Cherokee County was created by the Alabama legislature on January 9, 1836. It was named for the Cherokee Indians, who ceded the land that now comprises the county to the Federal government by the treaty of New Echota, December 29, 1835.

Cherokee County is located in the northeastern portion of the state, in the Appalachian Mountains. DeKalb County borders it on the north on the west by Etowah County, on the south by Calhoun and Cleburne, and the east by Chattooga and Floyd Counties, Georgia.

Towns & Communities

For the first ten years, the residents of Cherokee County quarreled over the location of a county seat. In 1837, the Alabama legislature authorized the seat of county government to be established at Cedar Bluff. In 1844 an election was held and the county seat was moved to the town of Centre.

~ Source: Ancestor Swap Meet 2003 book, June 21, 2003, Northeast Alabama Genealogical Society.

Other towns and communities include Centre (County seat), Cedar Bluff, Collinsville (partly in DeKalb County), Forney, Gaylesville, Jamestown, Leesburg, Piedmont (partly in Calhoun County), Rock Run & Sand Rock. * Updated 2/13/2016 *

Research Links for Genealogy Search in Cherokee County, Alabama [All links will open in a new tab or window of your browser.]

• Cherokee County on ALGenWeb – many links to records & research sites.
• Cherokee County – site on Genealogy, Inc.
• Cherokee County Wiki Genealogy – page on FamilySearch.org. * New 2/13/2016 *
• Cherokee County Archives – on USGenWeb. * New 2/13/2016 *
• Cherokee County – from TrackingYourRoots (not extensive). * New 2/13/2016 *
• Cherokee County – from KindredTrails.com. * New 2/13/2016 *

Bible

• Cherokee County Bible Records – These “… were extracted from microfilm on file in the LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Some … were transcribed from the actual images of Bible pages, but [some are from] … rolls of microfilm [which has] … many handwritten transcriptions of Bibles of Cherokee County, AL.”

Cemeteries

• Cherokee County Cemeteries – from AccessGenealogy.com. * New 2/13/2016 *

Libraries

• Cherokee Public Library in Centre – Has a genealogy department with some local records. Note that the site’s link to the public library web site is broken.

Museums

• Cherokee County Historical Museum – As well as historical items, the museum has some genealogical records.

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Last updated: Saturday, February 13, 2016  21:57 PM