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Barbour County Alabama

Barbour County was established on December 18, 1832, from former Creek Indian homelands and a portion of Pike County. Its county seat is Clayton. Its name is in honor of James Barbour, who served as Governor of Virginia. In 1833, Louisville was chosen as the first county seat for Barbour County. The county seat was moved in 1834, after an eleven-member committee selected Clayton because of its central geographic location. By the 1870s, the city of Eufaula had surpassed Clayton in size, sparking debate about whether the county seat should be moved to the county's commercial center or remain at its geographic center. Reaching a compromise, the legislature passed Act No. 106 on February 12, 1879, to establish county courts in both Eufaula and Clayton. Today, two county courthouses continue to operate in Barbour County. (Source: Wikipedia).

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BARBOUR COUNTY COURTHOUSE AT CLAYTON

CITIES, TOWNS, AND POPULATED PLACES

* Clio * Eufaula * Bakerhill * Blue Springs * Clayton (county seat) * Louisville * Elamville * Spring Hill *

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Website Updates: Feb 2024: Marriage News: BARNES, GORDEN, HOWARD, BETTON, MOORE, PENSON, SNOW, LOVELACE, DANFORTH, COLEMAN, NEWELL, ALEXANDER, PUGH, HUNTER, TRAWICK, MCMILLAN, BLACK, BILLINGS, SHORTER, FANNIN, NICHOLS, FARLEY; Death News: LOE, FITZGERALD Oct 2023: Marriage News: HARRIS, WHITTINGTON; Ads: BROWN, BOYD, CLARK; Sick List News: BLACK; Visiting News: WHITE, PREUTT, EVANS, NIX, MCGUYRT, HORTMAN, BRYANT, WILSON, WILLIAMS, KING, KAIGLER, FERRELL, EDMONSON, PEARCE, DOWE, IRBY, GIBSON, MALLORY, DANIEL, JORDAN, SWANSON, DEAN, BRADOFRD, COCHRAN, MCDOUGALD Jun 2023: Marriage News: WALKER, CORY, ANDREWS, HUDSON, COTTINGHAM, THOMAS; Ads: BESSON, BUFORD, DENT, POPE, GARDNER, WELLBORN, TONEY, MCKLEROY, DANIEL, MERRILL, WOOD, SEALS, ROQUEMORE, COPELAND, WILLIAMS, LANE, CLAYTON, LEE, WHITE, ROBERTSON, COPELAND, MCKENNA; Biographies: CURRY Feb 2023: Biographies: GASTON; Marriage News: PERKINS, SHORTER, BAKEWELL, DEAN Oct 2022: Military News: 1862 Deaths of Clayton Guards; Legal News: ROBERTSON, BUFORD, LOTT, WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS; Death News: WARD, RILEY, PARMER, FLOWERS; Marriage News: VINING, AVERETT, PECK, FLORENCE; Birth News: PERNILLE Jun 2022: Biographies: ANDERSON, DANSBY, WILEY, BATTLE, FEAGIN, PEARSON, GLENN, WELLBORN, BOOTH, SHORTER, PUGH, COCHRAN, BULLOCK, CATO, BUFORD, BAKER, CLAYTON, BROWN, BAXLEY, LEE, DAVIE, McCALL, MULKEY, IRWIN, CALHOUN, CALLAWAY; Visiting News: MARSH, BALKCOM, HINSEY, WISE, MCLEOD, TULIS, BRUNSON, SINGER, BOYER, DAVIE; County: Senators and Representatives to 1872; History: 1872 County Overview; Military: 1840 Revolutionary War Pensioners, Rejected Revolutionary War Pensions Apr 2022: Marriage News: WARREN, WOOLDRIDGE Mar 2022: Death Records: 1850 Mortality Schedule; Marriage News: FOY, COCHRAN, PECK, FLORENCE; Death News: COLEMAN, COURIC, McLEOD, MITCHELL, SHORTER; Sick List News: KING, GLOVER; Calamity News; History: 1890 Louisville Dec 2021: Death News: GRUBBS, NIX; Marriage News: RIVENBARK, FLEMING Sept 2021: Marriage News: FLOYD, ELLISON; Death News: GARDNER, ST. LEGER; Visiting News: FRYER, PRUETT, WILLIAMS, WORTHY, ANGLIN, IRBY, PARISH, MCDONALD, MCKEE, NIX, MMABRY, ROBERTS, PAULLIN Jun 2021: Death News: FLOURNEY, CORKER; Ads: LOCKE, CHAMBERS, MCCALLISTER, JORDAN; Marriage News: ANDERSON, STRENGTH Apr 2021: Biographies: BROOKS - Submitted by Lisa Morton Mills Mar 2021: Marriage News: CARRAWAY, CARVER, BELL, RAMSER, SMITH, CORY; Death News: LASATER, NIX

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Surrounding Counties

* Russell County - northeast

* Quitman County, Georgia - east

* Stewart County, Georgia - east

* Clay County, Georgia - southeast

* Henry County - south

* Dale County - south

* Pike County - west

* Bullock County - northwest

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