Clarke County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Clarke County

County Courthouse
Clarke County Courthouse 114 Court Street, Grove Hill, AL 36451 (251) 275-3363

Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1814 and land records from 1820 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records Health Clinic has birth and death records

Parent County
1812--Clarke County was created 10 December 1812 from Washington County. County seat: Grove Hill

Neighboring Counties

 * Baldwin
 * Choctaw
 * Marengo
 * Monroe
 * Washington
 * Wilcox

Cemeteries

 * Pine Crest Cemetery, Jackson BillionGraves

Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of see:


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Clarke County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2008. 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..

Local Histories

 * Ball, Rev. T. H. A Glance into the Great South-East, on, Clarke County, Alabama, and its Surroundings, from 1540 to 1877. Grove Hill, AL, USA: n.p., 1882. Digital version at Ancestry ($).


 * Graham, John Simpson. History of Clarke County. Birmingham, Ala.: Press of Birmingham Print. Co., 1923. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Taxation

 * 1816 - Inhabitants of Alabama in 1816. Broken Arrow Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1955. Digital version at - free. Includes Clarke County.


 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Clarke County is in District 1.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

 * 1814-1891 - McManus, Grace Kelly. Clarke County, Alabama, Marriage Records 1814-1891. 1955. Digital version at - free.


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


 * Clarke County Marriages at ALGenWeb - free.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Voting Registers

 * There are no 1867 voting registers available for Clarke County.

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