ALABAMA: THE OLD SOUTHWEST by Lloyd de Witt Bockstruck, A.B. (cum laude), M.A., M.S., F.N.G.S. I. Guides: a. Marilyn D. Barefield, Researching in Alabama, A Genealogical Guide. b. Guide to Public Vital Statistics in Alabama. c. Alabama Newspapers on Microfilm. rl... ,.(~,f-. lr d. Robert Scott Davis, Tracing Your Alabama Past. A.,-~J ~ ~ II. Census: 1/l~fl"·~~~ ~ a. Mobile Colony 1706, Louisiana Historical Quarterly, XIII (1930), p. 208. ~~ b. Peter J. Hamilton, Colonial Mobile, pp. 528-39 [1708 census], p. 15 ~ [1711 census]. 6 t~9~ c. Glenn R. Conrad, First Families of Louisiana, I, 24 [1725 census]. ~ / I1A d. A List of the Inhabitants of Mobile in West Florida, Mississippi ~~"~ Provincial Archives, English Dominion 1763-1783, v. 1] e. Johnnie Andrews, Spanish Census at Mobile. [1786, 1787, 1789, & 1805 censuses] f. Lawrence H. Feldman, Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives, Lists of Anglo- American Settlers in the Spanish Colonies of America. g. Ronald Vern Jackson, Early Alabama, v. 1: 1704-1818, v. 2: La. 1800-1819. h. -------, Alabama 1810 Census Index. i. -------,Alabama 1821-1829 Decennary Census Index. j. Alabama Census Returns, 1820. k. Pauline J. Gandrud, Alabama: An Index to the 1830 U.S. Census. 1. Ronald Vern Jackson, Alabama 1830 Census Index. m. ------- Alabama 1831-1839 Decennary Census Index. n. ------- Alabama 1840 Census Index. o. ------- Alabama 1850 Census Index. p. ------- Alabama 1855 Census Index. q. -------, Alabama 1860 Census Index. r. Alabama Census Index. s. 1866 Alabama State Census. Microfilm. t. Alabama 1870 Federal Census Index. u. Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, Alabama 1865-1866: Microfilm, M754, 6 rolls. III. Land: a. Johnnie Andrews, Mobile Land Grants 1710-1795. b. Winston DeVille, English Land Grants in West Florida: A Register for the States of Alabama, Mississippi, and Parts of Florida and Louisiana, 1766- 1776. c. Marilyn Davis Hahn, Old St. Stephens Land Office Records & Military Warrants. d. ------- Old Huntsville Land Offic~ Records & Military Warrants, 1810-1854. e. ------- Old Tuskaloosa Land Office Records & Military Warrants, 1821-1855. f. ------- Old Cahaba Land Office Records & Military Records, 1817-1853. g_. -------, Old Sparta & Elba Land Office Records & Military Warrants, 1822-1860. h. -------, Old Demopolis Land Office Records & Military Warrants 1818-1860 and Records of the Vine and Olive Colony. i. -------, Old Mardisville, Lebanon, and Center Land Office Records and Military Warrants 1834-1860. j. ------- Old Montgomery Land Office Records and Military Warrants 1834- 1869. k. Kathleen P. Jones, Original Land Grants in Alabama. l. Margaret M. Cowart, Old Land Records of----- County, Alabama. [Madison, Jackson, Morgan, Limestone, Colbert, Franklin, Marshall, and Lawrence Counties]. m. American State Papers Documents Legislative and Executive of the Congress of the United States. n. Phillip A. McMullin, Grassroots of America. o. Journal and Report of James Leander Cathcart and James Hutton Agents Appointed by the Secretary of the Navy to Survey Timber Resources between the Mermentau and Mobile Rivers November 1818--May 1819 .... Microfilm, M8, 1 roll. p. Letters and Surveying Contracts Received by the General Land Office from the Surveyor General for Alabama, 1817-1832. Microfilm, M1235, 1 roll. IV. Et Cetera: a. Richard F. Lackey, Frontier Claims in the Lower South: Records of Claims Filed by Citizens of the Alabama and Tombigbee River Settlements in the Mississippi Territory for Depradations by the Creek Indians during the War of 1812. b. Dorothy W. Potter, Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823, Indian Spanish, and Other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina. c. The Territorial Papers of the United States, v. 5, 6, & 7. d. Central Alabama Genealogical Society, Lineage Charts. e. Flora D. England, Alabama Notes. f. Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society, Ancestor Charts. g. Mary E. Brantley,. Early Settlers along the Old Federal Road in Monroe & Conecuh Counties, Alabama. h. Henry D. Southerland, The Federal Road Through Georgia, the Creek Nation, and Alabama, 1806-1836. i. Kathleen j. A Register University of Alabama, 1832-1901. k. Stanley C. Arthur, Index to the Archives of Spanish West Florida, 1782-1810. l. Lawrence H. Feldman, Anglo-Americans in Spanish Archives, Lists of Anglo­ Americans in the Spanish Colonies of America, A Finding Aid. m. Madge Pettit, Pioneers and Residents of West Central Alabama prior to the Civil War. n. Alabama Portraits prior to 1870. o. Sherry Harris, Alabama Salt Lists 1862. p. E. Kay Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Family Records of the Southern States. r. Jack D. L. Holmes, ''Alabama's Forg9tten Settlers: Notes on the Spanish Mobile District, 1780-1813," Alabama Historical Quarterly, XXXIII (1974) 87-97. s. Winston DeVille, Mississippi Valley Melange. t. Jean Strickland, Records of Spanish West Florida. 