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BooksNote: All Books in this department are Special Collection (Sp.C., reference) and not for check-out. Some titles by Garrett, McDonald, and Pruitt, as well as the Journal of Muscle Shoals History, are available in Non-Fiction for check-out. All books, periodicals, and census microfilm are listed in the library’s online catalog. Books — General Histories: 976.199 African-American Historical/Genealogical Information from Old Lauderdale County, Alabama Newspapers, 1827-1935; 3 vols. Beasley, David B., History of the Downtown Florence Kiwanis Club: The First Ten Years. Bernauer, Mary Ann, A History of St. Florian Black Confederate Veterans, from Old Newspaper, Confederate Veteran and Other Magazine and Internet Articles; 2 vols. Brewer, W., Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record and Public Men Burrell Reunion Committee, Crimson Tiger, 1903-1969
Florence Normal College History from Old Lauderdale County Newspapers, 1872-1930. Garrett, Jill Knight, Early Settlers of Lauderdale County, Alabama
Hamm, Jane Johnson, Florence Wagon Co.: Memories and More.
Hausmann, Albert Charles, Police Story: A History of the Police Department of Florence, Alabama, from 1818-2000. Hendrix, Tom, If the Legends Fade. Heritage Publishing Consultants, Inc.,The Heritage of Lauderdale County, Alabama Hill, Jimmy and Billy Warren, A Walk Down Walnut A History of Florence Female Synodical College Compiled from Old Lauderdale Co. Newspapers, 1855-1912 History of the Florence Wagon Company from Old Lauderdale County Newspapers, 1889-1940. History of St. Florian, Alabama from Old Lauderdale County Newspapers, 1871-1944. Johnson, Fred, I’m from Lexington Lauderdale County, Alabama Masons, Good Templars, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and Other Fraternal Orders, Compiled from Old Newspapers, 1851-1923. Ledger of a Grocery Store at Gravelly Springs, AL 1879-1880. Local History Columns from the Times Daily (various local authors); 3 vols. Mason, Mildred, Waterloo School Through the Ages: 1800s Through 2002. McDonald, William L., “Bill,” Beginnings of UNA
Moore, Charles Enloe, Come Tell Me How You Lived: Native American History of the Tennessee Valley
Old Florence Newspaper Articles and Correspondents’ Letters Dealing with East Florence c. 1886-1930; 2 vols. Old Lauderdale County Newspaper Articles on St. Florian 1871-1944 Pettus, Ronald, A History of Killen Pruitt, Wade, Bugger Saga: The Civil War Story of Guerilla and Bushwhacker Warfare in Lauderdale County, Alabama Remington, W. Craig, Historical Atlas of Alabama: Volume 1: Historical Locations by County Russell, Darrel L., compiler, Florence Female Academy and/or Florence Elks Lodge, Nomination as an Historical Site from the Private Papers of Alfred McCroskey.
Sockwell, Sandra, The Place Names of Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama; 2 vols. Steen, Robert, Florence State Teachers College Heroes of World War II (1941-1945)
Stumpe, Carl, A History of St. Florian Area Families Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals and Wilson Dam History from Old Lauderdale, Franklin and Colbert County Newspapers, 1827-1895 w/index volume. Warren, Polly C., Lauderdale County Civil War Records w/1860 Census
Books — Biographical Brewer, W., Alabama: Her History, Resources, War Record, and Public Men, From 1540 to 1872. DuBose, Joel C., Notable Men of Alabama (1904); 2 vols. Smith and Deland, Northern Alabama: Historical Biographical (1888) Owen, Thomas McAdory, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography (1921); 4 vols.
