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Chilton County, Alabama
Map
Location in the state of Alabama
Location of Alabama in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	December 30, 1868
County Seat	Clanton
Courthouse

County Courthouse

Clerk Circuit Court has probate and divorce records,
Court Records from 1868
Probate Judge has marriage and land records ^[1]

History

Chilton County was originally known as Baker County, renamed Chilton County on 17 December 1874.

Parent County

1868--Chilton County was created 30 December 1868 from part of Bibb, Autauga, Perry, and Shelby Counties.
County seat: Clanton ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1870 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

• Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
• Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle]

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Autauga
• Bibb
• Coosa
• Dallas
• Elmore
• Perry
• Shelby

Resources

Biography

Biographies of many notable residents of Chilton County, Alabama were published in Memorial Record of Alabama (1893). Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Begins on page 642.

Cemeteries

• Alpine Baptist Church Cemetery
• Center Hill Cemetery, Jemison
• Church Street Church Cemetery
• Confederate Memorial Park Cemetery#1 Mountain Creek
• Confederate Memorial Park Cemetery#2 Mounatain Creek
• Deadwilder-Hicks Cemetery
• Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery
• Faith Baptist Church Cemetery
• Gandy Cemetery
• Harris Family Cemetery
• Hayes Cemetery
• Hillcrest Baptist Church Cemetery
• Jones Cemetery
• Jones Cemetery#2 Maplesville
• Littleton Family Cemetery
• Mapelsville Cemetery
• Mineral Springs Cemetery (2nd partial listing)
• Moore Family cemetery
• Mount Carmel (Adams) Baptist Church Cemetery (partial)
• Old Eddings/West Family Cemetery(partial
• Old Maplesville Cemetery
• Ousley-Boggs Cemetery, Fletcher
• Pates Chapel Cemetery, Jemison
• Pilgrim Rest Cemetery, African American
• Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Cemetery
• Pleasant Grove Methodist Cemetery
• Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, aka Scott Hill Cemetery
• Popewell Family Cemetery
• Posey Cemetery #2, Jemison
• Rocky Mount Community Cemetery
• Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery
• Scandanavian Cemetery
• Union Springs Baptist Church Cemetery
• Valley Creek Cemetery
• Verbena Cemetery (partial)

Census

For tips on accessing Chilton County, Alabama census records online, see: Alabama Census.

Church Records

Court Records

Land and Property

Local Histories

• Wyatt, Thomas Eugene. Chilton County and Her People: A Brief History. Clanton, Ala.: The Union-Banner, 1960. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

Military

• Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
• Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Newspapers

Probate Records

• 1830-1976 - Chilton County, Alabama Probate Records, 1830-1976 at FamilySearch - free.
• 1880-1920 Chilton County, Alabama Index of Wills (Book) Record II

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

• 1881-1930 - Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

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.
  

• 1816-1957 - Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete. - free

• 1870-1930 - Chilton County, Alabama Marriage Books 1-3, and Licenses in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.^[3]

• 1933, 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.
  

Death

• 1881-1952 - Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

• 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.
  

• 1908–1959 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).
  

• 1908-1974 - Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Voting Registers

• Chilton County was not yet established for the 1867 Voting Registers.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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.
• Chilton County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• Chiton County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Chilton County p. 36. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ 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.