Oklahoma Genealogy is being developed as a genealogical and historical resource for your personal use. It contains information and records for Oklahoma ancestry, family history, and genealogy. Specifically, it provides sources for birth records, death records, marriage records, census records, tax records, court records, and military records. It also provides some historical details about different times and people in Oklahoma history.
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- History and More:
- Acts. Agreements, Treaties
- Cherokee Treaties, One through Ten
- Cherokee Treaties, Eleven through Fifteen
- Creek Treaties, One through Fifteen
- Act of Union Between Eastern and Western Cherokee, 1838
- Articles Of Agreement Between The Cherokee And Delaware
- Liberality and Progress of Cherokee–Their Freedmen
- Cost of Emigration to Indian Territory
- Proposed Division of the Cherokee Nation
- Eastern Cherokee
- Indians in the Civil War of 1861 to 1865
- Earnest Appeals of Confederate Emissaries
- An Indian Agent’s Report
- Another Agent’s Statement
- The Dawes Commission (In 3 parts)
- Attitude Of Indians Toward Dissolution Of Tribal Governments
- Allotment Of Indian Lands
- How Titles To Town Lots Were Secured
- Military
- Judge J. M. Keys’ Tribute to Stand Watie and His Men Extract from Life of General Watie
- The Fort Gibson National Cemetery
- Claremore Mound
- Indian Refugees of the Civil War
- Schools
Neighboring States
American Indian Land Records Research Guide
History of Vinita, Oklahoma
Vinita, the county seat of Craig County, is located southeast of the center of the county at the intersection of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway with the Frisco. Mr. D. M. Marrs, an old citizen, and for many years editor of the Vinita Leader gives the following sketch of the origin and growth of the city. “A generation ago, or to be more explicit, in the fall of 1869, there might have been seen struggling through the rank underbrush, or toiling through the tall prairie grass, a party of men locating a route for a railroad along the line…
History of Craig County Oklahoma
Craig County has an area of 775 square miles of land, mostly level prairie land, nearly all of it being of first class agricultural soil. During the years gone by, great quantities of prairie hay were cut each year and much of it shipped to northern markets. Some of the largest and most prosperous cattle ranches were formerly located in this section of the state, but when lands were allotted to the Indians and cut up into small farms, a much greater portion of the land was put into cultivation, and, as a result, the immense pastures disappeared and the…
History of Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Their first tribal councils after arriving at their new Indian Territory were, by common consent, held in the vicinity of the present site of Tahlequah, on account of the beautiful natural surroundings and the numerous sparkling springs which bubbled up from the level ground on all sides, but in the Autumn of 1841 the Cherokee National Council enacted a law making Tahlequah the capital of the Cherokee Nation, and it continued to be their capital, their principal town and their principal public meeting place from that date until the final dissolution of the tribal government. Their first council house and…
Death of John Ross
As stated elsewhere, John Ross died while on a trip to Washington, D. C., in August, 1866, and was buried at the old home of his second wife, near Wilmington, Del., but his body was soon taken back to his old home and buried near Park Hill. Upon the occasion of his burial at the latter place, his gifted nephew, William P. Ross, who succeeded him as chief, delivered an eloquent, oration before the Cherokee council at Tahlequah, a portion of which was as follows, taken from the little book “The Life and Times of Hon. William P. Ross” “My…
Oklahoma State Home
The Oklahoma State Home for the orphan children of the state is located on a 550 acre tract of land adjoining the town of Pryor Creek. This is one of the state’s best institutions and represents an investment of $350,000. The institution is complete in every respect. Besides the administration building, there are eight brick cottages which house from 25 to 35 children each, a well equipped hospital, being a two-story brick building, a commissary, garage, laundry, power plant and a nice new two-story brick school building which is so situated that it is completely surrounded by the other buildings…