Fayette County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Fayette County

County Courthouse
Fayette County Courthouse 103 1st Avenue NE Fayette, AL 35555 Phone: (205) 932-4617

Probate Judge has birth records 1884-1941, death records 1899-1941 marriage records from 1866, land records from 1848 and military discharge records from 1919

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Parent County
1824--Fayette County was created 20 December 1824 from Marion, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa Counties. County seat: Fayette

Record Loss
1866 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

1911--Fayette County Courthouse and much of the business section of Fayette destroyed by fire on March 24, 1911. Many county records lost.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:

http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Burned_Counties_Research

http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Lamar
 * Marion
 * Pickens
 * Tuscaloosa
 * Walker

Cemeteries

 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Berry BillionGraves
 * Bethlehem Cemetery, Fayette BillionGraves
 * Musgrove Cemetery, Winfield BillionGraves

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Fayette 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..

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

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