Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Mobile County

History
Mobile initially fell within the bounds of Mississippi Territory.

Parent County
1812--Mobile County was created 1 August 1812 from West Florida. County seat: Mobile

Record Loss
Mobile, Alabama Wind Storm

July 5, 1916

1916-MOBILE IS SWEPT BY 85-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND. . The county courthouse was severely damaged, and faces of the clock on all four sides were blown off. . . The courthouse tower was wrecked and rain poured into the court rooms. . . (source:GenDisasters)

Cities
Bayou La Batre | Chickasaw | Citronelle | Creola | Mobile | Prichard | Saraland | Satsuma

Towns
Dauphin Island | Mount Vernon

Census Designation Places
Grand Bay | Theodore | Tillmans Corner

Unincorporated communities
Bucks | Eight Mile | Kushla | Mauvilla | St. Elmo | Semmes | Whistler

Ghost town
Beaver Mills

Neighboring Counties
Baldwin | Clarke | Washington | Mississippi counties: George | Greene | Jackson

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Casher Cemetery, Mobile
 * Cold Springs cemetery, Theodore
 * Ebenezer Cemetery, Mobile
 * Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Tillmans Corner
 * New Hope Cemetery, Mobile
 * St. Rose of Lima, Mobile off Hwy 193 on island near Mon Louis.

Websites operated by the cemetery itself:


 * Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL

Civil War Battle Fought in Mobile County

 * Mobile Bay, also known as Passing of Forts Morgan and Gaines, August 2-23, 1864 (partly fought in Baldwin County)

Battle information from Civil War Battle Summaries by State, by the Heritage Preservation Services

Taxation

 * 1814 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free. (browse under Hancock, Jackson, Mobile)


 * 1816-1817 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Mobile Alabama
 * Mobile, Alabama

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)