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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Pickens County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2000 the population was 20,949. Its county seat is Carrollton and it's a prohibition or dry county.
History
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Pickens County was established on December 20, 1820, and named for revolutionary war hero General Andrew Pickens of South Carolina. The county seat was relocated from Pickensville to Carrollton in 1830. The first courthouse in Carrollton was burned on April 5, 1865 by troops of Union General John T. Croxton. A second courthouse was also destroyed by fire on November 16, 1876. Though arson was suspected, no arrest was made until January 1878 when Henry Wells, an African American with some criminal history was arrested and locked in the garett of the new building, which was erected in 1877. According to legend, Wells was peering down from the north garett window as a mob gathered to hang him. A bolt of lightning struck nearby and "etched" Wells' anguished face into the window glass. A vague image resembing a face can still be seen in that lower right-hand pane of that window. See also: Pickens County Courthouse.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1820 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1830 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1870 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1876 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1876 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1876 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1830 | 6,622
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| 1840 | 17,118
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| 1850 | 21,512
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| 1860 | 22,316
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| 1870 | 17,690
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| 1880 | 21,479
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| 1890 | 22,470
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| 1900 | 24,402
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| 1910 | 25,055
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| 1920 | 25,353
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| 1930 | 24,902
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| 1940 | 27,671
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| 1950 | 24,349
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| 1960 | 21,882
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| 1970 | 20,326
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| 1980 | 21,481
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| 1990 | 20,699
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