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Alabama DeKalb County
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| DeKalb County, Alabama | |
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 Location in the state of Alabama | |
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| Founded | January 9, 1836 |
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| County Seat | Fort Payne |
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County Courthouse
111 Grand Avenue SW
Fort Payne, AL 35967
Phone:(256) 845-8525
Probate Judge has marriage, divorce, probate and land records County Health Department has birth, death and burial records Clerk Circuit Court has court records [1]
History
The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.[2]
Parent County
1836--De Kalb County was created 9 January 1836 from the Cherokee Cession of 1835. County seat: Fort Payne [3]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
The Cherokee County court house burned. Some of its records were given to De Kalb County. The records can be found in a old building in Fort Payne, the county seat.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
- Chattooga County, Georgia
- Dade County, Georgia
- Etowah
- Gadsden County, Florida
- Jackson
- Marshall
- Walker County, Georgia
Resources
Biography
Biographies of many notable residents of DeKalb County, Alabama were published in Memorial Record of Alabama (1893). Digital version at FamilySearch Books Online - free. Begins on page 929.
Cemeteries
- Anthony Collins Cemetery
- Antioch Cemetery
- Bankhead Cemetery
- Bean Cemetery
- Belchers Chapel Cemetery
- Beulahs Chapel Cemetery
- Biddle Cemetery
- Boyd Cemetery
- Cagle Cemetery
- Clark Cemetery
- Collins Cemetery
- Collinsville Cemetery
- Copeland Bridge Cemetery
- Cordell Cemetery
- Corinth Cemetery
- Countess Cemetery
- Dalrymple Cemetery
- Davenport Cemetery
- DeKalb Memorial Gardens
- Downer Cemetery
- Ellison Cemetery
- Fisher Cemetery
- Forester Cemetery
- Franklin Cemetery
- Freeman Cemetery
- Fuller Cemetery
- Gilbreath Cemetery
- Glenwood Cemetery
- Green Cemetery
- Green Chapel Cemetery
- Greens Chapel Cemetery
- Hall Cemetery
- Hammack Cemetery
- Harbour Cemetery
- Hartline Cemetery
- Head Springs Cemetery
- Holly Spring Cemetery
- Howards Chapel Cemetery
- Husky Cemetery
- Husky Chapel Cemetery
- Jones Cemetery
- Kerley Cemetery
- Killian Cemetery
- King Cemetery
- Lankford Cemetery
- Liberty Cemetery
- Lipscomb Cemetery
- Longshore Cemetery
- Lowrey Cemetery
- Mahan Cemetery
- Marvin Cemetery
- Mathis Cemetery
- Moore Cemetery
- Mount Herman Cemetery
- Mount Pleasant Cemetery
- Mount Vernon Cemetery
- Mount Zion Cemetery
- Mountain Home Cemetery
- Mountain View Memorial Cemetery
- Mt. Hermon Cemetery
- New Bethel Cemetery
- New Canaan Cemetery
- Nicholson Cemetery
- Norris Cemetery
- Pannell Cemetery
- Payne Cemetery
- Pea Ridge Cemetery
- Pine Grove Cemetery
- Piney Grove Cemetery
- Pleasant Hill Cemetery
- Plunket Cemetery
- Plunkett Cemetery
- Price Cemetery
- Red Hill Cemetery
- Scott Cemetery
- Smith Cemetery
- Smith Chapel Cemetery
- Steele Cemetery
- Stewart Cemetery
- Sulphur Springs Cemetery
- Town Creek Cemetery
- Union Grove Cemetery
- Unity Cemetery
- Valley Head Cemetery
- Warren Cemetery
- Warren Stewart Cemetery
- Weldon Cemetery
- Wesson Cemetery
- Whitehall Cemetery
| In the 1960s, volunteers from the Gadsden Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints transcribed gravestones from all 125-known DeKalb County cemeteries (approximately 22,000 names). The master surname index covering all five volumes is split in two. Surnames A to M appear in Volume 2 beginning on page 5. Surnames M to Z appear in Volume 3 beginning on page 576.
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Census
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| Year | Pop. | %± |
| 1840 | 5,929 | — |
| 1850 | 8,245 | 39.1% |
| 1860 | 10,705 | 29.8% |
| 1870 | 7,126 | −33.4% |
| 1880 | 12,675 | 77.9% |
| 1890 | 21,106 | 66.5% |
| 1900 | 23,558 | 11.6% |
| 1910 | 28,261 | 20.0% |
| 1920 | 34,426 | 21.8% |
| 1930 | 40,104 | 16.5% |
| 1940 | 43,075 | 7.4% |
| 1950 | 45,048 | 4.6% |
| 1960 | 41,417 | −8.1% |
| 1970 | 41,981 | 1.4% |
| 1980 | 53,658 | 27.8% |
| 1990 | 54,651 | 1.9% |
| 2000 | 64,452 | 17.9% |
| 2010 | 71,109 | 10.3% |
Church Records
Court Records
Land and Property
To place a grant or deed on a map within context of DeKalb County, Alabama see:
- Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of DeKalb 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 ($). Website includes free surname index. FHL Book 976.166 E7b.
Local Histories
Maps
Military
- Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
- Alabama, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
Newspapers
Probate Records
Taxation
- 1865-1866 - U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 at Ancestry ($). Dekalb County is in District 3.
Vital Records
Birth
- 1881-1930 - Alabama, Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
Marriage
- 1816-1957 - Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete.
- 1836-1916 - Duff, Dorothy Smith. DeKalb County, Alabama Marriage Index, 1836-1916. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Digital version at Ancestry ($).
Death
- 1881-1952 - Alabama, Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
- 1908-1974 - Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection
Vital Record Substitutes
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the DeKalb 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. DeKalb County has one book.
Societies and Libraries
Rainsville Public Library
941 East Main St
Rainsville, Alabama 35986
United States
+1 256-638-3311
- Hours: Mon, Wed, Thur & Fri 8am-5pm;
Tue 8am-7pm;
Sat 8am-12pm
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- USGenWeb Archives Project ~ contains record transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more.
- DeKalb County ALGenWeb ~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
- DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Dekalb County p. 37. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ "Johann de Kalb," Wikipedia.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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