Etowah County, Alabama Genealogy

United States   Alabama    |Etowah County

County Courthouse
Etowah County Courthouse 800 Forrest Avenue Gadsden, AL 35901 Phone: (256) 549-5429

Probate Judge has marriage divorce, probate and land records from 1867

Parent County
1866--Etowah County was created 7 December 1866 from Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshal and St. Clair Counties. It was formerly Baine County, which was abolished 3 December 1867, and re-etablished 1 December 1868. County seat: Gadsden

Neighboring Counties

 * Blount
 * Calhoun
 * Cherokee
 * De Kalb
 * Marshall
 * Saint Clair

Cemeteries

 * Alabama City Cemetery
 * Altoona Cemetery
 * Altoona-Walnut Grove Cemetery
 * Armstrong Cemetery
 * Beth Israel Cemetery
 * Bethlehem Cemetery
 * Beulah Cemetery
 * Brasher Cemetery
 * Bristow Cemetery
 * Butler Cemetery
 * Carnes Cemetery
 * Cave Spring Cemetery
 * Conn Cemetery
 * Cornelius Cemetery
 * Cox Cemetery
 * Crestwood Memorial Cemetery
 * Croft Cemetery
 * Dillard Cemetery
 * Duck Springs Cemetery
 * Forrest Cemetery
 * Gallant Cemetery
 * Gilland Cemetery
 * Greenwood Cemetery
 * Hibbs Cemetery
 * Howelton Cemetery
 * Hughes Cemetery
 * Ivalee Cemetery
 * Jordan Cemetery
 * Leath Cemetery
 * Lebanon Cemetery
 * Lee Cemetery
 * Lee Family Cemetery
 * Macedonia Cemetery
 * Mauldin Cemetery
 * McCartney Cemetery
 * Mizell Cemetery
 * Moody Cemetery
 * Moodys Chapel Cemetery
 * Morton Chapel Cemetery
 * Mount Pisgah Cemetery
 * Mount Tabor Cemetery
 * New Bethel Cemetery
 * Noble Hill Cemetery
 * Patrick Cemetery
 * Pilgrims Rest Cemetery
 * Pine Grove Cemetery
 * Pleasant Hill Cemetery
 * Rainbow Memorial Gardens
 * Red Hill Cemetery
 * Robbins Cemetery
 * Sardis Cemetery
 * Shiloh Cemetery
 * Trasher Cemetery
 * Tillison Cemetery
 * Upton Cemetery
 * Walls Chapel Cemetery
 * Webb Cemetery
 * Whitesboro Cemetery
 * Youngs Chapel Cemetery

In the early 1960s, volunteers from the Gadsden Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints transcribed gravestones from all 94-known Etowah County cemeteries (approximately 20,000 names). A surname index covering both volumes appears in Volume 1.


 * Cemetery Survey: Etowah County - Alabama. Vol. 1. 1963. Digital version at - free. Includes Altoona-Walnut Grove Cemetery, Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Armstrong Cemetery, Aurora Cemetery, Bethany Cemetery, Bethlehem Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem United Baptist Church Cemetery, Brasher Cemetery, Bristow Cemetery, Butler Baptist Church Cemetery, Caddel Cemetery, Carnes Chapel Cemetery, Cave Springs Cemetery, Chapman's Chapel Cemetery, Clayton Cemetery, Conn Cemetery, Cox Cemetery, Darrow-Coats Cemetery, Dooley Cemetery, Duck Springs Cemetery, Gallant Cemetery, Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery, Happy Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Hibbs Cemetery, Hokes Bluff Cemetery, Holden Cemetery, Howelton Cemetery, Jordan Cemetery, Keeling Cemetery, Kyuka Cemetery (formerly Scott Cemetery), Lee Cemetery, Lee Cemetery (near Rainbow City, Ala.), McCartney Cemetery, Mizell Cemetery, Moragne Cemetery, Mortons Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Olive Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, New Bethel Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, New Welcome Baptist Church Cemetery, Noble Hill Cemetery, Old Moody Chapel Cemetery, Old Smallpox Cemetery, Owens Cemetery, Pilgrims Rest Church Cemetery, Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Pine View Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (Mountainboro, Ala.), Red Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Reid Cemetery, Sansom Cemetery, Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery, Shady Grove Church Cemetery, Shiloh United Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Smith's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Snead Memorial Methodist Church Cemetery, Spraggins Cemetery, Tanner Cemetery, Thrasher Cemetery, Tillison Cemetery (also Burger Cemetery), Whitesboro Cemetery, and Youngs Chapel Cemetery.


 * Cemetery Survey: Etowah County - Alabama. Vol. 2. 1963. Digital version at - free. Includes Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Congregation Beth Israel Cemetery, Cornelius Cemetery, Dillard-Copeland Cemetery, Fairview Baptist Church Cemetery, Forrest Cemetery, Garner Cemetery, Lebonan Advent Church Cemetery, Liberty Methodist Church Cemetery, Lookout Mt. Methodist Church Cemetery, McCauley Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church (Moody), Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery, Oak Hill Cemetery, Old Attalla Cemetery, Old Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, Phillips-Smith Cemetery, Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Samuels Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Sauls Cemetery, Turkeytown Methodist Church Cemetery, Union Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Hill Methodist Church Cemetery, Walker Cemetery, and Whites Chapel Cemetery.

Additional Etowah County cemetery records are included in Alabama Cemetery Records at FamilySearch Books Online - free.

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Gadsen

Directories

 * 1931 - Miller's Gadsden City Directory 1931. Digital version at - free.

Local Histories

 * Barnes, Joe. History of Hokes Bluff, Alabama, and Eastern Etowah County. n.d. Digital version at - free.

Voting Registers
Alabama Voting Registers for 1867 are available online at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. Etowah County has one book.

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Gadsden Alabama
 * 2001 Noccalula Rd Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States Phone: 256-546-0746 Hours: W 3:30pm-6:30pm
 * Howard Gardner Nichols Memorial Library
 * Dwight &amp; Cabot Ave Gadsen, Etowah, Alabama 35902 Phone: 256-490-4683
 * Hours: Thur 10am-3pm; 2nd Thur of the month open till 8pm

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.
 * Etowah County ALGenWeb~ record transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
 * Etowah County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
 * Etowah County, Alabama Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)