GUIDE TO 
PUBLIC VITAL STATISTICS 
IN ALABAMA 
PRELIMINARY EDITION 
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 
ALABAMA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY 
SERVICE DIVISION 
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION 
1942 GUIDE TO PUBITC 'VITAL STATISTICS 
IN A LABAMA 
Frel 1minary Fd.i tion 
Prepared by 
ALABAMA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROJECT 
SERVICE DIVISION 
WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION 
Sponsor 
DEPARTMENT OK ARCHIVES AND HISTORY 
STATE OF ALABAMA 
Birmingham, Alabama 
Alabaua Historical Records Survey Project 
1 9 4 2 IMSTORICAI RECORDS SURVEY PHUIEC1S 
Sargent B. Child, National Director 
Paul J. Benrimo, State Supervisor 
WAD SERVICES SUBDIVISION 
Walter Kiplinger, Director 
SERVICE DIVISION 
Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner 
Leo G. Spofford, Chief Regional Supervisor 
Mary Weber, State Director 
WORK PROJECTS ADM1NLSI BATION 
Howard 0. Hunter, Commissioner 
Malcolm J. Wilier, Regional Director 
W. G. Henderson, State Administrator "To bring together the records of the past 
and to house them in buildings where they will 
be preserved for the use of men living in the 
future, a nation must believe in three things. 
It must believe in the past. It must believe 
in the future. It must, above all, believe in 
the capacity of its people so to learn from the 
past that they can gain in judgment for the 
creation of the future," 
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT FOREWORD 
A directory of where records of birth, death, marriage, 
and divorce occurring in the State of Alabama are now located, 
such as this one, should prove of great value to individuals 
seeking to locate records of that nature. Such information is 
now imperative with the present demand for such information, 
the greatest the United States has ever experienced. 
Individuals writing to any locality for such records 
should be careful to furnish at least the four following facts: 
date of birth, place of birth, full name of father, and full 
maiden name of mother. Less information may cause a material 
delay in locating the record or of finding it at all. 
To those who are interested in the history of the develop- 
ment of vital statistics in Alabama, the following pages should 
prove interesting reading. 
LEONARD V. PHELPS 
Director 
Bureau of Vital Statistics 
State Department of Public Health 
Montgomery, A labama 
Marc1! 13, 1942 PREFACE 
The Historical Records Survey program was organized in the winter 
of 1935-36 by Dr. Luther H. Evans. Dr. Evans continued as Director un- 
til March 1, 1940, when he was succeeded by Sargent B. Child, who had 
served in the capacity of Field Supervisor since the inauguration of 
the Survey program. 
The Guido to Public Vital Statistics Records in Alabama; Prelimi- 
nary Edition covers county records only and is not complete as to these. 
It includes approximately 77 percent of all county vital statistics rec- 
ords reported in Alabama between 1937 and 1942, in the course of survey- 
ing records of every character in 64 of Alabama’s 67 counties. Of these 
64 counties, birth and death records were reported from 55; marriage 
records, from 63; and divorce records, from 34. The primary arrangement 
of this material is in sections by type of vital statistics record; the 
secondary arrangement is by county. The record entries show inclusive 
dates, the nature of each record, number of volumes or other containers, 
method of arrangement, and indexing. The title and address of the cus- 
todian and the cost of certified copies are indicated in an essay pre- 
fixed to each section of the book. 
Acknowledgment is due Mr, Leonard V. Phelps, Director, Bureau of Vi- 
tal Statisticsj State Department of Public Health, who kindly consented 
to write a foreword for the volume, and to the numerous custodians of 
vital statistics records throughout the State for their cooperation in 
the inventorying of their records. Our thanks are also duo to Mrs. 
Marie Bankhead Owen, Director, State Department of Archives and History, 
the official sponsor of the Alabama Historical Records Survey Project; 
and to Miss Mary Weber, Mr. G, B. Glass, and other officials of the W#rk 
Projects Administration, from which this Project has received cordial 
cooperation and support. 
Inventorying of vital statistics records in the field was done in 
Alabama by workers of the Historical Records Survey. The Guido was pre- 
pared for publication in the State Office of the Survey, 
The publications of the Historical Records Survey are issued for 
free distribution to certain State and local public officials, to pub- 
lic libraries in Alabama, and to a limited number of libraries and gov- 
ernmental agencies outside the State. The present volume will also be 
distributed to all State Vital Statistics Bureaus in the United States, 
Requests for information concerning these publications should bo ad- 
dressed to the State Supervisor, Historical Records Survey, 500 Exchange 
Building, Birmingham, Alabama. 
PAUL J. BENRIMO 
State Supervisor 
Historical Records Survey 
Birmingham, Alabama 
March 1942 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Page 
Foreword iv 
Preface v 
Birth Records 1 
Death Records * 19 
Marriage Records 37 
Divorce Records 60 
List of Abbreviations and Symbols 70 
List of Counties with Dates of Creation 71 
Bibliography 72 
Publications of the Alabama Historical Records Survey Project ... 73 BIRTHS 
During the first half-century of Alabama’s existence as a State, 
public health activities within its boundaries wore of the meagerest. 
Existing statutes empowered the Governor to take, at the expense of the 
State, such measures '’as ho shall deem meet” to prevent the spread of 
communicable diseases, and provision was made for tho establishment of 
medical boards in a number of Alabama In 1861 there was enacted 
a general law which authorized (but did not require) tho creation of 
county medical boards in all counties whore such boards had not previ- 
ously been created.2 
It was not until 1875 that Alabama took the first step to estab- 
lish recognized State and county health authorities, by designating 
the Alabama Medical Association and its affiliated county medical so- 
cieties, respectively, as the State and county boards of health.5 The 
powers of the county boards of health were advisory only and were exer- 
cised under the general direction of the State Board of Health; but the 
governing body of each comity was authorized, in its discretion, to in- 
crease the powers of the county board of health T,for the promotion of 
the public health.;r4: In 1881, there was provided in each county a 
health officer, to be selected by the county board of health and com- 
pensated by the governing bodjr of the county.5 Further legislation in 
1903 required the State Board of Health to select a State Health Offi- 
cer to exercise general supervision over county boards of health and 
county officers, as directed by the State Board of Health,0 
In 1919, there was enacted general legislation,7 currently in 
force, to provide for smaller and more compact administrative bodies 
for both Stats and county health activities. By the terms of this 
law, the Alabama Medical association continues to constitute the State 
Board of Health, but immediate administrative authority is vested in 
the Board of Censors (namely, the executive committee) of this organi- 
zation; and this Board of Censors is designated, together with the 
Governor of the State acting ex officio, to bo the State Committee of 
Public Health.8 In each county, tho Board of Censors of the County 
1. John G. Aikin, A Digest of the Laws of tho State of Alabama, pp. 
352-353. 
2. Ala. Acts, Called Session, 1861, p. 37. 
3. Ala. Acts, 1374-75, p, 130, secs. 2, 4. 
4. Ibid., secs. 5, 6. 
5. Ala, Acts, 1831, p. 76, sec. 3. 
6. Ala. Acts, 1903, p. 499, sec. 5. 
7. Ala. acts, 1919, pp. 909-928. 
3. Ibid., p. 909, sec. 1. 2 
Births 
Medical Society, together with the presiding officer of the county gov- 
erning body, constitutes the county board of health. The same lav; pro- 
vides that appointment of the county health officer by the county board 
of health must be approved by the State Committee of Public Health, and 
that this official’s term may not be less than three years.10 
Prior to 1881, a limited amount of information corcerning the 
births of a few individuals was obtainable, as it still is, from cer- 
tain records of the probate court (before 1850, of the orphan’s court), 
such as the records of adoptions, guardianships, and apprenticeships; 
the will record and original wills filed for probate; and the various 
records maintained in connection with the settlement and division of 
estates. However, information so obtained seldom goes beyond the point 
of establishing the color, sex, and parentage of the xvard, apprentice, 
or legatee, or of the person adopted. 
Specific public birth records in Alabama were instituted by the 
act of 1881 referred to above, one section of which required the county 
health officer to register, in a book to be styled ”The Register of 
Births,” all births occurring in the county, under regulations pre- 
scribed by the county board of health, and making it mandatory for every 
physician, midwife, or other person attending a birth within the limits 
of the county to report the same to the county health officer, specify- 
ing the names of the parents, the date of the birth, the sex and color 
of the child, and such other details as might from time to time be pre- 
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scribed by the county board of health.Additional legislation in 
1903 made such reports of births periodic, by requiring them to be made 
within the first five days of each calendar month.12 Further legisla- 
tion in 1907, and again in 1915, added to the items prescribed to be 
shown in the Register of Births, ’’the name, or names, age or ages, race, 
color and occupation of the parent or parents;1’ and both these acts re- 
quired the county health officer to deposit each book of the birth reg- 
ister, it was filled, in the office of the judge of probate of the 
county. 
The 1915 act further required each county health officer ”to make 
to the State Board of Health by or before the 10th day of each calen- 
dar month a full report, so far as the facts reach him, ... of all 
births . . . that occur in the county, including all municipalities 
therein, for the preceding month.”14 
9. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, sec. 0. 
10. Ibid., sec. 6. 
11. Ala. Acts, 1880-81, p, 76, sec. 0. 
12. Ala. Acts, 1900, p. 499, sec. 11. 
10. Ala. Acts, 1907, p. 895, sec. 5; Ala. Acts, 1915, p. 7C2, sec. 1, 
subdivision 1. 
14. Ala. Acts, 1915, p. 782, sec. 1, subdivision 6. 3 
Births 
The 1919 act referred to above, in addition to creating smaller 
and more widely administrative health boards for the State and counties, 
also introduced birth certificates and established the methods of re- 
porting, compiling, and recording the facts concerning births through- 
out the State which are in effect today. Section 14 of this act creat- 
ed a State Bureau of Vital Statistics supervised by a State Registrar 
of Vital Statistics, who is appointed by the State Board of 
For the counties, in every voting precinct the same section established, 
a local registrar of vital statistics, likewise appointed by the State 
Board of Health, with whom each physician, midwife, or other attendant 
upon a birth within the particular precinct is required to file within 
ton days after the date of such birth, a certificate of the same, on a 
form prescribed by the Stato Board of Health.10 if the person report- 
ing the birth is unable to supply all the information required on the 
certificate form, it becomes the duty of the local registrar to secure 
it from every possible source, and the duty also of each person so in- 
terrogated to furnish the needed information; and if the child is not 
yet named, it is the duty of the parents to report the childfs name as 
early as possible on a special blank to be returned to the local regis- 
trar. On the tenth day of each month each local registrar transmits 
to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics all original birth certifi- 
cates registered by him for the preceding month, after these certifi- 
cates have first been recorded in a book supplied to the local regis- 
trar for the purpose by the State Registrar; each such book, when 
filled, is deposited with the judge of probate of the county to consti- 
tute a permanent local record of births.-*-7 If no births have occurred 
within his precinct in any given month, the local registrar must report 
that fact also. A local registrar may, with the approval of the State 
Registrar appoint one or more subregistrars, each of whom functions, in 
the area for which he is appointed, as a local registrar.-*-8 
The original birth certificates sent in by the local registrars 
to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics are bound and indexed by 
the latter official and constitute a permanent State record of births. 
Each local registrar and subregistrar operates under the immediate su- 
pervision and direction of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, v/ho 
is charged with the thorough and efficient execution of all details of 
the birth registration system in all parts of the State.20 
A certified copy of the record of any birth in Alabama is obtain- 
able from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, upon payment by the 
15. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, sec. 14, subdivision 2, 
16. Ibid., subdivisions 4, 13, 14. 
17. Ibid., subdivisions 14, 19. 
18. Ibid., subdivision 4. 
19. Ibid., subdivision 18. 
20. Ibid., subdivisions 4, 18. Births 
4 
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applicant of a foe of 50 cents. It is provided that any such copy of 
the record of a birth, when properly certified by the State Registrar 
of Vital Statistics, is prima facie evidence in all courts and places 
9 OO X 
of the facts therein statedand it is further provided that for any 
search of his files and records when no certified copy is made, the 
State Registrar is entitled to a fee of 50 cents, to be paid ap- 
plicant, for each hour, or fraction thereof, of time so How- 
ever, the parent or guardian of a child may obtain from the State Reg- 
istrar, without fee, a statement certifying to the date of birth of the 
child, when such statement is necessary for admission to school or for 
the purpose of obtaining employment.^4 
21. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, sgc. 14, subdivision 21; Codo, 1940, V, 
169, title 22, see, 42. 
22. Ala, Acts, 1919, p, 909, see. 14, subdivision 21. 
25. Ibid. 
24. Ibid. 5 
Birth Records 
AUTAUGA COUNTY 
Prattville 
(Not surveyed) 
BALDWIN COUNTY 
Bay Minette 
1884-1914, 
1917-21 
Record, 8 vols. Cliron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
Jan. 1921- 
July 1936 
Certificates, 22 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. 
Jan. 1957— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Chron. by year 
date and alph. thereunder by name of infant. 
BARBOUR COUNTY 
Clayton 
1881-1917 
Record, 7 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
1921-56 
Certificates, 26 vols* Chron. by date of entry. 
No index, 1921; indexed alph. by name of infant, 
1922-56; separate index, alph. byname of infant. 
1957 — 
Summary cards, 5 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
BIBB COUNTY 
Centerville 
1900-1919 
Recoru, 5 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
1956-- 
Summary cards, 4 file boxes. Chron. by year 
date and alph. thereunder by name of infant. 
1920-41 
Precinct registrars’ record's, 22 vols. Record 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
BLOUNT COUNTY 
Oneonta 
(Not surveyed) 
BULLOCK COUNTY 
Union Springs 
(Not surveyed) Birth Records 
6 
BQTIER COUNTY 
Greenville 
1394-1919 
Record, 18 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer* Chron. by year date 
and alph. thereunder by name of infant. 
1930-33 
Precinct registrars* records, 46 vols. (Includ- 
ing vols. for deaths)• Records for each precinct 
arr. numer. by precinct no. and chron. thereunder 
by date of entry. 
CALHOUN COUNTY 
Anniston 
1919, 1921-36 
Certificates, 35 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by surname of parents. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file cabinet. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
CHAMBERS COUNTY 
Lafayette 
(Not surveyed) 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
Center 
1899-1919 
Record, 5 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1919-36 
Certificates, 11 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
CHILTON COUNTY 
Clanton 
1908-19 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Includes 
deaths. 
1935— 
Summary cards, 2 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
CHOCTaW COUNTY 
Butler 
1881-95 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 7 
Birth Records 
CLARKE CCUTTY 
drove Hill 
1903-36 
Record, 12 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1914-19 
Record, 2 vols, Chron, by date of entry. Includes 
deaths. 
Oct. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer, Alph. by names of 
parents. 
CLAY COUNTY 
Ashland 
Jan, 4, 1920- 
Sept, 10, 1937 
Precinct registrars’ records, 18 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. numer. by precinct no. 
and chron, thereunder by date of entry. 
Oct, 2, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 1400. Alph. by surname of head of 
family. Includes deaths. 
CLEBURNE COUTTY 
Heflin 
(Not surveyed) 
COFFEE COUNTY 
Elba 
Oct, 11, 190S- 
Jan. 30, 1916 
Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1925-33 
Certificates, 11 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by surname of parents. 
1936— 
Summary cards, 1500 cards. Alph. by surname of 
parents and chron. thereunder by date of entry. 
Feb. 7, 1920- 
Sept. 19, 1936 
Precinct registrars’ records, 35 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
Enterprise 
Nov. 17, 1907- 
Sept. 2, 1916 
Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Sept. 5, 1916- 
June 4, 1925 
Precinct registrars’ records, 30 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. Birth Records 
8 
COLBERT COUNTY 
Tuscumbia 
July 1881- 
Oct. 1919 
Record, 3 vols. Alph, by surname of parents and 
chron. thereunder by date of entry. Includes 
deaths, Nov. 1907-0ct. 1919. 
Nov. 1919-36 
Certificates, 28 vols, Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. 
Jan. 1937-- 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, for delayed certificates. Alph. 
by surname of parents. 
CONECUH COUNTY 
Evergreen 
1381-1919 
Record, 12 vols. (including vols. for precinct 
registrars’ records). Alph. by surname of par- 
ents. Includes deaths. 
1920-58 
Precinct registrars’ records, (no. of vols. not 
stated, see entry above). 
COOSA COUNTY 
Rockford 
Mar. 14, 1878- 
Nov, 21, 1935 
Certificates (delayed), 1 vol. Chron. by date 
of certificate. 
Aug. 9, 1936- 
Dec. 30, 1941 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Chron, by date 
filed, 
Feb. 8, 1920- 
llov. 23, 1936 
Precinct registrars’ records, 11 vols. Chron. 
by date of entry. 
COVINGTON COUNTY 
Andalusia 
1839- 
Nov. 6, 1920 
Record, 39 vols. (including vols for certifi- 
cates below). Alph. by surname of parents. 
Includes deaths, May 1, 1909-IIov, 6, 1920. 
1920-36 
Certificates, (no. vols. not stated, see entry 
above) . Numer. by certificate no. Separate 
index, alph, by name of infant. 
1937-- 
Summary cards, 3 file drawers. Alph. by name 
of infant. Birth Records 
9 
CRENSHAW COUNTY 
Luverne 
(Not surveyed) 
CULIMAN COMITY 
Cullman 
1877-1919 
Record, 7 vols. Chron. by date of entry* 
April 1927- 
Jan. 1927 
Certificates, 23 vols* Numer*by certificate no* 
-H-lph. by surname of parents. 
Jan. 1957-- 
Summary cards, 4 file drawers. Chron..by years 
and alph. thereunder by name of infant. 
Jan. 1920-- 
Precinct registrars’ records, 43 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
DALE COUNTY 
Ozark 
Sept. 12, 1927- 
Feb. 1, 1937 
Certificates, 10 vols. Chron. by year, numer. 
thereunder by certificate no. 
Feb. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 2 file dravjers. Alph. by name 
of infant. 
1919-52 
Precinct registrars' records, 16 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
DALLAS COUNTY 
Selma 
1922-- 
Record, :04 vols. Chron. by date of entry.. 
Alph, by surname of parents. 
DEKALB COUNTY 
* 
Fort Payne 
1883-1918 
Record, 7 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
1919-37 
Precinct registrars' records, 50 vols. 
Records for each precinct arr. chron. by date 
of entry. Birth Records 
ELMORE COUNTY 
Wetumpka 
1884-1918 
Record, 3 vols. Alph. by name of infant and chron. 
thereunder by date of entry. 
1927-36 
Certificates, 17 vols. Alph. by name of infant and 
chron. thereunder by date of entry. Separate index, 
alph. by name of infant. 
Jan. 1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of in- 
fant . 
ESCAMBIA county 
Browt on 
1909-16 
Record, 3 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Separate 
index, alph. by surname of parents. 
1923-36 
Certificates, 21 vols. Alph. by surname of parents. 
Separate index, alph. by surname of parents. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, (quant ity not statod). 
ETOWAH COUNTY 
Gadsdon 
Doc. 19, 1894- 
Apr. 22, 1919 
Record, 8 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed 
alph. by surname of parents. Separate index, alph. 
by surname of parents. Includes deaths, Jan. 22, 
1903-Apr. 22, 1919. 
May 8, 1919- 
July 31, 1936 
Certificates, 59 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Alph. by surname of parents. 
FAYETTE COUNTY 
Fayette 
1884-92, 
1899-1903, 
1908-12 
Record, 3 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Includes deaths, 1899-1903, 1908-12, 
1920-35 
Certificates,11 vols. Numor. by beat no. and numer. 
thereunder by registration no. 
June 1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file box. Alph. by surname of 
parents. Includes deaths. 11 
Birth Records 
FRANKLIN COUNTY 
Russellville 
Jan. 1916- 
April 1919 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Separate 
index, alph. by surname of parents. 
June 20 * 1923- 
Dec. 31, 1936 
Certificates, 27 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Separate index, alph. by surname of parents. 
Jan. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 3 file drawers. Alph. by surname of 
parents. Includes deaths. 
G3IWA COUNTY 
Geneva 
Oct. 1, 1937-- 
Summary cards, 1 file box. Alph. by name of infant. 
GREENE COUNTY 
Futaw 
Jan. 2, 1912- 
Dec. 22, 1919 
Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
Jan. 1, 1920-- 
■°recinct registrars' records, 20 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron, by date of entry. 
Sept. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 3 file drawers. Numer. by beat no. 
and alph. thereunder by name of infant. 
HN.N COUNTY 
Greensboro 
April 7, 1881- 
Feb. 12, 1919 
Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Includes 
deaths. 
Sept, 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer, Alph, by name of 
infant. 
Jan. 1, 1920- 
May 4, 1936 
registrars* records, 13 vols. Records 
of each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
HENRY COUNTY 
Abbeville 
1931-37 
Certificates, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 
HOUSTON COUNTY 
Dothan 
1908-19, 
1922 — 
Certificates, 30 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. Birth. Records 
JACKSON C 0I3TTTY 
Scottsboro 
(Not surveyed) 
JEFFERSON COUNTY 
Birmingham 
May 1881— 
Record, 75 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of infant. 
LAMAR COUNTY 
Vernon 
(riot surveyed) 
LAUDERDALE COTTNTY 
Florence 
1880-1908, 
1916-19 
Record, 2 vols. Alph. by surname of parents. 
Includes deaths, 1916-19. 
July 15, 1915- 
Dec. 18, 1936 
Certificates, 24 vols. Alph. by name of infant. 
Jan. 1936 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
1920-29 
Precinct registrars’ records, 46 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
LAURENCE COUNTY 
Moulton 
(Met surveyed) 
LEE COUNTY 
Opelika 
1916-19 
Record, 1 vol. Alph. by name of infant. Includes 
deaths. 
1926-36 
Certificates, 22 vols. Alph. by name of infant. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
infant. Includes deaths. 
LIMESTONE COUNTY 
Athens 
1881-98 
Record, 4 vols. Alph. by name of infant. 
1919-37 
Certificates, 29 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Indexed alph. by name of infant. 13 
Birth Records 
Athens (cent.) 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 2 file boxes. Alph. by name of in- 
fant. Separate index, 1937—. Alph. by surname of 
parents. 
LOWNDES COUNTY 
Hayneville 
Mar. 8, 1881- 
Feb. 27, 1905, 
Jan. 1, 1910- 
May 29, 1919 
Record, 6 vols. Numer. by beat no. and chron. 
thereunder by date of entry. Includes deaths, Jan. 
1, 1910-May 29, 1919. 
May 23, 1919- 
Dec. 31, 1919, 
July 7, 1928- 
Dec. 28, 1936 
Certificates, 13 vols. Numer. by State Registrar’s 
file no. Separate index, July 7, 1928-Dec. 28, 1936, 
alph. by name of infant. 
Feb. 28, 1937 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of infant 
Jan, 1920— 
Precinct registrars’ records, 31 vols. Records for 
each precinct arr, chron. by date of entry. 
MACON COUNTY 
Tuskegee 
1928-36 
Certificates, 15 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Separate index, 1933-36, alph. by name of infant. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file box and 1 file drawer. Alph. 
by name of infant. 
MADISON COUNTY 
Huntsville 
1881-1912 
Record, 3 vols. Alph. by surname of parents. 
1908— 
Certificates (copies), 70 vols. Alph. by name of in- 
fant . 
MARENGO COUNTY 
Linden 
July 16, 1881- 
Dec. 31, 1887, 
1906-13 
Record, 3 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Includes 
deaths, 1906-13. 
1924-36 
Certificates, 22 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Indexed alph. by name of infant. 
Mar. 11, 1901— 
Delayed certificates, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name 
of infant. Birth Records 
Linden (cent.) 
Jan. b, 1957— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Alph. by surname 
of parents. Includes deaths, Jan. 7* 1959--* 
1915— 
Precinct registrars’ records, 20 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
MARION COUNTY 
Hamilton 
Mar. 10, 1902- 
Dec. 27, 1919 
Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1951-56 
Certificates, 9 vols. Turner, by file no. Sep- 
arate index, alph. by name of infant and surname 
of parents. 
1957— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
MARSHALL COUNTY 
Cuntersvilie 
(Not surveyed) 
MOBILE COUNTY 
Mobile 
1871— 
Record, 15 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Sep- 
arate index, alph. by surname of parents. 
1871-1908 
Certificates, 56 file boxes. Chron. by date of 
entry. Separate index, alph. hy surname of parents. 
1924-29 
Certificates (copies), 1 vol. Chron. by date of 
issue. 
1920— 
Precinct registrars’ records, 22 vols. Record for 
each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
MONROE COUNTY 
Monroeville 
July 16, 1881- 
Dec. 51, 1887, 
Jan. 4, 1908- 
Doc. 2, 1919 
Record, 4 vols. Alph. by surname of infant and 
chron. thereunder by date of entry. Includes 
deaths, Jan. 4, 1908-Dec. 2, 1919. 
Sept. 5, 1927- 
Dec. 51, 1956 
Certificates, 8 vols. Uumer. by file no. 
Jan. 1, 1957 — 
Summary cards, 4 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
Jan. 1, 191b-- 
Precinct registrars’ records, 1 box. Records: for 
each procint arr. chron. by date of entry. Birth Records 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
Montgomery 
1908-17 
Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1932-36 
Record (excluding city of Montgomery), 1 vol. 
Cliron. by date of entry. 
1932-36 
Record (city of Montgomery), 1 vol. Chron. by 
date of entry. 
MORGAN COUNTY 
Decatur 
1893-99; 
1904-19 
Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Sepa- 
rate index 1913—, alph. by name of infant. In- 
cludes deaths. 
1920-37 
Certificates, 25 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index 1913—, alph. by name of infant. 
PERRY COUNTY 
Marion 
Sopt. 13, 1908- 
Nov. 1913 
Jan. 1910- 
Dec. 1911; 
Jan. 1914- 
July 1919 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths, Sept. 13, 1908-Nov. 1913. 
May 9, 1929- 
Dec. 28, 1936 
Certificates, 11 vols. Chron. by date of issue, 
certificates numbered consecutively. Separate 
index, alph. by name of infant. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1300 cards. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
PICKENS COUNTY 
Carrollton 
1903-19 
Record, 2 vols. Furrier, by certificate no. In- 
cludes deaths. 
June 1, 1928— 
Certificates, 12 vols. Furrier, by certificate no. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
1919-27 
Precinct registrars’ records, 2 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron, by date of entry. 
Includes deaths. Birth Records 
PIKE COUNTY 
Troy 
1881-1919 
Record, 10 vols. Alph. by surname of parents and 
chron. thereunder by date of entry. 
1920-36 
Precinct registrars’ records, 36 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. alph. by surname of par- 
ents and chron, thereunder by date of entry. 
RANDOLPH COUNTY 
Wedowee 
1886-1905, 
1908-19 
Record, 8 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
Jan. 1936— 
Summary cards, 4 file boxes, alph. by name of in- 
fant and chron. thereunder by date of entry. 
Includes deaths, Jan. 1939—. 
1920-38 
Precinct registrars’ records, 14 vols. (includ- 
ing vols. for deaths). Records for each precinct 
arr. chron. by date of entry. 
RUSSELL COUNTY 
Phenix City 
1934-36 
Certificates, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry 
and alph. thereunder by name of infant. Separate 
index, alph. by name of infant and chron. by date 
filed. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Chron, by year 
date, numer. thereunder by beat no, and alph. 
thereunder by name of infant. Separate index, alph. 
by name of infant and chron. by date of entry. 
Seale 
June 1913- 
Aug. 1916 
Record, 1 vol. Chron, by date of entry. 
SHELBY COUNTY 
Columbiana 
(Not surveyed) 
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 
Ashville 
1893-1920 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1920— 
Precinct registrars’ records, 18 vols. Record for 
each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. Birth Records 
Fell City 
1916-19 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Includes 
deaths, 
1916— 
Precinct registrars' records, 13 vols, Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
SUMTER COUNTY 
Livingston 
Jan. 1, 1888- 
July 3, 1891, 
Jan. 20, 1909- 
Dec. 30, 1916, 
May 26, 1917- 
Dec. 27, 1917 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Jan. 1, 1921- 
June 1922, 
Oct. 22, 1924- 
Dec. 23, 1936 
Certificates, 21 vols. Chron, by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. 
Jan. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 3 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
Feb. 10, 1920— 
Precinct registrars' records, 16 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
TALLADEGA COUNTY 
Talladega 
1897-1919 
Record, 4 vols. Alph. by surname of parents. 
Includes deaths, 1897-1902. 
1920-37 
Certificates, 6 vols. Alph. by name of infant. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY 
Dadeville 
(Not surveyed) 
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY 
Tuscaloosa 
1880-1920 
Record, 5 vols. Alph. by surname of parents. 
Includes deaths. 
1893-1902, 
1910-12 
Record, 2 vols. Arr. not stated. Includes 
deaths, 
1920— 
Certificates, 32 vols, Numer. by certificate no. 
Includes deaths. Birth Records 
18 
walker county 
Jasper 
1929-37 
Certificates, 12 vols. Numor. by certificate no. 
Indexed alph. by name of infant. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
infant. 
WASHINGTON COUNTY 
Chatom 
1908-19 
Record, 1 vol. Alph. by surname of parents. In- 
cludes deaths. 
1927-37 
Cortificatos, 15 vols. Numor, by certificate no. 
Separate index, alph. by name of infant. Includes 
deaths. 
1938— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Arr. not stated. 
Includes deaths. 
1920-55 
Precinct registrars’ records, 23 vols, (including 
vols. for deaths). Records for each precinct arr. 
chron* by date of entry. 
WILCOX COUNTY 
Camden 
1905-15, 
1918-19 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
WINSTON COUNTY 
Double Springs 
Jem, 1889- 
June 1919 
Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
cludes deaths. 
Doc. 10, 1923- 
Oct. 10, 1932; 
Jan. 1935, 
Dec. 1936 
Certificates, 6 vols. Chron, by date of entry. 
Jan. 18, 1937 — 
Summery cards, 2 bundles. Chron. by date of 
entry and alph. thereunder by name of infant. 
Aug. 10, 1933— 
Delayed summary cards, 1 bundle. Chron. by 
date of entry and alph. thereunder by name of 
infant. 
July 1, 1920- 
Doc. 1936 
Precinct registrars’ records, 40 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron, by date of entry. 19 
DEATHS 
Specific public death records in Alabama were instituted in 1881. 
Prior to that year, a limited amount of information concerning deaths 
of propertied individuals was obtainable, as it still is, from certain 
records of the probate court (before 1850, of the orphans’ court), such 
as the VJill Record, the original wills filed for probate, and the vari- 
ous inventory and settlement records maintained in connection with the 
division of estates. However, these records rarely yield any informa- 
tion except the date and place of a decedent’s death, together with 
such details as his or her color and sex. 
The same act of 1881 which required the county health officer to 
keep a book to be styled ’’Register of Births,” required this official 
also to keep a book to be styled of Deaths,” in which he was 
to record, under regulations prescribed by the county board of health, 
all deaths occurring in the county.1 In addition, this legislation re- 
quired the county health officer to ’’supervise all the certificates of 
death, to see that they are properly made with the forms of the certif- 
icates and the nomenclature of the disease in accordance with the re- 
quirements of the county board of health.”2 This law also made it the 
duty of the county health officer to make out the required certifica- 
tion in all cases of death in which no proper certificate could other- 
wise be obtained; and it was further provided, in order that such 
registration of deaths might be adequately carried out, that each phy- 
sician or other person who may have been in charge of any patient at 
the time of death should make to the county health officer, within a 
limit of time to be prescribed by the county board of health, a full 
report of every such death, specifying the name, age, sex, color, date, 
place, and cause of death, together with such other details as the coun- 
ty board of health might require.3 
Additional legislation in 1903 made such reports of deaths periodic, 
by requiring them to be made within the first five days of each calendar 
month.4 Amendatory legislation enacted in 1907, and again in 1915, re- 
quired the county health officer to deposit each book of the Death Regis- 
ter, when it was filled, in the office of the judge of probate of the 
county.3 
The 1915 act further required each county health officer to report 
to the State Board of Health, on or before the 10th of each calendar 
1. Ala. Acts, 1881, p. 76, sec. 5. 
2. Ibid. 
3. Ibid. 
4. Ala. Acts, 1903, p. 499, sec, 11. 
5. Ala. Acts, 1907, p. 893, sec. 7; Ala. Acts, 1915, p. 782, sec. 1, 
subdivision 1, 20 
Deaths 
month, all deaths reported to him as having occurred in his county dur- 
ing the preceding month.6 
In 1919 the State Board of Health was given charge of the registra- 
tion of deaths as well as births, through the instrumentality of a State 
Bureau of Vital Statistics supervised by a State Registrar of Vital Sta- 
tistics,7 and the local registrars of vital statistics wore given, in 
casos of death occurring in their precincts, the powers and duties which 
they exercise today under supervision of the State Registrar of Vital 
Statistics. 
No dead human body may be buried, cremated, or otherwise disposed 
of, or removed from or into any registration district, or be temporarily 
held pending further disposition more than 72 hours after death until a 
permit for such burial, removal, or other disposition has been properly 
issued by the local registrar of vital statistics for the precinct in 
which the death occurred or in which the body was found, and such per- 
mit shall be issued by the local registrar only after a complete and 
satisfactory certificate of death has been filed with him.9 
”Certificates of death shall be upon such forms, and shall contain 
such matter, as may be provided for from time to time by the rules and 
regulations of the State Board of Health. The personal statistical par- 
ticulars shall be authenticated by the signature of the informant, who 
may be any competent person acquainted with the facts. The statement 
of facts relating to the disposition of the body shall be signed by the 
undertaker or person acting as such. The medical certificate shall be 
made and signed by the physician, if any, last in attendance on the de- 
ceased, who shall specify the time in attendance, the time he last saw 
the deceased alive, and the hour of the day at which death occurred. 
And he shall further state the cause of death, so as to show the course 
of disease or sequence of causes resulting in the death, giving first 
the name of the disease causing death (primary cause) and the contribu- 
tory (secondary) cause, if any, and the duration of each. Indefinite 
and unsatisfactory terms, denoting only symptoms of disease or condi- 
tions resulting from disease will not be held sufficient for the issu- 
ance of a burial or removal permit; and any certificate containing such 
terms, as defined by the State Registrar, shall be returned to the phy- 
sician or person making the medical certificate for correction and more 
definite statement. Causes of death which rnay be the result of either 
disease or violence shall be carefully defined; and if from violence, 
6. Ala. Acts, 1915, p. 782, sec. 1, subdivision 6. 
7. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, sec. 14, subdivisions 1, 2. 
8. j[bih., subdivision 4. For a description of the office of local 
registrar (or subrogistrar) of vital statistics, see essay on 
''Births,” above. 
9. Ala. Acts, 1919, p, 909, sec. 14, subdivision 5. 21 
Deaths 
the means of injury.shall be stated, and whether (probably) accidental, 
suicidal, or homicidal. And for deaths in hospitals or other institu- 
tions, or of nonresidents, the physician shall supply personal statis- 
tical figures if he is able to do so, and may state where, in his opin- 
ion, the disease was contracted."1° 
In the case of a death occurring without medical attendance, it 
is the duty of the undertaker to notify the local registrar of such 
death; and the local registrar must thereupon inform the local health 
officer and refer the case to him for immediate investigation and cer- 
tification by the issuance of a permit. However, if the local regis- 
trar has reason to believe that the death may have resulted from an 
unlawful act, or from neglect, he shall turn over the case for investi- 
gation by the coroner,!! and "the coroner or other proper officer whose 
duty it is to hold an inquest on the body of any deceased person, and 
to make the certificate of death required for a burial permit shall 
state in his certificate the name of the deceased, cause of death, or 
if from external cause, (1) the means of death; and (2) whether (prob- 
ably) accidental, suicidal, or homicidal; and shall in any case furnish 
such information as may be required by the State Registrar in order 
properly to classify the death.12 
"The undertaker, or person acting as undertaker, shall file the 
certificate of death with the local registrar of the district in which 
the death occurred and obtain a burial or removal permit prior to any 
disposition of the body. He shall obtain the required personal statis- 
tical particulars from the person best qualified to supply them over 
the signature and address of his informant. He shall then present this 
certificate to the attending physician, if any, or to the health officer 
or coroner, as directed by the local registrar, for the medical certifi- 
cate of the cause of death and other particulars necessary to complete 
the record And he shall then state the facts required relative 
to the date and place of burial or removal, over his signature and with 
his address, and present the completed certificate to the local regis- 
trar in order to obtain a permit for burial, removal, or other disposi- 
tion of the body. The undertaker shall deliver the burial permit to 
the person in charge of the place gf burial, before interring or other- 
wise disposing of the body; or shall attach the removal permit to the 
box containing the body when shipped by any transportation company; 
such permit to accompany the body to its destination, where, if within 
the State of Alabama, it shall be delivered to the person in charge of 
the place of burial."Is 
10. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, sac. 14, subdivision 7. 
11. Ibid., subdivision 8. 
12. Ibid. 
13. Ibid., subdivision 9, Deaths 
!,If tho interment, or other disposition of the body, is to be made 
within the State, the wording of the burial or removal permit may be 
limited to the statement by the registrar, and over his signature, that 
a satisfactory certificate of death having been filed with him, as re- 
quired by law, permission is granted to inter, remove, or dispose other- 
wise of tho body, stating the name, age, sox, cause of death, and other 
necessary details upon the form required by tho State registrar.”14 
Moreover, ”Ro person in charge of any premises on which interments are 
made shall inter or permit the interment of or other disposition of any 
human body unless it is accompanied by a burial, removal, or transit 
permit, as herein provided. And such person shall endorse upon the per- 
mit the date of interment over his signature, and shall return all per- 
mits so endorsed to the local registrar of his district within ten days 
from the date of the interment, or within the time fixed by the local 
ordinance. He shall keep a record of all bodies interred or otherwise 
disposed of on the premises under his charge, in each case stating the 
name of the deceased person, place of death, date of burial or disposal, 
and name and address of undertaker; . . . , Again, ntho undertaker 
or person acting as such, when burying a body in a cemetery or burial 
ground having no person in charge, shall sign the burial or removal 
permit, giving the date of burial, and shall write across the face of 
the permit the words *No person in charge* and file tho burial or re- 
moval permit within ten days with the registrar of the district in 
which the cemetery is located.”15 
On the tenth day of each month each local registrar transmits to 
the State Registrar of Vital Statistics all original death certificates 
registered by him for the preceding month, after these certificates 
have first been recorded in a book supplied to the local registrar for 
the purpose by the State Registrar; each such book, when filled, is re- 
quired to be deposited with the judge of probate of tho county to con- 
stitute a permanent record of deaths. If no deaths have occurred in 
his precinct in any given month, tho local registrar must report that 
fact also.18 The original death certificates sent in by the local reg- 
istrar to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics are bound and indexed 
by the latter official and constitute a permanent State record of 
deaths. 
A certified copy of the record of any death in Alabama is obtain- 
able from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, upon payment by the 
14. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, soc. 14, subdivision 10. 
15. Ibid., subdivision 11. 
!S. Ibid. 
17. Ibid., subdivisions 14, 19. 
18. Ibid., subdivision 19. 
19. Ibid., subdivision 18. 23 
Deaths 
applicant of a fee of 50 cents.20 It is provided that any such copy of 
a death record, when properly certified by the State Registrar of Vital 
Statistics, shall be prina facie evidence in all courts and places of 
the facts therein stated; and it is further provided that if after 
searching the files and records no certified copy is made, the State 
Registrar is entitled to a fee of 50 cents to bo paid by the applicant 
for each hour, or fraction thereof, of time so spent,21 
20, Ala. Acts, 1915, p, 909, soc. 14, subdivision 21; Code, 1940, V, 
169, title 22, soc. 42, 
21. Ala. Acts, 1919, p. 909, see. 14, subdivision 21. Death Records 
24 
AUTAUGA COUNTY 
Prattville 
(Not surveyed) 
BALDNIN COUNTY 
Bay Ninette 
1884-1914, 
1917-21 
Record (See under Birth Records), 
1921-36 
Certificates, 10 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Chron. by year 
date and alph. thereunder by name of decedent. 
BARBOUR COUNTY 
Clayton 
1881-1917 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1922-36 
Certificates, 14 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1957— 
Summary cards, 2 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
BIBB COUNTY 
Centerville 
1900-1919 
(See under Birth Records). 
1936— 
Summary cards, 2 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
BLOUNT COUNTY 
Oneonta 
(Not surveyed) 
BULLOCK COUNTY 
Union Springs 
(Not surveyed) 
BUTLER COUNTY 
Greenville 
1894-1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Chron. by year 
date and alph. thereunder by name of decedent. Death Records 
Greenville (cent.) 
1920-33 
Precinct registrars’ records, (no. vols, not stated 
see under Birth Records). Numer. by precinct no. 
and chron. thereunder by date of entry. 
CALHOUN COUNTY 
Anniston 
1919, 1921-35 
Certificates, 20 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by surname of parents. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 5 file drawers. Alph. by name 
of infant. 
CHAMBERS COUNTY 
Lafayette 
(Not surveyed) 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
Center 
Nov, 1908- 
Aug. 1912 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 
Jan. 1929- 
July 1936 
Certificates, 4 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
CHILTON COUNTY 
Clanton 
1908-19 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1935— 
Summary cards, 1 file box. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
CHOCTAW COUNTY 
Butler 
1881-June 1893 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 
CLARKE COUNTY 
Grove Hill 
1908-36 
Record, 5 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1914-19 
Record (Soe under Birth Records). 
Oct. 1, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
er.ftrl fint,. Death Records 
CLAY COUNTY 
Ashland 
1920— 
Record, 13 vols. Numer. by precinct no. and 
chron. thereunder by date of entry. 
Oct. 2, 1937 — 
Summary cards (See under Birth Records). 
GISBORNE COUNTY 
Heflin 
(Not surveyed) 
COFFEE COUNTY 
Elba 
1925-33 
Certificates, 9 vols. Chron. by date of entry, 
certificates numbered consecutively. No index 
1925-25; separate index, alph. by name of dece- 
dent, 1927-33. 
1936— 
Summary cards, 800 cards. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
1920-36 
Precinct registrars1 records, 16 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
Enterprise 
Nov. 25, 1907- 
May 3, 1916 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 
May 7, 1916- 
July 17, 1925 
Precinct registrars* records, 17 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr* chron. by date of entry. 
COLBERT COUNTY 
Tuscumbia 
July 1881- 
Oct. 1907 
Record, 1 vol. Alph. by surname of decedent and 
chron, thereunder by date of entry. 
Nov. 1907- 
Oct. 1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1919-36 
Certificates, 13 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
decedent. Death Records 
CONECUH COUNTY 
Evergreen 
1881-1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1920-38 
Precinct registrars1 records (See under Birth 
Records). 
COOSA COUNTY 
Rockford 
' Nov. 24, 1935— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer, Ghron. by date 
filed. 
Feb. 28, 
1920-36 
Precinct registrars’ records, 9 vols, Chron. by 
date of entry. 
COVINGTON COUNTY 
... . „ . • 
Andalusia 
May’l, 1909- 
Nov. 6, 1920 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1922-36 
Certificates, 12 vols. Ghron. by date of entry, 
1922-29, and numer. by certificate no. 1930- 
36. Separate index, alph. by name of 
decedent, 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Alph. by name 
of decedent. 
CRENSHAW COUNTY 
Luverne 
(Not surveyed) 
CULLMAN COUNTY 
Cullman 
Jan. 1887- 
Dec. 1919 
Record, 7 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Mar, 1927- 
Dec. 1936 
Certificates, 8 vols. Numer, by certificate 
no. Indexed alph, by name of decedent. 
Feb. 1937 — 
Summary cards, 4 file drawers. Chron. by years, 
and numer. thereunder by boat no., and alph. 
thereunder by name of decedent. Death Records 
DALE COUNTY 
Ozark 
Sept. 12, 1927- 
Dec. 23, 1936 
Certificates, 5 vols. Ghron. by year, numer. by 
certificate no. 
1936— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
1920-32 
Precinct registrars’ records, 7 vols. Records for 
each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
DALLAS COUNTY 
Selma 
1922— 
Record, 169 vols. Chron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of decedent. 
DEKALB COUNTY 
Fort Payne 
1885-1918 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1919-37 
Precinct registrars’ records, 21 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
ELMORE COUNTY 
Uetumpka 
1927-36 
Certificates, 9 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph, by name of decedent. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer, Numer. by beat no. 
and alph. thereunder by name of decedent. 
ESCAMBIA COUNTY 
Brewton 
1909-17 
Record, 3 vols. Ghron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of decedent, 1907-17; sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of decedent, 1923-37. 
1923-37 
Certificates, 8 vols. Alph. by name of decedent. 
Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, (quantity not stated). 
ETOWAH COUNTY 
Gadsden 
Jan. 10, 1898- 
Record, 1 vol. Numer, by precinct no. and chron. Death Records 
Gadsden (cent.) 
Dec. 21, 1907 
thereunder by date of entry. Indexed alph. by 
name of decedent; separate index, alph. by name 
of decedent, Jan. 10, 1398-Apr. 22, 1919. 
Jan. 22, 1908- 
Apr. 22, 1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
May 16, 1919- 
July 31, 1956 
Certificates, 37 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of decedent. 
FAYETTE COUNTY 
Fayette 
1899-1905, 
Apr. 1908- 
Lee. 1912 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
June 1937-- 
Summary cards (See under Birth Records). 
1920-May 31, 
1937 
Precinct registrars’ records, 7 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. numer. by registration no 
FRANKLIN COUNTY 
Russellville 
Jan. 1, 1930- 
Dec. 31, 1936 
Certificates, 4 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Indexed alph. by name of decedent. 
Jan. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards (See under Birth Records). 
GENEVA COUNTY 
Geneva 
Oct. 1, 1937-- 
Certificates, 1 file box. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
GREENE COUNTY 
Eutaw 
June 1, 1909- 
Jan. 1, 1912 
Record, 5 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
For 1912-19 (See under Birth Liecord) . 
Jan. 1, 1920— 
Precinct registrars’ records, 8 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
Sept. 1, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 2 file drapers. Alph. by name 
of decedent. Death Records 
HALE C GUTTY 
Greensboro 
Apr. 7, 1881- 
Feb. 12, 1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
Sept. 25, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name 
of decedent. 
Jan. 1, 1920- 
May 31, 1935 
Precinct registrars1 records, 18 vols. Records 
of each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
HENRY COUNTY 
Abbeville 
1930-36 
Certificates, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 
HOUSTON COUNTY- 
Dothan 
1908-19, 
1922— 
Certificates, 30 vols. Numer. by certificate 
no. Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
JACKSON COUNTY 
Scottsboro 
(Not surveyed) 
JEFFERSON COUNTY 
Birmingham 
1881— 
Record, 75 vols. Chron. by years, and alph. 
thereunder by name of decedent. Separate in- 
dex, alph. by name of decedent, May 1, 1881—. 
LAMAR COUNTY 
Vernon 
(Not surveyed) 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY 
Florence 
Jan. 22, 1890- 
Apr. 10, 1920 
Record, 1 vol. For 1916-19, also see under 
Birth Records. Chron. by date of entry, Jan. 
22, 1890-Feb. 28, 1908; alph. by name of dece- 
dent, May 5, 1908-Apr. 10, 1920. 
1916-19 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
Oct. 2, 1920- 
Dec. 27, 1936 
Certificates, 10 vols. Alph. by name of‘dece- 
dent . Death Records 
Florence (cont.) 
1935— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
Fob. 13, 1920- 
May 17, 1932 
Precinct registrars’ records, 36 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
LAWRENCE COUNTY 
Moulton 
(Not surveyed) 
LEE COUNTY 
Opelika 
1916-19 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1925-37 
Certificates, 12 vols. Alph. by name of dece- 
dent. Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
1937 — 
Summary cards (See under Birth Records). 
LIMESTONE COUNTY 
Athens 
1881-98 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph, by name of decedent. 
1919-Tan. 
1937 
Certificates, 14 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph, by name of decedent. 
Fob. 1937 — 
Summary cards, 2 file boxes. Alph, by name of 
decedent. 
LOWNDES comm' 
Haynovillo 
Apr, 15, 1881- 
Fob. 14, 1905 
Record, 1 vol. Humor, by beat no. and chron. 
thereunder by date of entry. 
Jan. 1, 1910- 
May 29, 1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
May 23-Doc. 31, 
1919, 
Apr. 3, 1928- 
Doc. 30, 1936 
Certificates, 7 vols. Humor, by State Regis- 
trar’s file no. Separate index, alph. by name 
of decedent. 
Jan. 22, 1937 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
decedent. Death Records 
Hayneville (cent.) 
Jan. 1, 1520 
Precinct registrars’ records, 32 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. hy date of entry. 
MACON COUNTY 
Tuskegee 
1528-36 
Certificates, 10 vols. Numor. by file no. 
Separate index, alph, by name of decedent. 
1537 — 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers, Alph. by name 
of decedent. 
MADISON COUNTY 
Huntsville 
1881-54, 
1508-18 
Record, 3 vols. Chron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of decedent, 1881-94; no 
index, 1508-18. 
1515-36 
Certificates, 28 vols, Numer. by certificate 
no. Indexed alph. by name of decedent. 
1937 — 
Sumary cards, 2 file drawers. Alph. by name of 
decedent, 
MARENGO COUNTY 
Linden 
1506-13 
Record (See under Birth Records), 
1524-36 
Certificates, 12 vols, Numor. by certificate 
no. Indexed alph. by name of decedent. 
Jan. 6, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 2 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
decedent. See under Birth Records, Jan, 7, 
1539 — . 
1913— 
Precinct registrars’ records, 12 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron, by date of entry. 
MARION COUNTY 
Hamilton 
Sept, 9, 1502- 
Nov. 27, 1919 
Record, 6 vols, Chron. by date of entry. 
1931-36 
Certificates, 3 vols, Numor, by file no. 
Separate index. Alph, by name of decedent. 
1937— 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer, Chron, by years 
and alph, thereunder by name of decedent. Death Records 
MARSHALL COUNTY 
Guntersville 
(Not surveyed) 
MOBILE COUNTY 
Mobile 
1820— 
Record, 30 vols. Chron. by date of entry. No 
index, 1820-42, separate index, alph. by name 
of decedent. 
1876 — 
Certificates, 52 vols. and 75 boxes. Chron. by 
date of entry. Separate index, alph. by name 
of decedent. 
1914— 
Certificates and transit permits, 8 file boxes. 
Alph. by name of decedent. 
1920-- 
Precinct registrars’ records, 62 vols. No ob- 
vious arr. 
MONROE COUNTY 
Monroeville 
Jan. 4, 1908- 
Doc. 2, 1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
Seat. 1,.19 27- 
Dec. 29, 1956 
Certificates, 4 vols. ITumer, by file no. 
Jan. 2, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 4 file boxes. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
} lOIJTGOHERY C Oil FTY 
Montgomery 
1908-12 
Record, 1 vol. iorr. (not stated). 
1932-36 
Record (excluuing city of montgomery), 1 vol. 
Chron. by date of entry. 
1932-36 
Record (city of Montgomery), 1 vol. Chron. 
by date of entry. 
MORGAN COUI TY 
Decatur 
1893-99, 
1904-19 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1920-37 
Certificates, 13 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, 1913—. Alph. by name of decedent. Death Records 
PERRY COUNTY 
Marion 
Seat. 13, 1908- 
Nov. 1913 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1950-36 
Certificates, 5 vols. Chron. by dates of cer- 
tificates; certificates numbered consecutively. 
Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer. Alph. by name of 
decedent. 
PICKENS COUNTY 
Carrollton 
1905-27 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1928-36 
Certificates, 6 vols. Numer, by certificate 
no. Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file box. Numer. by certifi- 
cate no. Separate index, alph. by name of 
decedent• 
PIKE COUNTY 
Troy 
1881-1919 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
1920-36 
Certificates, 18 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
RANDOLPH COUNTY 
Nedowee 
1866-1905, 
1908-19 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
Apr. 6, 1935— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers, Chron. by years, 
and numer. thereunder by certificate no. See 
under Birth Records, Jan. 1939—. 
1920-38 
Precinct registrars’ record, (quantity not 
stated, see under Birth Records). Records for 
each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. 
RUSSELL COUNTY 
Phenix City 
1934-36 
Certificates, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. Death Records 
Phenix (cent.) 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawur. Chron. by years, 
nuraur, thuruunder by boat no. and alph. there- 
under by name of decedent. 
Seale 
Juno 1913- 
Aug. 1916 
Record, 1 vol. Chron, by date of entry. 
SHELBY COUNTY 
Columbiana 
(Not surveyed) 
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 
Pull City 
1896-1919 
Record, 2 vols, Chron, by date of entry. See 
under Birth Records, 1916-1919. 
1916 — 
Record (See under Birth Records), 
SUMTER COUNTY 
Livingston 
Apr. 1, 1881- 
Nov. 28, 1919 
Record, 4 vols. Chron, by date of entry. 
Jan. 5, 1921- 
Oct. 15, 1936 
Certificates, 10 vols. Chron, by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph, by name of decedent. 
