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Renamed and abolished Counties:

  1. Baine 7 Dec 1866 - Etowah 1 Dec 1868
  2. Baker 30 Dec 1868 - Chilton 17 Dec 1874
  3. Benton 18 Dec 1832 - Calhoun 29 Jan 1858
  4. Cabela 12 Feb 1818 - Bibb 4 Dec 1820
  5. Cotaco 8 Feb 1818 - from Cherokee Turkeytown Cession - Morgan 1821
  6. Decatur 17 Dec 1821 from Jackson. Abolished 1824.
  7. Jones 4 Feb 1867 abolished 3 Nov 1867 and returned to parent counties, Marion, Fayette, Pickens.

| Autauga | Baldwin | Barbour | Bibb | Blount | Bullock | Butler | Calhoun | Chambers | Cherokee | Chilton | Choctaw | Clarke | Clay |

| Cleburne | Coffee | Colbert | Conecuh | Coosa | Covington | Crenshaw | Cullman | Dale | Dallas | Decatur | Dekalb | Elmore | Escambia |

| Etowah | Fayette | Franklin | Geneva | Greene | Hale | Henry | Houston | Jackson | Jefferson | Lamar | Lauderdale | Lawrence | Lee |

| Limestone | Lowndes | Macon | Madison | Marengo | Marion | Marshall | Mobile | Monroe | Montgomery | Morgan | Perry | Pickens | Pike |

| Russell | St. Clair | Shelby | Sumter | Talledega | Tallapoosa | Tuscaloosa | Walker | Washington | Wilcox | Winston |


