Cherokee County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Cherokee County

County Courthouse
Cherokee County Courthouse 100 Main Street, Centre, AL 35960 Phone:(256) 927-3637

Records burned in 1882 Probate Judge has marriage, probate, land and military discharge records from 1882

Parent County
1836--Cherokee County was created 9 January 1836 from the Cherokee Cession of 1835. County seat: Centre

Record Loss
1882 and 1895 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Chattooga County, Georgia
 * Cleburne
 * DeKalb
 * Etowah
 * Floyd County, Georgia
 * Polk County, Georgia

Biography

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

Cemeteries

 * Arrington Chapel Cemetery
 * Bethel Church Cemetery
 * Black Oak Cemetery
 * Broomtown Cemetery
 * Broomtown-Clark Family Cemetery
 * Cedar Bluff Cemetery
 * Cedar Bluff-Bankston Cemetery
 * Centre-Weaver's Cemetery
 * Davis Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Goshen Valley Cemetery
 * Henderson Hill Cemetery
 * Jamestown-Moseley Cemetery
 * Lawrence/Demaris Cemetery
 * Lebanon Church of Christ Cemetery
 * Piedmont-Taylor's Chapel Cemetery
 * Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Sandy Springs-Sheepskin Cemetery
 * Sardis Hill Baptist Church Cemetery


 * Cemetery Inscriptions Cherokee County, Alabama. 1964. Digital version at - free. Includes Alexander Cemetery, Arrington Chapel Cemetery, Barnard Cemetery, Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Black Oak Church Cemetery, Cedar Hill Methodist Cemetery, Coffey Cemetery, Cothran Cemetery, Daniel Cemetery, Davis Chapel Cemetery, Dixon Chapel Cemetery, Goshen Cemetery, Hebron Methodist Cemetery, Hopewell Cemetery, Hopewell Advent Cemetery, Hunt's (or Brocks) Chapel Cemetery, Jamestown Cemetery, Kirks Grove Cemetery, Lebanon Church Cemetery, Lebanon Church Cemetery, Mackey Cemetery, McElrath Cemetery, Moshat Baptist Cemetery, Noah Baptist Cemetery, Mt. Lookout Cemetery, Mt. Olive Church Cemetery, Mt. Olive Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Wesleyan Methodist Cemetery, Nazareth Church Cemetery, New Bethel Church Cemetery, Parker Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery, Pratt Cemetery, Pleasant Valley Baptist Cemetery, Providence Baptist Cemetery, Salem Church Cemetery, Sand Rock Methodist Cemetery, Sardis Hill Missionary Baptist Cemetery, Sheppard Cemetery, Shiloh Baptist Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Starling Cemetery, Story Cemetery, Tracy Cemetery, Tuckers Chapel Cemetery, Union Hill Methodist Cemetery, Weaver Cemetery, Welcome Hill Baptist Cemetery, and Yellow Creek Baptist Cemetery.


 * Cemetery Records: Barbour County with Cherokee &amp; Lawrence Counties Alabama, Vol. 3. 1966. Digital version at - free. Includes Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery (Leesburg, Ala.).

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

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


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

Probate Records

 * 1830-1976 - Probate Records, 1830-1976 at  - free.

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

Marriage

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

Death

 * 1881-1952 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

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