Jan. 5, 1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file box. Alph. by name of 
decedent, 
Due. 31, 1919— 
Precinct registrars’ record, 22 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr, chron. by date of entry. 
TALLADEGA COUNTY 
Talladega 
1897-1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1920-37 
Certificates, 11 vols, Alph. by name of dece- 
dent . 
1937 — 
Summary cards, 1 file drawer, Alph. by name 
of decedent. 
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY 
Dadovillo 
(Not surveyed) Death Records 
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY 
Tuscaloosa 
1880-1920 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1893-1902, 
1910-12 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1920— 
Certificates (See under Birth Records). 
WALKER COUNTY 
Jasper 
1890-1907 
Record, 2 vols, Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of decedent. 
Jan. 1932- 
Dec. 1936 
Certificates, 6 vols. Numer. by certificate no. 
Separate index, alph. by name of decedent. 
Jan. 1, 1937— 
Summary cards, 2 file drawers. Alph, by name 
of decedent. 
WASHINGTON COUNTY 
C hatom 
1908-19 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1927-37 
Certificates (See under Birth Records). 
1938— 
Summary cards (See under Birth Records). 
1920-36 
Precinct registrars' records, (quantity not 
stated, see under Birth Records). 
WILCOX COUNTY 
Camden 
1905-15, 
1918-19 
Record, 3 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
WINSTON COUNTY 
Double Springs 
Jan. 1889- 
June 1919 
Record (See under Birth Records). 
1928-32, 
1935-36 
Certificates, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Oct. 26, 1936— 
Summary cards, 2 bundles. Chron. by years, 
and alph. thereunder by name of decedent. 
July 1919- 
Nov. 1928 
Precinct registrars* record, 29 vols. Records 
for each precinct arr. chron. by date of entry. MARRIAGES 
In Alabama persons desiring to enter into a contract of marriage 
have always boon required to secure a license therefor. Marriage li- 
censes wore issued by the register (clerk) of the orphans1 court of 
county in which the female resided between 1805 and 1850,1 In the lat- 
ter year, the orphans1 court in each county was superseded by the pro- 
bate court,2 and the issuance of marriage licenses became, and still 
is, a function of the judge of probate in each county,5 
To bo eligible to enter into a marriage contract in Alabama, the 
man must be at least 17 and the woman at least 14;4 and if the man be 
under 21, or the woman be under 18 and as yet unmarried, before the 
license may be issued the judge of probate is required to obtain the 
consent of the parents or guardians of such minors, and also to take 
a bond in the sum of $200, payable to the State, to indemnify the 
judge in case it should develop that either party is in fact too young 
to be eligible to contract marriage.5 Where such improper issuance of 
a marriage license is established, the probate judge issuing the same 
forfeits $200 to the parent of the minor involved, or to such minor’s 
guardian for the use of his ward, to be collectible by suit,^ 
In 1919 a further condition of eligibility was imposed upon the 
male applicant for a marriage license. By the terms of legislation 
then enacted, it is unlawful for any judge of probate to issue a mar- 
riage license unless the male applicant therefor has filed with the 
judge, at least 15 days earlier, a certificate signed by a physician 
licensed to practice in Alabama and stating that such applicant has 
been found, after a thorough examination, to be free from any vene- 
real disease/'' A judge of probate who issues a marriage license with- 
out having first received such certificate of the prospective groom’s 
antenuptial examination, becomes guilty of a misdemeanor and must, up- 
on conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $100, or bo sen- 
tenced to hard labor for the county for a period of not more than six 
months, one or both in the discretion of the court trying his case.8 
1. Harry Toulrain, Ksq., A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama, 
p. 576, sees, 1, 5. 
2. Ala. Acts, 1849-50, pp. 24-35. 
3. Ibid., see, 9; Code, 1940, VI, 192, title 34, see, 9. 
4. Code, 1940, VI, 190, title 34, see, 4, 
5. Ibid., 193, title 34, sec, 10; Crook, Judge, &c. v. Webb, 125 
Ala. 457. 
6. Code, 1940, VI, 196, title 34, see, 15. 
7. Ala. Acts, 1919, p, 169, sees. 1, 2, 
8. Ibid., see, 3, 38 
Marriages 
Early territorial legislation authorized "any one of the terri- 
torial judges, any ordained minister of the gospel, and any justice 
of the peace'1 within his county, to solemnize the rite of matrimony 
for duly licensed parties.9 Current legislation gives this authority 
to any judge of the supreme, appellate or circuit courts and, within 
each county, to the probate judge, his clerk, and any justice of the 
peace.-1-0 The officiant has always been required to transmit to the 
judge of probate of the county in which the marriage is performed, a 
certificate of the same for recording;11 current statute prescribes 
that such transmittal must be made within one month.-1-2 
The judge of probate of each Alabama county has always been re- 
quired to keep a marriage record, in which are recorded the license 
and the marriage certificate. s In addition, current statute pre- 
scribes that the consent of the parent or guardian, when one of the 
contracting parties is a minor, must also be recorded in the marriage 
record 
Since 1907 the judge of probate in each county has been required, 
within the first five days of each calendar month, to report to the 
State Board of Health, on forms supplied by this board, all marriages 
that have occurred within his county during the preceding monthj-1-0 
and since 1955, further legislation has required the judge to include 
with this monthly report to the State Board of Health, all the origi- 
nal marriage licenses and certificates therein reported.^0 
A copy of a marriage certificate or other marriage document filed 
and recorded in any Alabama county, duly certified, may be obtained 
from the judge of probate of the county, upon payment by the applicant 
of a fee of 50 cents.1? 
9. Toulmin, op. cit., p. 576, secs. 2, 7. 
10. Code, 1940, VI, 192, title 54, secs, b, 7; Ala. Acts, 1G92, p. 
1190, sec. 1, subdivision 5. 
11. Toulmin, op. cit., p, 576, secs. 2, 7. 
12. Code, 1940, VI, 196, title 54, soc. 12. 
15. Toulmin, ojd, cit., p, 576, secs. 2, 7. 
14, Code, 1940, VI, 195-196, title 54, secs. 11-12. 
15. Ala. Acts, 1907, p, C95, sec. 17. 
16, Ala. Acts, 1956, pp. 215-216, soc. 1* 
17. Code, 1940: III, 275-277, title 11, sec. 29; V, 184, title 22, 
soc. 92. Marriage Records 
39 
AUTAUGA COUNTY 
Prattville 
(Not surveyed) 
BALDWIN COUNTY 
Bay Ninette 
Juno 1810- 
April 1836, 
July 1845— 
Record (white), 11 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. 
Jan. 1866-- 
Record (Negro), 5 vols. Chron, by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. 
Jan, 1903- 
July 1936 
License stubs, 21 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Aug. 1935— 
Applications for license, 2 file boxes. Alph. 
by name of applicant. 
1903— 
Licenses, 14 file drawers * Chron. by date is- 
sued and alph, thereunder by name of male. 
BARBOUR COUNTY 
Clayton 
1838— 
Record, 23 vols, Chron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph, by name of male. 
Jan. 1914- 
July 1936 
Licenses, 3 file boxes. Chron. by date issued. 
Eufaula 
(Not surveyed) 
BIBB COUNTY 
Gcntervillo 
Dec. 12, 1820— 
Record, 19 vols. Chron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of male, Dec. 12, 1820-June 
6, 1881; by name of each party, June 26, 1881—. 
Aug. 25, 1823- 
July 1936 
Licenses, 21 file boxes. Chron. by date issued. 
BLOUNT COUNTY 
Oneouta 
1820-43, 
1857 — 
Record, 30 vols, Chron, by date of entry. No 
index, 1820-43, 1866-71; indexed alph. by name 
of each party, 1861-65, 1372—, 40 
Marriage Records 
Oneonta (cont.) 
Sept* 1921-22, 
1925, 1927-28, 
1950-31, 1934- 
July 1936 
Licenses, 1 file box. Chron, by date issued. 
1919-20, 
1923, 1926-30, 
1933-1935 
Physicians’ certificates of antenuptial ex- 
amination of male, 1 file box, Chron. by date 
filed. 
BULLOCK COUNTY 
Union Springs 
Feb. 4, 1657— 
Record (white), 9 vols. Chron. by date 
licenses returned. 
Feb. 4, 1867-- 
Record (Negro), 27 vols. Chron. by date li- 
censes returned. 
BUTLER COUNTY 
Greenville 
1853-98 
Record (white ana Negro), 16 vols. Chron. by 
date of entry. No index, 4 vols., (dates not 
reported); indexed alph. by name of each party, 
12 vols., (dates not reported). 
Aug. 18, 1898- 
Aug. 1, 1936 
Record (white), 6 vols, Chron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 18, 1898- 
Aug. 1, 19 36 
Record (Negro), 9 vols. Chron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1935— 
applications for license, 2 vols. Chron. by 
date filed. Indexed alph. by name of each 
party. 
CALHOUN COUNTY 
Anniston 
Sept. 15, 
1834— 
Record, 22 vols, Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1916— 
Applications for license, 13 file drawers and 6 
vols. Chron. by date filed. No index 1916-Feb. 
1930, Aug. 1, 1936—; indexed alph. by name of 
each party, Mar. 1930-July 1936. 
Jan. 1, 1907- 
Dec. 31, 1910, 
Jan. 1, 1916- 
Dec . 51, 1936 
Licenses, 11 file drawers. Chron. by date filed Marriage Records 
41 
GHA1BERS COUNTY 
Lafayette 
April 23, 1853— 
Record (white), 16 vols. Ghron. by date of en- 
try. No index, vol. 1; indexed alph. by name 
of each party, vols. 2-16. 
Sept. 15, 1865— 
Record (Negro), 10 vols. Ghron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Jan. 7, 1917- 
Dcc, 28, 1923, 
Doc. 1, 1926— 
Applications for license (white), 7 vols. and 1 
file drawer. Ghron. by date filed. 
Sopt. 14, 1916- 
Oct. 10, 1919, 
Sept. 3, 1921— 
Applications for license (Negro), 9 vols. and 1 
file drawer. Ghron, by date filed. 
Jan. 1, 1895- 
Jan. 29, 1911, 
1926-36 
Licenses (white), 2 file boxes. Ghron, by date 
issued. 
1895-1908, 
1911-12, 
1927-July 1936 
Licenses (Negro), 2 file boxes, Chron. by date 
issued. 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
Center 
May 1882- 
June 1936 
Record, 13 vols. Chron. by date filed. Indexed 
alph. by name of each party. 
CHILTON COUNTY 
Clanton 
1870-- 
Record, IB vols. Ghron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1896-1936 
Licenses, 23 file boxes, Chron. by dote issued. 
1920— 
Physicians’ certificates of antenuptial examina- 
tion of male, 5 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
CHOCTAN COUNTY 
Butler 
' 1871— 
Record, 19 vols, Ghron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party; also separate 
index, alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
42 
Butler (cent.) 
1919 — 
Applications for license; and physicians’ cer- 
tificates of antenuptial examination of male. 5 
file drawers and 1 box. No obvious arr. 
1871-1936 
Licenses, 12 file drawers. No obvious arr. 
C LARNE COUNTY 
Grove Hill 
1813— 
Record, 39 vols. Chron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of male. 
1919 — 
Physicians’ certificates of antenuptial examina- 
tion of male, 10 bundles. Chron. by date of 
entry. 
CLAY COUNTY 
Ashland 
Nov. 2, 1872 — 
Record, 19 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
May 20, 1909- 
July 25, 1936 
License stubs, 20 vols, Chron. by date of appli- 
cation. 
Aug. 1936— 
Applications for license, 1 vol. Chron. by date 
of application* 
Jan. 1, 1384- 
July 31, 1936 
Licenses, 12 file drawers and 13 bundles. No 
obvious arr. 
CLEBURNE county 
Heflin 
(Not surveyed) 
COFFEE COUNTY 
Elba 
1866-88 
Record (white and Negro), 3 vols. Chron by 
date issued. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1889 - 
July 31, 1936 
Record (white), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1839- 
July 31, 1936 
Record (Negro), 4 vols. Chron, by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1936 — 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, white), 1 vol. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
Elba (cont 
Aug. 
.) 
1, 1935— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, Negro), 1 vol. Ghron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1910 
1936 
•Aug. 1, 
License stubs, 24 vols. Ghron, by date issued. 
Aug. 
1, 1936— 
Applications for license, 1 vol, Ghron. by date 
of application. 
Enterprise 
Nov, 
Aug. 
"22, 1907- 
7, 1937 
Record (transcripts of licenses and certificates, 
white). Ghron, by date issued. Indexed alph, 
by name of each party. 
Nov. 
Aug. 
22, 1907- 
7, 1937 
Record (transcripts of licenses and certificates, 
Negro), Ghron, by date issued. Indexed alph, 
by name of each party. 
Aug. 
21, 1937 — 
Record (transcripts of various marriage documents, 
white), 1 vol, Ghron, by date issued. Indexed 
alph, by name of each party. 
Aug. 
21, 1937 — 
Record (transcripts of various marriage documents, 
Negro), 1 vol, Ghron. by date issued. Indexed 
alph, by name of each party. 
Oct, 
Aug. 
14, 1911- 
14, 1937 
License stubs, 30 vols. Ghron. by date issued. 
Aug. 
21, 1937— 
Applications for license, 1 vol. Ghron. by date 
of application. 
