Another census was taken in 1921 of Confederate pensioners in Alabama. Industry and Agriculture Schedules. 1880 Mortality Schedules. 1880 Slave Schedules. The first federal census was taken in 1820.
Records exist for only eight of the thirty enumerated counties.
These counties include Baldwin, Conecuh, Dallas, Franklin, Limestone, St. Clair, Shelby, and Wilcox. Part of the 1820 state census, Lawrence County, still exists and is also housed at the state archives. It has been published as 1820. The first Baptist church was founded 2 October 1808 on Flint River near Huntsville. The Baptists are the only denomination having some form of centralized state and congregational historic records.