Vol. 2. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Bethlehem Cemetery, Bethsadie Cemetery, County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Dykes or Lightwood Knot Cemetery, Ephesus or Cunningham Cemetery, Epworth Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Faulk Cemetery, Grubbs Church or Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, McElvin Private Cemetery, Methodist Cemetery (Louisville, Ala.), Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pea Creek Church Cemetery, Thomas Cemetery, and Whiteoak Cemetery.
- Cemetery Records: Barbour County with Cherokee & Lawrence Counties Alabama, Vol. 3. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Includes Adams Chapel Cemetery, Baptist Cemetery (Spring Hill, Ala.), Beauchamp Cemetery, Center Ridge Cemetery, Christian Grove Cemetery, Creel Cemetery, Espy Cemetery, Jones Private Cemetery, Methodist Church Cemetery (Texasville, Ala.), Mt. Andrew Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Old Spring Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Pine Level Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Pond Bethel Cemetery, Private Cemetery (Spring Hill, Ala.), Private Family Cemetery (Sandy Point, Ala.), Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Sardus Church Cemetery, Tucker Cemetery, Upper Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, and Zion's Chapel Cemetery.
- Barbour County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions. n.d. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Includes Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Louisville Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
- Barbour County, Alabama Cemetery Records. 1957. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Includes Adams Chapel Cemetery and Creel Cemetery.
Additional Barbour County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 at FamilySearch Books Online - free.
Census
For tips on accessing Barbour County, Alabama census records online, see: Alabama Census.
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | %± |
| 1840 | 12,024 | — |
| 1850 | 23,632 | 96.5% |
| 1860 | 30,812 | 30.4% |
| 1870 | 29,309 | −4.9% |
| 1880 | 33,979 | 15.9% |
| 1890 | 34,898 | 2.7% |
| 1900 | 35,152 | 0.7% |
| 1910 | 32,728 | −6.9% |
| 1920 | 32,067 | −2.0% |
| 1930 | 32,425 | 1.1% |
| 1940 | 32,722 | 0.9% |
| 1950 | 28,892 | −11.7% |
| 1960 | 24,700 | −14.5% |
| 1970 | 22,543 | −8.7% |
| 1980 | 24,756 | 9.8% |
| 1990 | 25,417 | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 29,038 | 14.2% |
| 2010 | 27,457 | −5.4% |
| Sources: "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. through 1960 | ||
Church Records
Court Records
Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of Barbour County, Alabama see:
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Barbour County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. This is a definitive work and can be used as an index to land grants. Digital version at HistoryGeo.com ($). Website includes free surname index. FHL Book 976.132 E7b.
Local Histories
- Besson, J A. B. History of Eufaula, Alabama: The Bluff City of the Chattahoochee. Atlanta, Ga: Franklin Steam Print. House, 1875 - read full-text online
- Thompson, Mattie Thomas. History of Barbour County, Alabama. Eufaula, Ala., 1939. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
- Walker, Anne Kendrick. Backtracking in Barbour County: A Narrative of the Last Alabama Frontier. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War service men from Barbour County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Barbour County.
- - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A (Pioneer Guards)
- - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B (Eufaula Rifles)
- - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company I (Clayton Guards)
- - 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, Company B
- - 4th Battalion, Alabama Cavalry (Love's), Companies B and C
- - 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K [subsequently, Company A
- - 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B (Midway Southern Guards)
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D (Fort Browder Roughs)
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H (Glenville Guards)
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K (Eufaula City Guard)
- - 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G "Seal's Guards"
- - 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K
- - 37th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H
- - 39th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Companies B, C, G, H, I, and K
- - 45th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Companies A and C
- - 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D
- Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Newspapers
Probate Records
Taxation
- 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Barbour County is in District 1.
Vital Records
Birth
- 1881-1930 - Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
Marriage
- To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry– ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.
- To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry– ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.
- 1816-1957 - Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.
- 1838-1886 - Barbour County, Alabama Marriage Books 1-10 (1838-1886) and Index (1841-1940) in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.[3]
- 1843; 1845; 1849–1874; 1892; 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry– ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.
- 1843; 1845; 1849–1874; 1892; 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry– ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.
- 1850–1874 "Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920"at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.
- 1850–1874 "Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920"at Ancestry– ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.
Death
- 1881-1952 - Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
- 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry– ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.
- 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry– ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.
- 1908-1974 - Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
- 1908–1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry– ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).
- 1908–1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry– ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).
Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Barbour County has three books:
Societies and Libraries
Family History Center
- Eufaula Alabama
Hwy 131 Bakerhill Hwy
Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama, United States
Phone: 334-687-6146
Hours: W 6pm-8pm
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project may have maps, name indexes, history, or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- USGenWeb Archives Project ~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
- Barbour County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed., (Draper, UT: Everton Publishers, 2002), p. 35.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Coverage Table, "Alabama County Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)," FamilySearch Research Wiki, https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Alabama_County_Marriages_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records), accessed 6 August 2012.
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