COLBERT COUNTY 
Tuscumbia 
1867- 
Record, 19 vols, Ghron, by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1910- 
’36 
License stubs, 26 vols, Ghron. by date issued. 
Aug. 
1936— 
Applications for license, 2 clip binders. Alph, 
by name of male. 
1910- 
'36 
Licenses, 1 bundle, 1 storage shelf, and 3 file 
drawers. Ghron. by date of entry. Marriage Records 
CONECUH COUNTY 
Evergreen 
1866— 
Record (transcripts of licenses), 20 vols. (Arr. 
not stated.) Indexed alph. by name of male. 
1904-36 
Licenses, 14 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
COOSA COUNTY 
Rockford 
1834-1900 
Applications for license (white and Negro), 
10 vols* Chron. by date of entry. 
1900-1936 
Licenses (white), 5 vols. Alph. by name of 
male. 
1900-1930 
Licenses (Negro), 4 vols. Chron. by date of 
application. Indexed alph. by name of male. 
COVINGTON COUNTY 
Andalusia 
1895-1914 
Record (white and Negro), 4 vols. Chron. by 
date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of each 
party. 
1908— 
Record (white), 9 vols. Chron. by date filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1914— 
Record (Negro), 4 vols. Chron. by date filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1923— 
Applications for license, 38 file boxes. Chron. 
by date of application. 
Nov. 8, 1895- 
June 26, 1936 
Licenses, 70 file boxes. Chron. by date of 
entry. 
CRENSHAW COUNTY 
Luverne 
April 2, 1882— 
Record, 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
CULLMAN COUNTY 
Cullman 
Mar. 21, 1877- 
July 31, 1936 
Record (transcripts of licenses), 25 vols, 
Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name 
of each party. Marriage Records 
Cullman (cont.) 
Aug. 1, 1936 — 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments) , 5 vols, Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1877-1930, 
1932-July 31, 
1936 
Licenses, 25 file drawers. Chron, by date 
filed. 
DALE COUNTY 
Ozark 
1884- 
Juno 30, 1904 
Record (white and Negro), 5 vols. Chron. by 
date issued. Indexed alph, by name of each party; 
also separate index, alph. by name of each party. 
July 1, 1904— 
Record (white), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
July 1, 1904 — 
Record (Negro), 4 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party; also sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of each party. 
DALLAS COUNTY 
Salma 
1818— 
Record (white), 16 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. 
Juno 1, 
1871 — 
Record (Negro), 40 vols. Chron, by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 
1936 — 
Applications for license, 8 bundles and 1 file 
box. Chron. by date issued. 
1872- 
Aug. 1936 
Licenses, 2 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
DEKALB COUNTY 
Fort Payne 
1836-1936 
Record, 21 vols. (Arr. not stated). Indexed 
alph. by name of each party; also separate index, 
alph. by name of each party, 1933-36. 
1836-1937 
Licenses, 500 files. No obvious arr. 
ELMORE COUNTY 
Wotumpka 
1867 — 
Record (white), 18 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
Wetumpka {cont.) 
1867 — 
Record (Negro), 15 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
ESCAMBIA COUNTY 
Brewton 
1879-1938 
Record (white), 16 vols. Alph. b,r name of each 
party. 
1879-1938 
Record (Negro), 9 vols. Alph. b,r name of each 
party. 
ETOWAH COUNTY 
Gadsden 
Mar. 26, 1867— 
Record, 49 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Separate index, alph* by name of each pafty* 
FAYETTE COUNTY 
Fayette 
1866-- 
Record, 12 vols. Chron. by dete issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1956— 
Applications for license, 3 bundles and I file 
drawer. Chron. by date filed. 
1950-Aug. 
31, 1936 
Licenses, 2 file boxes and 8 bundles. Chron. by 
date licenses returned. 
FRANKLIN COUNTY 
Russellville 
1890-- 
Record, 12 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1890-1935 
Licenses and bonds, 20 file drawers. Chron.. by 
date licenses returned. 
1985— 
Physicians' certificates of antenuptial examina- 
tion of male, 10 bundles. No obvious arr. 
GENEVA COUNTY 
Geneva 
1398-- 
Record (white), 19 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of male; also separate in- 
dex, alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
Geneva (cent. 
1898— 
) 
Applications for license (white), 6 vols. and 1 
file drawer. Chron. by date of application. 
Separate index* alph* by name of each party. 
1898— 
Record (Negro), 10 vols. Chron, by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of mole; also separate in- 
dex, alph, by name of each party. 
1898— 
Applications for license (Negro), 4 vols. and 1 
file drawer. Chron. by date of application. 
Separate index, alph. by name of each party. 
1898-Aug 
IE, 1936 
• 
Reports, quarterly (white), 3 file boxes. Chron. 
by date of entry. Separate index, alph. by name 
of each party. 
1898-Aug 
12, 1936 
• 
Reports, quarterly (Negro), 2 file boxes. Chron. 
by date of entry. Separate index, alph. by name 
of each party. 
1898-Aug 
12, 1936 
• 
Licenses (white), 5 file boxes. Chron. by date 
filed. Separate index, alph, by name of each 
party. 
1898-Aug 
12, 1936 
• 
Licenses (Negro), 3 file boxes. Chron, by date 
of entry. Separate index, alph. by name of each 
party. 
GREENE COUNTY 
Eutaw 
Oct, 7, 
June 2, 
1823- 
1936 
Record (license and bond, white), 6 vols. Chron. 
by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of male. 
Jan. 9, 
Aug. 1, 
1849, 
1936 
Record (license and surety bond, Negro), 10 vols. 
Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name 
of male. 
Aug. 8, 
1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage documents, 
white), 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed 
alph. by name of male. 
Aug. 8, 
1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage documents, 
Negro), 2 vols, Chron. by date of entry. Indexed 
alph. by name of mole. 
Oct. 1, 
1936 — 
Applications for license, 52 envelopes. Chron. by 
date of application. 
Fob. 2, 
Apr, 6, 
1912- 
1936 
Licenses, 238 envelopes. Chron. by dato filed. Marriage Records 
HALE COUNTY 
Greensboro 
Mar. 31, 1867- 
July 31, 1936 
Record (white), 4 vols. Chron, by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Mar. 23, 1867- 
Aug. 2, 1936 
Record (Negro), 10 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, white), 1 vol. Chron, by date of appli- 
cation. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, Negro), 2 vols. Chron. by date of appli- 
cation. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Nov. 1920- 
July 1936 
License stubs (white), 3 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. 
Mar. 30, 1867- 
Dec. 20, 1892 
Applications for license and surety bonds (white), 
1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. 
by name of each party. 
HENRY COUNTY 
Abbeville 
1823— 
Record, 22 vols. Chron. by date licenses re- 
turned. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1905-35 
Licenses, 7 file drawers. Chron. by date filed. 
HOUSTON COUNTY 
Dothan 
1903— 
Record (white), 13 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1903— 
Record (Negro), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1908— 
Record (white), 30 vols. Chron, by date issued. 
1911— 
Record (Negro), 11 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
1903-36 
Licenses, 17 file drawers. Chron. by date filed. 
JACKSON COUNTY 
Scottsboro 
(Not surveyed) Marriage Records 
49 
JEFFERSON COUNTY 
Birmingham 
1825-1936 
Record (white), 138 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1882-1936 
C 
Record (Negro), 141 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Bessemer Division 
1916-56 
Record (white), 13 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1916-36 
Record (Negro), 17 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
LAMAR COUNTY 
Vernon 
Aug. 26, 1867- 
Sept. 12, 1956 
Record, 21 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments), 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1908, 1917- 
1921, 1923- 
1936 
Licenses, 28 boxes. Chron. by date issued, winh 
Licenses numbered consecutively. Indexed alph. 
by name of each party. 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY 
Florence 
1820-July 51, 
1936 
Record, 41 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1867-70 
Record, 1 vol. Chron, by date of entry. 
Aug, 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments), 2 vols. Chron. by date of application. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Dec. 1913- 
Dec. 1921, 
Jan. 1927- 
July 31, 1936 
License stubs, 9 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Aug. 1, 1956— 
Applications for license, 1 file drawer. Chron. 
by date filed. Marriage Records 
LAWRENCE COUNTY 
Moulton 
May 1818— 
Record, 25 vols, Chron, by date issued. In- 
dexed alph, by name of each party. 
Aug. 12, 1936— 
Applications for license, 2 file drawers, Chron. 
by date issued. 
May 22, 1818- 
Aug. 12, 1936 
Licenses, 41 file drawers. Chron, by date filed. 
LEE COUNTY 
Opelika 
1867-1935 
Record (white), 8 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. 
1867-1935 
Record (Negro), 10 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of male. 
1936 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph, by name of male. 
1923-July 31, 
1936 
License stubs, 35 vols. Chron, by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
LIMESTONE COUNTY 
Athens 
Juno 1832- 
Nov. 1862, 
Sept. 1868- 
July 31, 1936 
Record, 21 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph, by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, white), 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph, by name of each party. 
1936— 
Applications for license, 1 bundle, Chron, by 
date filed. 
1888-July 31, 
1936 
Licenses, 48 bundles, Chron, by date filed. 
1908-36 
Surety bonds, 10 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
LOWNDES COUNTY 
Hayneville 
Aug, 21, 1830— 
Record (white), 6 vols. Numcr. by license no. 
Indexed alph, by name of each party. Marriage Records 
Hayneville (cont.) 
1855— 
Record (Negro), 15 vols. Nuner. by license no. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Fob. 17, 1951- 
July 51, 1936 
License stubs, 8 vols. Numcr. by license no. 
Aug. 1, 1956— 
Applications for license. Chron. by date filed. 
Apr. 9, 1902- 
July 9, 1911 
Affidavits for license, 2 vols. Chron. by date 
filed. 
Aug. 18, 1926- 
July 31, 1936 
Licenses, 11 pigeon holes. Chron. by date filed. 
MACON COUNTY 
Tuskogee 
1834’-July 31, 
1936 
Record (white), 9 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph, by name of male. 
1858-July 31, 
1936 
Record (Negro), 10 vols. Chron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph. by name of male. 
Aug. 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage documents, 
white), 1 vol. Chron. by date filed. Indexed 
alph. by name of male. 
Aug, 1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage documents, 
Negro), 1 vol. Chron. by date filed. Indexed 
alph. by name of male. 
1924-36 
Applications for license, 76 bundles. Chron. by 
date filed. 
Jan. 1, 1900- 
1902, 1907-9, 
1924-July 31, 
1936 
Licenses, 2 file boxes and 27 bundles. Chron. by 
date filed. 
MADISON COUNTY 
Huntsville 
Apr. 3, 1809- 
Sept. 30, 1931 
Record (copy of original volumes), 3 vols. Numer. 
by license no. Separate index, alph. by nbme of 
each party. 
Feb. 14, 1820- 
Dec, 29, 1843 
Record (copy of original volumes, second series), 
2 vols. Numer, by license no, Feb. 14, 1820-June 
5, 1826; no obvious arr, Dec. 22, 1826-Dec, 29, 
1843. Separate index, alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
52 
Huntsville (cent.) 
Feb. 14, 1820- 
Aug. 6, 1828, 
Nov. 5, 1831- 
Jar, • 12, 1836, 
Sent. 25, 1843- 
Juiy 31, 1936 
Record, 64 vols. Numer. by license no., Feb. 14, 
1820-Aug* 6, 1828, ITov. 5> 1851-Jan. 12, 1836, 
Sept. 25, 1845-Dec. 12, 1871; chron. by date is- 
sued, Dec* 15, 1871-July 31, 1956. Indexed alph. 
by name of each party, Nov. 5,,1831-Jan. 12, 
1856, Sept. 25, 1845-Aug. 22, 1865, Jan. 29, 1885- 
Nov. 24, 1886, May 18, 1920- April 20, 1921; Sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 
1. 
1936-- 
Record {transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, white), 4 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Separate index, alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 
1, 
1956— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, Negro), 2 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Separate index, alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 
May ; 
1, 
31, 
1955- 
1959 
Applications for license, 3 file boxes. Chron. 
by date of application. 
June 
1, 
1939 — 
Applications for license (white), 1 file box. 
Chron. by date of application. 
June 
1, 
1939 — 
.applications for license (Negro), 1 file box. 
Chron. by date of application. 
Jan. 29 
July 31 
, 1865- 
, 1936 
Licenses, 4 storage boxes and 3 file boxes. 
Chron. by date issued Join. 29, 1865-Dec. 30,1953; 
numer. by vol. and page where recorded in Marriage 
Record, Jan. 6, 1934-July 31, 1936. 
MARENGO COUNTY 
Linden 
1818- 
1956 
-July 31, 
Record, 10 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1818- 
-- 
Record, 24 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
AUg. 
1, 
1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments), 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1902- 
-37 
Applications for license, 30 file drawers. Chron. 
by date filed. 
1902- 
-37 
Licenses, 30 file drawers. Chron. by date filed. Marriage Records 
MARION 
Hamilton 
Jan. 5, 1887 — 
Record, 16 vols, Chron. by date issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
MARSH/LL COUNTY 
Guntcrsville 
1836— 
Record, 28 vols. Chron. by date issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1836-1936 
Licenses, 64 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
Separate index, alph. by name of each party. 
MOBILE COUNTY 
Mobile 
1823-24, 
1827-30, 
1835— 
Record (white), 54 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph, by name of each party. 
1824-79, 
1918-19 
Marriage contracts, 10 vols, Chron. by date 
filed. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1865— 
Record (Negro), 32 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph, by name of each party. Separate 
index, alph. by name of each party. 
