Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy

Guide to Barbour County, Alabama ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Description
The County was named in honor of James Barbour, who served as Governor of Virginia. The county is located in the southeast area of the state.

County Courthouse
Barbour County Courthouse 1 Court Square PO Box 219 Clayton, Al 36016 Phone: 334-775-8366 Fax: 334-775-1125 Barbour County District Court 303 E Broad St Eufaula, AL 36027 Phone 334-687-1516 Barbour County Website

Judge of Probate has marriage probate and land records from 1800's. Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records from 1860 and Court Record from 1912.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.

Biographies

 * Biographies of many notable residents of Barbour County were published in Memorial Record of Alabama (1893). Digital version at . Begins on page 394.
 * Barbour County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project

Cemeteries
The following web site has additional information on Barbour county cemeteries.


 * Interment.net Alabama cemetery records by county.
 * Cemetery Records: Barbour County, Alabama, Vol. 1 1966. Digital version at e. Includes Anderson Cemetery, Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery (Blue Springs, Ala.), Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Batesville Baptist Church Cemetery, Betcher Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Hardshall Baptist Church Cemetery, Blue Springs Assembly of God Church Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Elam Baptist Church Cemetery, Evergreen Baptist Church Cemetery, Lightner Private Cemetery, New Hope Cemetery, Old Scott or Old Scotch Cemetery, Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant View Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rocky Mount Cemetery, Ryans Cemetery, Shiloh Holiness Church Cemetery, Sikes Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Warren Cemetery, and Weycott Plantation Cemetery.
 * Cemetery Records: Barbour County, Alabama, Vol. 2 1966. Digital version at e. Bethlehem Cemetery, Bethsadie Cemetery, County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Dykes or Lightwood Knot Cemetery, Ephesus or Cunningham Cemetery, Epworth Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Faulk Cemetery, Grubbs Church or Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, McElvin Private Cemetery, Methodist Cemetery (Louisville, Ala.), Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pea Creek Church Cemetery, Thomas Cemetery, and Whiteoak Cemetery.
 * Cemetery Records: Barbour County with Cherokee &amp; Lawrence Counties Alabama, Vol. 3 1966. Digital version at e. Includes Adams Chapel Cemetery, Baptist Cemetery (Spring Hill, Ala.), Beauchamp Cemetery, Center Ridge Cemetery, Christian Grove Cemetery, Creel Cemetery, Espy Cemetery, Jones Private Cemetery, Methodist Church Cemetery (Texasville, Ala.), Mt. Andrew Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Old Spring Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Pine Level Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Pond Bethel Cemetery, Private Cemetery (Spring Hill, Ala.), Private Family Cemetery (Sandy Point, Ala.), Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Sardus Church Cemetery, Tucker Cemetery, Upper Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, and Zion's Chapel Cemetery.
 * Barbour County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions n.d. Digital version at e. Includes Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Louisville Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
 * Barbour County, Alabama Cemetery Records 1957. Digital version at e. Includes Adams Chapel Cemetery and Creel Cemetery.
 * Additional Barbour County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records and  at FamilySearch Digital Library

Census Records
State Census


 * 1866 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
The following have information concerning African American research.Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
 * Alabama Minorities has information specific to Alabama African Americans.

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Barbour 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 ($)..

Local Histories

 * Besson, J A. B. History of Eufaula, Alabama: The Bluff City of the Chattahoochee Atlanta, Ga: Franklin Steam Print. House, 1875 - read full-text online
 * Thompson, Mattie Thomas. History of Barbour County, Alabama Eufaula, Ala., 1939. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * Walker, Anne Kendrick. Backtracking in Barbour County: A Narrative of the Last Alabama Frontier Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Family Maps of Barbour County (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($).
 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1861-1865 Civil War Service Database at Alabama Department of Archives and History - index
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1871-1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1880-1930 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History


 * - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company A (Pioneer Guards)
 * - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B (Eufaula Rifles)
 * - 1st Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company I (Clayton Guards)
 * - 1st Battalion, Alabama Artillery, Company B
 * - 4th Battalion, Alabama Cavalry (Love's), Companies B and C
 * - 5th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K [subsequently, Company A
 * - 7th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B (Midway Southern Guards)
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D (Fort Browder Roughs)
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H (Glenville Guards)
 * - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K (Eufaula City Guard)
 * - 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G "Seal's Guards"
 * - 29th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K
 * - 37th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H
 * - 39th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Companies B, C, G, H, I, and K
 * - 45th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Companies A and C
 * - 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D

World War I
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Service Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images
 * 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Gold Star Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

World War II
 * 1940-1945 at FamilySearch — index and images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1940-1966 Alabama Active Military Service Reports at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by name and images

Newspapers

 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History

Voting Records
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Barbour County has three books:
 * 1834-1981: at FamilySearch - How to use this collection, index and images
 * Book 1
 * Book 2
 * Book 3

Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1985 at FamilySearch — image - How to Use this Collection
 * 1833-1858 Estates, Wills in Chancery Court 1833-1856 - images at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * 1888-1927 Divorce Book B; Index to Chancery Court (Estates, Wills, Petitions, Bonds, Adoptions, Marriage Licenses 1888-1927; and index). Southeastern Genealogy ($)

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1881-1930 - at FamilySearch — index, and some images - How to Use this Collection
 * 1884, 1906-1919 Barbour County Birth Index 1884, 1906-1919 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1733-2013 Alabama, United States Marriages at FindMyPast$
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry $
 * 1809-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1809-1920 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) at Ancestry $
 * 1816-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1838-1925 Barbour County Marriage Books 1-19 Index 1838-1925 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1843; 1845; 1849-1874; 1892; 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry– ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.
 * 1850-1874 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920at Ancestry– ($); 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.
 * 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.

Death

 * 1881-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection
 * 1881-1974 Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 at Ancestry $
 * 1906-1918 Barbour County Death Index 1906-1918 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1908-1959 Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 at Ancestry $
 * 1908-1974 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection

Archives

 * Alabama Department of Archives and History P.O. Box 300100 624 Washington Ave. Montgomery, AL 36130 (334) 242-4435 website

Family History Centers

 * Eufaula Alabama Family History Center

Libraries

 * Barbour Eufaula Carnegie Library 217 N Eufaula Ave Eufaula AL 36027 334-687-2337 Website

Societies

 * Barbour County Genealogy & Local History Society Facebook


 * Historic Chattahoochee Commission P. O. Box 33 340 North Eufaula Avenue Eufaula, AL 36072 Phone: 334-687-9755 Website
 * Eufaula Heritage Association P. O. Box 486 Eufaula, AL 36072-0486 334-687-3793 Website

Websites

 * Barbour County ALGenWeb
 * 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.
 * Barbour County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.
 * Rootsweb Wayback Machine Welcome to Barbour County, Al
 * Random Acts of Kindness Alabama Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies
 * GenealogyInc Barbour County
 * Ancestral TralSearch Alabama Genealogy
 * GenealogyLinks Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy links