Marion County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Marion County

County Courthouse
Marion County Courthouse 132 S. Military Street Hamilton, AL 35570 Phone: (205) 921-7451

Records burned 1883 Probate Judge has birth and death records 1909 -1919 marriage records from 1885, land records from 1887 and military discharge records from 1920

History


The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion(c1732-1795).

Parent County
1818--Marion County was created 13 February 1818 from Tuscaloosa County. County seat: Hamilton

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

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

Burned Counties Research

Blogs

Neighboring Counties

 * Fayette
 * Franklin
 * Itawamba County, Mississippi
 * Lamar
 * Monroe County, Mississippi
 * Walker
 * Winston

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Factory Cemetery, Bear Creek
 * Myers Hill Cemetery, Brilliant
 * Whitehouse Cemetery, Haleyville

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Marion County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2006. 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..

Newspapers
Transcription of the following newspapers:

The Guin Dispatch - 1889

The Hamilton Free Press - 1893 - 1894

The Hamilton News Press - 1895

The Hamilton Appeal 1896

The Guin Gazette - 1897

The Gazette Appeal - 1897

Marion county articles from various newspapers around the country - 1878 - ?

Taxation

 * 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Marion County is in District 3.

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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


 * Marion County Marriages at ALGenWeb - free

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Vital Record Substitutes

 * Obituaries and death noticesfrom the transcribed newspapers at The USGenWeb Archives - free.


 * Marriage noticesfrom the transcribed newspapers at The USGenWeb Archives - free.

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