Lawrence County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Lawrence County

County Courthouse
Lawrence County Courthouse 14330 Court Street Moulton, AL 35650 Phone: (256) 974-2432

Probate Judge has marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1810 Clerk Circuit Court has court records

Parent County
1818--Lawrence County was created 6 February 1818 from the Cherokee, Chickasaw and Choctaw Cession of 1816. County seat: Moulton

Record Loss
1859 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

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


 * Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
 * Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle

Neighboring Counties

 * Colbert
 * Cullman
 * Franklin
 * Lauderdale
 * Limestone
 * Morgan
 * Winston

Biographies

 * Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land, 1888. Digital version at . begins on page 66.

Cemeteries

 * Abernathy Cemetery
 * Aldridge Cemetery
 * Alexander Cemetery
 * Alexander Cemetery
 * Almon Cemetery
 * Andrew Garth Memorial Cemetery
 * Arbor Cemetery
 * Asherbranner Cemetery
 * Ashford Cemetery
 * Ashford Cemetery
 * Ashford Cemetery (Huntsville)
 * Bain Cemetery
 * Baker Cemetery
 * Baker Cemetery
 * Barclay Cemetery
 * Barnes Cemetery
 * Beavers Cemetery
 * Berry Cemetery
 * Blackground Cemetery
 * Black Ground Cemetery
 * Bobo Cemetery
 * Bobo Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Bogar Cemetery
 * Brickhouse Cemetery
 * Brides Hill Cemetery
 * Bunyan Hill Cemetery
 * Byars Cemetery
 * Bynum Cemetery
 * Byrd Cemetery
 * Cal Cemetery
 * Cal Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Cave Spring Cemetery
 * Center Cemetery
 * Center Church Cemetery
 * Cheatham Cemetery
 * Cheatham Cemetery
 * Childers Cemetery
 * Childers Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Clardy Cemetery
 * Clardy Cemetery
 * Conner Cemetery
 * Cooper Cemetery
 * Cooper Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Cooper Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Cottingham Cemetery
 * Cramer Cemetery
 * Davenport Cemetery
 * Davis Cemetery
 * Davis Cemetery (Browns Ferry Rd)
 * Davis Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Dement Cemetery
 * Dement Cemetery (Limestone)
 * Dobbins Cemetery
 * Dossey Cemetery
 * Early Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery
 * Ebenezer Cemetery (Cullman)
 * Ebenezer Cemetery (Falkville)
 * Ebenezer Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Elliott Cemetery
 * Elliott Cemetery
 * Elmwood Cemetery
 * Ennix Cemetery
 * Ferguson Cemetery
 * Flower Hill Cemetery
 * Foster Cemetery
 * Foster-Davis Cemetery
 * Friendship Cemetery
 * Friendship Cemetery (Cullman)
 * Friendship Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Fuller Cemetery
 * Fuqua Cemetery
 * Gargas Cemetery
 * Gibson Cemetery
 * Gibson Cemetery
 * Gibson Cemetery
 * Gibson Cemetery
 * Gilchrist Cemetery
 * Gordon Cemetery
 * Graham Cemetery
 * Graves Cemetery
 * Green Hill Cemetery
 * Gum Pond Cemetery
 * Hacklin Cemetery
 * Hampton Cemetery
 * Hampton Cemetery
 * Hawkins Cemetery
 * Heflin Cemetery
 * Hill Cemetery
 * Hill Cemetery
 * Hill Cemetery
 * Hodges Cemetery
 * Hodges Cemetery (Hodges)
 * Hodges Cemetery (Limestone)
 * Houston Cemetery
 * Houston Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Houston Cemetery (Limestone)
 * Houston Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Hughes Cemetery
 * Jetton Cemetery
 * Jobe Cemetery
 * Johnson Cemetery
 * Johnson Cemetery (Athens)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Flint Creek Rd)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Limestone-Johnson Cemetery Rd)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Limestone-Mooresville Rd)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Limestone-Williams Rd)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Johnson Cemetery (Winston)
 * Jones Cemetery
 * Jones Chapel Cemetery Graveshelter
 * Kelly Cemetery
 * Key Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Key Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Key Cemetery (Morgan-Nat Key Rd)
 * Keys Cemetery
 * Keys in Aldridge Grove Cemetery
 * King Cemetery
 * King Cemetery (Colbert)
 * King Cemetery (Colbert-King Bridge Rd)
 * Kitchens Cemetery
 * Landersville Cemetery
 * Lebanon Cemetery
 * Lee Cemetery
 * Lindsey Cemetery
 * Locklayer Cemetery
 * Long Cemetery
 * Love Cemetery
 * Lyle Cemetery