1831-61 
Surety Bonds, 8 vols. Chron, by dote filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1813-33 
Surety Bonds, 2 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
Separate index, alph. by name of groom. 
1833-July 31, 
1936 
Licenses, 22 file boxes and 27 pigeon holes. 
Chron. by date issued and thereunder by color. 
1918— 
Record (Thomas B. Allen, J. I,, Precinct 9), 4 
vols. Chron. by date rites performed. 
1786 
Marriage contract, 1 document. Drawn up in 
French; untranslated. 
MONROE COUNTY 
Monroeville 
July 30, 1833- 
July 31, 1936 
Record (xvhite), 10 vols. Chron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
Monroeville (cont•) 
Apr* 1908- 
5’eb. 1917 
Record, 1 vol. Alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1956— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, white), 1 vol. Ghron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph* by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1956— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, Negro), 1 vol* Chron* by date issued* 
Indexed alph* by name of each party. 
Aug. 15, 1914- 
Applications for license, 23 file boxes. Ghron* 
May 51, 1938 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
by date issued. 
Montgomery 
1817-1936 
Record (white), 30 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
18.49-1956 
Record (Negro), 50 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
MORGAN COUNTY 
Decatur 
1821-1956 
Record (white), 27 vols. (Arr. not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1865-1936 
Record (Negro), 11 vols. (Arr, not stated). 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1865-72 
Record (white and Negro), 1 vol. (Arr, not 
stated). Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1925-56 
PERRY COUNTY 
Licenses, 10 file boxes* (Arr. not stated). 
Marion 
Apr. 11, 1820— 
PICKENS COUNTY 
Record, 17 vols. Ghron. by date issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of male. 
Carrollton 
1876— 
Record (white), 9 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph, by name of male. 
1C76-- 
Record (Negro), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. Marriage Records 
Carrollton (cont.) 
1911-36 
Licenses, 9 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
1918— 
Applications for license, 3 file boxes. Chron. 
by date of application. 
PIKE COUNTY 
Troy 
1833-1936 
Record (white), 21 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of male. 
1833-1936 
Record (Negro), 15 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of male. 
1896-1900 
License stubs, 1 vol. Chron. by date issued, 
with stubs numbered consecutively. 
RANDOLPH COUNTY 
Wedowee 
Dec. 6, 1896-- 
Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
Nov. 5, 1898- 
July 31, 1936 
Licenses, 1 box and 5 file boxes. No obvious 
arr. 
Sept. 30, 1938— 
Applications for license (white), 1 vol. Alph. 
by name of male. 
Sept. 30, 1938— 
Applications for license (Negro), 1 vol. 
Alph. by name of male. 
RUSSELL COUNTY 
Phonix City 
Juno 18, 1928- 
July 51, 1938 
Record (white, serving northern division), 8 
vols. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. 
by name of each party. 
July 8, 1928- 
July 31, 1938 
Record (Negro, serving northern division), 
3 vols. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed, 
alph. by name of each party. 
Oct. 1, 1938— 
Applications for license (white and Negro, 
serving northern division), 1 box. Chron. by 
date issued. 
June 18, 1928- 
July 31, 1936 
Licenses (white, serving northern division), 
7 boxes. Chron. by date issued. Marriage Records 
Phenix City (cont.) 
July 26, 1928- 
July 31, 1936 
Licenses (Negro, serving northern division), 4 
boxes. Chron. by date issued. 
Seale 
Aug. 1834-Sept, 
1928 
Record (serving whole county), 33 vols. Chron. 
by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of each 
party. 
Oct. 1, 1928- 
July 31, 1938 
Record (white, serving southern division), 3 vols. 
Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name 
of each party. 
Oct. 1, 1928- 
July 31, 1938 
Record (Negro, serving southern division), 3 vols. 
Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name 
of each party. 
Nov. 4, 1879- 
Sept. 29, 1928 
Licenses (white, serving whole county), 54 bundles 
and 1 box. Chron. by date issued. 
Nov. 4, 1879- 
Sept. 29, 1928 
Licenses (Negro, serving whole county), 62 bundles 
and 1 box. Chron. by date issued. 
Oct. 1, 1928- 
July 31, 1938 
Licenses (white, serving southern division), 2 
boxes. Chron. by date issued. 
Oct. 1, 1928- 
July 31, 1938 
Licenses (Negro, serving southern division), 2 
boxes. Chron, by date issued. 
SHELBY COUNTY 
Columbiana 
(Not surveyed) 
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 
Ashville 
1819— 
Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1906-35 
Licenses (white), 7 file boxes. Chron. by date 
filed. 
1920-36 
Licenses (Negro), 2 file boxes. Chron, by date 
filed. 
Pell City 
~ '1903-16 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1916-36 
Record (white), 5 vols. Chron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 57 
Marriage Records 
Pell City 
191b- 
(cont.) 
-56 
Record (Negro), 2 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
SUMTER COUNTY 
Livingston 
April 29, 1833- 
Dec. 31, 1865, 
Feb. 2, 1870- 
July 31, 1936 
Record (white), 6 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 
Jan. 
26, 1865- 
31, 1870 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party; also sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of male. 
Mar. 16, 1867- 
July 31, 1936 
Record (Negro), 11 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party; 
also separate index, alph. by name of each party 
1867-1888. 
Aug. 
1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, white), 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 
1, 1936— 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments, Negro), 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Jan. 28, 1835- 
July 30, 1936 
Licenses, 59 file boxes. Chron. by date filed. 
1919- 
• — 
Physicians’ certificates of antenuptial examina- 
tion of male. 2 file boxes and 2 bundles. Chron. 
by date filed. 
TALLADEGA COUNTY 
Talladega 
Jan. 
Dec. 
Aug. 
22, 1854- 
31, 1916, 
1, 1936— 
Record, 20 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
Jan. 
July 
1, 1917- 
51, 1936 
Record (white), 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Jan. 1, 1917- 
July 51, 1936 
Record (Negro), 3 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. Marriage Records 
58 
Talladega 
(cent.) 
1. pr. 
Juno 
Sept. 
Apr. 
12, 1856- 
19, 1846, 
14, 1856- 
11, 1870 
Record (copy), 4 vols. Chron. by dote of entry. 
Indexed alph, by name of each party. 
Jen, 
Juno 
1, 1874- 
28, 1924 
Licenses, 5 vols, Chron, by date issued. 
Jen. 
July 
Aug. 
1, 1911- 
30, 1934, 
1, 1936-- 
Applications for license, 2 bins, 1 box and 5 
bundles. No obvious arr. 
July 
July 
1924- 
1936 
Reports of white marriages, 3 vols. Chron. by 
date of report and chron. thereunder by date 
license issued. 
July 
Dec, 
Jen. 
July 
1924- 
1927, 
1930- 
1936 
Reports of Negro marriages, 2 vols. Chron. by 
date of report and chron. thereunder by date 
license issued. 
Jan. 
Dec. 
1, 1911- 
30, 1934 
Licenses, 1 box. No obvious arr. 
TALLAPOOSA 
COUNTY 
Dadeville 
Aug. 
21, 1834-- 
Record, 19 vols. Chron. by date issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1865- 
•- 
Record (Negro), 5 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY 
Tuscaloose 
" 1825- 
■1882 
Record, 8 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1882- 
•1936 
Record (white), 13 vols. Chron. by date of en- 
try. Indexed alph, by name of each party. 
1882- 
•1936 
Record (Negro), 9 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1847- 
•1936 
Licenses (white and Negro), 2 boxes and 4 file 
drawers. Chron, by date filed. Marriage Records 
59 
WALKER COUNTY 
Jasper 
1877 - 
July 31, 1936 
Record, 35 vols, Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
Aug. 1, 1936-- 
Record (transcripts of various marriage docu- 
ments) , 2 vols. Chron. by date of application. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1887-July 
31, 1936 
Licenses, 214 cardboard jackets. Chron. by date 
licenses returned. 
WASHINGTON COUNTY 
Chatom 
1825-88 
Record (white and Negro), 4 vols. Chron. by 
date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of each 
party. 
1889-1936 
Record (white), 6 vols. Chron. by date filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1389-1936 
Record (Negro), 7 vols. Chron. by date filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
July 15, 1902- 
July 31, 1936 
Licenses, 8 file drawers, 20 file boxes, and 15 
bundles. Chron. by date licenses returned. 
WILCOX COUNTY 
Camden 
July 11, 1820 — 
Record (white), 18 vols. Chron. by date filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. 
Sept. 2, 1855— 
Record (Negro), 21, vols. Chron, by date filed. 
Indexed alph. by name of male. 
1913-36 
Record (white and Negro), 2 vols. Chron, by 
date filed. 
WINSTON COUNTY 
Double Springs 
Aug, 12, 1391— 
Record, 11 vols. Chron. by date issued. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
July 1936 — 
Applications for license, 1 box. Chron. by date 
issued. 
1895-1936 
Licenses, 3 boxes. Chron. by date issued. 60 
DIVORCES 
The history of divorce legislation in Alabama is obscure prior 
to 1803. In that year the Mississippi Territorial Legislature en- 
acted legislation which provided that "the supreme or superior court 
of this territory, having equity jurisdiction, shall, , . , have 
jurisdiction of all causes of divorce , . . Further legislation 
in 1807 created a superior court of law and equity in each county, 
and each such court was expressly stated to have chancery jurisdic- 
tion . 
The Alabama Constitution of 1819, which established the circuit 
court in each county to succeed the superior court of law and equity, 
contained the following provisions concerning divorce: 
"The general assembly shall have power to establish a court or 
courts of chancery, . , , and until the establishment of such court 
or courts, the said jurisdiction shall be vested in the judges of 
the circuit courts respectively; , , , ,"3 
"Divorces from the bonds of matrimony shall not be granted but 
in cases provided for by law, by suit in chancery; and no decree for 
such divorce shall have effect, until the same shall be sanctioned 
by two-thirds of both houses of the general assembly,"4 
In 1820 these constitutional measures were implemented with stat- 
utory provisions expressly declaring "the several circuit courts of 
this State , , , invested with power and jurisdiction to decree di- 
vorces."5 
In 1839, all chancery jurisdiction, including divorces, was 
transferred from the circuit courts to separate chancery courts cre- 
ated in each and these chancery courts continued to try di- 
vorce suits until, in 1917, the chancery court in each county was 
merged with the circuit court of that county, pursuant to legisla- 
tion enacted-two years earlier.7 Thus, divorce proceedings became, 
and remain today, a function of the circuit court sitting in equity. 
Making divorce decrees final continued to be the exclusive right 
of the Legislature until 1865, when the Constitutional Convention of 
1. Toulmin, _oj>. cit.. pp, 252 et £*e£, 
2. Ibid.. p. 487, sec, 43, 
3. Const,, 1819, art, V, sec. 8. 
4. Ibid,, art. VI, sec, 13. 
5. Toulruin, _ojd. cit., p, 255, sec. 1, 
6. Ala. Acts, 1838, pp. 20-31. 
7. Ala. Acts, 1915, p, 279, sec. 2. 61 
Divorces 
that year adopted a provision that "decrees in chancery for divorce 
shall be final, unless appealed from, in the manner prescribed by law 
• • .*,f® The Alabama Supreme Court has since (in 1891, and again in 
1911) held that divorces granted by special act of the Legislature are 
void.^ 
Since 1803, grounds for divorce in Alabama have included; Physi- 
cal and incurable incapacity, at the time of marriage, to enter into 
the state of matrimony; adultery; and not less than two years voluntary 
abandonment.10 In 1870 addiction, after marriage, to habitual drunk- 
enness was added,11 and current statute further specifies imprisonment 
in a state penitentiary for as much as two years of a sentence of seven 
years or longer; five successive years* confinement in an insane asylum 
when party from whom divorce is sought is hopelessly and incurably in- 
sane at the time the bill is filed; and addiction on the part of the 
husband, after marriage, to habitual use of narcotic drugs,12 Residence 
in Alabama is required of complainant for at least one year;13 and where 
the ground alleged is voluntary abandonment, one year of such residence 
must be definitely established.14 If the respondent is a nonresident, 
the complainant must have (and must prove) one year's residence in this 
State.lo 
Registers in chancery in the several counties are not required to 
maintain separate files of divorce case papers, or to keep records of 
divorce proceedings as distinct from other equity causes. However, a 
separate Divorce Record has been kept for various periods in certain 
counties; and some registers likewise file divorce case papers apart 
from other equity papers. 
Legislation enacted in 1907 requires each register in chancery, 
within the first five days of each calendar month, to report to the 
State Board of Health, on forms supplied by this Board, all divorces 
granted within his county during the preceding month.10 
A duly certified copy of any certificate or affidavit made in 
connection with a divorce suit tried in any Alabama county, may be ob- 
tained from the register in chancery of the county, upon payment by the 
applicant of a foe of 50 cents,17 
8. Const., 1865, art, IV, sec. 30. 
9. Jones v. Jones, 95 Ala. 443; Winkles v. Powell, 173 Ala, 46. 
10. Toulmin, crq, cit., p, 252, sees. 3-4, 
11. Ala, Acts, 1869-70, p. 207, sec, 1. 
12. Code, 1940, VI, 200, title 34, soc. 20, subdivisions 4, 6, 7. 
13. Toulmin, jdjd. cit., p, 253, sec, 1; Code, 1940, VI, 209, title 34, 
sec. 27. 