2 vols. u. Naturalization Records of U.S. District Courts in the Southeast, 1790- 1958. M1547, rolls 1-17, v. 1867 Alabama Voter Registration Lists. Microfilm, 11 rolls. VI. Vital Records: a. Alabama Marriage Index, 1936-1969. Microfilm, 11 rolls. b. Alabama Death Index, 1908-1922 [alphabetical] & 1923-1959 [soundex]. Microfilm, 6 rolls. c. Alabama Divorce Index, 1950-1959. Microfilm, 1 roll. d. Marilyn D. Hahn, Alabama Mortality Schedule 1850. r- rtality dule 1860. .l ~~ ( Earl AlabamaMarria es, - vo . (g'J7 -{o._/ g. ordan R. od , Alabama arr1ages, Early to 1825, A Research Tool. h. Helen F. Foley, Marriage and Death Notices from Alabama Newspapers and Family Records 1819-1890. i. Pauline J. Gandrud, Marriage, Death, and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers 1819-1893. j. Jeannette Austin, Alabama Bible Records. k. E. M. Tipton, Marriages and Obituaries from the New Orleans Christian Advocate 1850-1860. [Methodist] 1. Index to Divorce Cases of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama 1816-1918. m. Winston De Ville, Mobile Funerals, 1726-1764: Alabama Church Records -of the French Province of Louisiana. n. -------, British Burials and Births on the Gulf Coast: Records of the Church of England in West Florida, 1768-1770. ~ ~Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of ~ · Mobile, v. I, 1704-1739. ~ v. .LL-1-.§....;--"---------- to VI. Biography: a. Willis Brewer, Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record and Public Men from 1540-1872. ' b. Joel C. DuBose, Notable Men of Alabama. c. William Garrett, Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for Thirty Years. d. Henry S. Marks, Who Was Who in Alabama. e. Albert B. Moore, History of Alabama and Her People, v. 2 & 3. f. Northern Alabama, Historical and Biographical. g. Marie Owen, The Story of Alabama. h. Thomas MeA. Owen, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. i. James E. Saunders, Early Settlers of Alabama, with Notes and Genealogies. j. Albert J. Pickett, History of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi. VII. Military: a. Territorial Militia and Civil Service 1818. Microfilm, 2 rolls. b. Alabama State Militia, 1820-1865, 1873-1898. Microfilm, 16 rolls. Revolutionary War 1775-1783 a. Pauline J. Gandrud, Alabama Revolutionary, 1812, and Indian War Soldiers. b. Annie R. W. Mell, Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Alabama. c. Thomas MeA. Owens, Revolutionary Soldiers in Alabama; Being a List of Names of Soldiers of the American Revolution Who Resided in the State of Alabama. d. Sons of the Revolution in the State of Alabama Centennial Register. e. Clifford D. Black, An Index to Alabama Society Sons of the American Revolution Members and Their Ancestors 1903-1996. f. Louise M. Julich, Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama. g. Alycon T. Pierce, Selected Final Pension Payment Vouchers 1818-1864: Alabama. h. Revolutionary War Service 1776-1783. Microfilm, 1 roll. Frontier Wars 1783-1811 a. Virgil White, Index to Volunteer Soldiers Who Served from 1783 to 1811. War of 1812 a. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the War of 1812 in Organizations from the Territory of Mississippi, Microfilm 22 rolls. b. Eron 0. Rowland, Mississippi Territory in the War of 1812. c. War of 1812 Pensioners Living in Alabama during the 1880s. d. Virgil White, Index to War of 1812 Pension Files. e. Indian War Service 1812-1814. Microfilm, 1 roll. f. Compiled Service Records of Maj. Uriah Blue's Detachment of Chickasaw Indians in the War of 1812. Microfilm, M1829, 1 roll. g. Compiled Service Records of Maj. Mcintosh's Company of Creek Indians in War of 1812. Microfilm, M1830, 1 roll. ~~ /b ~ Indian Wars ~~ ~ ~" ~-I.J ~ a. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during u~rJ-- the Florida War in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Microfilm C~ b. Alabama Volunteers, Cherokee Disturbances and Removal, 1836-1839. ~~~'~db c. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Cherokee Removal in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Microfilm d. Robert C. Horn, Creek Indian War Index ·to Records of Volunteer Soldiers from Alabama. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served during the Creek War in Organizations from the State of Alabama. Microfilm, 2 rolls. I Virgil White, Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances 1815-1858. Indian War 1836. Microfilm, 1 roll. War of Texas Independence a. Texas War with Mexico 1835-1836. Microfilm, 1 roll. Mexican War 1846-1848 a. Mexican War Service 1846-1847. Microfilm, 2 rolls. b. Steven R. Butler, Alabama Volunteers in the Mexican War: A History and Annotated Roster. c. Virgil White, Index to Mexican War Pension Files. Civil War 1861-1865 a. Consolidated Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers. Microfilm, 535 rolls. Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of_Alabama, Microfilm, 1 roll. Janet B. Hewett, The Roster of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865: Alabama. Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations form the State of Alabama.