Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Coffee County

County Courthouse
Coffee County Courthouse 230 N. Court Ave Elba, AL 36323 Phone: (334) 347-2519

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1877 and land records from early 1800's Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

County seats: Elba and Enterprise

Record Loss
1851 and 1863 -- 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

Neighboring Counties

 * Covington
 * Crenshaw
 * Dale
 * Geneva
 * Pike

Biography

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

Cemeteries

 * Index to Tomb Inscriptions, Coffee County, Alabama. Dale County, Ala.: The Branch, 1969. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes 82 cemeteries: Alberson Family Cemetery, Alberton Methodist Church Cemetery, Antioch Church Cemetery, Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery, Beaverdam Church Cemetery, Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem Church Cemetery, Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Brooklyn Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Chestnut Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Cole Family Cemetery, Cool Springs Church Cemetery, County Line Baptist Church Cemetery, Damascus Baptist Church Cemetery, Danley Cross Roads Church Cemetery, Driskell Family Cemetery, Enterprise City Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery, Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Frisco or Stricklin Family Cemetery, Goodman Baptist Church Cemetery, Goynes Family Cemetery, Grimes Family Cemetery, Griscal Family Cemetery, Harrison Cemetery, Haw Hill Church Cemetery, Haynes Cemetery, Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery, Hudson Family Cemetery, Hutchinson Family Cemetery, Ino Baptist Church Cemetery, Kelley Family Cemetery, Keyton Cemetery, Kinston Cemetery, Leverette Family Cemetery, Liberty Church Cemetery, McGee Family Cemetery, Macedonia Church Ceemtery, Marvin Chapel Assembly of God Church Cemetery, Meadow Lawn Memorial Park, Mt. Gillied Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, New Brockton City Cemetery, New Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, New Haven Baptist Church Cemetery, New Home Church Cemetery, New Home Church Cemetery, New Hope Cemetery, Old Tabernacle Methodist Church Cemetery, Old Wellborn Cemetery, Perdue Assembly of God Church Cemetery, Phillips Family Cemetery, Pine Level Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Church Cemetery, Prescott Family Cemetery, Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Rhoades Church Cemetery, Roeton Baptist Church Cemetery, Rosam Ridge Cemetery, Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Sardis Methodist Church Cemetery, Seglar Family Cemetery, Shady Grove Church Cemetery, Sharon Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Shiloh Church Cemetery, Simmons Family Cemetery, Spinks Family Cemetery, Taylor Family Cemetery, Victoria Cemetery, Weeks Assembly of God Church Cemetery, Weeks Family Cemetery, Wesley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, White Water Baptist Church Cemetery, Williams Family Cemetery, Wise Mill Church Cemetery, Woodland Baptist Church Cemetery, Zions Chapel Church Cemetery, and Zoar Church Cemetery.

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Barbour County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2010. 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..

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

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Coffee County has one book.

Family History Center
Enterprise Alabama


 * 110 Shell Field Rd Enterprise, Coffee, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-347-3631
 * Hours: Tues &amp; Thurs 10 am -2pm Wed 4pm-8pm; other times by appt. Closures: Closed on Holidays

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.
 * Coffee County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Coffee County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)