Colbert County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Colbert County

County Courthouse
Colbert County Courthouse 201 North Main Street, Tuscumbia, AL 35674, Phone:(205) 386-8512

Probate Judge has marriage records from 1877 land records from early 1800;s Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

History
Colbert County was created on 6 February 1867, out of part of Franklin County. It was abolished 29 November of 1867, re-established 24 January 1870.

Parent County
1867--Colbert County was created 6 February 1867 from part of Franklin County. County seat: Tuscumbia

Neighboring Counties

 * Franklin
 * Lauderdale
 * Lawrence
 * Tishomingo County, Mississippi

Biographies

 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Digital version at . begins on page 103.

Cemeteries

 * Douthat, James L. Pickwick Landing Reservoir Cemeteries. Signal Mountain, Tenn.: Mountain Press. Free surname index and publisher's bookstore at Mountain Press.

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

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Colbert County has two books listed, but only Book 1 is accessible at this time.

Book 1

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.
 * Colbert County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Colbert County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Colbert County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)