Elmore County, Alabama Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Probate Judge has marriage and land records from 1867, Birth and Death records 1909-1913 probate records from 1866 and military discharge records 1919

Parent County
1866--Elmore County was created 15 February 1866 fromAutauga, Coosa, Montgomery and Tallapoosa Counties. County seat:  Wetumpka

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Alabama county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Alabama County Boundary Maps" (1799-1980) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Autauga
 * Chilton
 * Coosa
 * Macon
 * Montgomery
 * Tallapoosa

African American
Blankenship published graves from the following African American cemeteries: Davis Cemetery, Draper Correctional Center Cemetery, Harrogate Springs Cemetery, Hurd-Grey Cemetery, Mt. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Old Bingham Cemetery, Rose Hill - Black Section, Thrash Cemetery, and Wetumpka City Cemetery - Black Section. See the Cemeteries section for free online access.

Biography

 * Elmore County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

Cemeteries

 * Anthony Cemetery
 * Bachelor Cemetery
 * Bibbs Cemetery
 * Billingslea Cemetery
 * Bullard Cemetery
 * China Grove Cemetery
 * Coosada Cemetery
 * Cotton Cemetery
 * County Line Cemetery
 * Dawson Bradford Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Friendship Cemetery
 * Glenn Cemetery
 * Good Hope Cemetery
 * Goodhope Cemetery
 * Green Cemetery
 * Haggerty Cemetery
 * Harmony Cemetery
 * Harwell Cemetery
 * Holman Cemetery
 * Hornsby Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Laurel Hill Cemetery
 * Little Flock Cemetery
 * Lovejoy Cemetery
 * Mann Cemetery
 * Marshall Cemetery
 * McKeithen Cemetery
 * Mount Hebron West Cemetery
 * Mount Zion Cemetery
 * New Harmony Cemetery
 * New Home Cemetery
 * New Hope Cemetery
 * Old Bingham Cemetery
 * Peter Hill Cemetery
 * Pine View Memorial Gardens
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
 * Prospect Cemetery
 * Rives Cemetery
 * Rocky Mount Cemetery, Millbrook
 * Rosehill Cemetery
 * Ross Cemetery
 * Sewell Cemetery
 * Sheppard Cemetery
 * Speigner Cemetery
 * Strahan Cemetery
 * Thrash Cemetery
 * Thrasher Cemetery
 * Tunnell Chapel Cemetery
 * Wall Cemetery
 * Wares Quarter Cemetery
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Watson Chapel Cemetery
 * Wetumpka City Cemetery
 * Young Cemetery


 * Blankenship, Linda and Tracey Blankenship. Cemeteries of Elmore County. Vol. 1. 1989. Digital version at - free. Includes Allen Cemetery, Antioch Baptist Church, Bachelor Cemetery, Balm of Gilead Congregational Church, Bass Cemetery, Bethel Holiness Church, Bethlehem East Baptist Church, Beulah Baptist Church, Billingslea Cemetery, Bullard Cemetery (Eclectic, Ala.), Bullard Family Cemetery (Wetumpka, Ala.), Central Baptist Church, Chana Creek Primitive Baptist Church, China Grove Cemetery, Claud Independent Methodist Church, Cotton Family Cemetery, Edwards-Pannell Cemetery, Friendship Cemetery, Friendship Church, Good Hope Church, Green Cemetery, Grier Chapel Holiness Church, Halls Chapel Holiness Church, Harmony United Methodist Church, Holman Cemetery, Hornsby Cemetery, Kimbell Cemetery, Lamar-Ware Cemetery, Laurel Hill Cemetery - Molton Plantation, Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, Little Flock Cemetery, Lovejoy Cemetery, Mann Cemetery, Marshall Cemetery, McKeithen Cemetery, Mt. Gilead Church, Mt. Hebron Church of Christ, Mt. Hebron East Baptist Church, New Home Baptist Church, Oak Valley Station United Methodist Church, Old Cemetery above Lake Martin, Old Prospect Cemetery, Pine View Memorial Gardens, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Prospect Baptist Church, Providence Methodist Church, Providence Primitive Baptist Church, Prospect Church Cemetery, Pruitt-Poage Cemetery, Rhoades Cemetery, Rives Cemetery, Robinson Cemetery, Robinson Springs Cemetery, Rocky Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount Plantation Cemetery, Rose Hill - Black Section, Smith Cemetery, Speer Cemetery, Spratlen Cemetery, Taunton Cemetery, Taylor Cemetery, Thrash Cemetery, Tri-Community Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Congregational Church Cemetery, Wall Cemetery, Wall-Coats Cemetery, Wallsboro United Methodist Church, Westbrook Cemetery, Wetumpka City Cemetery, William Wyatt Bibb Cemetery, Zeiglers Cemetery, Zeigler-Thomason Cemetery, and Zimmerman Plantation Cemetery.