Alabama 1866 State Census – Colored Schedule, Lauderdale, Lawrence and Limestone Cos. (copied from microfilm) Alabama Genealogical Society Magazine, “1830 Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama.” Garrett, Jill Knight, History of Florence w/1850 Census Mahan, Pat, Lauderdale County 1840 Census Warren, Polly C., Lauderdale County Civil War Records w/1860 Census
Books — Census Indexes Note: There is no federal census for Lauderdale County prior to 1830. So-called “census indexes” up to that point are not, technically speaking census indexes, but are compilations of names taken from various other kinds of records. 1810: Jackson, Ronald V., Alabama 1810 1811-1819: Jackson, Ronald V.,Alabama 1811-1819 1820: Jackson, Ronald V.,Alabama 1820-29 1830: Gandrud, Pauline J., Alabama Index to the 1830 United States Census 1830: Jackson, Ronald V., Alabama 1830 Census Index 1840: Jackson, Ronald V., Alabama 1840 Census Index 1850: Jackson, Ronald V., Alabama 1850 Census Index 1860: Jackson, Ronald V., Alabama 1860 Census Index 1900: Kachelman, Joy and Carol Manuel, 1900 Federal Census, Lauderdale County, Alabama: Heads of Families and Others in the Same Family with Different Surnames 1900: Mahan, Pat M., Lauderdale County 1900 Census Index
Books — Religious/Church Histories Cobb, Anita S., A Look at Mt. Zion, Its Past and Present, Celebrating 128 Years of Christian Service: A Historical Presentation of Mt. Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church. Coleman, Erwin M., A History of Temple B'Nai Israel: Florence, Alabama, Centennial Celebration, 1906-2006 Dixon, William S., St. Michael's Catholic Church 125th anniversary 1873-19983 vols Hamm, Jane Johnson, East Florence Church of Christ History 1897-1997. King, Mary Nell, and Hiawatha Walker, A History of the Church of Christ at Poplar Street and Wood Avenue, Florence, Alabama, 1886-1986 Lancaster, Dallas and Mary, Parish registers of Trinity Episcopal Church, Florence, Alabama with marriages and obituaries 1836-1933 Lancaster, Mary Holland, Gathering up our Sheaves with Joy: A History of Trinity Episcopal Church, 1824-1976, Florence, Alabama Makowski, Suzanne Thurman, One Hundred Years of Work and Prayer, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Florence, Alabama, 1898-1998 Maxwell, Adine Johnson, To Follow in Their Train: History of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Florence, Alabama McDonald, William L., Following the vision, 1822-21st Century: A History of the First United Methodist Church of Florence, Alabama
Parker, Alvin F., Salem Church of Christ, Lauderdale County, Alabama: A Story of Struggle and Success. Srygley, Fletcher Douglas, Letters and Sermons of T. B. Larimore.
Books — Court House Records Abstracts Campbell, Theresa Brewer and Darrel Russel, et. al., Lauderdale County, Alabama: Annotated Index to Chancery Court Records: Equity Record Book C, 1827-1830 Creek, Robin and Betty Womble, Marriages, Lauderdale County, Alabama, 1818-1857 Gandrud, Pauline J., Alabama Records, Lauderdale County Vols. 43, 104, 199
Mahan, Pat, Lauderdale County 1866 Tax List
Russel, Darrell A., Surname Searches in the Colbert and Lauderdale County Courthouses Wright, Milly, Lauderdale County, Alabama Minute Docket a June Term 1839-May Term 1859
Books — Cemetery Surveys/Obituary Indexes Abramson, Idah Mae and Doris L. Whisenant, Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery Records African-American Funeral Programs; 4 vols w/idex Barefield, Marylin Davis, Alabama Mortality Schedule 1860 Barnett, Muriel and Judy Mason, Cemeteries of East Lauderdale County, Alabama Barnett, Muriel and Judy Mason, Death Notices from the Times Daily and East Lauderdale News, January, 1, 1996—December 31, 2000 Cemetery Vertical Files Drawer; (Arranged alphabetically). Coleman, Erwin M., Index, Temple B’Nai Israel Cemetery, Sheffield, Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield, Alabama Dawsey, Scott, Jewish Cemetery of the Shoals Area, Temple B’Nai Israel & the Smith Burial Plot, Oakwood Cemetery, Sheffield, Alabama Flowers, Loftin, The Forks of Cypress Slave Cemetery Freeman, Bill, abstract of William J. and Martha J. Freeman’s Stony Point Church of Christ Cemetery Book, 1896-1955 Gandrud, Pauline J., Marriage, Death and Legal Notices from Early Alabama Newspapers Garrett, Jill Knight, Some Lauderdale County, Alabama Cemetery Records. Hanhn, Marylin Davis, Alabama Mortality Schedule 1850 Hill, William Q., A History of Greenhill, Alabama and Some Surrounding Communities in Lauderdale County, Alabama, with 54 Cemeteries of the County Irons, Orlan K. Cemetery Records: Lauderdale County, Alabama; 4 vols. Langley, Anna, Some Waterloo, Alabama Cemeteries Lyon, George Edwin, Northwest Alabama Obituaries: Index of Obituaries Abstracted from the Times Daily Newspaper, 1985
Michael, Marlon L., The Hale Cemetery Murphy, Montez, St. Michael’s Catholic Church Cemetery, St. Florian, AL Newton, Brian J., Cemeteries in the Natchez Trace Genealogical Society Coverage Area Remington, W. Craig, Historical Atlas of Alabama: Volume 2: Cemetery Locations by County Sledge, Billy J., 1947 Obituaries the Florence Times
Torbert, Robert E., “Bob,” Florence, Alabama City Cemetery
Torbert, Robert E. and Theo Wiliford, Index to Deaths in the Florence Times, 1 January-31 December 1946 Wiliford, Theo, Death Notices, Memorials and Obituaries from the Florence Times, 1890-1930
