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ALGenWeb : County Index: Calhoun County |
Calhoun County
Calhoun County was created in 1832 from former Creek Indian territory. Initially, the county was named Benton for Colonel Thomas Hart Benton. In 1858, the name was changed to Calhoun in honor of John C. Calhoun of South Carolina.
The county seat is located at Anniston.
Researching in Calhoun County
Calhoun County Court House
1702 Noble St., Suite 102
Anniston, AL 36201-3889Anniston-Calhoun County Library
108 E. 1Oth Street
P.O. Box 308
Anniston, AL 36202
(256) 237-8501; fax (256) 238-0474The Alabama Room is fast becoming one of the major genealogical research libraries in the State of Alabama.
The AlaBenton Genealogical Society meets in the Ayers Room of the Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library.
Piedmont Public Library
106 North Main Street
Piedmont AL 36272Jacksonville Public Library
200 Pelham Road South
Jacksonville, AL 36265
(256) 435-6332
Depository for John Pelham Papers (Artillerist, C.S.A.)Calhoun County Historical Society
PO Box 1771
Anniston, AL 36202Anniston Star
P.O. Box 189
Anniston AL 36202-0189The Jacksonville News
203 Pelham Road, S.
Jacksonville, AL 36265The Oxford Independent
P.O. Box 7188
Oxford, AL 36203Here's a partial bibliography containing historical and genealogical references.
Alabama Department of Archives & History
624 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0100
Phone: (334) 242-4435Records held by the Archives of the State of Alabama
There are volunteers who will look up information from books which they own or have easy access to.
Family History Center
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
1217 Lenlock Lane
Anniston, AL
Maps of Calhoun County
- Calhoun County Map from Tiger Mapping Service of the U. S. Census Bureau
- Calhoun County Maps from University of Alabama's Cartographic Research Library
- Calhoun County Map from Xerox PARC Map Viewer
Online sources of information
General Genealogical or Historical
- History of Calhoun County from Alabama Department of Archives and History
- History of Calhoun County written by Norman Morrison
- Lipscomb Family Papers, 1791-1867, Benton (now Calhoun) County, Alabama; Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War. Series J: Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Part 7: Alabama. These materials are available in microfilm from University Publications of America, Bethesda, MD.
- History of the Anniston Star newspaper
Civil War
Cemeteries
- Cemetery transcriptions and indexes
- List of Cemeteries in Calhoun County from USGS Geographic Names Database
- Cemetery transcriptions contributed to the USGenWeb Project Archives
- USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project
Mailing Lists
- RAN-CLAY. A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in genealogy related to the East Central Alabama, including Randolph, Clay, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Chambers, and Coosa counties. Please read these instructions to subscribe to the list.
- ALCALHOU. A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in genealogy related to the Calhoun county. To subscribe, send mail to ALCalhou-L-request@rootsweb.com with only the word "subscribe" in the subject and body of the note (without the quotes, of course).
Non-genealogical links
Queries
- Submit a query for Calhoun County.
- View Queries Submitted by others
- Visit the RootsWeb mesage boards for Calhoun County
- Amelia Willcut accepts queries for Alabama ancestors. The queries are organized by surname instead of county, and Amelia maintains a cross-index when several surnames are supplied in the query.
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