Marion

Marion County Genealogy Wills, Estates, Marriages

Marion is one of the counties to research for ancestors who migrated west into Alabama. Also, Meriwether, Muscogee, and Troup Counties. Marion County was created from Lee and Muscogee counties in 1827 by an Act of the General Assembly. Between 1827 and 1876, Marion County gave up land to Chattahoochee, Crawford, Macon, Muscogee, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, and Webster Counties. Marion was named for General Francis Swamp Fox Martin (1732-1795) of South Carolina, a Revolutionary War hero.

Early Settlers: A. P. Belk, Hollis Bell, James Blyth, Robert Goldsberry, Jackson Gill, Howell Hollis, J. A. Rutherford, Thomas Rogers, P. D. Sims, Henry F. Tyler.

Marion County Probate Records

  • Marion County Wills 1846-1913 (abstracts)
  • Index to Marion County Will Book A 1846-1915
  • Index to Marion County Will Book B 1915-1940
  • Marion County Marriages 1844-1866
  • Marion County Marriages from newspapers 1885-1886
  • Powell, William, LWT, transcript (1852)

Marion County Wills 1845 to 1915 (digital images)

Testators: Allison, Henry; Anders, Samuel; Ansley, J. W.;Armstrong, Levica;Bacon, Edmund;Baker, Nancy; Baker, Richmond; Baker, W. C.;Baldwin, Charles;Bartlett, W. A.;Bateman, Theophilus;Belk, A. P.;Belk, Hollis;Belk, Joseph; Belk, Margaret;Bivins, Martin;Bivins, Thomas;Blue, Simeon;Blythe, James; Brady, Michael;Brown, Jane;Buckhannon, George;Burkhalter, Ann;Burkhalter, David;Butt, Edgar;Castin, Glass;Chalkley, Alfred;Champion, George;Chapman, Ambrose; Chapman, James;Clements, Jacob;Collins, Stephen;Cox, William; Crawford, Samuel;Daniel, Joseph;Daniel, R. K.;Davis, Keziah; Donnan, Robert;Duke, F. A.;Dunham, James;Epps, C. W.;Frasier, Daniel;Freeman, Easter;Fussell, Morris;Gill, Jack;Glaze, Mary; Goldsberry, Robert;Griffin, John;Griffin, John;Griggs, Catharine;Guthrie, Jane;Guice, Jonas;Haggard, William;Hall, Daniel;Hall, Sarah;Halley, B. J.;Halley, James;Hammock, Gracie; Hand, Joseph;Hanner, Z. (Mrs.);Hardison, William;Hart, Barnabas; Hart, Fannie;Harvey, James;Harvey, Mollie;Harvey, Moses; Harvey, Nancy;Harvey, Thomas;Herndon, John;Highnote, Benjamin Hogg, R. R.;Howell, Jesse;Hollis, Henry;Hollis, Howell; Holton, N. M.;Hunley, Martha;Ingram, Margaret;Irwin, Thomas; James, John;Jarvis, J. H.;Jefferson, Hannah;Joiner, John; Jordan, Abraham;Jordan, Arthur;Josey, Malachi;Jossey, T. B.; Jossey, Thomas;Joyce, Talitha;Langford, James;Langley, Osey; Lawhorn, Simeon;Lester, Winifred;Long, Henry;Lowe, James; Luke, James;Mathews, Thomas J.;Mathews, William D.; Matthews, William;Mathis, Dock;Mathis, Moses;Mayo, Jesse; McCall, Charles;McCorkle, Robert;McCuller, Hiram;McGarrah, Moses;McGarrah, Thomas;McKinney, Kinchen;McMichael, James R.; McMichael, John;McMichael, Seaborn;McMurrain, Henry;Melton, Julia;Melton, Wilson;Miller, E. W.;Mitchell, George; Moore, E. A.;Morgan, William;Munro, George;Murray, James; Murray, James;Newsome, Thomas;Nutt, William;Park, William T;. Parks, Charlott;Passmore, Josephus Sr.;Payne, Pollard; Pearson, Christopher;Pearsen, Peter;Perryman, James;Perryman, Mary;Phillips, Solomon;Pitts, Thomas;Posey, James;Powell, William;Purdy, John;Purdy, Samuel;Pye, James;Reddock, David; Reese, J. W.;Roberson, John;Rogers, Thomas;Rutherford, James; Rutherford, R. A.;Sales, Leonard;Sampson, Moses;Sasser, L. A. (Mrs.); Shewbert, Charles;Sheppard, John;Shipp, Daniel;Short, Howell;Short, Nathan;Simmons, John;Sims, S. D.;Smith, Elizabeth; Smith, J. J.;Smith, John L.;Smith, Joseph N.;Smith, Stephen; Smith, W. N.;Stevens, Frances;Stewart, Richard;Story, Benjamin; Story, Josiah;Story, M. F.; Stringfellow, Wiley;Taylor, William; Tomblin, Owens;Touey, Sarah;Tullis, James;Tyler, Henry;Walker, Charles;Wallace, Mary;Wallis, Bland;Walton, Emma;Watson, Green; Watson, Michael;Webb, Sarah;Wiggins, William;Wiggins, Willis; Wilson, John W.;Woodall, Dollie

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