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Alabama DeKalb County
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County Courthouse
History
The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.[1]
Parent County
1836--De Kalb County was created 9 January 1836 from the Cherokee Cession of 1835. County seat: Fort Payne [2]
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
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
- White Hall Cemetery
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Newspapers
Probate
Taxation
Vital Records
A free collection of obituaries and death notices from various funeral homes in the DeKalb County area has been put together by GenealogyBuffs.com.
Societies and Libraries
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
- DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
References
- ↑ "Johann de Kalb," Wikipedia.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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