 * Macedonia Cemetery
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Cullman)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Franklin-Co Rd 27)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Franklin-Co Rd 99)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Lawrence-Co Rd 2)
 * Macedonia Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Masterson Cemetery
 * Mathews Cemetery
 * Mayes Cemetery
 * McBride Cemetery
 * McDonald Cemetery
 * McLemore Cemetery
 * Milam Cemetery
 * Miller Cemetery
 * Miller Cemetery (Hackleburg)
 * Miller Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Miller Cemetery (Lawrence)
 * Montgomery Cemetery
 * Moody Cemetery
 * Morgan-Thompson Cemetery
 * Morris Chapel Cemetery 
 * Moulton Municipal Cemetery
 * Mount Olive Cemetery
 * Newman Cemetery
 * Old Friendship Cemetery
 * Old Prospect Cemetery
 * Owens Cemetery
 * Owens Cemetery
 * Paff Cemetery
 * Penny Cemetery
 * Perkins Cemetery
 * Pippen Cemetery
 * Pointer Cemetery
 * Poplar Spring Cemetery
 * Porter Cemetery
 * Preuit Cemetery
 * Preuit Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Providence Cemetery
 * Puckett Cemetery
 * Rainwater Cemetery
 * Red Hill Cemetery
 * Reynolds Cemetery
 * Roberts Cemetery
 * Roberts Cemetery (Morgan-Brown Rd)
 * Roberts Cemetery (Morgan-Co Rd 87)
 * Rocky Hill Cemetery
 * Roden Cemetery
 * Rutherford Cemetery
 * Rutherford Cemetery (Limestone)
 * Sanderson Cemetery
 * Scruggs Cemetery
 * Shackelford Cemetery
 * Sheffield Cemetery
 * Sherrod Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery (Marion)
 * Shiloh Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Shiloh Cemetery (Winston)
 * Simms Cemetery
 * Sivley Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery (Brown's Ferry Rd)
 * Smith Cemetery
 * Smith Cemetery (Co Rd 80)
 * Smith Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Smith Cemetery (Franklin-Hwy 24)
 * Smith Cemetery (Limestone)
 * Smith Family Cemetery
 * Speake Cemetery
 * Spring Hill Cemetery
 * Stephenson Cemetery
 * Stover Cemetery
 * Stover Cemetery (Hwy 36)
 * String Cemetery
 * Swoope Cemetery (Browns Ferry Rd)
 * Swoope Cemetery
 * Swoope Cemetery (Co Rd 388)
 * Sykes Cemetery
 * Sykes Cemetery
 * Sykes Cemetery
 * Sykes Cemetery (Decatur)
 * Tapsville Cemetery
 * Templeton Cemetery
 * Terry Cemetery
 * Terry Cemetery
 * Terry Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery
 * Thompson Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Thompson Cemetery (Lauderdale Co Rd 81)
 * Thompson Cemetery (Colbert)
 * Thrasher Cemetery
 * Town Creek Cemetery
 * Trotter Cemetery
 * Troupe Cemetery
 * Troupe Cemetery (Morgan)
 * Truitt Cemetery
 * Tweedy Cemetery
 * Vaughan Cemetery
 * Vaughn Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Wade Cemetery
 * Wade Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Warren Cemetery
 * Watkins Cemetery
 * Watkins Cemetery (Lauderdale)
 * Watson Cemetery
 * Watson Cemetery (Franklin)
 * Wear Cemetery
 * Westmoreland Cemetery
 * Wheeler Cemetery
 * Wheeler Cemetery
 * Wilborn Cemetery
 * Woodard Cemetery
 * Yates Cemetery


 * String Cemetery, Town Creek BillionGraves


 * Cemetery Records: Barbour County with Cherokee & Lawrence Counties Alabama, Vol. 3. 1966. Digital version at - free. Includes Hickory Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mt. Hope Methodist Church Cemetery, Owens Cemetery, Rock Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Templeton Cemetery, Wear Cemetery, and Young Town Cemetery.


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

Census
For individual censuses, see:


 * Parsly, Mrs. Lewis F. 1820 Census Lawrence County Alabama Territory. n.d. Digital version at - free.


 * 1820 State Census of Lawrence County, Alabama. Huntsville, Ala.: The Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, Inc., 1977. Digital version at - free.

Local Histories

 * Gentry, Dorothy. Life and Legend of Lawrence County Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1962. Digital version at - free.

Vital Records
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Lawrence County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.


 * Lawrence County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Lawrence 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.
 * Lawrence County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Lawrence County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)