A comprehensive listing of sources for the Whitsett's of Lauderdale County, Alabama

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Whitsett Sources Lauderdale County

This is my research log. These are the resources I used to create the family tree and family history for our Whitsett family of Lauderdale County.  At the time it was difficult for my to notate sources on those pages.  This page should help identify where my information came from.
 

State County Locale and Description

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Marriage Records, Book 5, pg. 275, (Copied by Corrine King Murphy, Lauderdale County Library, Florence, AL)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Robin Crew and Betty Womble, "Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriage Records
1818-1857," Vol. I, II; Tennessee Valley Historical Society, Sheffield, Ala.

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama, Court, Office of Probate, Master Index to Marriages
(extracted for me by Corinne King Murphy of Sheffield, AL, 1980)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Probate Court, Index to Brides (extracted for me by Corinne
King Murphy of Sheffield, AL, 1980)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriage Book E, Jan. 1885 - Oct. 1887 (As copied by the
WPA, Lauderdale Co., Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lee Freeman, "Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriage Notices From Various Newspapers
(Times and Journal, Wed., Mar. 5, 1873)," [information on location of source has been
lost]

 

AL County Lauderdale
Index to Wills & Estate Files, Lauderdale County, Alabama, Index to estate files stored in
boxes containing original documents, Lauderdale Co., Ala. Probate Court, Florence, AL
(from Mr. Corrine King Murphy, Sheffield, AL)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Estate Records, Lauderdale Co., Ala. Extracts from Corinne King Murphy, my paid
researcher in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriages No. 6, pg. 186, Books 4-6 rebound into Vol. 2; page
853 in rebound volume (from Corinne King Murphy, my paid researcher in Florence,
Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriages Vol. 3, pg. 214-215; Original volumes 1-3 rebound
into one book, page 735 in rebound volume, Lauderdale County, Ala. Probate Court (from
Corinne King Murphy, my paid researcher in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Minutes of Probate Court [Book] C, pg. 385. Nov. 25, 1865,
(from Corinne King Murphy, my paid researcher in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Estate File 2258, Isaac Whitsett Jr., "Recorded Inventory Bk. H, pg. 556/557", Receipts
and other documents - Photo copies of original documents (from Corinne King Murphy, my
paid researcher in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Adam Whitsett, Wills [book] 4, 1821-1825 Lauderdale County, Alabama, Photo copies of
estate inventory and sale, Probate Court, Lauderdale Co., Ala. (from Corinne King
Murphy, my paid researcher in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Isaac Whitsett, Lauderdale County, Ala., Inventory Book D, pg. 659, Lauderdale Co., AL
Probate Court, photo copies (from Corinne King Murphy, my paid researcher in Florence,
Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Isaac Whitsett Estate, Lauderdale County, Ala. Probate Minute Book E, Lauderdale Co.,
Ala. Probate Court, photo copies (from Corinne King Murphy, my paid researcher in
Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala.)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Whitsett to Hopson Marriage License, Nov. 17, 1856, Lauderdale County, Alabama
Marriages No. 6, pg. 186 (now rebound with vols. 4 and 5 and labeled Vol. 2, pg. 853)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Whitsett to Wilson Marriage License, July 1837, Lauderdale County Alabama Marriages
Marriage books 1-3 (rebound into one vol.), page 214, 215 (new page 735).

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Deed Book A-1, Whitsit to Farmer, 13 March 1823

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Deed Book A-4, pg. 336, Whitsett to Fox April 22, 1829

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Deed Book A-5, Whitsett to Crow & Worrell, 17 Jan. 1833

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Direct Index to Deeds

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Deed Book 9, pg. 30, Price to Whitsett (no date)

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama, Deed Book A-7, pg. 150, Whitsett to Crow, 31 Jan. 1837

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama, Deed Book 13, pg. 300, Whitsett to Long (no date) Corinne
King Murphy Whitsett research notes of Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
Corinne King Murphy Whitsett research notes of Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Inventory Book H, pg. 517, Isaac Whitsett Estate, 1 Nov.
1880

 

AL County Lauderdale
Jill Knight Garrett, "History of Lauderdale County, Alabama," 1964. On file at the Library
of Congress, Local History and Genealogical Library, Thomas Jefferson Reading Room.

