Crenshaw County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Crenshaw County

County Courthouse
Crenshaw County Courthouse 29 South Glenwood Avenue, Luverne, AL 36049 Phone: (334) 335-6575

Probate Judge has marriage, probate and land records from 1866 Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records.

Parent County
1866--Crenshaw County was created 24 November 1866 from Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, and Pike Counties. County seat: Luvern

Record Loss
1898 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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

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

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Butler
 * Coffee
 * Covington
 * Lowndes
 * Montgomery
 * Pike

African American

 * 1937-1957 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.

Cemeteries

 * Brantley City Cemetery
 * Danielsville Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Enon Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Liberty Congregation Church Cemetery
 * Mt. Zion Cemetery (Red Bay)
 * Pleasant Home Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Sasser Church of Christ Cemetery
 * Sports Cemetery
 * Springhill Cemetery

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Crenshaw County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2008. 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

 * Sport, Joe R. An Early History of Crenshaw County. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Vital Records

 * 1867-1890, 1931-1951 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Crenshaw 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.
 * Crenshaw County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Crenshaw County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Crenshaw County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)