Records that survive
These are the record series from Blount County that the Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH) has on microfilm, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps. Most of the original books are still in the county.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Southern Democrat Obituaries · Blount County Archives1800–1987
- Tombstone Inscriptions · Blount County Archives1800–1987
- Marriage Records and Indices · Probate Judge1820–1951
- WPA Marriage Records and Indices · Probate Judge1820–1888
- Records of Death · Probate Judge1888–1936
- Records of Birth · Probate Judge1905–1929
- Divorce Record · Circuit Court1936–1950
Deeds and land
- Deed Records · Probate Judge1830–1902
- Indices to Real Estate Conveyances · Probate Judge1858–1901
- Homestead Records · Probate Judge1894
Wills and estates
- Estate Case Files · Probate Judge1831–1915
- Master Index to Probate & Orphans Court Minutes · Blount County Archives1837–1901
- Administrator Records · Probate Judge1870–1926
- Appraisement Records · Probate Judge1870–1905
- Records of Partial Settlement · Probate Judge1870–1883
- Records of Sale of Real & Personal Property · Probate Judge1870–1900
- Will Records · Probate Judge1872–1933
- Claims against Estates · Probate Judge1874–1960
- Claims against estates · Probate Judge1874–1960
- Dower Records · Probate Judge1874–1926
- Guardian Records · Probate Judge1874–1960
- Records of Final Settlement · Probate Judge1874–1914
Military and pensions
- Records of Honorable Discharge from Military Service · Probate Judge1845–1952
- Census of Confederate Veterans · Probate Judge1862–1907
- Confederate Pension Records · Probate Judge1874–1960
Tax records
- Assessment Books · Tax Assessor1860–1894
- Tax Abstracts · Tax Assessor1878–1893
Elections and voters
- Lists of Registered Voters · Board of Registrars1877–1942
- Purge Lists · Board of Registrars1877–1956
- Poll Lists · Probate Judge1901–1960
Court records
- Minutes · Probate Judge1820–1942
- Miscellaneous Court Records · Dept. of Archives and History1820–1832
- Minutes · County Court1828–1843
- Minutes · Orphan's Court1829–1852
- Minutes · Chancery Court1840–1901
- Case Files · Chancery Court1841–1951
- Trial Docket · Circuit Court1853–1897
- Bar Docket · Circuit Court1863–1886
- Civil Docket · Circuit Court1863–1886
- Probate Dockets and Fee Books · Probate Judge1871–1913
- Final Record · Circuit Court1873–1892
- Judgments and Decrees · Circuit Court1874–1960
- Minutes · Circuit Court1874–1906
- Final Record · Chancery Court1876–1888
- and 4 more series in the full listing
Other records
- Lottie Painter Hudson Collection · Blount County Archives1650–1999
- Cemetery Index · Blount County Archives1808–1810
- Record Book · Circuit Court1825–1886
- Blount County Census · Blount County Archives1830–1840
- Journal · Circuit Court1838–1840
- Records · Probate Judge1856–1878
- Index Books · Chancery Court1859–1951
- Record Book · Chancery Court1876–1905
- Index Books · Circuit Court1893–1899
- Miscellaneous Record · Probate Judge1893–1913
- Involuntary Committment Records · Probate Judge1911–1936
Search ADAH's County Records on Microfilm database
Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History, County Records on Microfilm database. Enter the county's name to see every reel. Alabama's statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1908.
Where to find the records
- Blount County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the probate judge and the circuit clerk, and any online record search the county offers.
- The probate judge
In Alabama the probate office keeps most of the records family historians want: deeds, wills, estates, guardianships and marriage licenses. Before 1850 the same work was done by the orphans' court and the county court.
- The circuit clerk
Civil and criminal court cases and divorces. Older divorces and equity suits may be in the records of the chancery court.
- The Alabama Department of Archives and History
In Montgomery: microfilm of county records from every county, Confederate service and pension records, and the surviving state censuses (1820, 1850, 1855 and 1866, with many counties missing).
- ADAH County Records on Microfilmfree
Enter "Blount" as the county to see every reel of Blount County records, with the office, record type and dates.
- ADAH: Alabama courthouses destroyed by fire (PDF)free
The counties ADAH lists as losing a courthouse to fire between 1823 and 1965, with the years.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Alabama, Blount" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Montgomery County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Montgomery County
Later formed partly from Blount County: Cullman County, Etowah County, Jefferson County, Marshall County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1818, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Alabama's probate judges kept deeds as well as wills and estates, so one office holds most of a family's paper trail. For an ancestor who arrived before statehood in 1819, look in the records of the Mississippi Territory (to 1817) and the Alabama Territory (1817–1819) too.