Searching for Lee Families Living in Wilcox , Al in Early 1800s

Guide to Lee County, Alabama beginnings, genealogy and family history, nascency records, union records, decease records, census records, family history, and military machine records.

Canton Data [edit | edit source]

Clarification [edit | edit source]

The Canton was named is in award of Robert Due east. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army.^[2] The Canton is located in the east-key surface area of the state.^[3]

County Courthouse [edit | edit source]

Lee Canton Courthouse
2311 Gateway Dr, Rm 104
Opelika, AL 36801
Phone: 334-737-3526
Fax: 334-737-3520
Lee County Website

Probate Guess has marriage and land records from 1867, military discharge records from 1919 and probate records from 1861^[iv]

Lee County, Alabama Record Dates [edit | edit source]

Data for this chart was taken from diverse sources, often containing conflicting dates. This data should be taken as a guide and should exist verified by contacting the county and/or the state regime agency.

Known Beginning Dates for Major Records [5]
Birth*	Spousal relationship	Death*	Court	Land	Probate	Census
1916	1867	1916	1867	1867	1861	1816
*Statewide registration for births and deaths began in 1908. General compliance for births by 1927 and for deaths 1925.

Tape Loss [edit | edit source]

There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this canton.

Boundary Changes [edit | edit source]

• 1866 Lee County was created 5 December 1866 from Chambers, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa Counties.
  
• Canton seat: Opelika^[six]
  

• Interactive Map of Alabama County Formation History (1799-1980) - animated maps illustrating Alabama county purlieus changes
• Alabama Historical Purlieus Changes - listing of all purlieus changes past county provided by Newberry Library

Populated Places [edit | edit source]

The following are the nigh historically and genealogically relevant populated places in Lee County:^[7]

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

Cities
Auburn Opelika (canton seat)	Phenix Urban center Smiths Station
Towns
Loachapoka Notasulga	Waverly
Unincorporated communities
Beauregard Bee Hive Beulah Chewacla	Golden Loma Hopewell Marvyn	Roxana Salem The Canteen
Census-designated places
Beans Factory Brownsville Floyd Factory Meadows Crossroads	Pierce Chapel Prince Crossroads Ridge Grove	Sears Crossroads Wacoochee Walkers Shop

History Timeline [edit | edit source]

Resources [edit | edit source]

Bible Records [edit | edit source]

• Alabama Bible Records at Tracking Your Roots
• Bible Tape for Thomas Marion & Melissa C. Digby Duncan at USGenWeb Archives Projection

Biographies [edit | edit source]

Concern, Commerce, and Occupations [edit | edit source]

Cemeteries [edit | edit source]

Demography Records [edit | edit source]

Historical populations
Census	Pop.	%±
1870	21,750	—
1880	27,262	25.3%
1890	28,694	5.three%
1900	31,826	ten.ix%
1910	32,867	3.iii%
1920	32,821	−0.1%
1930	36,063	9.9%
1940	36,455	1.1%
1950	45,073	23.6%
1960	49,754	10.iv%
1970	61,268	23.1%
1980	76,283	24.5%
1990	87,146	xiv.2%
2000	115,092	32.i%
2010	140,247	21.9%
Source: "Wikipedia.org".

Country Census

• 1855 Alabama Land Census, 1855 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Drove; index and images
• 1866 Alabama State Census, 1866 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Drove; alphabetize and images
• 1907, 1921, 1927 Alabama, Census of Amalgamated Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Drove; index and images

Church Records [edit | edit source]

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

• 1831-1994 Alabama, Church building Records, 1831-1994 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize and images

List of Churches and Church Parishes

• FamilySearch Places
  

Court Records [edit | edit source]

Directories [edit | edit source]

Emigration and Immigration [edit | edit source]

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups [edit | edit source]

• 1865-1872 Alabama, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection; images only

Funeral Homes [edit | edit source]

• Frederick-Dean Funeral Dwelling and Crematory in Opelika
• Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Dwelling house and Crematory in Opelika
• Peterson and Williams Funeral Abode in Opelika

Genealogies [edit | edit source]

Guardianship [edit | edit source]

Land and Property Records [edit | edit source]

Land and property records tin place an ancestor in a item location, provide economical information, and reveal family unit relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.

