Elmore County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Elmore County

County Courthouse
Elmore County Courthouse 100 East Commerce Street Wetumpka, AL 36092 Phone: (334) 567-1123

Probate Judge has marriage and land records from 1867, Birth and Death records 1909-1913 probate records from 1866 and military discharge records 1919

Parent County
1866--Elmore County was created 15 February 1866 fromAutauga, Coosa, Montgomery and Tallapoosa Counties. County seat:  Wetumpka

Neighboring Counties

 * Autauga
 * Chilton
 * Coosa
 * Macon
 * Montgomery
 * Tallapoosa

African American
Blankenship published graves from the following African American cemeteries: Davis Cemetery, Draper Correctional Center Cemetery, Harrogate Springs Cemetery, Hurd-Grey Cemetery, Mt. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Old Bingham Cemetery, Rose Hill - Black Section, Thrash Cemetery, and Wetumpka City Cemetery - Black Section. See the Cemeteries section for free online access.

Cemeteries

 * Anthony Cemetery
 * Bachelor Cemetery
 * Bibbs Cemetery
 * Billingslea Cemetery
 * Bullard Cemetery
 * China Grove Cemetery
 * Coosada Cemetery
 * Cotton Cemetery
 * County Line Cemetery
 * Dawson Bradford Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Friendship Cemetery
 * Glenn Cemetery
 * Good Hope Cemetery
 * Goodhope Cemetery
 * Green Cemetery
 * Haggerty Cemetery
 * Harmony Cemetery
 * Harwell Cemetery
 * Holman Cemetery
 * Hornsby Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Laurel Hill Cemetery
 * Little Flock Cemetery
 * Lovejoy Cemetery
 * Mann Cemetery
 * Marshall Cemetery
 * McKeithen Cemetery
 * Mount Hebron West Cemetery
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * New Harmony Cemetery
 * New Home Cemetery
 * New Hope Cemetery
 * Old Bingham Cemetery
 * Peter Hill Cemetery
 * Pine View Memorial Gardens
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
 * Prospect Cemetery
 * Rives Cemetery
 * Rocky Mount Cemetery, Millbrook
 * Rosehill Cemetery
 * Ross Cemetery
 * Sewell Cemetery
 * Sheppard Cemetery
 * Speigner Cemetery
 * Strahan Cemetery
 * Thrash Cemetery
 * Thrasher Cemetery
 * Tunnell Chapel Cemetery
 * Wall Cemetery
 * Wares Quarter Cemetery
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Watson Chapel Cemetery
 * Wetumpka City Cemetery
 * Young Cemetery


 * Blankenship, Linda and Tracey Blankenship. Cemeteries of Elmore County. Vol. 1. 1989. Digital version at - free. Includes Allen Cemetery, Antioch Baptist Church, Bachelor Cemetery, Balm of Gilead Congregational Church, Bass Cemetery, Bethel Holiness Church, Bethlehem East Baptist Church, Beulah Baptist Church, Billingslea Cemetery, Bullard Cemetery (Eclectic, Ala.), Bullard Family Cemetery (Wetumpka, Ala.), Central Baptist Church, Chana Creek Primitive Baptist Church, China Grove Cemetery, Claud Independent Methodist Church, Cotton Family Cemetery, Edwards-Pannell Cemetery, Friendship Cemetery, Friendship Church, Good Hope Church, Green Cemetery, Grier Chapel Holiness Church, Halls Chapel Holiness Church, Harmony United Methodist Church, Holman Cemetery, Hornsby Cemetery, Kimbell Cemetery, Lamar-Ware Cemetery, Laurel Hill Cemetery - Molton Plantation, Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, Little Flock Cemetery, Lovejoy Cemetery, Mann Cemetery, Marshall Cemetery, McKeithen Cemetery, Mt. Gilead Church, Mt. Hebron Church of Christ, Mt. Hebron East Baptist Church, New Home Baptist Church, Oak Valley Station United Methodist Church, Old Cemetery above Lake Martin, Old Prospect Cemetery, Pine View Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Prospect Baptist Church, Providence Methodist Church, Providence Primitive Baptist Church, Prospect Church Cemetery, Pruitt-Poage Cemetery, Rhoades Cemetery, Rives Cemetery, Robinson Cemetery, Robinson Springs Cemetery, Rocky Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount Plantation Cemetery, Rose Hill - Black Section, Smith Cemetery, Speer Cemetery, Spratlen Cemetery, Taunton Cemetery, Taylor Cemetery, Thrash Cemetery, Tri-Community Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Congregational Church Cemetery, Wall Cemetery, Wall-Coats Cemetery, Wallsboro United Methodist Church, Westbrook Cemetery, Wetumpka City Cemetery, William Wyatt Bibb Cemetery, Zeiglers Cemetery, Zeigler-Thomason Cemetery, and Zimmerman Plantation Cemetery.