14. Code, 1940, VI, 209, title 34, sec, 27. 
15. Ibid., 210, title 34, sec, 29, 
16. Ala, Acts, 1907, p, 893, sec, 18, 
17. Code, 1940, III, 272, title 11, sec, 27. Divorce Records 
62 
AUTAUGA COUNTY 
Prattville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
BALDWIN COUNTY 
Bay Minette 
Jan. 1917- 
Dec. 1956 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of complainant. 
BARBOUR COUNTY 
Clayton 
1908— 
Record, 5 vole. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of complainant. 
Eufaula 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
BIBB COUNTY 
Centerville 
Aug. 21, 1907— 
Record, 5 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
BLOUNT COUNTY 
Oneonto 
May 7, 1938— 
Record, 1 vol. Chron, by date of entry. 
BULLOCK COUNTY 
Union Springs 
Dec. 15, 1905— 
Record, 3 vols. Wumer. by case no. 
BUTLER COUNTY 
Greenville 
1906— 
Record, 8 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
1904— 
Case papers, 19 file boxes. Numer, by case no. 
1873-1931 
Orders of publication, 1 vol. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1873-1931 
Decrees pro confesso, 1 vol. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
CALHOUN COUNTY 
Anniston 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) Divorce Records 
CHAMBERS COUNTY 
Lafayette 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
CHEROKEE COUNTY 
Center 
1917-33 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph, by name of complainant. 
In- 
CHILTON COUNTY 
Clanton 
1889-1922 
Record, 2 vols. Chron, by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of complainant; also 
index, alph, by name of each party. 
In- 
separate 
CHOCTAW COUNTY 
Butler 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
CLARKE COUNTY 
Grove Hill 
1891— 
Record, 6 vols. Chron, by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
In- 
CLAY COUNTY 
Ashland 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
CLEBURNE COUNTY 
Heflin 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
COFFEE COUNTY 
Elba 
1882— 
Record, 6 vols. Chron, by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of complainant; also 
index, alph. by name of each party. 
In- 
separate 
COLBERT COUNTY 
Tuscumbia 
1909 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
In- 
CONECUH COUNTY 
Evergreen 
1905— 
Record, 6 vols. Alph. by name of complainant. Divorce Records 
COOS/- COUNTY 
Rockford 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
COVINGTON COUNTY 
Andalusia 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
CRENSHAW COUNTY 
Luverne 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
CULLMAN COUNTY 
Cullman 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
DALE COUNTY 
Ozark 
1917 — 
Record, 3 vols. For 1917-20, see under Minutes. 
Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name 
of complainant; separate index, alph. by name of 
each party. 
DALLAS COUNTY 
Selma 
1929-- 
Report (To State Bureau of Vital Statistics), 1 
vol. Chron, by date of entry. 
Apr. 15, 1890- 
Mar. 20, 1893 
Record (City Court of Selma), 1 vol. Chron, by 
date of entry. 
DEKALB COUNTY 
Fort Payne 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
ELMORE COUNTY 
Wctumpka 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
ESCAMBIA COUNTY 
Brcwton 
1890-95 
Record, 1 vol. Alph. by name of respondent. 
ETOW/H COUNTY 
Gadsden 
1934— 
Report (To State Bureau of Vital Statistics), 2 
vols. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed alph. 
by name of each party. 65 
Divorce Records 
FAYETTE COUNTY 
Fayette 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
FRANLXIN COUNTY 
Russellville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
GENEVA COUNTY 
Geneva 
1899- Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry, In- 
Jan. 14, 1917 dexed alph. by name of complainant; also sepa- 
rate index, alph, by name of complainant. 
GREEKS COUNTY 
Sutaw 
Jan. 23, 1S32- Record, 1 vol. Alph. by name of each party. 
Oct. 1, 1898 
Jan, 27, 1391— Final Record (divorce), 5 vols. Chron. by date of 
entry. Indexed alph. by name of complainant. 
Mar. 12, 1917— Decrees pro confesso, 1 file drawer. Chron. by 
date of issue. 
BALE COUNTY 
Greensboro 
1389 — 
Record, 5 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
-doxed alph# by name of complainant; also sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of respondent. 
HENRY COUNTY 
Abbeville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
HOUSTON COUNTY 
Dothan 
1903 — 
Record, 7 vols. Chron. by date of entry and numer. 
thereunder *by case no. Indexed alph, by name of 
each party. 
1924 — 
Testimony (papers), 1 file drawer. Numer. by case 
no. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
1924 — 
Receipts (for alimony), 4 vols. Numer. by case no. 
and alph. thereunder by name of each party. Divorco Records 
66 
JACKSON COUNTY 
Scottsboro 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
JEFFERSON COUNTY 
Birmingham 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
LAMAR COUNTY 
Yernon 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY 
Florence 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
LAWRENCE COUNTY 
Moulton 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
LEE COUNTY 
Opelika 
1898 — 
Record, 13 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of each party; also sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of complainant. 
LIMESTONE COUNTY 
Athens 
1896 — 
Record, 9 vols. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
In- 
LOWNDES COUNTY 
Hayneville 
July 1892 — 
Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph, by name of each party. 
In- 
MACON COUNTY 
Tuskegee 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
MADISON COUNTY 
Huntsville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
MARENGO COUNTY 
Linden 
1894 — 
Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of each party. 
In- Divorce Records 
67 
MARION COUNTY 
Hamilton 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
MARSHALL COUNTY 
Guntersville 
Sept, IS, 
1892— 
Record, 7 vols. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of complainant. 
In- 
MOBILE COUNTY 
Mobile 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
MONROE COUNTY 
Monroeville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY 
Montgomery 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
MORGAN COUNTY 
LeeatUr 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
PERRY COUNTY 
Marion 
Feb. 12, 1917- 
Jan, 6, 1926 
Record, 1 vol, Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of complainant. 
In- 
PICKENS COUNTY 
Carrollton 
1876— 
Record, 9 file drawers. Chron. by date of 
try. Indexed alph. by name of complainant 
en- 
• 
PIKE COUNTY 
Troy 
1891-1916 
Record, 3 vols. Chron. by date of entry, 
dexed alph. by name of complainant. 
In- 
1916-52 
Minutes (divorce), 2 vols. Chron, by date of 
entry. Indexed alph, by name of complainant. 68 
Divorce Records 
RANDOLPH COUNTY 
Wedowee 
1897-1917 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of complainant; also sepa- 
rate index, alph. by name of complainant. 
RUSSELL COUNTY 
Phenix City 
1928— 
Record (divorce decrees granted, serving northern 
division), 3 file drawers. Chron. by date filed. 
Mar. 29, 1930-- 
Record (serving northern division), 5 vols. Chron. 
by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of each 
party. 
1938— 
Record (divorce decrees denied, serving northern 
division). Chron. by date of entry. 1 file drawer. 
Chron. by date filed. 
Seale 
June 25, 1917- 
Mar. 31, 1930 
Record (serving whole county), 2 vols, Chron. by 
date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
Apr. 1, 1930— 
Record (serving southern division), 1 vol. Chron. 
by date of entry. Indexed alph. by name of each 
party. 
SHELBY COUNTY 
Columbiana 
Oct. 24, 1925-- 
Minutes (divorce), 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 
Ashville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
Pell City 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
SUMTER COUNTY 
Livingston 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
TALLADEGA COUNTY 
Talladega 
May 8, 1888- 
Sept. 1889 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry. Indexed 
alph. by name of complainant. Divorce Records 
69 
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY 
Dadeville 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY 
Tuscaloosa 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
WALKER COUNTY 
Jasper 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
WASHINGTON COUNTY 
Chatom 
(Separate records if any not surveyed) 
WILCOX COUNTY 
Camden 
1890-1904, 
1924— 
Record, 4 vols. Alph. by name of complainant. 
Indexed alph. by name of each party. 
WINSTON COUNTY 
Double Springs 
May 8, 1912— 
Record, 2 vols. Chron. by date of entry. In- 
dexed alph. by name of complainant; also sepa- 
rate indexes, alph, by names of complainant and 
respondent. 
Aug. 23, 1925— 
Report (To State Bureau of Vital Statistics), 
3 vols. Chron. by date of entry. 
Haleyville 
July 20, 1920— 
Record, 1 vol. Chron. by date of entry, with 
cases numbered consecutively. Indexed alph. by 
name of complainant; also separate indexes, alph. 
by names of complainant and respondent. 70 
LIST OR ABBREVIATIONS AND SY!-ffiOLS 
Alabama, Alabama Reports 
Ala. Acts - • General Acts of Alabama 
alphabetical, alphabetically 
arranged, arrangement 
art article 
chronological, chronologically 
Code Code of Alabama 
Const Constitution 
et sequentes (and following) 
ibidem (the same place) 
no> number, numbers 
numerical, numerically 
op. cit. opere citato (in the work cited) 
p., Pa8e> Pages 
sec., secs section, sections 
i versus 
voX., volume, volumes 
current 71 
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALABAMA COUNTIES 
WITH DATES OF THEIR CxdCATIQN 
No. County Created 
.1. Autauga Nov, 21, 1818 
2. Baldwin Dec. 21, 1809 
3. Barbour Doc. 18, 1832 
4. Bibb Feb. 7, 1818 
5. Blount Feb, 6, 1818 
6. Bullock Dec, 5, 1866 
7. Butler Dec, 13, 1819 
8. Calhoun Dec. 18, 1832 
9. Chambers Dec. 18, 1832 
10. Cherokee Jan. 9, 1836 
11. Chilton Dec* 30, 1868 
12. Choctaw Dec. 29, 1847 
13; Clarke Dec* 10,' 1812 
14. Clay Dec. 7, 1866 
15. Bpeburne Dec. 6, 1866 
16. Coffee Dec. 29, 1841 
17. Colbert Feb. 6, 1867 
18. Conecuh Feb, 13, 1818 
19. Coosa Dec. 18, 1832 
20. Covington Dec, 18, 1821 
21. Crenshaw Nov. 24, 1866 
22. Cullman Jan. 24, 1877 
23. Dale Dec. 22, 1824 
24. Dallas Feb. 9, 1818 
25. DeKalb Jan. 9, 1836 
26. Elmore Feb. 15, 1866 
27. Escambia Dec, 10, 1868 
28. Etowah Dec. 7, 1866 
29. Fayette Dec, 20, 1824 
30. Franklin Feb, 6, 1818 
31. Geneva Dec, 26, 1868 
32. Greene Dec. 13, 1819 
33. Hale Jan. 30, 1867 
34. Henry Dec. 13, 1819 
No. County Created 
35. Houston Feb, 9, 1903 
36. Jackson Nee*. 13, 1819 
37. Jefferson Dec, 13, 1819 
38. Lamar Feb, 4,. 1867 
39. Lauderdale Feb. 6, 1818 
40. Lawrence Feb. 6, 1818 
41. Lee Dec. 5, 1866 
42. Limestone Feb. 6, 1818 
43. Lowndes Jan, 20, 1830 
44* Macon Dec. 18, 1832 
45* Madison Dec. 13, 1808 
46, Marengo Feb. 6, 1818 
47* Marion Feb. 13, 1818 
48i Marshall Jan* 9, 1836 
49* Mobile Aug* 1, 1812 
50. Monroe June 29, 1815 
51. Montgomery Dec. 6, 1816 
52. Morgan Feb. 5, 1818 
53. Perry Dec. 13, 1819 
54. Pickens Dec, 19, 1820 
55. Pike Dec. 7, 1821 
56. Handolph Dec. 18, 1832 
57. Russell Dec. 18, 1832 
58. St. Clair Nov. 20, 1818 
59. Shelby Feb. 7, 1818 
60. Sumter Dec, 18, 1832 
61. Talladega Dec, 18, 1832 
62. Tallapoosa Dec. 18, 1832 
63. Tuscaloosa Feb. 6, 1818 
64. Walker Dec. 26, 1823 
65. Washington June 4, 1800 
66. Wilcox Dec. 13, 1819 
67. Winston Feb. 12, 1850 72 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
Acts of the General Assembly of Alabama. Published under State author- 
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Aikin, John G,, A Digest of the Laws of the State of Alabama. Phila- 
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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 
OF THE ALABAMA HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY 
1. American Imprints Inventory, No. J3, Check List of Alabama Imprints, 
1807-1840. Birmingham, Alabama, 1939. 
2. Guj-de to Public Vital Statistics in Alabama, Preliminary Edition. 
Birmingham, Alabama, 1942. 
3. Inventory of the Church Archives of Alabama, Protestant Episcopal 
Church. Birmingham, Alabama, 1939. 
4. Inventory of the County Archives of Alabama, No. 14, Clay County 
(Ashland). Birmingham, Alabama, 1941. 
5. , No. 17, Colbert County (Tuscumbia) , Birmingham, Alabama, 1939. 
6. , No. 18, Conecuh County (Evergreen). Birmingham, Alabama, 1938. 
7. , No. _22, Cullman County (Cullman). Birmingham, Alabama, 1941. 
8. , No. _33, Hale County (Greensboro). Birmingham, Alabama, 1940. 
9. , No. 43, Lowndes County (Hayneville). Birmingham, Alabama, 
1939. 
10. , No. 46, Marengo County (Linden). Birmingham, Alabama, 1940. 
11. , NO. 60, Sumter County (Livingston). Birmingham, Alabama, 1940. 
12. , No. 51, Talladega County (Talladega). Birmingham, Alabama, 
1940. 
13. , No. 67, Winston County (Double Springs). Birmingham. Alabama. 
1941.