See Alabama Country and Property for boosted information about early Alabama state grants. After state was transferred to individual ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse, where records are currently housed.

Local Histories [edit | edit source]

Local histories are available for Lee Canton. The histories may include biographies, church, school and authorities history, and military data. For more data about local histories, see the wiki folio section Alabama Local Histories.

Maps and Gazetteers [edit | edit source]

Click a neighboring county
for more resources

• Maps of Alabama (1799-1980)
• FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Employ FS Places
• Alabama Maps and Blueprints Drove at Alabama Section of Archives and History – maps tin be browsed by location or subject

Migration [edit | edit source]

Military Records [edit | edit source]

Mulatipal Wars

• ca.1918-ca.1962 Alabama, Armed forces Discharge Records, ca.1918 - ca.1962 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Drove; index and images

Civil War

• 1861-1865 Alabama Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, images at partner site
• 1861-1865 Alabama Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection; index, images at partner site
• 1861-1865 Civil War Service Database at Alabama Department of Athenaeum and History - alphabetize
  
• 1861-1865 U.Southward., Amalgamated Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
• 1871-1880 Alabama, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1880-1930 Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930s at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1907, 1921, 1927 Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927 at FamilySearch - How to Employ this Collection; alphabetize and images
• Alabama Civil State of war and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History

World War I

• 1917-1919 Alabama, World State of war I Service Cards, 1917-1919 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize and images
• 1917-1918 Alabama World War I Service Records at Alabama Department of Archives and History - alpha index by proper noun and images
  
• 1917-1918 Alabama World State of war I Gold Star Files at Alabama Department of Archives and History - blastoff index by proper noun and images
  

World State of war Two

• 1940-1945 Alabama, Earth War Two Typhoon Registration Cards,1940-1945 at FamilySearch — alphabetize and images - How to Utilize this Collection; index and images
• 1940-1966 Alabama Active Military Service Reports at Alabama Department of Archives and History - blastoff alphabetize by name and images
  

Naturalization and Citizenship [edit | edit source]

Newspapers [edit | edit source]

• Alabama Civil War and Reconstruction Newspapers at Alabama Department of Archives and History
• 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Union Alphabetize, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)

Obituaries [edit | edit source]

Other Records [edit | edit source]

Voter Registration

• 1834-1981 Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 at FamilySearch- How to Use this Collection; index and some images

Periodicals [edit | edit source]

Probate Records [edit | edit source]

Online Probate Indexes and Records

• 1753-1999 Alabama Wills and Probate Records 1753-1999 at Beginnings ($)
• 1809-1985 Alabama Probate Records, 1809-1985 at FamilySearch - How to Utilise this Collection; index and images
• 1830-1976 Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976 at FamilySearch - How to Utilize this Collection; index and images
• 1840-1947 Estate Case Files and Guardianship Estate Files and Indexes, ca. 1840-1947, Lee Canton, Alabama(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images.
• 1861-1931 Volition Records, 1861-1931(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images.
• 1880-1928 Probate Minutes, 1880-1928(*); at FamilySearch Catalog — images.

School Records [edit | edit source]

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• 1935-2014 Us Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch - How to utilize this drove; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
• 1936-2007 U.Southward., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Beginnings ($) — index, click here for more information.

Revenue enhancement Records [edit | edit source]

Alabama tax records complement state records and can be used to supplement the years betwixt censuses. There may exist gaps of several years in the taxation records of some counties. For more data, see the wiki page Alabama Taxation.

Vital Records [edit | edit source]

Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. A re-create or an extract of most original records tin can exist purchased from the Alabama State Section of Health , the Canton Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or lodge electronically online $.

