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*''Cemetery Records of Dale County, Alabama.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: The Society?, 1945. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26352 Ancestry] ($). Includes Asbury Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Ewell Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Mabson Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ozark Cemetery, and Piney Grove Cemetery. | *''Cemetery Records of Dale County, Alabama.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: The Society?, 1945. Digital version at [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=26352 Ancestry] ($). Includes Asbury Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Ewell Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Mabson Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ozark Cemetery, and Piney Grove Cemetery. | ||
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Alabama Dale County
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| Dale County, Alabama | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of Alabama | |
 Location of Alabama in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | December 22, 1824 |
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| County Seat | Ozark |
| Courthouse | |
Contents
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County Courthouse
Court Square
Ozark, AL 36360,
Phone:(334) 774-5003
Probate Judge has marriage and probate records from 1884 and land records;
Clerk Circuit Court has court records and divorce records from 1885
County Health Department has birth records [1]
History
Parent County
1824--Dale County was created 22 December 1824 from Covington, Henry and Pike Counties.
County seat: Ozark [2]
Boundary Changes
1869 and 1884 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Barbour
Coffee
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Resources
Biographies
Biographies of many notable residents of Dale County, Alabama were published in Memorial Record of Alabama (1893). Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Begins on page 802.
Cemeteries
- Antioch Cemetery
- Ariton Cemetery
- Asbury Cemetery
- Averett Cemetery
- Beersheba Cemetery
- Beulah Cemetery
- Browns Cemetery
- Byrd Cemetery
- Carrin (AKA Corinth) Cemetery
- Center Ridge Cemetery
- Carroll Cemetery, Ozark
- Cedar Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
- Clay Cemetery
- Claybank Church Cemetery
- Clay Hill Cemetery
- Daleville City Cemetery
- Dean Church Cemetery
- Dykes Cemetery
- Ebenezer Cemetery
- Friendship AME Church Cemetery
- Haw Ridge Cemetery
- Jellico Community Cemetery, Houston County
- Jones Cemetery
- Lee Cemetery
- Mabson Cemetery
- Macedonia Cemetery
- Morning View Cemetery
- Mount Carmel Methodist Church Cemetery
- Mount Enon Cemetery
- Mount Liberty Cemetery (AKA Level Plains Baptist Church Cemetery)
- Mount Olive Baptist Church Cemetery
- Mount Olive Cemetery
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery (AKA Wiggins Church Cemetery)
- New Hope Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery
- New Summer Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Daleville
- Newton City Cemetery
- Old Bell Cemetery (AKA McCrary Cemetery)
- Old Daleville City Cemetery (AKA Snell Cemetery)
- Old Magnolia Cemetery
- Old Mount Pisgah Cemetery
- Old Salem Cemetery
- Old Zion Cemetery (AME Zion Church, Ozark)
- Pinckard Memorial Cemetery#1
- Pinckard Memorial Cemetery#2
- Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Marley Mill
- Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Arguta
- Pleasant Ridge United Methodist Church Cemetery
- Post Oak Cemetery
- Shiloh Cemetery
- Sylvia Grove Cemetery
- Union Cemetery, Ozark
- West View Cemetery, Ozark
- Woodlawn Memorial Garden Cemetery (partial)
- Cemetery Records of Dale County, Alabama. Salt Lake City, Utah: The Society?, 1945. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Asbury Cemetery, Bethel Cemetery, Ewell Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Mabson Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ozark Cemetery, and Piney Grove Cemetery.
- Hayes, E. Howard. Inscriptions from the Cemeteries of Dale County, Alabama. Dothan, Ala., 1956. Digital version at Ancestry ($). Includes Alberson Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery, Ariton Cemetery, Asbury Cemetery, Averett (or McCarty) Cemetery, Barnes Cemetery, Beersheba Cemetery, Bell (old) Cemetery, Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery, Beulah Cemetery, Brown's Cemetery, Byrd Cemetery, Carroll Cemetery, Cedar Grove Cemetery, Cemetery in Byrd's Old Field, Centeridge Cemetery, Chalkhead Cemetery, Christian Hill Cemetery, City-Ozark (or Union) Cemetery, Claybank Cemetery, Clopton Cemetery, Carrin Cemetery, County Line Cemetery, Daleville Cemetery, Daleville (old) Cemetery, Dean Cemetery, Dick Cemetery, Dykes Cemetery, Ebenezer-Zion Cemetery, Echo Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Echo Methodist Church Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Ewell Cemetery, Garner Cemetery, Grimes Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hawridge Cemetery, Jones Cemetery, Hopeful Cemetery, Judah or Piney Grove Cemetery, Lee Cemetery, Lee Stevens Cemetery, Mabson Cemetery, McDonald Cemetery, Macedonia Cemetery, Magnolia Cemetery, Magnolia Church Cemetery, Maund Cemetery, Metcalf (old) Cemetery, Midland City Cemetery, Mossey Grove Cemetery, Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Mt. Ennon Cemetery, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Mt. Liberty Cemetery, Mt. Olive Cemetery, Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mullins Cemetery, Newhope Cemetery, Newton Cemetery, Penile Cemetery, Pinchard or Borland Cemetery, Piney Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church Cemetery, Post Oak Cemetery, Powell Cemetery, Providence Cemetery, Rocky Hill Cemetery, Salem Cemetery, Salem (old) Cemetery, Shiloh Cemetery, Skipperville Cemetery, Springfield Cemetery, Summer Hill Cemetery, Strickland Cemetery, Sylvan Grove Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Union Cemetery, Union Hill Cemetery, Universalist Cemetery, Wesley Chapel Cemetery, West View Cemetery, Wiggins Cemetery, Windham (old) Cemetery, Woodham Cemetery, and Zion Cemetery.
