Dale County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Dale County

Guide to Dale County Alabama ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1884 and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has court records and divorce records from 1885 County Health Department has birth records

Parent County
1824--Dale County was created 22 December 1824 from Covington, Henry and Pike Counties. County seat: Ozark

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Alabama county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Alabama County Boundary Maps" (1799-1980) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
Dale County had destructive courthouse fires in 1869, and 1885. See Research in Alabama: A Genealogical Guide  page 27 for suggested alternative sources to overcome this loss.

For a list of record loss in Alabama counties see: Alabama Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Barbour
 * Coffee
 * Geneva
 * Henry
 * Houston
 * Pike

Biographies

 * Dale County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

Cemeteries

 * Antioch Cemetery
 * Ariton Cemetery
 * Asbury Cemetery
 * Averett Cemetery
 * Beersheba Cemetery
 * Beulah Cemetery
 * Browns Cemetery
 * Byrd Cemetery
 * Carrin (AKA Corinth) Cemetery
 * Center Ridge Cemetery
 * Carroll Cemetery, Ozark
 * Cedar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Clay Cemetery
 * Claybank Church Cemetery
 * Clay Hill Cemetery
 * Daleville City Cemetery
 * Dean Church Cemetery
 * Dykes Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Friendship AME Church Cemetery
 * Haw Ridge Cemetery
 * Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Lee Cemetery
 * Mabson Cemetery
 * Macedonia Cemetery
 * Morning View Cemetery
 * Mount Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Mount Enon Cemetery
 * Mount Liberty Cemetery (AKA Level Plains Baptist Church Cemetery)
 * Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Cemetery
 * Mount Pleasant Cemetery (AKA Wiggins Church Cemetery)
 * New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
 * New Summer Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Daleville
 * Newton City Cemetery
 * Old Bell Cemetery (AKA McCrary Cemetery)
 * Old Daleville City Cemetery (AKA Snell Cemetery)
 * Old Magnolia Cemetery
 * Old Mount Pisgah Cemetery
 * Old Salem Cemetery
 * Old Zion Cemetery (AME Zion Church, Ozark)
 * Pinckard Memorial Cemetery#1
 * Pinckard Memorial Cemetery#2
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Marley Mill
 * Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Arguta
 * Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Post Oak Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Sylvia Grove Cemetery
 * Union Cemetery, Ozark
 * West View Cemetery, Ozark
 * Woodlawn Memorial Garden Cemetery (partial)
 * Cemetery Records of Dale County, Alabama. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Society?, 1945. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Asbury Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Ewell Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Mabson Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ozark Cemetery, and Piney Grove Cemetery.


 * Hayes, E. Howard. Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Dale County, Alabama. Dothan, Ala., 1956. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Alberson Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery, Ariton Cemetery, Asbury Cemetery, Averett (or McCarty) Cemetery, Barnes Cemetery, Beersheba Cemetery, Bell (old) Cemetery, Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Beulah Cemetery, Brown's Cemetery, Byrd Cemetery, Carroll Cemetery, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Cemetery in Byrd's Old Field, Centeridge Cemetery, Chalkhead Cemetery, Christian Hill Cemetery, City-Ozark (or Union) Cemetery, Claybank Cemetery, Clopton Cemetery, Carrin Cemetery, County Line Cemetery, Daleville Cemetery, Daleville (old) Cemetery, Dean Cemetery, Dick Cemetery, Dykes Cemetery, Ebenezer-Zion Cemetery, Echo Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Echo Methodist Church Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Ewell Cemetery, Garner Cemetery, Grimes Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hawridge Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Hopeful Cemetery, Judah or Piney Grove Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Lee Stevens Cemetery, Mabson Cemetery, McDonald Cemetery, Macedonia Cemetery, Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia Church Cemetery, Maund Cemetery, Metcalf (old) Cemetery, Midland City Cemetery, Mossey Grove Cemetery, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Ennon Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Mt. Liberty Cemetery, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mullins Cemetery, Newhope Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Penile Cemetery, Pinchard or Borland Cemetery, Piney Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Cemetery, Post Oak Cemetery, Powell Cemetery, Providence Cemetery, Rocky Hill Cemetery, Salem Cemetery, Salem (old) Cemetery, Shiloh Cemetery, Skipperville Cemetery, Springfield Cemetery, Summer Hill Cemetery, Strickland Cemetery, Sylvan Grove Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Union Hill Cemetery, Universalist Cemetery, Wesley Chapel Cemetery, West View Cemetery, Wiggins Cemetery, Windham (old) Cemetery, Woodham Cemetery, and Zion Cemetery.

Additional Dale County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Methodist

 * Wells, Glenn L. History of the First United Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama. Ozark, Ala.: The Church?, 1973. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Dale County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. 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

 * Hayes, Eustus Howard. Miscellaneous Records, Dale County, Alabama. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Civil War
Civil War service men from Dale County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Dale County.


 * - 1st Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company A and F
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E (Beauregards)
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company F (Brundidge Guards)
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H (Glenville Guards)
 * - 33rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B, G and I
 * - 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E

Taxation

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

Vital Records
See also How to order Alabama Vital Records

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Marriage

 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry – ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.


 * 1884-1935 - Dale County Marriage Books A-L Index 1884-1935 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.


 * 1884–1901, 1933, 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry – ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.


 * 1884–1900 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920"at Ancestry – ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free


 * 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry – ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.


 * 1908–1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry – ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Vital Record Substitutes
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Dale County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.


 * Dale County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Dale County has one book.

Societies and Libraries

 * List of Alabama Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Dothan Alabama
 * 3199 Ross Clark Cir NW Dothan, Dale/Houston/Henry/Geneva, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-793-7425 Hours: T 8:30-11:30pm, 1:30pm-4pm; T-Th 6:30pm-8:30pm; Th 9am-12pm, 1pm-3:30pm
 * Enterprise Alabama
 * 110 Shell Field Rd Enterprise, Coffee, Dale, Houston, Geneva, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-347-3631 Hours: Tues &amp; Thurs 10 am -2pm Wed 4pm-8pm; other times by appt. Closures: Closed on Holidays


 * Ozark Alabama
 * Mixon School Rd Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-774-9405 Hours: T-Th 6pm-8pm

Web Sites

 * Dale County, AL History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * 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.
 * Dale County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Dale County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Dale County Genealogy (Alabama Genealogy) - Dale County genealogy resources by city and record type
 * Dale County Genealogy (Alabama Genealogy) - Dale County genealogy resources by city and record type