Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy

Guide to Jackson County, Alabama ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

Description
Jackson County was created on 13 December 1819 and was named in honor of Andrew Jackson. Its county seat is Scottsboro. It is located in the northeastern area of the state.

County Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 102 E Laurel St., Courthouse Scottsboro, AL 35768 Phone: 256-574-9320 Fax:  256-259-9981 Jackson County Website Probate Judge has marriage records from 1851, probate records from 1850, land records from 1835 and 1900 Civil War Vets list; Clerk Circuit Court has court records from 1920 and divorce records from 1895; County Health Department has birth and death records; Public library has cemetery records

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.

Bible Records

 * 1770-1889 (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Alabama Bible Records at Access Genealogy
 * Family Bible Records at Alabama Bible Records
 * Jackson County, Alabama Records, vol. 1. 1971. By Christine Paradise Sumner. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Jackson County, Alabama records, vol. 2. 1972. By Christine Paradise Sumner. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
 * Jackson County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives Project
 * (*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Biographies

 * Memorial Record of Alabama, Jackson County. Madison, WI: Brant & Fuller, 1893. Pg. 1131. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Pg. 92. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.
 * Jackson County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project

Census Records
State Census


 * 1855   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1866  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records

 * 1831-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Baptist Minutes of the Union Primitive Baptist Church (Woodville, Ala.) from 1840 to 1842 were published in Volume 1 of Jackson County Alabama Records, available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. Volume 2 includes Bibles of the Acklen, Caperton, Cotton, Harris, Hunt, Lewis, Smith, and Woosley families. It is also available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. Volume 3 is online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. (Begins on page 74.)

Court Records

 * 1850-1915 (*); County Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1853-1866 (*); Commissioners' Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

Funeral Homes

 * Moore Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Bryant
 * Rudder Funeral Home in Bridgeport, Scottsboro, and Stevenson
 * Scottsboro Funeral Home and Pinehaven Memorial Gardens in Hollywood and Scottsboro
 * Valley Funeral Home in Scottsboro and Stevenson

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Jackson 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. Arphax Publishing ($). Website includes surname index..

Many early Jackson County land entries (starting in 1830) were published in Volume 2 of Jackson County Alabama Records by Christine P. Sumner, which is available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. Volume 2 includes Bibles of the Acklen, Caperton, Cotton, Harris, Hunt, Lewis, Smith, and Woosley families. It is also available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. Volume 3 is online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. (Begins on page 1.)

For recent deeds, check: Probate Court Land Index

Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * History of Jackson County. By John Robert Kennamer. Winchester, Tenn.: Press of Southern Print. and Pub. Co., 1935. Online at: Ancestry ($).
 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Pg. 92. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)
 * Family Maps of Jackson County (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places
 * Alabama Maps and Blueprints Collection at Alabama Department of Archives and History – maps can be browsed by location or subject

Military Records
Multipal wars
 * ca.1918-ca.1962  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images at partner site
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images at partner site
 * 1861-1865 Civil War Service Database at Alabama Department of Archives and History - index
 * 1861-1865 Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers - FamilySearch Historical Recordsrch.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2322 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1871-1880 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History
 * Blevins, Jerry. Sequatchie Valley Soldiers in the Civil War: Bledsoe, Grundy, Marion and Sequatchie Counties in Tennessee and Jackson County in Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: J. Blevins, 1990..
 * A list of individuals who appear on the 1907 CSA Soldiers Census was published in Volume 2 of Jackson County Alabama Records by Christine P. Sumner, which is available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. (Begins on page 23.)
 * - 2nd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K
 * - 4th Regiment, Alabama Cavalry (Russell's), Company E and G
 * - 4th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K(Larkinsville Guards)
 * - 6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company F [subsequently, Company K]
 * - 6th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company I "Raccoon Roughs" [subsequently, Company D]
 * - 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G
 * - 9th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B "Railroad Guards"
 * - 12th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Comapny G "North Alabama Sharpshooters"
 * - 49th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C
 * - 50th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company C, formerly Company F, 2nd Battalion

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Service Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Gold Star Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Service Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Gold Star Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images


 * 1940-1966 Alabama Active Military Service Reports at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

Newspapers

 * Jackson County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection by GenealogyBuffs.com - obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Jackson County area
 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1839-1937 (gaps) - Caver, Larry E. Abstracts from Alabama Newspapers, Volume II: Limestone County, Madison County, Marshall County, Jackson County. Carrollton, Miss.: Pioneer Publishing Co., 2007. Digital version at ** [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/428578-abstracts-from-alabama-newspapers-vol-2?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library. Abstracts of The Bellefonte Courier (1839), The Jackson County Herald (1868), The Era &amp; Star (1873), The Scottsboro Citizen (1879-1880, 1917), The Jackson County Sentinel (1932-1933, 1937), and The Progressive Age (1937)
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History

Obituaries

 * Jackson County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection by GenealogyBuffs.com - obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Jackson County area

Other Records
Voter Registration
 * 1834-1981  at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and some images

Periodicals

 * Valley Leaves. 1966–. Published by the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1568, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. . Website identifies articles relating to Jackson County (click "Search by County").

Probate Records
Early will books were destroyed in a fire. Will Book K, which begins in the mid-1850s, is the earliest Jackson County will book that survives. A portion of it was published in Volume 2 of Jackson County Alabama Records by Christine P. Sumner, which is available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. Volume 2 includes Bibles of the Acklen, Caperton, Cotton, Harris, Hunt, Lewis, Smith, and Woosley families. It is also available online at FamilySearch Digital Library. Volume 3 is online at: FamilySearch Digital Library. (Begins on page 16.)

Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809-1985 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1820-1927 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1830-1976 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1850-1915 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1855-1911 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1874-1884 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * Images of Wills and Estates, Will Book K at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Tax Records

 * 1865-1866 U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry $

Birth

 * 1881-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1881-1930  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images

Marriage

 * 1733-2013 Alabama, United States Marriages at Findmypast ($)
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1802-1825 Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1825 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809-1920 Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1809-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images
 * 1816-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1818-1936 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1851-1929 Jackson County Marriage Books A-I and 2-7 Index 1851-1929 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1881-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1881-1974 Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1892-1896 Jackson County Death Index 1892-1896. Batch at FamilySearch
 * 1908-1959 Alabama, U.S., Death Index, 1908-1959 at Ancestry ($)
 * 1908-1974 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1914-1917 Jackson County Death Index 1914-1917. Batch at FamilySearch

Archives
Alabama Department of Archives and History 624 Washington Ave PO Box 300100 Montgomery, AL 36104 Phone: 334-242-4435 Email: [mailto:mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov] Website Facebook

FamilySearch Centers

 * Scottsboro Alabama FamilySearch Center

Libraries
Scottsboro Public Library 1002 South Broad Street Scottsboro, AL 35768 Phone: 256-574-4335 Email: [mailto:publiclibraryscottsboro@gmail.com publiclibraryscottsboro@gmail.com] Website Facebook

Museums
Scottsboro Jackson Heritage Center 208 South Houston Street Scottsboro, AL 35768 Phone: 256-259-2122 Email: [mailto:heritage@scottsboro.org heritage@scottsboro.org] Website Facebook

Societies
Jackson County Historical Association PO Box 1494 Scottboro, AL 35768 Website Facebook Publication: Jackson County Chronicles

Websites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project. Record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Jackson County ALGenWeb. Record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.