Z. P. Morrison & Son Funeral Home Ledger
Z. P. Morrison, Undertaker, Casket Sales and Funeral Records, 25 Sept. 1917-Oct. 1918 and 8 Jan.,-15 June, 1922.
Books — Land Records Boyd, Gregory A., Family maps of Lauderdale County, Alabama: With Homesteads, Roads, Waterways, Towns, Cemeteries, Railroads, and More Cowart, Margaret Matthews, Old Land Records of Lauderdale County, Alabama Wright, Milly, Early Land Buyers and Settlers, Florence & Lauderdale County, Alabama, 1818-1825 (with accompanying map in map drawer)
Books — Native American Hendrix, Tom, If the Legends Fade Martini, Don, Chickasaw Empire: The Story of the Colbert Family McDonald, Bill, Lore of the River: The Shoals of Long Ago Moore, Charles Enloe, Come Tell Me How You Lived: Native American History of the Tennessee Valley
Books — Folklore Glass, Debra Johnston, Skeletons on Campus: True Ghost Stories of Alabama Colleges and Universities Johnston, Debra, Skeletons in the Closet: True Ghost Stories of the Shoals Area Johnston, Debra, Skeletons in the Closet: More True Ghost Stories of the Shoals Area Pruitt, Wade, Bugger Saga: The Civil War Story of Guerilla and Bushwhacker in Lauderdale County, Alabama
Books — City Directories R. L. Polk & Co.’s Tri-Cities Directory Comprising Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia, Ala., 1913-1914. 1920-21 Polk’s. Polk’s Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia, Alabama, City Directory, 1926. Baldwin’s and Times Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals Area, Alabama City Directory Master Edition, 1935. Baldwin and Merchants’ Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals Area, Alabama, City Directory Master Edition, 1941. 1945 Baldwin’s. 1950 Baldwin’s. 1952 Baldwin’s. Nelson’s Baldwin’s Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals Area, Alabama City Directory Master Edition, 1954. 1957 Nelson’s. Polk’s Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals City Directory, 1959. 1960 Polk’s. 1962 Polk’s. 1963-2010 Polk’s. Young’s Business and Professional Directory of the Principal Cities of Tennessee and Northern Alabama: Florence, Sheffield and Tuscumbia, 1900.
Books — Bell South Telephone Directories 1929-1930 1948; 1951-2010
Books — Journals and Publications The Journal of Muscle Shoals History vols. 1-17, 1973-2000. Also available in Non-fiction for check-out. The Natchez Trace Traveler (published by the Natchez Trace Genealogical Society), vols. 1-17, 1981-2010. Pier Post River Journal, vols. 2-6, 2001-2005 ed. and published by Bob Stansell. Valley Leaves (published by the Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society), vols. 1-35, 1969-2005.
Books — Yearbooks and Annuals Coffee Pot, Coffee High School, 1921-2004. Some missing issues. Coffee High School Alumni Directory 2006 60th Anniversary Coffee High School Class of 1942 Diorama, Florence State Teachers College, now UNA, 1948-1997; 1999-2010. The First Flight, 2005, Florence High School Kilby Club Tracks 2005-2007; 2009 The Jolly Roger, Rogers High School, 1951-1952. Mark of the Bruin, Henry A. Bradshaw High School, 1969-2003. Some missing issues. Riverhill School 1986-1987 Shoals Community College, Scroll: 1990-1991 The Wee-Den, Weeden School: 1973-1982 The Wildcat, Central High School, 1992.
MicrofilmMicrofilm — US Federal Census Note: No Lauderdale County federal censuses exist prior to 1830 1830: Roll # M19-0001 1840: Roll # M704-0007 1850: Roll # M432-0007 1860: Roll # M653-0013 1870: Roll # M593-21 1880: Roll # T19-17: pt. 1 (digitally enhanced images) 1880: Roll # T19-18: pt. 2 (digitally enhanced images) 1890: Note: There is no 1890 census for Laud. It was destroyed with most of the rest of the 1890 census in 1921 as the result of a fire. 1900: Roll # T623-23: pt. 1 (digitally enhanced images) 1900: Roll # T623-0024: pt. 2 (digitally enhanced images) 1910: Roll # T624-21 1920: Roll # T625-27 (digitally enhanced images) 1930: Roll # T626-33: pt. 1 1930: Roll # T626-34: pt. 2.
