Fayette County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Fayette County

County Courthouse
FAYETTE COUNTY, 103 1st Avenue NE Fayette, AL 35555 Phone: (205) 932-4617

Probate Judge has birth records 1884-1941, death records 1899-1941

marriage records from 1866, land records from 1848 and military discharge records from 1919&lt;ref name="HBG"&gt;Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Fayette County p. 37. ; .&lt;/ref&gt;

History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Parent County
1824--Fayette County was created 20 December 1824 from Marion, Pickens, and Tuscaloosa Counties. County seat: Fayette

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

1911--Fayette County Courthouse and much of the business section of Fayette destroyed by fire on March 24, 1911. Many county records lost.

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

http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Burned_Counties_Research

http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Lamar
 * Marion
 * Pickens
 * Tuscaloosa
 * Walker

Cemeteries

 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Berry BillionGraves
 * Bethlehem Cemetery, Fayette BillionGraves
 * Musgrove Cemetery, Winfield BillionGraves

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.
 * Fayette County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Fayette County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)