Choctaw County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Choctaw County

County Courthouse
Choctaw County Courthouse 117 S. Mulberry St. Butler, AL 36904 Phone:(205) 459-2155

County Clerk has marriage probate and land records from 1873 Clerk Circuit Cout has court and divorce records.

Parent County
1847--Choctaw County was created 29 December 1847 from Washington and Sumter Counties. County seat: Butler

Record Loss
1859 and 1871 -- 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

 * Clarke County, Mississippi
 * Lauderdale County, Mississippi
 * Marengo
 * Sumter
 * Washington
 * Wayne County, Mississippi

Cemeteries

 * Cemetery Records of Choctaw County, Alabama. 1945. Digital version at - free. Includes Baptist Cemetery (Mount Sterling), Birdsong Baptist Church Cemetery, Brightwater Cemetery, Camp Spring Cemetery, Christophers Chapel Cemetery, Clear Creek Cemetery, Concord Cemetery, Ebenezor Cemetery, Episcopal Cemetery (Pushmataha), Kinibish Cemetery, Lisman Cemetery, Methodist Cemetery (Old Bethlehem), Mount Sterling Cemetery, Old Bethel Cemetery, Old Providence Cemetery, Old Tompkinsville Cemetery, Rehobath Baptist Church Cemetery (Pushmataha).

Local Histories

 * Alokoli: The Choctaw County Bicentennial Book. Butler, Ala.: Choctaw County Bicentennial Commission, 1976. Digital version at - free;.

Probate Records

 * Wills, Choctaw County, Alabama at USGenWeb.com Includes Indexes to Will Book A, B and C beginning in the year 1871.

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * Birth and Death Index at ALGenWeb - free

Marriage

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


 * Marriage Index at ALGenWeb - free

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * Birth and Death Index at ALGenWeb - free

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Choctaw County has two books:


 * Book 1
 * Book 2

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Toxey Alabama
 * 21290 Highway 17 Gilbertown, Choctaw, Alabama, United States Phone: 205-673-2344 Hours: W 10am-3pm; and by appointment. Closed: Weeks of major holidays.

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