US Federal Agricultural, Industrial, Manufacturers, Mortality and Social Censuses 1850 Agricultural Schedule 1850 Industrial Census 1860 Agricultural Census 1860 Industrial Census 1860 Social Census 1870 Agriculture Census 1870 Manufacturers Census 1880 Industrial Census 1880 Manufacturers Census 1870 Mortality Schedule 1880 Mortality Schedule
Microfilm — Slave Censuses Note: Slave schedules exist only for the years 1850 and 1860 and only for Southern states Roll # M432-19: 1850 Roll # M653-31: 1860
Microfilm — Soundex 1880: Abston-Glover; Incomplete series 1900: Moreland-Nichols: Incomplete Series 1910: Merett-Nolan: Incomplete Series 1920: Baxter-Trannon; Incomplete Series
Microfilm — U. S. Postoffice Records Microfilm Appointment of Postmasters 1832-1971 Alabama: Roll # M841-0002 Reports of Site Selections 1837-1950 Alabama; Roll # M1126-0009
Microfilm — State Census Note: The only state census for Lauderdale is the 1866. Roll # M653-1439: 1866 (Note: This census has separate schedules for whites and blacks)
Microfilm — Lauderdale County Court House Probate Record Books Lauderdale County Administration Record 1863-1921; Letters of Administration 1902; Adm. & Guardians Bonds 1860-1899; Letters of Guardianship 1902-1940; 1 roll Lauderdale County Bonds
Lauderdale County Commissioners Court Road Book
Lauderdale County Confederate Pension Application Files
Lauderdale County 1907 Confederate Veterans Census (on roll # 66 with several other records) Lauderdale County Dower Records
Index to Real Estate Conveyances (Direct and Indirect)
Lauderdale County Deed Record
Lauderdale County Deed Packets
Lauderdale County Inventory Record
Lauderdale County Inventory Record
Lauderdale County Judge of Probate Guardians and Administrators Bonds
Lauderdale County Judge of Probate License Book
Lauderdale County Justice of the Peace Probate Court Estray Book
Lauderdale County Letters Testamentary
Lauderdale County License Book for Physicians
Lauderdale County Notices of Appointments of Road Overseers and Apportioners
Lauderdale County Probate Minutes
Lauderdale County Probate Record Packets
Lauderdale County Unrecorded Papers (estate packets); 2 rolls Lauderdale County Will Records
Microfilm — Private Records Private records of Rev. W. L. [“Bill”] McDonald 1800-1978
Private Records of Alfred McCroskey, 1700-1978
Private Records of Joyce Mitchell
Microfilm — Family Vertical Files Alexander Family; A—D; Roll # 8 (on roll with The Southern Rebellion Vol. 2 and Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence Vols. 1 & 2); Roll # 8 Phillips—Witt Lauderdale County 1862—1866; Roll # 10
Microfilm — other 1867 Voter Registration Microfilm; 1 Roll Internal Revenue Assessment Lists 1865-1866 Microfilm: Roll # M754-0005: Alabama District 3 (Includes Lauderdale), Divisions 1-16, Monthly Lists, Oct., 1865-Feb., 1866.
FilesCemetery Vertical Files We have vertical historical files on many cemeteries of Florence/Lauderdale.
Family Files We have a collection of files on local families (Colbert, Franklin and Lauderdale) that is arranged alphabetically. These files are constantly being updated and added to, and we welcome donations of relevant material to them.
Historical Files We have vertical files containing information on various people and places of Florence/Lauderdale.