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

Birth [edit | edit source]

• 1881-1930 Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection; alphabetize
• 1881-1930 Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930 at FamilySearch — index, and some images - How to Utilise this Collection; alphabetize and some images

Marriage [edit | edit source]

• 1733-2013 Alabama, U.s.a. Marriages at FindMyPast ($)
• 1788, 1797, 1874-1880, 1882-1883, 1886–1907, 1933, 1936–1969 Alabama, Union Collection, 1800–1969 Beginnings ($)
• 1800-1969 Alabama, Marriage Drove, 1800-1969 Ancestry ($)
• 1809-1920 Alabama, Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920 Beginnings ($)
• 1809-1950 Alabama, County Marriages, 1809-1950 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and some images
• 1816-1957 Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Apply this Collection; index
• 1818-1936 Alabama County Marriages, 1818-1936 at FamilySearch - How to Employ this Collection; index
• To 1825 Index to Marriages Beginnings ($)
• 1867-1931 Lee County Wedlock Books A-L Index 1867-1931 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch^[8]
• 1874-1900 Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920 Beginnings ($)

Decease [edit | edit source]

• 1881-1952 Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; alphabetize
• 1881-1974 Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974 Ancestry ($)
• 1908-1959 http://search.beginnings.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5188 Alabama, Death Index, 1908-1959 Beginnings ($)]
• 1908-1974 Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974 at FamilySearch Historical Records Drove - How to Utilise this Drove; index

Divorce [edit | edit source]

Research Facilities [edit | edit source]

Athenaeum [edit | edit source]

Family History Centers [edit | edit source]

Family unit History Center and Affiliate Library Locator map - search for local Family History Centers or Chapter Libraries

• Family History Centers provide one-on-one help, free access to middle-merely databases, and to premium genealogical websites.
• FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries take admission to most center-only databases, just may non always have full services normally provided by a family history center.
  

Local Centers and Affiliate Libraries

• Auburn Alabama Family History Center
  

Libraries [edit | edit source]

Listed beneath are libraries in Lee Canton. For state-wide library facilities, see Alabama Athenaeum and Libraries.

Auburn Public Library
749 East Thach Ave.
Auburn, Alabama 36830
Phone: 334-501-3190
Website

Offers family unit history subscription databases to library patrons

Lewis Cooper, Jr. Memorial Library
200 South 6th Street
Opelika, AL 36801
Phone: 334-705-5380
Website

Museums [edit | edit source]

Societies [edit | edit source]

Auburn Heritage Association
P. O. Box 2248
Auburn, AL 36831-2248
Email to: pinetucket2@gmail.com
Website
Facebook

Lee Canton Historical Club
6500 Stage Road
Loachapoka, AL 36865
(334) 887-3007
Publication: Trails in History
Website

Genealogy Society of East Alabama
PO Box 2892
Opelika, AL 36803-2892
Email to: gsofea@gmail.com
Website
Facebook

Websites [edit | edit source]

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the country, then the county.
• USGenWeb Archives Projection ~ contains tape transcriptions from Bibles, obituaries, court records and more than.
• Lee County ALGenWeb ~ tape transcriptions and information pertinent to the county.
• Lee County, Alabama Genealogy and Family unit History (Linkpendium)
• United States Resource: Alabama
• Lee Co. AL
• FamilySearch Catalog – The FamilySearch itemize contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.

Research Guides [edit | edit source]

References [edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ Genealogy Trails History Group, "Lee County, Alabama Genealogy and History", http://genealogytrails.com/ala/lee/ 6/08/2017.
3. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lee, Alabama," in Wikipedia: the Gratis Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_County,_Alabama 6/08/2017.
4. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
5. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: Us of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Volume 973 D27e 2002.
6. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, tenth ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Alabama.At diverse libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Lee County, Alabama," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_County,_Alabama, accessed 19 October 2018.
8. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/c/cf/Igialabamals.pdf.

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