This collection of records at FamilySearch consists of marriage records from Clarke County Alabama. These marriage records cover the years of 1814-1959. To help users better understand and access these records, I have created this page.
These are called “county marriages” as they were recorded by the county, not the state, and they can be found permanently housed within Clark county’s records. As can be found across the South, marriage records were not always recorded for blacks, and when recorded, were often done in a different book from whites. It appears that Clarke County Alabama kept up that practice through April 1959.
These records are permanently held at the Clarke County Courthouse in Grove Hill, Alabama. Some pages wanting, torn, faded, bleeding through, etc.
You will need to be registered with FamilySearch to access these free records. Few of these records are searchable. It’s important that if you do not get results from the search, but you think your ancestor was married in Clarke County, that you then use the links below to access the digital images of the marriage volumes directly. Most volumes are individually indexed.
Black Marriage Records
Colored marriage records were not recorded prior to 1865.
Marriage records v. D 1865-1870
Marriage records v. F 1869-1876
Marriage records v. H 1876-1881
Marriage records v. J-K 1881-1891
Marriage records v. M 1891-1895
Marriage records v. N 1895-1899
Marriage records v. P 1899-1902
Marriage records v. Q-R 1902-1906
Marriage records v. V 1908-1911
Marriage records v. X 1911-1913
Marriage records v. X 1911-1913
Marriage records v. Y 1913-1916
Marriage records v. Y 1913-1916
Marriage records v. 2 1918-1921
Marriage records v. 4 1921-1924
Marriage records v. 6 1924-1927
Marriage records v. 7 1927-1930, Item 2
Marriage records v. 9 July 1930- Feb. 1934, Item 1
Marriage records v. 11 Feb. 1934- Apr 1937, Item 1
Marriage records v. 13 Apr. 1937- Mar. 1940, Item 1
Marriage records v. 14 Mar. 1940- May 1946, Item 1
Marriage records v. 16 May 1946- Apr. 1959, Item 1
White Marriage Records
Marriage records v. A-B, 1814-1865
Marriage records v. C, 1865-1870
Marriage records v. E, 1869-1876
Marriage records v. G, (p. 1-366) 1876-1881
Marriage records v. G, (p. 365-end) 1881-1882
Marriage records v. I, 1882-1890
Marriage records v. L, 1890-1897
Marriage records v. O, 1896-1902
Marriage records v. S-T, 1902-1909
Marriage records v. U, 1906-1908
Marriage records v. W, 1909-1914
Marriage records v. W, p. 1-251 1909-1911, Item 4
Marriage records v. W, p. 250-end 1911-1914
Marriage records v. Z, 1914-1919
Marriage records v. 3,1919-1923
Marriage records v. 5, 1923-1928
Marriage records v. 8, Feb. 1928-Sep. 1932, Item 2
Marriage records v. 10, Sep 1932- Jan. 1937, Item 2
Marriage records v. 12, Feb. 1937- July 1941, Item 2
Marriage records v. 15, July 1941- June 1946, Item 2
Marriage records v.17, June 1946- Jan. 1954, Item 2
Mixed Marriage Records
Marriage records, v. 1 1916-1918
A disappointing situation for genealogists… was her maiden name Boykin or Bryant? What do you do when the marriage license and bond names do not match the marriage certificate issued?