 * Blankenship, Linda and Tracey Blankenship. Cemeteries of Elmore County. Vol. 2. 1989. Digital version at - free. Includes Allen-Bibb Cemetery, Bandy Cemetery, Bethlehem West Baptist Church, Brassell Cemetery, Brookside Memory Gardens, Bugg Cemetery, Butler and Jackson Memory Gardens, Cain's Chapel United Methodist Church, Cardwell Cemetery, Castleberry Memorial Congregational, China Grove Church &amp; Cemetery, Clark Cemetery, Coosa River Primitive Baptist Church, Davis Cemetery, Deatsville United Methodist Church, Draper Correctional Center Cemetery, Ebenezer Bible Church Cemetery, Estes Cemetery, Fain Cemetery, Ft. Toulouse Cemetery, Geddie Cemetery, Georgia Road Church of Christ, Glenn Cemetery, Hagerty Hill Cemetery, Hall Cemetery, Hall-Rawlinson Cemetery, Harrogate Springs Cemetery, Harwell Cemetery, Haynie Cemetery, Hornsby Cemetery, Hurd-Grey Cemetery, Johnson Cemetery, Kent-Holley Cemetery, Lake Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lett Cemetery, Leyburn Cemetery, Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Lovejoy Cemetery, Moon Cemetery, Moore Cemetery, Mt. Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Mt. Hebron West Baptist Church, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mulder Cemetery, New Harmony Baptist Church, New Home Missionary Baptist Church, New Hope Baptist Church, Nixon Hill Cemetery, Old Bingham Cemetery, Old Harmony Church Cemetery, Old Wetumpka City Cemetery, Prospect Church Cemetery, Pruitt-Poage Cemetery, Rhoades Cemetery, Rives Cemetery, Robinson Cemetery, Robinson Springs Cemetery, Rocky Mount Cemetery, Rocky Mount Plantation Cemetery, Rose Hill - Black Section, Smith Cemetery, Speer Cemetery, Spratlen Cemetery, Taunton Cemetery, Taylor Cemetery, Thrash Cemetery, Tri-Community Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Congregational Church Cemetery, Wall Cemetery, Wall-Coats Cemetery, Wallsboro United Methodist Church, Westbrook Cemetery, Wetumpka City Cemetery, William Wyatt Bibb Cemetery, Zeiglers Cemetery, Zeigler-Thomason Cemetery, Zimmerman Plantation Cemetery.

Additional Elmore County cemetery records are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Census
State Census


 * 1866 - at FamilySearch — index

Local Histories

 * Golden, Virginia Noble. A History of Tallassee for Tallasseeans. Tallassee, Ala.: Tallassee Mills of Mount Vernon-Woodberry Mills, 1949. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

Maps

 * Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)

Civil War
Civil War service men from Elmore County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Elmore County.


 * - 13th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company F

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1907, 1921, 1927 - at FamilySearch — images
 * 1867 Loyalty Oath Index: Elmore County, Alabama. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Newspapers

 * 1839-1913 - Blankenship, Linda. Abstracted Newspapers of Elmore County, Alabama. 13 vols. n.d. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online - free:


 * 1839-1840 -
 * 1856-1875 -
 * 1870-1880 -
 * 1881-1885 -
 * 1886-1890 -
 * 1891-1893 -
 * 1893-1896 -
 * 1896-1898 -
 * 1897-1900 -
 * 1901-1904 -
 * 1905-1907 -
 * 1908-1911 -
 * 1911-1913 -

Probate Records

 * Autauga County, Alabama Wills and Estates Index compiled by Larry Nobles and Autauga Genealogical Society found on USGenWeb.com. Much data relating to the western "ex-Autauga" section of Elmore County may be found in the Autauga Will Index.

Online Probate Records
 * 1753 – 1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Ancestry — $
 * 1809 – 1985 at FamilySearch

Vital Records
See also How to order Alabama Vital Records


 * Elmore County Vital Records at ALGenWeb - free.

Birth

 * 1909-1913 - Blankenship, Linda. Elmore County, Alabama Birth &amp; Death Records 1909-1913. n.d. Digital version at - free.


 * 1881 – 1930 at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry $. 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.


 * 1867–1901, 1920, 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry $. 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.


 * 1867–1900 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920" at Ancestry $ . 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.


 * 1867-1873 - W.P.A Files Elmore County Alabama Marriages 1867-1873, Volume "A". Digital version at - free.


 * 1809 – 1950 at FamilySearch


 * 1816 – 1957 at FamilySearch


 * 1800 – 1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969 at Ancestry $


 * 1809 – 1920 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 (Selected Counties) at Ancestry $

Death

 * 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry $. 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 $. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).


 * 1908-1974 - FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free


 * 1909-1913 - Blankenship, Linda. Elmore County, Alabama Birth &amp; Death Records 1909-1913. n.d. Digital version at - free.


 * 1881 – 1952 at FamilySearch


 * 1908 – 1974 at FamilySearch


 * 1881 – 1974 Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 at Ancestry $


 * 1908 – 1959 Alabama Deaths, 1908-59 at Ancestry $

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Elmore County lists 2 books:


 * Book 1
 * Book 2

Societies and Libraries
Elmore County Historical Society and Museum P. O. Box 587 Wetumpka, AL 36092 Publication: Quarterly newsletter

West Elmore Co. Historical Society 2881 Gibson St. Millbrook, AL  36054

Talisi Historical Preservation Society PO Box 780022 Tallassee, AL  36078-0001 334-283-2732 Elmore County

Elmore Wetumpka Public Library 334-567-1308 Elmore Wetumpka Public Library Website


 * List of Alabama Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies


 * Elmore County, Alabama


 * Elmore Co. AL


 * United States Resources: Alabama


 * Al Gen Web

Family History Centers
Family History Centre Locator
 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Wetumpka Alabama Family History Center
 * 1405 Chapel Rd Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-567-8339 Hours: Mon, Wed, Thur &amp; Fri 8am-5pm; Tue 8am-7pm; Sat 8am-12pm

Web Sites

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