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  1. Autauga - 21 Nov 1818 from Montgomery. Chilton 1868, Elmore 1866.
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  2. Baldwin - 21 Dec1809 from Washington, part of Florida. Escambia 1868.
    A-Z | 0 wills linked
  3. Barbour - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession. Bullock 1866, Russell 1832.
  4. Bibb - 4 Dec 1820 from Monroe, Montgomery.
  5. Blount - 7 Feb 1818 from Cherokee Cession, Montgomery. Cullman 1877, Etowah 1868, Marshall 1836, Jefferson 1819.
  6. Bullock - 5 Dec 1866 from Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, Pike
  7. Butler - 13 Dec 1819 from Conecuh, Montgomery. Crenshaw 1866, Lowndes 1830.
  8. Calhoun - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession as Benton. Renamed 29 Jan 1858. Cleburne 1866, Etowah 1868.
  9. Chambers - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession. Lee 1866.
  10. Cherokee - 9 Jan 1836 from Cherokee Cession. Etowah 1867
  11. Chilton - 17 Dec 1874 from Autauga, Bibb, Perry
  12. Choctaw - 29 Dec 1847 from Sumter, Washington.
  13. Clarke - 10 Dec 1812 from Washington.
  14. Clay - 7 Dec 1866 from Randolph, Talladega.
  15. Cleburne - 6 Dec 1866 from Calhoun, Randolph, Talladega.
  16. Coffee - 29 Dec 1841 from Dale. Crenshaw 1866, Geneva 1868.
  17. Colbert - 6 Feb 1867 from Franklin. Abolished later 1867. Restablished 1869.
  18. Conecuh - 13 Feb 1818 from Monroe. Butler 1819, Escambia 1868, Henry 1819.
  19. Coosa - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession. Elmore 1866
  20. Covington - 18 Dec 1821 from Henry. Crenshaw 1866, Dale 1824.
  21. Crenshaw - 24 Nov 1865 from Butler, Covington, Coffee, Lowndes, Pike.
  22. Cullman - 24 Jan 1877 from Blount, Morgan, Winston
  23. Dale - 22 Dec 1824 - from Covington, Henry. Coffee 1841, Geneva 1868, Houston 1903.
  24. Dallas - 9 Feb 1818 from Montgomery. Lowndes 1830, Wilcox 1819.
  25. Dekalb - 9 Jan 1836 from Cherokee Cession. Etowah 1868.
  26. Elmore - 15 Feb 1866 from Autauga, Montgomery, Coosa, Tallapoosa.
  27. Escambia - 10 Dec 1868 from Baldwin, Conecuh
  28. Etowah - 7 Dec 1866 from Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Dekalb, Marshall, St. Clair as Baine. Renamed1 Dec 1868.
  29. Fayette - 20 Dec 1824 from Marion, Tuscaloosa.
  30. Franklin - 4 Feb 1818 from Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession. Colbert 1867.
  31. Geneva - 26 Dec 1868 from Dale, Henry, Coffee. Houston 1903, Hale 1867.
  32. Hale - 30 Jan 1867 from Greene, Marengo, Perry, Tuscaloosa.
  33. Henry - 13 Dec 1819 from Conecuh. Covington 1821, Dale 1824, Geneva 1868, Houston 1903, Pike 1821.
  34. Houston - 9 Feb 1903 from Dale, Geneva, Henry.
  35. Jackson - 13 Dec 1819 from Cherokee Cession. Marshall 1836. Part of Marshall returned to Jackson at later date.
  36. Jefferson - 13 Dec 1819 from Blount.
  37. Lamar - 4 Feb 1867 from Marion, Fayette, Pickens as Jones. Renamed 1877.
  38. Lauderdale - 6 Feb 1818 from Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession.
  39. Lawrence - 4 Feb 1818 from cherokee & Chickasaw Cession.
  40. Lee - 15 Dec 1866 from Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa.
  41. Limestone - 6 Feb 1818 from Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession.
  42. Lowndes - 20 Jan 1830 from Butler, Dallas, Montgomery. Crenshaw 1866.
  43. Macon - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession. Bullock 1866, Lee 1866.
  44. Madison - 13 Dec 1808 from Cherokee Cession.
  45. Marengo - 7 Feb 1818 from Choctaw Cession. Greene 1819, Hale 1867.
  46. Marion - 13 Feb 1818 from Tuscaloosa. Fayette 1824, Walker 1824.
  47. Marshall - 9 Feb 1836 from Blount, Jackson, Cherokee Cession. Etowah 1868, part returned to Jackson at later date.
  48. Mobile - 1 Aug 1813 from West Florida, Creek Cession.
  49. Monroe - 5 Jun 1815 from Creek Cession. Bibb 1818, MOntgomery 1816, Conecuh 1818, Wilcox 1819.
  50. Montgomery - 6 Dec 1816 from Monroe.
    Parts taken for Autauga 1818, Bibb 1818, Blount 1818, Bullock 1866, Butler 1819, Dallas 1818, Elmore 1866, Pike 1821, Shelby 1818, Lowndes 1830, Perry 1819.
  51. Morgan - 8 Feb 1818 from Cherokee Turkeytown Cession. Cullman 1877.
  52. Perry - 13 Dec 1819 from Montgomery. Chilton 1868, Hale 1867.
  53. Pickens - 19 Dec 1820 from Tuscaloosa. Fayette 1824, Greene 1866.
  54. Pike - 17 Dec 1821 from Henry, Montgomery. Bullock 1866. Crenshaw 1866.
  55. Russell - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession, Barbour. Lee 1866.
  56. St. Clair - 20 Nov 1818 from Shelby. Etowah 1868.
  57. Shelby - 7 Feb 1818 from Montgomery. Chilton 1868, St. Clair 1818.
  58. Sumter - 18 Dec 1832 from Choctaw Cession. Choctaw 1847.
  59. Talledega - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession. Clay 1866, Cleburne 1866.
  60. Tallapoosa - 18 Dec 1832 from Creek Cession. Elmore 1866, Lee 1866, Walker 1823.
  61. Tuscaloosa - 7 Feb 1818 from Cherokee & Choctaw Cession. Fayette 1824, Greene 1819, Hale 1867, Marion 1818, Pickens 1820.
  62. Walker - 20 Dec 1823 from Marion, Tuscaloosa. Winston 1850.
  63. Washington - 4 Jun 1800 from Mississippi Territory, Baldwin. Baldwin 1809, Choctaw 1847, Clark 1812, Monroe 1815.
  64. Wilcox - 13 Dec 1819 from Monroe, Dallas
  65. Winston - 12 Feb 1850 from Walker. Cullman 1877.

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