Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Mobile County

History
Mobile initially fell within the bounds of Mississippi Territory.

Parent County
1812--Mobile County was created 1 August 1812 from West Florida. County seat: Mobile

Record Loss
Mobile, Alabama Wind Storm

July 5, 1916

1916-MOBILE IS SWEPT BY 85-MILE-AN-HOUR WIND. . The county courthouse was severely damaged, and faces of the clock on all four sides were blown off. . . The courthouse tower was wrecked and rain poured into the court rooms. . . (source:GenDisasters)

Cities
Bayou La Batre | Chickasaw | Citronelle | Creola | Mobile | Prichard | Saraland | Satsuma

Towns
Dauphin Island | Mount Vernon

Census Designation Places
Grand Bay | Theodore | Tillmans Corner

Unincorporated communities
Bucks | Eight Mile | Kushla | Mauvilla | St. Elmo | Semmes | Whistler

Ghost town
Beaver Mills

Neighboring Counties
Baldwin | Clarke | Washington | Mississippi counties: George | Greene | Jackson

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Casher Cemetery, Mobile
 * Cold Springs cemetery, Theodore
 * Ebenezer Cemetery, Mobile
 * Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Tillmans Corner
 * New Hope Cemetery, Mobile
 * St. Rose of Lima, Mobile off Hwy 193 on island near Mon Louis.

Websites operated by the cemetery itself:


 * Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, AL

Civil War Battle Fought in Mobile County

 * Mobile Bay, also known as Passing of Forts Morgan and Gaines, August 2-23, 1864 (partly fought in Baldwin County)

Battle information from Civil War Battle Summaries by State, by the Heritage Preservation Services.

Map showing Civil War battles in Alabama, by the Heritage Preservation Services.

Taxation

 * 1814 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free. (browse under Hancock, Jackson, Mobile)


 * 1816-1817 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Mobile Alabama
 * Mobile, Alabama

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Mobile County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)