 * Blankenship, Linda and Tracey Blankenship. Cemeteries of Elmore County. Vol. 2. 1989. Digital version at - free. Includes Allen-Bibb Cemetery, Bandy Cemetery, Bethlehem West Baptist Church, Brassell Cemetery, Brookside Memory Gardens, Bugg Cemetery, Butler and Jackson Memory Gardens, Cain's Chapel United Methodist Church, Cardwell Cemetery, Castleberry Memorial Congregational, China Grove Church &amp; Cemetery, Clark Cemetery, Coosa River Primitive Baptist Church, Davis Cemetery, Deatsville United Methodist Church, Draper Correctional Center Cemetery, Ebenezer Bible Church Cemetery, Estes Cemetery, Fain Cemetery, Ft. Toulouse Cemetery, Geddie Cemetery, Georgia Road Church of Christ, Glenn Cemetery, Hagerty Hill Cemetery, Hall Cemetery, Hall-Rawlinson Cemetery, Harrogate Springs Cemetery, Harwell Cemetery, Haynie Cemetery, Hornsby Cemetery, Hurd-Grey Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Kent-Holley Cemetery, Lake Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lett Cemetery, Leyburn Cemetery, Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Lovejoy Cemetery, Moon Cemetery, Moore Cemetery, Mt. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Mt. Hebron West Baptist Church, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mulder Cemetery, New Harmony Baptist Church, New Home Missionary Baptist Church, New Hope Baptist Church, Nixon Hill Cemetery, Old Bingham Cemetery, Old Harmony Church Cemetery, Old Wetumpka City Cemetery, Prospect Church Cemetery, Pruitt-Poage Cemetery, Rhoades Cemetery, Rives Cemetery, Robinson Cemetery, Robinson Springs Cemetery, Rocky Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount Plantation Cemetery, Rose Hill - Black Section, Smith Cemetery, Speer Cemetery, Spratlen Cemetery, Taunton Cemetery, Taylor Cemetery, Thrash Cemetery, Tri-Community Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Congregational Church Cemetery, Wall Cemetery, Wall-Coats Cemetery, Wallsboro United Methodist Church, Westbrook Cemetery, Wetumpka City Cemetery, William Wyatt Bibb Cemetery, Zeiglers Cemetery, Zeigler-Thomason Cemetery, Zimmerman Plantation Cemetery.

Additional Elmore County cemetery records are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Civil War

 * 1867 Loyalty Oath Index: Elmore County, Alabama. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Newspapers

 * 1839-1913 - Blankenship, Linda. Abstracted Newspapers of Elmore County, Alabama. 13 vols. n.d. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online - free:


 * 1839-1840 -
 * 1856-1875 -
 * 1870-1880 -
 * 1881-1885 -
 * 1886-1890 -
 * 1891-1893 -
 * 1893-1896 -
 * 1896-1898 -
 * 1897-1900 -
 * 1901-1904 -
 * 1905-1907 -
 * 1908-1911 -
 * 1911-1913 -

Vital Records

 * 1867-1873 - W.P.A Files Elmore County Alabama Marriages 1867-1873, Volume "A". Digital version at - free.


 * 1909-1913 - Blankenship, Linda. Elmore County, Alabama Birth &amp; Death Records 1909-1913. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Elmore County lists 2 books. Book 1 is available.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Wetumpka Alabama Family History Center
 * 1405 Chapel Rd Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-567-8339 Hours: Mon, Wed, Thur &amp; Fri 8am-5pm; Tue 8am-7pm; Sat 8am-12pm

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