Marion County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Marion County

County Courthouse
Marion County Courthouse 132 S. Military Street Hamilton, AL 35570 Phone: (205) 921-7451

Records burned 1883 Probate Judge has birth and death records 1909 -1919 marriage records from 1885, land records from 1887 and military discharge records from 1920

History


The county is named after "The Swamp Fox" Revolutionary War Brigadier General Francis Marion(c1732-1795).

Parent County
1818--Marion County was created 13 February 1818 from Tuscaloosa County. County seat: Hamilton

Record Loss
1866 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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

Burned Counties Research

Blogs

Neighboring Counties

 * Fayette
 * Franklin
 * Itawamba County, Mississippi
 * Lamar
 * Monroe County, Mississippi
 * Walker
 * Winston

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Factory Cemetery, Bear Creek
 * Myers Hill Cemetery, Brilliant
 * Whitehouse Cemetery, Haleyville

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Marion County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2006. 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..

Newspapers
Transcription of the following newspapers:

The Guin Dispatch - 1889

The Hamilton Free Press - 1893 - 1894

The Hamilton News Press - 1895

The Hamilton Appeal 1896

The Guin Gazette - 1897

The Gazette Appeal - 1897

Marion county articles from various newspapers around the country - 1878 - ?

Taxation

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

Birth

 * 1881-1930 - at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Marriage

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


 * Marion County Marriages at ALGenWeb - free


 * 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.


 * 1861, 1865, 1886-1901,1936–1969 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.


 * 1887-1900 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920" at 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.

Death

 * 1881-1952 - at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free


 * 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry – ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.


 * 1908–1959 Index to Deaths Recorded by the State of Alabama at Ancestry – ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).


 * 1908-1974 - at FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free

Vital Record Substitutes

 * Obituaries and death noticesfrom the transcribed newspapers at The USGenWeb Archives - free.


 * Marriage noticesfrom the transcribed newspapers at The USGenWeb Archives - free.

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