Pickens County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Pickens County

This Page Adopted by [mailto:missb1946@gmail.com Betty Teal Miller] and [mailto:betty.phillips@gmail.com Betty Pickens Phillips]

County Courthouse
Pickens County, Alabama P O Box 460 Carrollton, Al 35447 Phone: 205-367-2020

Probate Judge has marriage probate and land records from 1876 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

Parent County
1820--Pickens County was created 19 December 1820 from Tuscaloosa County. County seat: Carrollton

Record Loss
1876 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

Burned Counties Research

http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Fayette
 * Greene
 * Lamar
 * Lowndes County, Mississippi
 * Noxubee County, Mississippi
 * Tuscaloosa

Resources
Biographies, census records, church records, Civil War records, Indians, Revolutionary War soldiers, and War of 1812 soldiers are covered in:


 * McGuire, Mrs. C.P. Records of Pickens County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Willo Publishing Company, n.d. Digital version at - free.

Local Histories

 * Elliott, Carl. Annals of Northwest Alabama: Including a Reprint of Nelson F. Smith's History of Pickens County, Ala. (1856). Tuscaloosa, Ala.: Priv. print., 1958. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Probate Records

 * Index to the Earliest Wills and Estates of Pickens County, Alabama. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free.

Marriage

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


 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry – ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.


 * 1822, 1867, 1876-1901, 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry – ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.


 * 1876-1900 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920" at Ancestry – ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.


 * Pickens County Marriages at ALGenWeb - free.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free.


 * 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry – ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.


 * 1908–1959 Index to Deaths Recorded by the State of Alabama at Ancestry – ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).


 * 1908-1974 - at at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free.


 * Pickens County Deaths at ALGenWeb - free.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites
Betty's World Genealogical information on Betty's Families of Abney, Boxley, Bradberry, Breazeale, Brown, Carter, Middleton, Norman, Pickens, Phillips, Stone, Summers, Tinsley, Wade, Wills/Wells, and General Andrew Pickens.


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