Jackson County, Alabama Genealogy

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Parent County
Jackson County was created by act of the Alabama territorial general assembly on 13 December 1819 from lands ceded to the state by the Cherokee Indians. County seat: Sauta Cave (temporary), Bellefonte (1821-1868), and Scottsboro (1868-present). Union troops burned the courthouse and most of the county records in 1864.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog.