Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Jackson County

County Courthouse
Jackson County Courthouse 102 Laurel St., Scottsboro, AL 35768 Phone:(256) 574-9320

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

History


The county is named after War of 1812 hero Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) who became Seventh President of the United States in 1829.

Parent County
1819--Jackson County was created 13 December 1819 from the Cherokee Cession of 1816. County seat: Scottsboro

Record Loss
1864 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged. Will Book K (begins mid-1850s) is the earliest will book that survives.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Dade County, Georgia
 * De Kalb
 * Franklin County, Tennessee
 * Lincoln County, Tennessee
 * Madison
 * Marion County, Tennessee
 * Marshall

Bible Records
Bibles of the Edmonds, Flowers, Green, Hembree, Hunt (3), Jenkins, Keeble, Kirby (2), Larkin, Lindsay, McKelvy, Price, and Stewart families were published in Volume 1 of Jackson County Alabama Records by Christine P. Sumner, which is available online at - free. Volume 2 includes Bibles of the Acklen, Caperton, Cotton, Harris, Hunt, Lewis, Smith, and Woosley families. It is also available online at - free.

Biography

 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Digital version at . begins on page 92.


 * Jackson County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

Cemeteries

 * Abbott Cemetery
 * Abbott Chapel Cemetery
 * Allen Cemetery
 * Allison Cemetery
 * Anderson Cemetery
 * Armstrong Cemetery
 * Austell Cemetery
 * Austin-Cameron Cemetery
 * Baker Cemetery
 * Baker Cemetery
 * Barbee Cemetery
 * Beech Grove Cemetery
 * Bellefonte Cemetery
 * Berry Cemetery
 * Bethel Cemetery
 * Bingham Cemetery
 * Bishop Cemetery
 * Blue Spring Cemetery
 * Bluff Cemetery
 * Bonaventure Cemetery
 * Bouldin Cemetery
 * Boyd Cemetery
 * Brandon Cemetery
 * Brown-Cox Cemetery
 * Bryant Cemetery
 * Bryant Cemetery
 * Bullock Cemetery
 * Burch Cemetery
 * Burgess Cemetery
 * Butler Cemetery
 * Bynum Cemetery
 * Caperton Cemetery
 * Cargile Cemetery
 * Cargile Cemetery
 * Carr Cemetery
 * Caulfield Cemetery
 * Cedar Hill Cemetery
 * Champion Cemetery
 * Chaney Cemetery
 * Chisenhall Cemetery
 * Chisenhall Cemetery
 * Church Hill Cemetery
 * Clark Cemetery
 * Clark Cemetery
 * Clay Cemetery
 * Clay Cemetery
 * Coffee Cemetery
 * Coffey Cemetery
 * Coffey Cemetery
 * Collins Cemetery
 * Crawford Cemetery
 * Cross Cemetery
 * Crow Cemetery
 * Crowell Cemetery
 * Culver Cemetery
 * Cumberland Cemetery
 * Davis Cemetery
 * Dean Chapel Cemetery
 * Dodson Family Cemetery
 * Dolberry Cemetery
 * Dotson Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Elkins Cemetery
 * Erwin Cemetery
 * Fanning Cemetery
 * Finnell Cemetery
 * Finney Cemetery
 * Flanagan Cemetery
 * Foshee Cemetery
 * Fowler Cemetery
 * Fowler Cemetery
 * Friendship Cemetery
 * Gant Cemetery
 * Gentle Cemetery
 * Gold Cemetery
 * Gold Cemetery
 * Graham Cemetery
 * Grant Cemetery
 * Gray Cemetery
 * Green Cemetery
 * Green Cemetery
 * Greer Cemetery
 * Gross Cemetery
 * Guffey Cemetery
 * Guffy Cemetery
 * Hackworth Cemetery
 * Haddon Cemetery
 * Hall Cemetery
 * Hansbrough Cemetery
 * Harmony Cemetery
 * Harrison Cemetery
 * Hayes Cemetery
 * Helton Cemetery
 * Henry Cemetery
 * Henshaw Cemetery
 * Higdon Cemetery
 * Hill Cemetery
 * Hollytree Cemetery
 * Hudgins Cemetery
 * Hudgins Cemetery
 * Hurt Cemetery
 * Hytop Cemetery
 * Inglis Cemetery
 * Isbell Cemetery
 * Jack Cemetery
 * Jackoway Cemetery
 * James Cemetery
 * Johnson Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Kelly Cemetery
 * Kirk Cemetery
 * Kirkpatrick Cemetery
 * Knight Cemetery
 * Kyles Cemetery
 * Langston Cemetery
 * Latham Cemetery
 * Latham Cemetery
 * Lewallen Cemetery
 * Liberty Cemetery
 * Longacre Cemetery
 * Lovelady Cemetery
 * Lovelady Cemetery
 * Loyd Cemetery
 * Maple Cemetery
 * Maples Cemetery
 * Matthews Cemetery
 * Matthews Cemetery
 * Matthews Cemetery
 * Maxwell Cemetery
 * Maxwell Cemetery
 * Maynard Cove Cemetery
 * McAnelly Cemetery
 * McCrary Cemetery
 * McCullough Cemetery
 * McMahan Cemetery
 * Middleton Cemetery
 * Middleton Cemetery
 * Miller Cemetery
 * Moody Cemetery
 * Moon Cemetery
 * Moore Chapel Cemetery
 * Morris Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Cemetery
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery
 * Nelson Cemetery
 * New Home Cemetery
 * New Hope Cemetery
 * Newby Cemetery
 * Nicholson Cemetery
 * Norwood Cemetery
 * Oak Lawn Cemetery
 * Old Bostick Hill Cemetery
 * Old Grays Cemetery
 * Old Grays Chapel Cemetery
 * Old Sardis Cemetery
 * Pace Cemetery
 * Paint Rock Cemetery Findagrave
 * Paint Rock Cemetery BillionGraves
 * Pauper Cemetery
 * Peters Cove Cemetery
 * Phillips Cemetery
 * Pierce Cemetery
 * Pinehaven Memorial Gardens
 * Pinhook Cemetery
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant View Cemetery
 * Pleasant View Cemetery
 * Porter Cemetery
 * Potato Hill Cemetery
 * Potts Cemetery
 * Price Cemetery
 * Prince Cemetery
 * Prince Cemetery
 * Prince Cemetery
 * Pritchett Cemetery
 * Proctor Cemetery
 * Reid Cemetery
 * Renshaw Cemetery
 * Ridley Cemetery
 * Roach Cemetery
 * Roberson Cemetery
 * Rocky Spring Cemetery
 * Roman Cemetery
 * Rorex Cemetery
 * Ross Cemetery
 * Rosson Cemetery
 * Rouse Cemetery
 * Rosseau Cemetery
 * Rosseau Cemetery (County Rd. 1)
 * Rosseau Cemetery (County Rd. 401)
 * Russell Cemetery
 * Samples Cemetery
 * Sanders Cemetery
 * Sanders Cemetery
 * Sarratt Cemetery
 * Sharp Cemetery
 * Shelton Cemetery
 * Shipp Cemetery
 * Shipp Cemetery (off County Rd. 53)
 * Sikes Cemetery
 * Sisk Cemetery
 * Skyline Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery (near Pleasant Groves)
 * Smith Cemetery (off County Rd. 81)
 * Smith Cemetery (near Higdon)
 * Stephens Cemetery
 * Sterne Cemetery
 * Stogspill Cemetery
 * Straightway Cemetery
 * Swafford Cemetery
 * Swaim Cemetery
 * Talley Cemetery
 * Tally Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery
 * Tipton Cemetery
 * Tipton Cemetery
 * Todd Cemetery
 * Tone Cemetery
 * Travis Cemetery
 * Travis Family Cemetery
 * Trenton Cemetery
 * Turley Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery
 * Vaught Cemetery
 * Walker Cemetery
 * Walker Cemetery
 * Walker Family Cemetery
 * Washington Cemetery
 * Webb Cemetery
 * Wheeler Cemetery
 * Williams Cemetery
 * Willis Cemetery
 * Wilson Cemetery
 * Wilson Cemetery
 * Wimberley Cemetery
 * Woods Cove Cemetery
 * Zions Rest Cemetery


