Alabama Books - Chilton County

Chilton County is located in the central part of the state. It was created by the Alabama legislature on 30 December 1868 from lands taken from Autauga, Bibb, Perry, and Shelby counties. The Coosa River forms the eastern boundary of the county. Originally named Baker County, Chilton County received its present name on 17 December 1874 in honor of Judge William Parish Chilton, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and a member of the provisional and regular Congress of the Confederacy.

The original county seat was at Grantville. When the courthouse burned in 1870, the county seat was removed to Goosepond, a stop on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The town was renamed Clanton after Brig. Gen. James Holt Clanton. Other significant towns and communities are Jemison, Thorsby, Verbena, Maplesville, and Mountain Creek.

Source: Owen, Thomas McAdory. History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography . Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921.

County Name	Established	Origin of Name	County Seat
Autauga	Nov 21, 1818	American Indian Village of Atagi	Prattville
Baine, see Etowah	Dec 7, 1866	Gen. David W. Baine, CSA	Gadsden
Baldwin	Dec 21, 1809	Sen. Abraham Baldwin/GA	Bay Minette
Baker, see Chilton	Dec 30, 1868	Alfred Baker	Grantville
Barbour	Dec 18, 1832	Gov. James Barbour/VA	Clayton
Benton, see Calhoun	Dec 18, 1832	U.S. Sen. Thomas Hart Benton/MO	Jacksonville
Bibb	Feb 7, 1818	Gov. William W. Bibb	Centreville
Blount	Feb 6, 1818	Gov. Willie G. Blount/TN	Oneonta
Bullock	Dec 5, 1866	Col. Edward C. Bullock	Union Springs
Butler	Dec 13, 1819	Capt. William Butler/Creek Wars	Greenville
Cahawba, see Bibb	Feb 7, 1818	Cahawba River, from Choctaw "water above"	Cahawba
Calhoun	Dec 18, 1832	Sen. John C. Calhoun/SC	Anniston
Chambers	Dec 18, 1832	Sen. Henry C. Chambers/AL	Lafayette
Cherokee	Jan 9, 1836	American Indian Tribe	Centre
Chilton	Dec 30, 1868	Confederate Cong. Wm. P. Chilton	Clanton
Choctaw	Dec 29, 1847	American Indian Tribe	Butler
Clarke	Dec 10, 1812	Gen. John Clarke/GA	Grove Hill
Clay	Dec 7, 1866	Sen. Henry Clay/KY	Ashland
Cleburne	Dec 6, 1866	Major Gen. Patrick Cleburne/AR	Heflin
Coffee	Dec 29, 1841	Gen. John Coffee	Elba
Colbert	Feb 6, 1867	Chiefs George & Levi Colbert	Tuscumbia
Conecuh	Feb 13, 1818	American Indian word	Evergreen
Coosa	Dec 18, 1832	Town of Alabama Indians	Rockford
Cotaco; see Morgan	Feb 8, 1818	Cotaco Creek	Somerville
Covington	Dec 17, 1821	Brig. Gen. Leonard Covington/MD	Andalusia
Crenshaw	Nov 30, 1866	Judge Anderson Crenshaw	Luverne
Cullman	Jan 24, 1877	Johann G. Cullmann	Cullman
Dale	Dec 22, 1824	Gen. Samuel Dale	Ozark
Dallas	Feb 9, 1818	A.J. Dallas, US Sec. of Treasury/PA	Selma
Decatur	Dec. 7, 1821	Commodore Stephen Decatur	Woodville
DeKalb	Jan 9, 1836	Major Gen. Baron DeKalb/Am. Rev.	Fort Payne