 

AL County Lauderdale
Letter, Martha Carol & John G. Whitsett, 1802 Church Road, Horn Lake, MS 38637,
October 25, 1983 to Ron and Carolyn Wall, 838 E. Osage, Apache Junction, AZ 85220

 

AL County Lauderdale T1R14W
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records; Document Nr. 14559, 31978,
32177, Patentee Willson Whitsett; Alabama, Huntsville Land Office

 

AL County Lauderdale
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records; Accession/Serial Nr.
AL3660__.373 Document Nr. 14559 Patentee Wilson Whitsett; Alabama, issue date
8/10/1850, Huntsville Land Office

 

AL County Lauderdale
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records; Accession/Serial Nr.
AL3960__.469 Document Nr. 32177 Patentee Wilson Whitsett; Alabama, issue date
12/1/1860, Huntsville Land Office

 

AL County Lauderdale
Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records; Accession/Serial Nr.
AL3680__.122 Document Nr. 15277 Patentee William Hopson; Alabama, issue date
4/1/1852, Huntsville Land Office

 

AL County Lauderdale
"Record of Company D, 9th Regiment Alabama," Historical record roll dated near
Petersburg, Va., Jan. 29th 1865, Alabama Department of Archives & History, 624
Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

 

AL County Lauderdale
Roll of "The Lauderdale Rifles," Co. D 9th Ala Infantry CSA, From Thomas M. Owen, Nov.
4, 1901, compiled by J. R. Cannon, McKensie, Tenn. Alabama Department of Archives &
History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130

 

AL County Lauderdale
Company D. 9th Ala. Inf. Regt., Historical record roll dated near Petersburg, Va., Jan. 1st
1865, Alabama Department of Archives & History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL
36130

 

AL County Lauderdale T1R15W
1880 U.S. Census, T1R15 West, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, ED 140, Page 6, 15 June 1880

 

AL County Lauderdale
1880 U.S. Census, Beat 12, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, ED 141, Page 16, 11 June 1880

 

AL County Lauderdale
1880 U.S. Census, Beat 12, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, ED 141, Page 22, 14 June 1880

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1880 U.S. Census, Waterloo, Beat 12, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, ED 141, page 14C

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1900 U.S. Census, Waterloo, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, partial extract

 

AL County Lauderdale Spains
1900 Census, Spains, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, partial extract

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1900 U.S. Census, Waterloo, Lauderdale Co., Alabama, ED 65, partial extract

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Marriage Book 2, 1825-1833

 

AL County Lauderdale
1830 US Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1840 US Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1850 Census, District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama Marriage Book 2, 1825-1833, as copied by the WPA

 

AL County Lauderdale
Macedonia Cemetery, LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA - Section 36, TOWNSHIP 1, RANGE 13, Surveyed May 2002 by Bob Torbert; LOCATION: On the north side of County Road 158.

 

AL County Lauderdale Florence
1910 Census, Florence City, Lauderdale Co., Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Spains
1910 Census, Spains, Lauderdale Co., Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1910 Census, Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Cross Roads
1920 Census, Cross Roads, Lauderdale Co., Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1920 Census, Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1930 Census, Precinct 14 Chapel, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Rogersville
1930 Census, Precinct 2 Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Spains
1900 Census, Precinct 18 Spains, Lauderdale Co., Ala., ED66

 

AL County Lauderdale
1830 Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1840 Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1850 Census, District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1850 Slave Schedule, District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1860 Census, Western Division, Lauderdale County, Alabama, P.O. Waterloo

 

AL County Lauderdale
1870 Census, T1R16W, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1870 Census T2R14W, Lauderdale County, Alabama, P.O. Waterloo

 

AL County Lauderdale
1870 Census T1R16W, Lauderdale County, Alabama, P.O. Waterloo

 

AL County Lauderdale
1880 Census, Beat 11, 12 (T1R14W), Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED141

 

AL County Lauderdale
1880 Census, T1R15W, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED140

 

AL County Lauderdale
1880 Census, T1R16W, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED140

 

AL County Lauderdale Spains
1900 Census, Precinct 18 Spains, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED66

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1900 Census, Precinct 17, Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED65

 

AL County Lauderdale Florence
1910 Census, Precinct 10, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED62

 

AL County Lauderdale
1910 Census, Spains, Precinct 18, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED72

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1910 Census, Waterloo Precinct, Waterloo Village, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED71

 

AL County Lauderdale Cross Roads
1920 Census, Cross Roads Precinct 4, Cross Roads Town, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED56

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1920 Census, Waterloo Precinct, Waterloo Village, Lauderdale County, Alabama ED74

 

AL County Lauderdale Chapel
1930 Census, Precinct 14 Chapel, Lauderdale County, Alabama, ED39-27

 

AL County Lauderdale Rogersville
1930 Census, Precinct 2, Rogersville, Lauderdale County, Alabama ED39-5

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1930 Census, Precinct 17, Waterloo, Waterloo Town, Lauderdale County, Alabama ED39-30

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1870 Census, T1R15W, Waterloo, Lauderdale Co, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1880 Census, T1R14W, Beat 12, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1860 Census, Western Division, Waterloo, Lauderdale, County, Alabama, page 58, 4 July 1860

 

AL County Lauderdale
1860 Agriculture Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama, pg. 4

 

AL County Lauderdale
1866 Tax List, Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1866 Alabama State Census, White population, Lauderdale County

 

AL County Lauderdale
1870 Agricultural Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA LAND RECORDS, RANGE 14 WEST, Townships 1 and 2 Abstracted July 2000 by Jeanene Daniels

 

