Clarke County Alabama Genealogy and History - presented by Genealogy Trails


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Clarke County Alabama

Clarke County was established on 10 December 1812 and named in honor of General John Clarke of Georgia. The county seat is Grove Hill. The county is the third largest in the state, encompassing 1,238 square miles.

Photo by Calvin Beale - U. S. Department of Agriculture - Public Domain

CLARKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Jackson * Thomasville * Coffeeville * Fulton * Grove Hill (county seat) * Carlton * Rockville *
* Whatley * Alma * Antioch * Barlow Bend * Bashi * Campbell * Dickinson * Gainestown *
* Gosport * McEntyre * Morvin * Opine * Salitpa * Suggsville * Tallahatta Springs * Tattlersville *

Walker Springs*

Former Communities

* Choctaw Corner * Clarkesville * Failetown *

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Online Data
Biographies	Birth Records
Cemeteries	Census Records
Church Records	County Records
Court Records	Death Records
Family Records	History Topics
Marriage Records	Military Records
Miscellaneous Records	Newspaper Gleanings
Obituaries and Death Notices	School Records
Slavery Records	Wills and Probate Records
Website Updates: Feb 2025: Death News: PORTIS; Ads: Planter's Hotel, CARTER, ALSTON, GOODE, PORTIS, DICKINSON, FIEBLEMAN, Bashi Store, CARLETON, BUMPERS, BURGE, RHODES Dec 2024: Family: CRANFORD Family Notes, PAINTER Family Notes; Deed Records: CRANFORD, PAINTER, LOFTIN; Various Marriages: CRANFORD, JOHNSTON, LOFTIN, PANTHER, LIDE Oct 2024: Sick List News: DICKENSON; County: Adoption and Names Changes 1818 - 1921 - Researched and submitted by Colleen Sanders - Thank you!! Jun 2024: Death News: JONES, JOINER, HASKEW; Ads: LACKLAND, PUGH, COBB, SIGLER, ARMISTEAD, DUNN, WILSON, ALDRIDGE, GRANADA, FOSCUE, BAREFIELD, GILLIS; Calamity News: ALLEN, HEARIN; Visiting News: ADAMS, BALL, MARTIN, TOMLILNSON, MORGAN, LACKLAND, WILSON, PUGH, COBB, MARSHALL, WILSON, BIBB; Wills: Index to Probate Records 1813 - 1852 Feb 2024: Marriage News: GATTE, DUNN, HILL, PARTIN, BETTIS, MCCASKEY, WILLIAMSON, DUNNAN, DRURY, DIXON, Death News: BAKER, WALKER, SCHOFIELD, COX, BLACKWELL; Military News: 1861 Recruits for Capt. Hall's Company, the Grove Hill Guards; Census: 1860 Mortality Schedule; Slavery: Free Negro Slave Owners in 1830 Nov 2023: Slavery: Clarke County Emancipations 1818 - 1860 - Submitted by Colleen O'Neal Sanders Oct 2023: Death News: FONTAINE, BRYANT, COX; Visiting News: WATKINS, PUGH, ADAMS, MCLEOD, CUNNINGHAM, COBB, CHAPMAN, DICKINSON, ARMSTEAD; Crime News: DICKINSON, MARTIN; Family Records: PUGH Jun 2023: Death News: WILLIAMS; RUTLEDGE; Biographies: BECKHAM; Marriage News: HURT, CUNNINGHAM; Calamity News Feb 2023: Biographies: COBB; Marriage News: McDONALD, TUCKER, WAITE, PRITCHETT, MURPHY

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Paula Mason

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Surrounding Counties

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* Wilcox County (northeast)

* Monroe County (east)

* Baldwin County (south)

* Washington County (southwest)

* Choctaw County (northwest)

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