MapsHistorical Maps 1816: John Hutchings & Charles Bright (map is labeled John Coffee) map of NW Alabama (the areas of Lauderdale, Colbert, Lawrence and Limestone Counties): In map drawer # 4. 1817: “Map of the Late Surveys in the Northern District, Drawn from the Returns by Peel & Sannoner.” In map drawer # 4
Map Drawer # 1 1818-1825: “Lauderdale County, Alabama Location of Land Buyers, 1818-1825 by Milly Wright.” 1837: Inset Map of Florence from John La Tourette’s 1837 map “An Accurate Map of the State of Alabama and West Florida.” 1844: “Plan of the Corporate Limits of Florence” by Ferdinand Sannoner. 1852: “A Plan of the Town of Florence and the Lands Adjacent Belonging to the Cypress Land Co.” By Ferdinand Sannoner. Ca. 1880-1900: “Map of Lauderdale County, Alabama.” Engraved by Edwin M. Garner, Nashville, Tenn. 1888: “Map of the Town of Florence, Alabama Showing the Property of the Florence Land, Mining & Manufacturing Co.” by Charles Boeckh, C. E. October, 1890: “Map of the City of Florence Prepared Under the Auspices of the Florence Land Sale Company” by Ditterich & Kirby, Architects & Engineers, Florence, Alabama. 1907: “Map of Lauderdale County, Alabama,” Compiled by Delos H. Bacon, Manager of the Florence Abstract Co., Florence, Ala. On wall behind desk. Copies in map drawer # 1. 1918: “Additions to Freight Station, Florence, Ala., L & N R. R. Co.” 4 sheets. 1922/1923: “Florence, Alabama” by Evans and Meade, Engineers, Florence, Ala. 1922/1923-1940: “Florence, Alabama” by Evans and Meade, Engineers, Florence, Ala. Authorized Dec. 1922 and Completed Aug. 1923. Revised April, 1940 by TC Evans, Engineer Co. Ca. 1930s: “Forks of Cypress” (built in 1822) Blueprints: Historic American Buildings Survey: 18 sheets. 1942: “General Highway & Transportation Map” by the Alabama State Highway Dept. and the Public Roads Agency, Federal Works Administration. Ca. 1950: Mid-South Map Co., “Map of Florence, Sheffield, Tuscumbia Alabama.” (Note: This map is in Drawer # 2) 1960: “Pickwick Landing Reservation,” Sheet 24 D, “Lauderdale County, Ala. (Waterloo area) by Tennessee Valley Authority Maps and Surveys Branch. Sheet 58 D “Town of Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Ala.” By Tennessee Valley Authority Maps and Surveys Branch. 1965: “General Highway Map, Lauderdale County, Alabama,” Alabama State Highway Department, Division of Highway Planning. 1974: “Florence, Alabama, Street Index Map” Compiled March, 1974, City Limits, 1974, Florence Chamber of Commerce. 1977: “General Highway Map, Lauderdale County, Alabama,” Alabama State Highway Department, Division of Highway Planning: In 2 sections. 1980: “Florence City Cemetery,” City of Florence Engineering Department, 8 sheets w/index map. 4th addition; 6th; addition; 7th addition; 8th addition and 10th addition. 1987: “General Highway Map, Lauderdale County, Alabama,” Alabama State Highway Department, Division of Highway Planning 1995: “Lauderdale County, Alabama” (front) Killen, Alabama (back). 1997: “General Highway Map, Lauderdale County, Alabama,” Alabama State Highway Department, Division of Highway Planning: 2 sections. 1998: “Coffee Cemetery” 1999: “Lauderdale County, AL, Emergency Services Boundary Map” 2000: “City of Florence, Featuring Lauderdale County,” D & L Map Service, Arlington, TX. 2000: Metro Marketing, Inc., “2000 Metro Edition Map of Florence, Sheffield, Muscle Shoals and Tuscumbia, AL.” (Note: This map is in drawer # 2). 2004: “Afro-American Cemeteries in Lauderdale County, Alabama” compiled by Darrell Russel 2007: “Wesleyan Hall and Annex” by Cory L. Sapp and Matt G. Taylor 2010: City of Florence Planning Department, “City of Florence Historical Districts”
Other resourcesOld Photographs We have several binders of old local photographs, people and places, as well as numerous photos posted on the library’s Digital Archive. Counts, Patricia Landrum, editor, Landrum Collection of Historical Photographs
Documentary Film Follow The River: A History of Florence and Lauderdale County Alabama. Also available in circulation for check-out.
Audio CD Listen to the River (72 min. audio version of Follow the River, with several minutes of deleted commentary)
Ancestry Library Edition and Heritage Quest The Local History/Genealogy Dept. also has subscriptions to Ancestry’s Library Edition and Heritage Quest. All that is required is a library card to access them. Out-of-town patrons may request a guest pass to log-on. Heritage Quest may also be accessed by patrons from home via the Library’s website. Out-of-town patrons may also inquire about purchasing a library card for access to a years’ worth of Heritage Quest through the Library website above. Call 764-6564 Ext. # 16 or 17 or see a librarian at the Circulation Desk. |
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