Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy


 * This article is about a southeast Alabama county. For other uses, see Barbour.

United States  Alabama    Barbour County

County Courthouse
Barbour County Courthouse 1800 Fifth Avenue North PO Box 398 Clayton, Al 36016-0398 Phone: 334-775-8371

Judge of Probate has marriage probate &amp; land records from 1800's Clerk Circuit Court has div rec from 1860 and Court Record from 1912

Parent County
1832--Barbour County was created 18 December 1832 from Pike County and Creek Cession. Barbour County has two county courthouses (both in use) Clayton and Eufaula. County seat: Clayton

Neighboring Counties

 * Bullock
 * Clay
 * Dale
 * Henry
 * Pike
 * Quitman County, Georgia
 * Russell
 * Stewart county, Georgia

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Alabama Minorities has information specific to Alabama African Americans.

Cemeteries

 * Adams Chapel Cemetery
 * Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Antioch Baptist Church
 * Antioch Cemetery
 * Baptist Cemetery
 * Batesville Baptist Church Cemetary
 * Beauchamp Cemetery
 * Betcher Bethel Cemetery
 * Bethel Hardshall Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Bethlehem Cemetery
 * Bethsadie Cemetery
 * Blue Springs Assembly of God Cemetery
 * Center Ridge Cemetery
 * Christian Grove Cemetery
 * Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
 * County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Creel Cemetery
 * Cunningham Cemetery Dansby Family Cemetery
 * Dykes Cemetery
 * Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Ephasus Cemetery
 * Epworth Cemetery
 * Espy Cemetery
 * Evergreen Baptist Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Faulk Cemetery
 * Grubbs Church Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Lightner Private Cemetery
 * Lightwood Knot Cemetery
 * McElvin Private Cemetery
 * Methodist Cemetery
 * Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Louisville
 * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
 * Mt. Zion Cemetery
 * New Hope Cemetery
 * Old Scott Cemetery
 * Old Spring Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Pea Creek Church Cemetery
 * Pea River Church Cemetery
 * Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Pine Level Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery
 * Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Pond Bethel Cemetery
 * Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Rocky Mount Cemetery
 * Sardis Church Cemetery
 * Shiloh Holiness Church Cemetery
 * Sikes Creek Baptist Cemetery
 * Thomas Cemetery
 * Tucker Cemetery
 * Union Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Upper Prospect Baptist Cemetery
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Weycott Plantation Cemetery
 * Whiteoak Cemetery
 * Zion's Chapel Cemetery


 * Barbour County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions. n.d. Digital version at - free. Includes Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Louisville Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

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

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., 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..

Local Histories

 * Besson, J A. B. History of Eufaula, Alabama: The Bluff City of the Chattahoochee. Atlanta, Ga: Franklin Steam Print. House, 1875 - read full-text online

Vital Records

 * 1838-1886 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Barbour County has three books:


 * Book 1
 * Book 2
 * Book 3

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Eufaula Alabama


 * Eufaula Alabama Hwy 131 Bakerhill Hwy Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-687-6146 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.
 * Barbour County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)