We are happy to announce that Ricky House has been appointed as the ACPA Tuscaloosa County Representative. Please contact him if you have any questions or interest in the cemeteries in Tuscaloosa County. He is in the process of updating this page. Inquiries are welcome.

Tuscaloosa County was created December 13, 1819 from what was known as the 'Black Warrior Village'. Tuscaloosa became state capitol in 1826. Tuscaloosa became a busy river port, as the town was situated at the highest point river traffic could navigated to from Mobile.The 'Black Warrior Village' has been in existence as early as 1580, although it was abandoned at times. The village was unoccupied circa 1750-1760. The primary native tribes of the area were the Choctaw and Creeks. The Creeks resettled the old village around 1800. The first permanent settler of the Black Warrior Village was Thomas York, and family, who came to the area in early 1816. By late 1816 several families were in the area.A growing Tuscaloosa was chosen in 1825 as a replacement to the state capitol at Cahaba. The first session of the legislature was held there in 1829. Tuscaloosa served as the home for the state government from 1826 until 1846. As the eastern section of the state grew, legislators decided to move the capitol to the middle of the state at Montgomery on the Alabama River. The loss of the capital caused Tuscaloosa to lose over half of its population after 1846.In 1827 the state university was established at Tuscaloosa. On 18 April 1831 the University of Alabama began operations and enrolled 52 students. In 1865 Union troops known as Croxton's Raiders burned all but four of the University's buildings.

It is the mission of the ACPA Tuscaloosa County Representative, to assist you in your endeavor to restore, preserve and adopt a cemetery in our beloved Tuscaloosa County. The ACPA Tuscaloosa County Representative will be happy to help provide on-line assistance, information, and sources that may assist or participate to participate in this worthy cause. Whether you are an individual, a family, an organization or business, you can adopt a cemetery in need in your area. One of the missions of the ACPA is to locate and "confirm the location" of all of the cemeteries in the state of Alabama, especially those that are considered to be "lost" or newly discovered. Reporting and registering these cemeteries is very important in the process of "saving" them. If you know of an obscure or little-known cemetery in our county, We would like to hear from you.

Currently in Tuscaloosa County we have several cemeteries in need of care and protection and steps need to be taken to assure their preservation. Please contact us through the ACPA MAIL CENTER with your concerns. We would also like to hear from you regarding projects already underway to restore old sites. We invite you to register the cemetery to "show and tell" about your cemetery restoration and preservation projects you know about. Sharing your restoration processes will help all us to learn and grow in our mission.