Perry County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Perry County

County Courthouse
Perry County Alabama P O Box 478 Marion, Alabama 36756 Phone: 334-683-2200

County Clerk has marriage probate and land records

Parent County
1819--Perry County was created 13 December 1819 from Montgomery County and the Creek Cession of 1814. County seat: Marion

Neighboring Counties

 * Bibb
 * Chilton
 * Dallas
 * Hale
 * Marengo

Biography

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

Cemeteries
Additional Perry County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records 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 Perry County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2009. 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..

Civil War, 1861-1865
Civil War service men from Perry County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Perry County.


 * - 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, Company C

Probate Records

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

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Perry County is in District 2.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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


 * 1820-1929 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.


 * 1858-1873 - Hageness, MariLee Beatty. Marriages 1858-1873 Perry County, Alabama. Anniston, Ala.: MLH Research, 2002. Digital version at - free.

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. Perry County has three books, with two having working links:


 * Book 2
 * Book 3

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

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