Cherokee County Genealogy
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Cherokee County Alabama History and Profile:
Cherokee County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named for the Cherokee tribe. As of 2000 the population was 23,988. Its county seat is Centre and it is a prohibition or dry county.
Cherokee County was established on January 9, 1836. The county was created on the former Cherokee Nation that encompassed the southern Appalachians of Alabama with parts of adjacent Georgia, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina. The Cherokees departed and migrated outward in the early 1830s prior to the establishment of Cherokee County. An F4 tornado struck here on Palm Sunday March 27, 1994. It destroyed Goshen United Methodist Church twelve minutes after the National Weather Service of Birmingham issued a tornado warning for northern Calhoun, southeastern Etowah, and southern Cherokee.
Source: Wikipedia
Newspapers
Cherokee County Herald
107 First Street
Centre, Alabama
Cities and Towns of Cherokee County, Alabama:
* Cedar Bluff
* Centre (County seat)
* Collinsville (part – part of Collinsville is in DeKalb County)
* Gaylesville
* Leesburg
* Piedmont (part – part of Piedmont is in Calhoun County)
* Sand Rock (part – part of Sand Rock is in DeKalb County)
Government
Cherokee County Alabama Government – Official Site
Cherokee County Library
310 Mary St Centre, Alabama 35960
Telephone (256) 927-5838
Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:00 until 5:00, Saturday 8:00 until noon ยท Closed on Wednesday and Sunday.
Historic Places
Cornwall Furnace
Cherokee County Genealogy Resources
Cherokee County Alabama Genweb
Cherokee County Alabama GenWeb Archives
Cherokee County Alabama Page at KindredTrails
Cherokee County Historical Society
101 East Main Street
Centre, AL 35960
Cherokee County Historical Museum
101 East Main Street
Centre, AL 35960
256-927-7835
Vital Records
Cherokee County Clerk
102 W Main Street
Centre, AL 35960
Phone: (256) 927-33363
If you are outside the state of Alabama and are looking to request copies of vital records you must contact the statewide office of vital records:
Alabama Vital Records
P.O. Box 5625
Montgomery, AL 36103-5625
(334) 206-5418
Fax: (334) 262-9563
You can also call (334) 206-5418
There were no birth certificates prior to 1908, some counties may have recorded births in a ledger howeer. One way to search this centrally is by contacting:
Department of Archives and History
624 Washington Ave
Montgomery, AL 36130
(334) 242-4363
Birth and Death Records have been recorded in Alabama since 1908, Marriage Records since August 1936 and Divorces since 1950.
Census
1850 Census Transcription – pg 62b
1850 Census Transcription – pg 68b
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 251b-254b
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 255b-258b
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 259a-262b
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 263a-266a
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 266b-269a
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 269b-272b
1880 Federal Census Transcription pg 273a-275b
Tax Records
Cemeteries
USGS listing of Cemeteries in Cherokee County
Cherokee County Cemetery Transcriptions
Cemetery Transcriptions (Although both are usgenweb this seems a slightly different listing.)
Cherokee County Cemetery Transcriptions
Query Forums
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Franklin County woman’s remains will return to Virginia this week – WFIR News Talk Radio
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Franklin County woman's remains will return to Virginia this week
WFIR News Talk Radio In October, some kids hunting in Cherokee County, Alabama found human remains that DNA tests in January confirmed were Hodges'. WFIR's Timothy Martin spoke with Hodges' daughter about what the last five months have been like and how she'll honor her … |
Remains Identified in Cherokee County Al – Coosa Valley News
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Remains Identified in Cherokee County Al
Coosa Valley News According to Cherokee County (AL) Sheriff Jeff Shaver, the human remains found last October, by hunters on property off Alabama Highway 68 near Sand Rock have positively been identified as Shirley Ann Hodges, 64. She was last seen in August arguing … |
Missing Franklin County woman found dead – WDBJ7
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Missing Franklin County woman found dead
WDBJ7 According to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, Hodges' remains were found by a hunter on Oct. 3 in Cherokee County, Alabama. Through DNA analysis, the remains were identified as Hodges' on Wednesday. NEWS7 spoke with Hodges' daughter, Tracy Ayers, … Franklin County murder victim's remains found in Alabama Cherokee County remains identified as missing Virginia woman Rocky Mount mom's body found in Alabama |
Teamwork solves case of unidentified human remains found in Cherokee County – The Republic
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Teamwork solves case of unidentified human remains found in Cherokee County
The Republic It was the result of cooperation and a partnership between agencies in northeast Alabama that has become a necessity in the area since the closing of the Department of Forensic Sciences' McClellan lab this summer due to statewide budget cuts. DNA tests confirm body's identity |
Signing day isn’t just about football – Cherokee Tribune
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Signing day isn't just about football
Cherokee Tribune In Cherokee County, 47 athletes signed with 32 different schools in 10 different sports. Of those 47, 21 signed with Division I programs. Etowah had the highest number of signings with 13, followed by Sequoyah (11), Woodstock (10), Creekview (eight) … |
CHEROKEE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING – WEIS
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CHEROKEE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING
WEIS the Monday meeting of the Cherokee County Commission saw several measures being approved with the first being the Alabama Department of Transportation Emergency Work Rates. According to County Engineer Corey Chambers ALDOT requested that counties … |
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