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 - 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

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)