Clay County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Clay County

County Courthouse
Clay County Courthouse County Square Ashland, AL 36251 Phone: (256) 354-7926

Probate Court has land records from 1861 Probate records from 1865 marriage records from 1872 County Court has death records 1920-1940 and Voting Register 1903-1936

History


The county is named after U.S. Speaker of the House Henry Clay (1777-1852).

Parent County
1866--Clay County was created 7 December 1866 from Randolph and Talladega Counties. County seat: Ashland

Record Loss
1875 -- 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

 * Cleburne
 * Coosa
 * Randolph
 * Talladega
 * Tallapoosa

Biography

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

Probate Records

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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


 * Clay County Marriages at ALGenWeb - 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. Clay County has one book.

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