AL County Lauderdale
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES, Marriage Book #3, part 1, 1858 - 1867, BRIDES, Transcribed from the original book by Muriel Barnett

 

AL County Lauderdale
Marriage Book A, 1870 - 1876, Brides P - Y; LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES, BOOK A, 1870 - 1876 (As copied by the WPA) extracted by by Pat M. Mahan

 

AL County Lauderdale
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES, MARRIAGE BOOK E, JANUARY 1885 - OCTOBER 1887 AS COPIED BY THE WPA, Copied by Pat M. Mahan

 

AL County Lauderdale
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES, Marriage Book C, Aug 1879 - Jan 1882, Copied by Pat M Mahan

 

AL County Lauderdale
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA MARRIAGES, MARRIAGE BOOK 6, 1851 - 1857 (As copied by the WPA); copied by Pat M. Mahan 15 Feb 2001

 

AL County Lauderdale
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA OBITUARIES; INDEX OF DEATHS IN THE FLORENCE TIMES 4 JULY 1890 - 31 DEC. 1930, transcribed by Theo Williford Sr.

 

AL County Lauderdale
ROUSSEAU BIOGRAPHIES, by Inez Jane Dennis, copyright 1965

 

AL County Lauderdale Waterloo
1880 Census, Beat 12, Waterloo (T2R15W), Lauderdale County, Alabama, P.O. Waterloo, ED141

 

AL County Lauderdale Gravelly Springs
1870 Census, T2R13W, Gravelly Springs, Lauderdale County, Alabama

 

AL County Lauderdale
1850 Slave Schedules, District 1, Lauderdale County, Alabama, pg. 100

 

AL County Lauderdale
1860 Slave Schedule, Western Division, Lauderdale County, Alabama, page 14

 

AL County Lauderdale
Lauderdale County, Alabama, Marriage Book 2, 1825-1833

  AL County Lauderdale
BLM Land Records, Benjamin Price, Certificate Numbers 13138, 13900, 15078, 15533, 15534, Huntsville Land Office
Additional Sources

Whitsett, William Thornton, PhD, “Whitsett Family History,” type written notes from University of North Carolina, Dr. William T. Whitsett file; and notes obtained from Dr. Whitsett’s daughter, Carrie Whitsett Hayes, by Pearl Whitsett Miller in 1980 at Whitsett, Alamance County, North Carolina.

Don Whiteside, “Whiteside Papers”, Whiteside (S) Listed In Tennessee Censuses For Selected Counties 1810-1880; Whiteside(s) Family in Tennessee; Edmonton, Canada, 1966-67.

Family papers of Maida Whitten, Shawnee Mission, Kansas; Jesse James Whitsett of Durant, Oklahoma and James Edward Whitsett of Weatherford, Texas; letters and notes; Nov. 1929.

Research of Maida Whitten, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Whitsett GEDCOM, (obtained 1999).

Letter, Martha Carol & John G. Whitsett, Horn Lake, Mississippi, October 25, 1983 (family of John William Whitsett, son of Joseph Whitsett of Lauderdale County, Alabama).

Family knowledge from the family of Wayne B. Whitsett and Clifford C. Whitsett, Fort Smith Arkansas, obtained between 1979 and 2003.

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, compiled by the LDS, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Orange County, North Carolina Marriage Bonds, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina (obtained 1979)

Orange County, North Carolina Deeds and Land Records, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, N. C. (obtained 1979-1981); John, Samuel, James Whiteside/Whitsett.

Orange County, North Carolina Estate Records, North Carolina State Archives; John Whitsett (obtained 1980).

Jane B. Hewett, Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1966; Phillip W. Whitsett, Co. D, 9th Alabama Infantry.

Union Army Records, National Archives, Wash., D.C., Head Quarters, Provost Marshal General, U.S. Army, Department of the Cumberland, Nashville, Tennessee; Roll no. 572, sheet 10 (Phillip W. Whitsett).

War of Rebellion, Series I, Vol. 30, Part II, pg. 540, Battle of Chickamauga Roll of Honor (Pvt. Wallace Whitsett, Co. E, 4th Regiment of Tennessee Infantry).

Civil War Soldiers and Sailors, (http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss), Pvt. William W. Whitsett, Wallace Whitsett, Co. E. 4th Reg., Robinson’s 2nd Tennessee Infantry, muster rolls.

Index to Confederate Soldiers, National Archives, Washington, D.C., Sgt. William (Wallace) Whitsett, Co. E, 2nd (Robinson’s) Tennessee Infantry, Roll 118.

Smoke, Teresa [teresasmoke@bellsouth.net], Jefferson County, Tenn., November 15, 2005; family of Jones Turner Whitsett, Lauderdale County, Alabama.

LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA HISTORY, History of The Shoals, Harry E. Wallace, as published in the Times Daily, Florence, Alabama, February 25, 1999.

 
Ronald N. Wall
Modified: 22 August 2025