DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy

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Dates for major county records
Birth	Marriage	Death	Tax	Land	Probate
1885	1836	1885	1865	1835	1848
For earlier dates, try...Church | Obituaries | Cemeteries | Parent County

County Courthouse

DeKalb County, Alabama Courthouse.jpg

 Delkalb 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

History

The county is named after Revolutionary War hero Johann de Kalb (1721-1780), a German baron.

Parent County

1836--De Kalb County was created 9 January 1836 from the Cherokee Cession of 1835.  County seat: Fort Payne

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

Neighboring Counties

• Chattooga County, Georgia Genealogy
• Dade County, Georgia Genealogy
• Etowah
• Gadsden County, Florida Genealogy
• Jackson
• Marshall
• Walker County, Georgia Genealogy

Resources

Biography

• DeKalb County Biographies at The USGenWeb Archives Project - free.

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

Free Online Cemetery Transcripts 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. Cemetery Records of DeKalb County, Alabama. Vol. 1. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free. Allen Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Antioch Cemetery, Bailey's Chapel Cemetery, Bankhead Cemetery, Belcher's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Beulah Church Cemetery, Black Oak Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, Broadway Church Cemetery, Browder Cemetery, Collins Cemetery, Collinsville Cemetery, Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Copeland Bridge (Liberty Hill) Cemetery, Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Crossville Cemetery, Dalrymple Cemetery, Deer Head Cove Cemetery, Fairview Methodist Cemetery, Fischer Cemetery, Forester Cemetery, Franklin Cemetery, Freeman Cemetery, Freeman Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendship Baptist (Biddle) Church Cemetery, Fuller Cemetery, and Fyffe Cemetery. Cemetery Records of DeKalb County, Alabama. Vol. 2. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free. Garvin Cemetery, Geraldine First Baptist Church Cemetery, Gilbreath Cemetery, Glenwood Cemetery, Gravel Hill Cemetery, Green Cemetery, Green's Chapel Cemetery, Hall Cemetery, Harbour Cemetery, Hawkins Cemetery, Head Springs Cemetery, Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Jack Cemetery, Jennings Cemetery, Kelley's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Killian Cemetery, Kilpatrick Cemetery, Lankford Cemetery, Lebonan Cemetery, Lee's Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Liberty Church Cemetery, Liberty Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery, Liberty Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Lipscomb Cemetery, Little River Church Cemetery, Lookout Mt. Church, Lower Sulphur Springs Cemetery, and Lusk Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery. Cemetery Records of DeKalb County, Alabama. Vol. 3. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free. McNutt Memorial Chapel Cemetery, Macedonia Baptist Church (No. 1) Cemetery, Macedonia Missionary Baptist (No. 2) Cemetery, Miller Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Moore's School Cemetery, Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Flat Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Herman Cemetery, Mt. Home Cemetery, Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mt. Pleasant Baptist Chruch Cemetery, Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, and Mt. Zion Cemetery. Cemetery Records of DeKalb County, Alabama. Vol. 4. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free. New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, New Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery, New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, New Home Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (No. 1), New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Nicholson Cemetery, Oak Hill Church Cemetery, Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Old Collinsville Cemetery, Old Antioch Church Cemetery, Old Straight Creek Church Cemetery, Painter Baptist Church Cemetery, Pea Ridge Cemetery, Pilgrims Rest Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Pine Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Plain View Baptist Church Cemetery, Plunket Cemetery, Price Cemetery, Providence Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Rainsville Church of Christ Cemetery, Red Hill Cemetery, Robertson Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery, Rocky Mt. Cemetery, Roden Cemetery, Salem Methodist Church Cemetery, Shiloh Baptist Church Cemetery, Skirum Methodist Church Cemetery, Smith Cemetery, Smith's Chapel Cemetery, Smith's Chapel Cemetery, Smith's Chapel Cemetery, Stewart Cemetery, and Straight Creek Church Cemetery. Cemetery Records of DeKalb County, Alabama. Vol. 5. 1966. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library - free. Ten Broeck Cemetery, Town Creek Cemetery, Trinity Methodist Church Cemetery, Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Union Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Unity Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Valley Head Cemetery, Violet Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Walker's Chapel Cemetery, Walnut Grove Cemetery, Warren Cemetery, Welcome Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Welden Cemetery, Wesley's Chapel Cemetery, and Whitehall Cemetery.

Census

DeKalb County, Alabama
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%

For tips on accessing DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy census records online, see: Alabama Census.

Land and Property

To place a grant or deed on a map within context of DeKalb County, Alabama Genealogy 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.

Military 

Civil War

Civil War service men from DeKalb 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 DeKalb County.

- 10th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company I

- 12th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company E "DeKalb Invincibles"

- 48th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company B

- 49th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company D and G

- 54th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company G (formerly Co. "C", 1st AL, TN, and MS Infantry)

- 54th Regiment, Alabama Infantry, Company K (formerly Co. "K", 40th TN Infantry)

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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 - free

Marriage

• 1816-1957 - Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957 FamilySearch Historical Records Collection. Incomplete. - free

• 1836-1916 - Duff, Dorothy Smith. DeKalb County, Alabama Marriage Index, 1836-1916. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2003. Digital version at Ancestry ($).

• 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.
  

• 1850-1858, 1862-1901, 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.
  

• 1850-1900 "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.
  

• DeKalb County Marriages - partial at ALGenWeb - free.

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.
  

• 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

• DeKalb County Deaths - partial at ALGenWeb - free.

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.

• DeKalb County, Alabama Obituary and Death Notices Collection

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

• Introduction to 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)

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