 * Douthat, James L. Guntersville Reservoir Cemeteries. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free surname index and publisher's bookstore at Mountain Press.
 * Sumner, Christine P. Jackson County Alabama Records. Vol. 1. Scottsboro, Ala., 1971. Digital version at - free. Includes Beech Grove Cemetery, Kirkpatrick Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Travis Cemetery, and Union Cemetery.
 * Sumner, Christine P. Jackson County Alabama Records. Vol. 2. Scottsboro, Ala., 1972. Digital version at - free. Includes Dodson Family Cemetery and Larkin Cemetery.

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 - free. (Begins on page 74.)

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of 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. Digital version at HistoryGeo.com ($). Website includes free 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 - free. (Begins on page 1.)

For recent deeds, check: Probate Court Land Index

Local Histories

 * Kennamer, John Robert. History of Jackson County. Winchester, Tenn.: Press of Southern Print. and Pub. Co., 1935. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Civil War

 * 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 - free. (Begins on page 23.)

Newspapers
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) were published in:


 * 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 - free.

Periodicals

 * Valley Leaves. 1966–. Published by the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1568, Huntsville, Alabama 35807. . Website identifies articles relating to (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 - free. (Begins on page 16.)


 * 1830-1976 - Probate Records, 1830-1976 at  - free.

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Jackson County is in District 3.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

 * 1816-1957 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Vital Record Substitutes
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Jackson County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com:


 * Jackson County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Scottsboro Alabama
 * Bob Jones Rd &amp; 113 Greenwood A Scottsboro, Jackson, Alabama, United States Phone: 256-259-1501 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.
 * Jackson County ALGenWeb~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)