ALGenWeb: Chilton County

Chilton County

Chilton County was created by act of the Alabama legislature on 30 December 1868 from land taken from Autauga, Bibb, Perry, and Shelby counties. Originally named Baker County, in honor of Alfred Baker, a prominent citizen, it was renamed Chilton in honor of Chief Justice William Parish Chilton on 17 December 1874. In 1992, the population was 33,220 in a land area of 695 square miles, an average of 47.9 people per square mile. The county seat is located at Clanton . In addition to those counties is Coosa County to the East with the Coosa River as the boundary. A corner of Chilton and Elmore Counties meet and families can be found there with ties to Chilton.

Chilton County Historical Society

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Lee Caver, Jr has posted an "Index of Will (Book) Record II (1880-1920)" to the mailing list

Bureau of Land Management data for Chilton If you aren't familiar with these they are the records for the orginal sale of the land by the federal gov. BLM data by location.

Thomas Jr. High School An interesting web page contributed by Bruce Glenn.

Books of interest to Chilton Co. researchers
Ancestry's Query Page for Chilton Co. Please send all new queries to this address.
Chilton County, AL Researchers. A Yahoo Group (Registration Req.) This is the most active place to ask questions. Well worth the time to subscribe. I highly recommend it. In the files section there is an index of obits from 1870 - 1939 named Chilton Obit Full File 1870_1939.

Chilton County Online Maps
The 1870 Census Mortality Schedule and Manufacturing Census Info
The Clanton Advertiser recent Obituary Index usually about the past 6 weeks

Central Alabama Genealogy
An interesting site
Some Obituaries of Central Alabama
On the Central Alabama Genealogy site. Lots of obits.
History of Chilton County from Alabama Department of Archives and History

Other Sites Relating to Alabama

Alabama Death Records . $3 copies of Alabama Death Certificates.
Bureau of Land Management info . Information appears under the county the land appears in at present. EXCELLENT resource.
Alabama ACWRoots Home page A very good source for info on Alabama CSA units.

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Last updated:Wednesday, 18-Aug-2010 14:37:43 MDT