Choctaw County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Choctaw County

County Courthouse
Choctaw County Courthouse 117 S. Mulberry St. Butler, AL 36904 Phone:(205) 459-2155

County Clerk has marriage probate and land records from 1873 Clerk Circuit Cout has court and divorce records.

Parent County
1847--Choctaw County was created 29 December 1847 from Washington and Sumter Counties. County seat: Butler

Record Loss
1859 and 1871 -- 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

 * Clarke County, Mississippi
 * Lauderdale County, Mississippi
 * Marengo
 * Sumter
 * Washington
 * Wayne County, Mississippi

Local Histories

 * Alokoli: The Choctaw County Bicentennial Book. Butler, Ala.: Choctaw County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Digital version at - free;.

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


 * Book 1
 * Book 2

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Toxey Alabama
 * 21290 Highway 17 Gilbertown, Choctaw, Alabama, United States Phone: 205-673-2344 Hours: W 10am-3pm; and by appointment. Closed: Weeks of major 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.
 * Choctaw County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Choctaw County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Choctaw County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)