Barbour County, Alabama Genealogy


 * This article is about a southeast Alabama county. For other uses, see Barbour.

United States  Alabama    Barbour County

County Courthouse
Barbour County Courthouse 1800 Fifth Avenue North PO Box 398 Clayton, Al 36016-0398 Phone: 334-775-8371

Judge of Probate has marriage probate &amp; land records from 1800's Clerk Circuit Court has div rec from 1860 and Court Record from 1912

Parent County
1832--Barbour County was created 18 December 1832 from Pike County and Creek Cession. Barbour County has two county courthouses (both in use) Clayton and Eufaula. County seat: Clayton

Neighboring Counties

 * Bullock
 * Clay
 * Dale
 * Henry
 * Pike
 * Quitman County, Georgia
 * Russell
 * Stewart county, Georgia

African American
The following have information concerning African American research. Both should be used:


 * African American Research (US) has more information about the kinds of records


 * Alabama Minorities has information specific to Alabama African Americans.

Cemeteries

 * Adams Chapel Cemetery
 * Anderson Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Antioch Baptist Church
 * Antioch Cemetery
 * Baptist Cemetery
 * Batesville Baptist Church Cemetary
 * Beauchamp Cemetery
 * Betcher Bethel Cemetery
 * Bethel Hardshall Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Bethlehem Cemetery
 * Bethsadie Cemetery
 * Blue Springs Assembly of God Cemetery
 * Center Ridge Cemetery
 * Christian Grove Cemetery
 * Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery
 * County Line Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Creel Cemetery
 * Cunningham Cemetery Dansby Family Cemetery
 * Dykes Cemetery
 * Elam Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Ephasus Cemetery
 * Epworth Cemetery
 * Espy Cemetery
 * Evergreen Baptist Cemetery
 * Fairview Cemetery
 * Faulk Cemetery
 * Grubbs Church Cemetery
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Lightner Private Cemetery
 * Lightwood Knot Cemetery
 * McElvin Private Cemetery
 * Methodist Cemetery
 * Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Louisville
 * Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
 * Mt. Zion Cemetery
 * New Hope Cemetery
 * Old Scott Cemetery
 * Old Spring Hill Methodist Church Cemetery
 * Pea Creek Church Cemetery
 * Pea River Church Cemetery
 * Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery
 * Pine Level Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Pleasant Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Baptist Cemetery
 * Pleasant Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Pond Bethel Cemetery
 * Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Rocky Mount Cemetery
 * Sardis Church Cemetery
 * Shiloh Holiness Church Cemetery
 * Sikes Creek Baptist Cemetery
 * Thomas Cemetery
 * Tucker Cemetery
 * Union Baptist Church Cemetery
 * Upper Prospect Baptist Cemetery
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Weycott Plantation Cemetery
 * Whiteoak Cemetery
 * Zion's Chapel Cemetery


 * Barbour County, Alabama Tombstone Inscriptions. n.d. Digital version at - free. Includes Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Fairview Cemetery, Louisville Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Pea River Presbyterian Church Cemetery.


 * Barbour County, Alabama Cemetery Records. 1957. Digital version at - free. Includes Adams Chapel Cemetery and Creel Cemetery.

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

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


 * Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Barbour County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. 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..

Local Histories

 * Besson, J A. B. History of Eufaula, Alabama: The Bluff City of the Chattahoochee. Atlanta, Ga: Franklin Steam Print. House, 1875 - read full-text online

Vital Records

 * 1838-1886 - in "Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950," at FamilySearch.org - free.

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Barbour County has three books:


 * Book 1
 * Book 2
 * Book 3

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Eufaula Alabama


 * Eufaula Alabama Hwy 131 Bakerhill Hwy Eufaula, Barbour, Alabama, United States Phone: 334-687-6146 Hours: W 6pm-8pm

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