Lauderdale County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Lauderdale County

County Courthouse
Lauderdale County Courthouse 200 South Court Street, Florence, AL 35630 Phone: (256) 760-5728

Probate Judge has marriage and probate records

Parent County
1818--Lauderdale County was originally included in Houston County created by land speculators in 1784, then made a part of Elk County by the Mississipi territorial legislature before 1817. The present county was created 6 February 1818 from the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Cession of 1816. County seat: Florence

Neighboring Counties

 * Colbert
 * Giles County, Tennessee
 * Hardin County, Tennessee
 * Lawrence
 * Lawrence County, Tennessee
 * Limestone
 * Tishomingo County, Mississippi
 * Wayne County, Tennessee

Biographies

 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Digital version at . begins on page 90.

Cemeteries

 * Allen Cemetery
 * Anderson Cemetery
 * Austin Cemetery
 * Bailey Cemetery
 * Barkley Cemetery
 * Barnett Cemetery
 * Barnett Cemetery
 * Bedingfield Cemetery
 * Belew Cemetery
 * Bluewater Cemetery
 * Brown Cemetery
 * Butler Cemetery (Co Rd 42)
 * Butler Cemetery (Co Rd 84)
 * Butler Cemetery
 * Canerday Cemetery
 * Carson Cemetery
 * Cauhorn Cemetery
 * Chisholm Cemetery
 * Civitan Cemetery
 * Coffee Cemetery
 * Cooper Cemetery
 * Corum Cemetery
 * Cox Cemetery (Cox Cemetery Rd)
 * Cox Cemetery
 * Cox Cemetery (Co Rd 70)
 * Cox Cemetery (Co Rd 20)
 * Crow Cemetery
 * Crow Cemetery
 * Cunningham Cemetery (near Gunwaleford Rd)
 * Cunningham Cemetery (Co Rd 91)
 * Cunningham Cemetery (Limestone, Dupree Hollow Rd)
 * Dean-McNairy Cemetery
 * Douglass Cemetery
 * Dowdy Cemetery
 * Duncan Cemetery
 * Emaline Stutts Cemetery
 * Flint Cemetery
 * Florence Cemetery
 * Francis-King-Lucas Cemetery
 * Fuqual Cemetery
 * George Cemetery
 * Green Cemetery
 * Greenview Memorial Cemetery
 * Greer Cemetery
 * Gresham Cemetery
 * Grissom Cemetery
 * Hale Cemetery
 * Hammond Cemetery
 * Haraway Cemetery
 * Harden Cemetery
 * Harmon Cemetery
 * Harrison Cemetery
 * Harvey Cemetery
 * Hawkins Cemetery
 * Hill Cemetery
 * Holden Cemetery
 * Hooie Cemetery
 * Houston Cemetery
 * Houston Cemetery (Lawrence, Co Rd 271)
 * Huff Cemetery (Black)
 * Huff Cemetery
 * Huff Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Huff Cemetery (off Co Rd.61)
 * Ingram Cemetery
 * Jackson Cemetery
 * Jackson Cemetery (Muscle Shoals)
 * Jackson Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Johnson Cemetery
 * Johnson Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Limestone)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Winston)
 * Johnson Crossroads Cemetery
 * Jones Hill Cemetery
 * Jordan Cemetery
 * Kachelman Cemetery
 * Kennedy-Stutts Cemetery
 * Key Cemetery
 * Legg Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Lindsey Cemetery
 * Lindsey Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Lindsey Cemetery (Lawrence)
 * Lindsey Cemetery (Marion)
 * Lipscomb Cemetery
 * Little Zion Cemetery
 * McCartney Cemetery
 * McGee Cemetery
 * Milford Cemetery
 * Miller Cemetery
 * Miller Cemetery (Lawrence)
 * Miller Cemetery (Hackleburg)
 * Mitchell Cemetery
 * Moore Cemetery
 * Moore Cemetery (Florence)
 * Mount Calvary Cemetery
 * Mount Hebron Cemetery
 * Nance Cemetery
 * Noel Cemetery
 * Noel Cemetery (African American)
 * Nolen Cemetery
 * Oak Grove Cemetery
 * Oak Hill Cemetery
 * Old Romine Cemetery
 * Old Tanyard Cemetery
 * Oliver-Bedingfield Memorial Cemetery
 * Parker Cemetery
 * Parsonage Cemetery
 * Paulk Cemetery
 * Pearson Cemetery
 * Peck Cemetery
 * Perkins Cemetery
 * Perkins Cemetery (Lawrence)
 * Perry Cemetery
 * Peters Cemetery
 * Peters Cemetery (near Co Rd 2)
 * Pettus Cemetery
 * Pettus Cemetery (Lauderdale Rd)
 * Pine Hill Cemetery
 * Piney Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery
 * Portertown Cemetery
 * Powell Cemetery
 * Price Cemetery
 * Price Cemetery (Florence)
 * Ray Cemetery
 * Rice Cemetery
 * Richardson Cemetery
 * Richardson Cemetery
 * Richardson Chapel Cemetery
 * Romine Cemetery
 * Rowell Cemetery
 * Scott Cemetery
 * Scott Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Sharp Cemetery
 * Shaw Cemetery
 * Shaw Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Shelton Cemetery
 * Sherrod Cemetery
 * Simmons Cemetery
 * Simpson Cemetery
 * Smith Bottom Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery (Colbert) 
 * Smith Cemetery (Co Rd 41)
 * Smith Cemetery (Co Rd 387)
 * Smith Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Stutts Cemetery
 * Tate-Russell Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery (Co Rd 140)
 * Thompson Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Thompson Cemetery (Lawrence)
 * Thompson Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Thornton Cemetery
 * Thornton Cemetery (Co Rd 569)
 * Tri-cities Memorial Gardens 
 * Underwood Cemetery
 * Vaughn Cemetery
 * Wallace Cemetery
 * Walston Cemetery
 * Warmack Cemetery
 * Wates Cemetery
 * Watkins Cemetery
 * Watkins Cemetery (Bluff Dr.)
 * Watkins Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Watkins Cemetery (Co Rd 81)
 * Weaver Cemetery
 * Weaver Cemetery
 * Whitehead Cemetery
 * Williams Cemetery
 * Williams Chapel Cemetery
 * Wilson Cemetery
 * Wilson Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Wilson Cemetery (Co Rd 76)
 * Wilson Cemetery (Florence)
 * Wilson Family Cemetery (Slave Cemetery)
 * Winbourn Cemetery
 * Woodland Cemetery
 * Woodland Cemetery (No. 2)
 * Wright Cemetery
 * Zion Cemetery


 * Douthat, James L. Pickwick Landing Reservoir Cemeteries. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free surname index and publisher's bookstore at Mountain Press.
 * Douthat, James L. Wheeler Reservoir Cemeteries. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free surname index and publisher's bookstore at Mountain Press.

Additional Lauderdale County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records, , and at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Court

 * County Circuit Court record book for 1843-50 - can be viewed online at the website of the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library website.

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of see:


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Lauderdale County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2006. 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..

Vital Records

 * 1818-1857 - Crew, Robin and Betty Womble. Marriage Records: Lauderdale County, Alabama 1818-1857. n.d. Digital version at - free.


 * 1820-1857 - McClain, Mrs. W.E. Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriages 1820-1857. n.d. Digital version at - free. Transcripts of Marriage Books 1-6.

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Florence Alabama
 * 1828 Broadway Blvd Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States Phone: 256-768-7845 Hours: M 9am-12pm; 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.
 * Lauderdale County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lauderdale County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)