Additional Dale County cemeteries are included in Alabama Cemetery Records Vol. 1 at FamilySearch Books Online - free.
Census
| Dale County, Alabama | ||
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| Year | Pop. | %± |
| 1830 | 2,031 | — |
| 1840 | 7,397 | 264.2% |
| 1850 | 6,382 | −13.7% |
| 1860 | 12,197 | 91.1% |
| 1870 | 11,325 | −7.1% |
| 1880 | 12,677 | 11.9% |
| 1890 | 17,225 | 35.9% |
| 1900 | 21,189 | 23.0% |
| 1910 | 21,608 | 2.0% |
| 1920 | 22,711 | 5.1% |
| 1930 | 23,175 | 2.0% |
| 1940 | 22,685 | −2.1% |
| 1950 | 20,828 | −8.2% |
| 1960 | 31,066 | 49.2% |
| 1970 | 52,995 | 70.6% |
| 1980 | 47,821 | −9.8% |
| 1990 | 49,633 | 3.8% |
| 2000 | 49,129 | −1.0% |
| 2010 | 50,251 | 2.3% |
Church Records
Methodist
- Wells, Glenn L. History of the First United Methodist Church of Ozark, Alabama. Ozark, Ala.: The Church?, 1973. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Court
Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of Dale County, Alabama see:
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Dale County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2007. This is a definitive work and can be used as an index to land grants. Digital version at HistoryGeo.com ($). Website includes free surname index. FHL Book 976.133 E7bg.
Local Histories
- Hayes, Eustus Howard. Miscellaneous Records, Dale County, Alabama. n.d. Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free.
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War service men from Dale County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Dale County.
- - 1st Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, Company A and F
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E (Beauregards)
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company F (Brundidge Guards)
- - 15th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company H (Glenville Guards)
- - 33rd Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B, G and I
- - 59th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E
- Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Newspapers
Probate Records
Taxation
- 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Dale County is in District 1.
Vital Records
Birth
- 1881-1930 - Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free
Marriage
- 1816-1957 - Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete. - free
- To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry – ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.
- To 1825 Index to Marriages at Ancestry – ($); Index. contains over 12,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked.
- 1884–1901, 1933, 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry – ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.
- 1884–1901, 1933, 1936–1969 Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800–1969 at Ancestry – ($); Index. This collection is comprised of indexes created by several agencies - the Alabama Center for Health Statistics, Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research, and Hunting For Bears.
- 1884–1900 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920"at Ancestry – ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.
- 1884–1900 "Alabama Marriages, 1809–1920"at Ancestry – ($); Index. This database is a collection of marriage records from the state. Researchers will find the names of both bride and groom along with the marriage date. The county where the ceremony was performed is also provided. Containing about 150,000 records and the names of nearly 300,000 men and women.
Death
- 1881-1952 - Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free
- 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry – ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.
- 1881–1974 Index to Deaths and Burials at Ancestry – ($); Index. Volunteers extracted the details in this index from microfilmed copies of church, civil, family, and other records of Alabama deaths and burials. details vary depending on the original record. Note that the number of available records can vary widely by county, and this database does not necessarily represent a comprehensive set of death records for the state during this time.
- 1908–1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry – ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).
- 1908–1959 Index to Deaths recorded by the state of Alabama at Ancestry – ($); Index. The index includes name of the deceased, county of death, date of death, and the state certificate number (volume and page).
- 1908-1974 - Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection - free
Vital Record Substitutes
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the Dale County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.
Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Dale County has one book.
Societies and Libraries
Family History Center
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Dothan Alabama
- 3199 Ross Clark Cir NW
Dothan, Dale/Houston/Henry/Geneva, Alabama, United States
Phone: 334-793-7425
Hours: T 8:30-11:30pm, 1:30pm-4pm; T-Th 6:30pm-8:30pm; Th 9am-12pm, 1pm-3:30pm
- 3199 Ross Clark Cir NW
- Enterprise Alabama
- 110 Shell Field Rd
Enterprise, Coffee, Dale, Houston, Geneva, Alabama, United States
Phone: 334-347-3631
Hours: Tues & Thurs 10 am -2pm Wed 4pm-8pm;
other times by appt.
Closures: Closed on Holidays
- 110 Shell Field Rd
- Ozark Alabama
- Mixon School Rd
Ozark, Dale, Alabama, United States
Phone: 334-774-9405
Hours: T-Th 6pm-8pm
- Mixon School Rd
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- USGenWeb Archives Project ~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
- Dale County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Dale County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- Dale County Genealogy (Alabama Genealogy) - Dale County genealogy resources by city and record type
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dale County p. 36. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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