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Escambia County, Alabama Genealogy

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Guide to Escambia County, Alabama ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

County Facts
County seat: Brewton
Organized: December 10, 1868
Parent County(s): Baldwin, Conecuh[1]
Neighboring Counties
Baldwin • Conecuh • Covington • Escambia (FL) • Monroe • Okaloosa (FL) • Santa Rosa (FL)
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Courthouse
Escambia County, Alabama Courthouse.jpg
Location Map
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County Information

Description

Escambia County was created on 10 December 1868 and may have been named for the Creek name Shambia, meaning "clearwater", or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake" or "reed-brake".[2] Its county seat is Brewton.[3] It is located in the southwestern area of the state.

County Courthouse

Escambia County Courthouse
314 Belleville Ave.
Brewton, AL 36426
Phone: 251-867-0305
Fax: 251-867-0379
PO Box 856
Brewton, AL 36427
Escambia County Website

County Clerk has marriage records from 1897 and probate and land records from 1869.[4]

Escambia County, Alabama Record Dates

Information for this chart was taken from various sources, often containing conflicting dates. This information should be taken as a guide and should be verified by contacting the county and/or the state government agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Government County Records[5]
Birth* Marriage Death* Court Land Probate Census
1909 1897 1909 1882 1869 1869 1816
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908. General compliance for births by 1927 and for deaths 1925.

Record Loss

1868 Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For suggestions about research in places that suffered historic record losses, see:

Boundary Changes

Populated Places

The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in Escambia County:[7]

For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator.

Cities
Towns
Unincorporated communities
  • Kirkland
  • Little Rock
  • Malta
  • Marietta
  • Martinville
  • Mount Gillis
  • Nokomis
  • Old Bratt Road Estates
  • Osaka
  • Parker Springs
  • Pea Ridge
  • Pineview
  • Pleasant Hill
  • Poarch
  • Roberts
  • Robinsonville
  • Rock Creek
  • Rock Hill
  • Sardine
  • Spring Hill
  • Stanley Crossroads
  • Wahl
  • Wallace
  • Wawbeek
  • Welka
Census-designated places
  • Jack Springs
  • Macedonia
  • Owen
  • Parker
  • Pine Grove
  • Wilsons


Indian reservation

History Timeline

Resources

Bible Records

Biographies

Business, Commerce, and Occupations

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Escambia, Alabama online and in print
Tombstone Transcriptions Online
Tombstone Transcriptions in Print (Often more complete)
List of Cemeteries in the County
See Alabama Cemeteries for more information

Census Records

Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1870 4,041 —
1880 5,719 41.5%
1890 8,666 51.5%
1900 11,320 30.6%
1910 18,889 66.9%
1920 22,464 18.9%
1930 27,963 24.5%
1940 30,671 9.7%
1950 31,443 2.5%
1960 33,511 6.6%
1970 34,912 4.2%
1980 38,440 10.1%
1990 35,518 −7.6%
2000 38,440 8.2%
2010 38,319 −0.3%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

State Census

Church Records

Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Alabama denominations, view the Alabama Church Records wiki page.

Ward and Branch Records (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

  • Olive


List of Churches and Church Parishes

Court Records

Directories

Emigration and Immigration

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups

Funeral Homes

Genealogies

Guardianship

Land and Property Records

Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Alabama Land and Property for additional information about early Alabama land grants. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.

To place a grant or deed on a map within context of Escambia County see:

  • Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Escambia County, Alabama: with Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More. Norman, Okla.: Arphax Pub. Co., 2006. This is a definitive work and can be used as an index to land grants. Digital version at HistoryGeo ($). Website includes surname index. FS Library Book 976.1265 E7b.

Online Land Indexes and Records


Local Histories

Local histories are available for Escambia County. The histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the wiki page section Alabama Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers

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for more resources

Migration

Military Records

Multiple Wars

Civil War

World War I

World War II

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Other Records

Voter Registration

Periodicals

Probate Records

Online Probate Indexes and Records


School Records

Social Security Records

Tax Records

Alabama tax records complement land records and can be used to supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information, see the wiki page Alabama Taxation.

Vital Records

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the Alabama State Department of Health , the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or order electronically online $.

For some online statewide indexes, see the FamilySearch Historical Record Collections for Alabama.

Birth

Marriage

Death

Divorce

Research Facilities

Archives

Alabama Department of Archives and History
624 Washington Ave
PO Box 300100
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334-242-4435
Email: mark.palmer@archives.alabama.gov
Website
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FamilySearch Centers

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  • FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries have access to most center-only databases, but may not always have full services normally provided by a FamilySearch center.

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

Libraries

Listed below are libraries in Escambia County. For state-wide library facilities, see Alabama Archives and Libraries.

Atmore Public Library
700 E Church Street
Atmore, AL 36502
Phone: 251-368-5234
Website
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Brewton Public Library
206 West Jackson Street
Brewton, AL 36426
Phone: 251-867-4626
Email: brewtonlibrary@gmail.com
Website
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Flomaton Public Library
436 Dr Van Ave
Flomaton, AL 36441
Phone: 251-296-3552
Email: kboutwell@flomatonal.org
Website
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Museums

The Thomas E. McMillan Museum
220 Alco Drive
Brewton, AL 36426
Phone: 251-809-1528
Email: museum@jdcc.edu
Website
Facebook
The Museum is located in the Fine Arts Center on the Brewton campus of Coastal Alabama Community College.

Societies

Escambia County Historical Society
PO Box 276
Brewton, AL 36427
Phone: 251-809-1528
Email: escambiacohistoricalsociety@gmail.com
Website

Websites

Research Guides

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Escambia, Alabama," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escambia_County,_Alabama 06/05/2017.
  3. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  6. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Escambia County, Alabama," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escambia_County,_Alabama, accessed 15 October 2018.
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