Washington County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    Washington County

County Courthouse
Washington County Courthouse 1 Court Street Chatom, AL 36518 Phone: (334) 847-2239

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1826 Land records from 1799 Military Discharge records from 1919 Birth &amp; Death Records from 1920 and probate Records from 1825

Parent County
1800--Washington County was created 4 June 1800 from Baldwin County and the Mississippi Territory. County seat: Chatom

Neighboring Counties

 * Baldwin
 * Choctaw
 * Clarke
 * Greene County, Mississippi
 * Mobile
 * Wayne County, Mississippi

Probate Records

 * 1827-1889 Washington County Wills Index at USGenWeb.org

Taxation

 * 1816 - Inhabitants of Alabama in 1816. Broken Arrow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1955. Digital version at - free. Includes Washington County.
 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Washington County is in District 1.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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

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. Washington County has one book.

Societies
Washington County Alabama Historical and Genealogical Society P.O. Box 421 Chatom, Alabama 36518

The society provides local history materials and research.

Libraries
Washington County Public Library 14102 St. Stephens Ave. Chatom, Alabama 36518 Telephone: 251-847-2097

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