Elmore	Feb 15, 1866	Gen. John A. Elmore	Wetumpka
Escambia	Dec 10, 1868	American Indian name/river	Brewton
Etowah	Dec 7, 1866	Cherokee Indian name	Gadsden
Fayette	Dec 20, 1824	Marquis de LaFayette	Fayette
Franklin	Feb 6, 1818	Benjamin Franklin	Russellville
Geneva	Dec 26, 1868	Geneva, Switzerland	Geneva
Greene	Dec 13, 1819	Gen. Nathaniel Greene/GA	Eutaw
Hale	Jan 30, 1867	Col. Stephen F. Hale	Greensboro
Hancock, seeWinston	Feb 12, 1850	Gov. John Hancock/MA	Double Springs
Henry	Dec 13, 1819	Gov. Patrick Henry/VA	Abbeville
Houston	Feb 9, 1903	Gov. George S. Houston	Dothan
Jackson	Dec 13, 1819	Gen. Andrew Jackson	Scottsboro
Jefferson	Dec 13, 1819	Pres. Thomas Jefferson	Birmingham
Jones, see Lamar	Feb 4, 1867	E. P. Jones/Fayette County	Vernon
Lamar	Feb 4, 1867	Sen. L.Q.C. Lamar/MS	Vernon
Lauderdale	Feb 6, 1818	Col. James Lauderdale/TN	Florence
Lawrence	Feb 6, 1818	Capt. J. Lawrence, USN/VT	Moulton
Lee	Dec 5, 1866	Gen. Robert E. Lee	Opelika
Limestone	Feb 6, 1818	Limestone Creek	Athens
Lowndes	Jan 20, 1830	Cong. William Lowndes/SC	Hayneville
Macon	Dec 18, 1832	Sen. Nathaniel Macon/NC	Tuskegee
Madison	Dec 13, 1808	Pres. James Madison	Huntsville
Marengo	Feb 6, 1818	French battlefield	Linden
Marion	Feb 13, 1818	Gen. Francis Marion/SC	Hamilton
Marshall	Jan 9, 1836	Chief Justice John Marshall	Guntersville
Mobile	Dec 18, 1812	Named for Maubila Indians	Mobile
Monroe	Jun 29, 1815	Pres. James Monroe	Monroeville
Montgomery	Dec 6, 1816	Major L.P. Montgomery/TN	Montgomery
Morgan	Feb 6, 1818	Gen. Daniel Morgan/VA	Decatur
Perry	Dec 13, 1819	Commodore O.H. Perry/RI	Marion
Pickens	Dec 20, 1820	Gen. Andrew Pickens/SC	Carrollton
Pike	Dec 17, 1821	Gen. Zebulon M. Pike/NJ	Troy
Randolph	Dec 18, 1832	Sen. John Randolph/VA	Wedowee
Russell	Dec 18, 1832	Col. Gilbert C. Russell/Creek Wars	Phenix City
Sanford, see Lamar	Feb 4, 1867	H. C. Sanford/Cherokee County	Vernon
St. Clair	Nov 20, 1818	Gen. Arthur St. Clair/PA	Ashville
Shelby	Feb 7, 1818	Gov. Isaac Shelby/KY	Columbiana
Sumter	Dec 18, 1832	Gen. Thomas Sumter/SC	Livingston
Talladega	Dec 18, 1832	Town of Creek Indians	Talladega
Tallapoosa	Dec 18, 1832	American Indian name	Dadeville
Tuscaloosa	Feb 6, 1818	Chief Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa
Walker	Dec 26, 1823	Sen. John W. Walker	Jasper
Washington	Jun 4, 1800	Pres. George Washington	Chatom
Wilcox	Dec 13, 1819	Lt. J.M. Wilcox/Creek Wars	Camden
Winston	Feb 12, 1850	Gov. John A. Winston	Double Springs

Genealogical Abstracts from The Banner, 1893, in Clanton, Chilton County, Alabama	Chilton County Alabama Aerial Photography on CD
People of that book Mary Farley Willis	As it was on Pa's farm (A Destiny book) Mary Farley Willis	Rivers of History: Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama
Try also the parent counties from the formation of Chilton County in 1868: Autauga County, Bibb County, Perry County, and Shelby County

Alabama - Chilton County