Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy

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

Description
Barbour County was created on 18 December 1832 and named in honor of James Barbour, who served as Governor of Virginia. Its county seat is Clayton. It is located in the southeastern 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. Other records available in the courthouse basement record room include: Circuit Court Records (1839-1895), Probate Records, Civil Fee Books, Civil Trial Dockets, Civil Writ Dockets, Civil Bar Dockets, State Fee Books, Chancery Dockets, Sheriff's Dockets, Sheriff's Writ Dockets, Sheriff's Fine & Forfeiture Certificates, Sheriff's Execution Dockets, Sheriff's Subpoena Dockets, Fee Dockets, State Bar Dockets, State Subpoena Dockets, State Execution Dockets, Writ Dockets, Motor Vehicle License Reports, Land Bonds, Jury Rolls, Solicitor's Dockets, Solicitor's Grand Jury Dockets, Grand Jury Dockets, Register Solicitor's Fees, Appearance Dockets, Dentist and Attorney License Report, Register's Fee Books, Chancery Fee Books, Final Record books, Equity Trial Dockets, Appeal Bond books, Delinquent Tax Dockets, Direct Index to Personal Property, Reverse Index to Personal Property, Mortgage Record books, Circuit Court Trial Dockets, Circuit Court Appearance Dockets, and many more.

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

Bible Records

 * Barbour County, Alabama Bible Records at Access Genealogy
 * Barbour County, Alabama Bible Records at Alabama Genealogy
 * Barbour County Bible Records at USGenWeb Archives Project
 * Helen S. Foley, comp. Bible records, Barbour County, Alabama 2 volumes. Easley, South Carolina : Southern Historical Press, c1976- FS Library 976.132 D2f v. 1-2

Biographies

 * Memorial Record of Alabama, Barbour County. Madison, WI: Brant & Fuller, 1893. Pg. 394. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * Barbour County Biographies at USGenWeb Archives Project

Census Records
State Census
 * 1855   at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1866  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

Church Records

 * 1831-1994  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places

Court Records

 * 1833-1852 (*); Orphans' Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

 * 1865-1872  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only

The following articles have information concerning African American research:
 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records
 * Alabama Minorities has information specific to Alabama African Americans.

Funeral Homes

 * Central Funeral Services in Eufaula and Louisville
 * Chapman Funeral Home in Eufaula (Facebook)
 * Eufaula Funeral Home in Eufaula
 * Glover Funeral Home in Clayton and Eufaula (Facebook)
 * Grubbs Family Mortuary in Eufaula
 * Keahey Funeral Home in Clio
 * Stanford and Sons Funeral Home in Eufaula

Guardianship

 * 1873-1941 Probate Court, Guardians' records, 1873-1941(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

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 ($)..

Online Land Indexes and Records
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

Local Histories

 * Backtracking in Barbour County: A Narrative of the Last Alabama Frontier. By Anne Kendrick Walker. Richmond, VA: The Dietz Press, 1941. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($).
 * History of Barbour County, Alabama. By Mattie Thomas Thompson. Eufaula, Alabama: n.p., 1939. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, HathiTrust, Ancestry ($).
 * History of Eufaula, Alabama: The Bluff City of the Chattahoochee. By J.A.B. Besson. Atlanta, Ga: Franklin Steam Printing House, 1875. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Ancestry ($).
 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library, Internet Archive, HathiTrust.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Family Maps of Barbour County (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($).
 * Alabama Maps and Blueprints Collection at Alabama Department of Archives and History – maps can be browsed by location or subject
 * FamilySearch Places: Map of cities and towns in this county - How to Use FS Places

Military Records
Multiple Wars
 * ca.1918-ca.1962  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1919-1947 Probate Court, Discharge records, 1919-1947(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Civil War
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images at partner site
 * 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images at partner site
 * 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 - index & images ($)
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1871-1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1880-1930 at  index and images - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History
 * Record of Confederate veterans, Barbour County, Alabama(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images


 * - 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
 * 1917-1918 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
 * 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images

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

Newspapers

 * 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History

Obituaries

 * 1890-1905 Helen S. Foley, comp. Obituaries from Barbour County, Alabama newspapers, 1890-1905 Greenville, South Carolina : Southern Historical Press, 1976 FS Library 976.132 V4f

Other Records
Voter Registration
 * 1834-1981: at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection, index and images


 * 1867 Alabama Voting Registers at Alabama Department of Archives and History.  Barbour County has three books:
 * Book 1
 * Book 2
 * Book 3

Probate Records
Online Probate Indexes and Records
 * 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1809-1985 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images
 * 1820-1918 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1830-1976 (*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * 1833-1858 Estates, Wills in Chancery Court 1833-1856 at Southeastern Genealogy ($)
 * 1833-1927 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1835-1886 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1852-1943 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1867-1919 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — index & images
 * 1872-1886 (*); Probate Court at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1888-1927 Southeastern Genealogy Divorce Book B; Index to Chancery Court (Estates, Wills, Petitions, Bonds, Adoptions, Marriage Licenses 1888-1927; and Index). ($)
 * Dates Vary United States Wills and Deeds Experimental Search at FamilySearch - incomplete index and images, counties and dates vary

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.
 * 1936-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

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; index
 * 1881-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, and some images
 * 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 - index & images ($)
 * 1800-1969 Alabama, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1969 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1802-1825 Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1825 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1809-1920 Alabama, U.S., Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1809-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images
 * 1816-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1818-1936  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1838-1925 Barbour County Marriage Books 1-19 Index 1838-1925 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1881-1952  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
 * 1881-1974 Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1906-1918 Barbour County Death Index 1906-1918 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1908-1959 Alabama, U.S., Death Index, 1908-1959 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1908-1974  at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Archives
Alabama Department of Archives and History 624 Washington Ave PO Box 300100 Montgomery, AL 36104 Phone: 334-242-4435 Email: [mailto:mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov] Website Facebook

FamilySearch Centers

 * Eufaula Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Troy Alabama FamilySearch Center
 * Chattahoochee Valley Public Library - Parks Memorial - an affiliate library
 * Parks Memorial Public Library - an affiliate library

Libraries
Eufaula Carnegie Library 217 N Eufaula Ave Eufaula, AL 36027 Phone: 334-687-2337 Email: [mailto:library.carnegie@yahoo.com library.carnegie@yahoo.com] Website Facebook

Societies
Barbour County Genealogy and Local History Society Phone: 334-585-1208 Email: [mailto:mrsbogs@gmail.com mrsbogs@gmail.com] Facebook Eufaula Heritage Association 340 North Eufaula Ave Eufaula, AL 36027 Phone: 334-687-3793 or 888-383-2852 Email: [mailto:eufaulaheritageassoc@eufaula.rr.com eufaulaheritageassoc@eufaula.rr.com] Website

Websites

 * Barbour ALGenWweb
 * USGenWeb project may have maps, name indexes, history, or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * USGenWeb Archives Project. Record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
 * Barbour County at Linkpendium
 * Alabama Genealogy at Ancestral Search
 * – 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.