Oklahoma and Indian Territory Researchers

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Comment by Sherry Leafgreen on August 2, 2009 at 7:27am

Sue,

I have been told the Dawe's Commission folks recorded school census type information as part of their data gathering. From that I was assuming that this would include Indian children attending non-Indian schools.

Comment by Sue Tolbert on August 1, 2009 at 9:30pm

Sherry, I wish I had some answers for you. Are you looking for Native American schools or white schools?

Comment by Sherry Leafgreen on July 28, 2009 at 9:56am

Any suggestions for pre-statehood school census records for the smaller schools? I am interested in the Chickasaw Nation area.

Comment by Sue Tolbert on July 28, 2009 at 8:20am

Welcome new members! We've now gone over the 50 mark so with this many members we should be having some lively discussions going on! Please post your favorite resources in the discussion "My Most Useful Oklahoma & Indian Territory Resources" and you comments in "What We Would Like This Group To Be". This group is to help YOU with your research but it also needs for you to share what you know with others. Please don't just lurk here, join in!!

Comment by Sue Tolbert on July 23, 2009 at 6:06pm

Sheri in 1893 the land office closest to what became Kay County was Perry. The office opened in 1893. I can give you the boundary descriptions for Kay County but if you go to the Oklahoma Historical Society's website there is some help there. http://www.okhistory.org/research/library/land.html The Federal Land Tract Books are on microfilm and OHS has indexed them.

Comment by Sheri Fenley on July 21, 2009 at 7:04pm

Sue/Debra - To get the land entry case file from NARA I would first need the information from tract book at the land office that the entry was made, correct? Do you happen to know which office this might be?

Comment by Sue Tolbert on July 21, 2009 at 6:39pm

Ginger, The answer to your question is no. There are no census for all of the Indians removed to Oklahoma for the year 1840. One of the most important things to remember in doing Oklahoma census research is that Oklahoma did not become a state until 1907. Before that, the state was divided roughly in half, the eastern side as Indian Territory, the western side as Oklahoma Territory. Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory did not have the decennial census that the states had until 1900. There was an 1890 Oklahoma Territory census but not one for Indian Territory.

Perhaps you could be more specific as to the tribe and place you are interested in and we could help you to see what records might be available to help you.

Comment by Donlyn Arbuthnot on July 20, 2009 at 7:39pm

My mother's family, Amos Morey and Luna Jane (White) Jackson moved to Waukomis, Okla in 1907 from Illinois. Look at my profile for photos of their daughters who moved with them - Ethel Pauline Jackson HIll and Luna May Jackson Atherton. I have many, many photos of them and their friends in Oklahoma. My mother and her siblings were born in Waukomis. They later moved to Garber. My Uncle, Francis Hill never left Oklahoma, my mother and her sister moved with their parents to Niwot, Colorado in the 1930's. I hope to write a book soon on my mother's lineage - it goes back to Salem Mass where one of her many great grandmothers was hung for being a witch. Ok, enough for now, I will keep loading up photos.

Comment by Ginger R Smith on July 20, 2009 at 3:04pm

The Trail of Tears happened about 1839, right? Was there a census for all of the Indian people who were removed to OK for the year 1840? I have not found an 1840 census for either Indian Territory or OK.

Comment by Carolyn Carter on July 19, 2009 at 8:42pm

Thanks and here is what I have:
Agnes May Heady
B: 10 AUG 1905 Indian territory, near Lawton, Comanche Co., OK
D: 24 FEB 1972 Mabank, Henderson Co, Texas

Father :William B Heady 1877 - 1908
Mother: Nancy Jane Armstrong 1879 - 1944

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