McIntosh County History and Information

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McIntosh County was created on July 16, 1907 from (Creek) Indian lands. The County was named for a family prominent in the Creek Nation, a number of the members of which were chiefs and leaders. The County Seat is Eufaula. See also County History for more historical details.

Counties adjacent to McIntosh County are Muskogee County (north & east), Haskell County (southeast), Pittsburg County (south), Hughes County (southwest), Okfuskee County (west), Okmulgee County (northwest)

McIntosh County Cities & Towns Include Checotah, Duchess Landing, Eufaula, Hanna, Hitchita, Rentiesville, Shady Grove, Stidham, Texanna

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Records at the McIntosh County Courthouse

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Researchers often overlook the importance of court records, probate records, and land records as a source of family history information.

PLEASE READ FIRST!!!! Please call the clerk's department to confirm hours, mailing address, fees and other specifics before visiting or requesting information because of sometimes changing contact information.

All Departments below can be contacted at the McIntosh County Courthouse at PO Box 110, Eufaula, OK 74432-0110; Phone: (918) 689-3375. NOTE: The record dates below are from the earliest date to present time.

McIntosh County Clerk's Office has Birth Records from 1905, Death Records from 1905 and , Land Records from 1907.

The County Clerk's office is responsible for preserving all the legal instruments filed by private citizens and public officials with the County Clerk's office. The office maintains files of all real estate records, plats, judgments, liens, patents, military discharges, school records, county personnel, insurance and retirement records for employees, meeting notices, commissioners' proceedings and other documents. Although county clerks record births and deaths and provide information on request, certificates are available only from the Vital Records Section, State Department of Health

McIntosh County Court Clerk's Office has Probate Records from 1907, Marriage Records from1907, and Court Records from 1907.

The Court Clerk has the primary responsibility to record, file, and maintain permanent records of the proceedings of the District Court. We collect fines, fees, and forfeitures, and distribute the collected monies as provided by law to the appropriate agencies. There are numerous types of cases filed with the Court Clerk's Office some of which include: Civil, Small Claims, Probate, Guardianship, Adoption, Felony, Misdemeanor, Search Warrants, Licenses and more...

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Court Records. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Court Records by clicking the link below:

  • Search District Court Public Records from Participating Oklahoma District Courts
  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • McIntosh County, Oklahoma Court Books at Amazon.com
  • Court, Land, Wills & Financial - Court records are an often overlooked, yet very valuable tool for finding information to assist you in your research. Land records, such as deeds, allow you to tie an ancestor to a specific place at a point in time. Other court records like those dealing with finances and estates often list related family members or give interesting details like the total value of property owned by your ancestors to add interest to your family history.
  • Immigration & Emigration - As our ancestors moved from one country to another, details about their lives were recorded on passenger lists and government documents. Immigration and emigration records can help you learn where your ancestors originally came from, where they went, when they left, who they traveled with, and more.
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McIntosh County Vital Records

See Also Vital Records in Oklahoma

Birth, marriage, and death records are connected with central life events. They are prime sources for genealogical information.

Vital Records Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health, 1000 Northeast 10th, Oklahoma City, OK 73117;(405) 271-4040, They have the following records:

  • Birth & Death Certificates: Oklahoma began filing birth and death records in October of 1908. It was not mandatory, however, that these records be filed until 1917. Because birth and death records were not required in years past as they are today for identification or settlement of claims in matters of death, the filing process in many years prior to 1940 are sketchy. It is the responsibility of the hospital, attendant at birth or the funeral director in each matter of birth or death to properly obtain the information needed and file the certificate in a timely manner.
    • Cost: $10.00 per birth certificate & $10.00 per death certificate.
    • Processing Time: 12-14 weeks when ordered by mail (Application for Birth or Death Certificate) or 2-5 Days when you order online
  • Marriage and Divorce Certificates: Marriage and Divorce Records are maintained and issued in the County Courthouse of issuance. These records are available from the Clerk of Court in the county where the event occurred. Fees vary.
  • Order Online: You can also order Order Electronically Online to obtain a certified copy of a birth, marriage, death or divorce record with a credit or debit card and get the certificates within 2-5 days by ordering from VitalChek Express Certificate Service.
  • Walk-In Service: Coming to the Vital Records Service, Room 117, Oklahoma State Department Of Health, 1000 Northeast 10th, Oklahoma City, OK, Monday - Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., or the Tulsa Health Department, Central Regional Health Center, 315 S. Utica, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-2203, 918-594-4840

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Vital Records. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Vital Records by clicking the link below:

  • VitalChek Express Certificate Service - Some documents are just too important to wait six weeks for. With VitalChek Express Certificate Service you won’t have to. VitalChek is the fast and convenient way to order certified government-issued vital records online. They make it easy for you to purchase the documents to which you are legally entitled. Beware of other online services that do not have relationships directly with the agencies that store your vital records. VitalChek's order process usually takes less than 10 minutes --And you can select express courier service for even faster delivery when time is running out.
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  • Research Death records In The World's Largest Newspaper Archive at NewpaperArchive.com! - Find thousands of historical Oklahoma newspaper articles about deaths. Search for local articles about an old family friend that died many years ago or a celebrity that committed suicide. Historical newspapers contain a wealth of information about the deceased.
  • McIntosh County, Oklahoma Birth, Marriage & Death Books at Amazon.com
  • Birth, Marriage & Death - Vital records (births, deaths, marriages, and divorces) mark the milestones of our lives and are the foundation of family history research. Vital records, usually kept by a civic authority, can give you a more complete picture of your ancestor, help you distinguish between two people with the same name, and help you find links to a new generation.
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McIntosh County Census Records

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Few, if any, records reveal as many details about individuals and families as do government census records. Substitute records can be used when the official census is unavailable

Countywide Records: Federal Population Schedules that exist for McIntosh County, Oklahoma are 1910, 1920 and 1930. There are free downloadable and printable Census forms to help with your research. These include U.S. Census Extraction Forms and U.K. Census Extraction Forms.

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Census Records. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Census Records by clicking the link below:

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McIntosh County Maps & Atlases

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Genealogy Atlases has images of old American atlases during the years 1795, 1814, 1822, 1823, 1836, 1838, 1845, 1856, 1866, 1879 and 1897 for other states.

You can view rotating animated maps for Oklahoma showing all the county boundaries for each census year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries. You can view a list of maps for other states at Census Maps

You can view rotating animated maps for Oklahoma showing all the county boundary changes for each year overlayed with past and present maps so you can see the changes in county boundaries . You can view a list of maps for other states and State Department of Transportation Maps at County Maps.

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McIntosh County Military Records

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Military and civil service records provide unique facts and insights into the lives of men and women who have served their country at home and abroad.

The uses and value of military records in genealogical research for ancestors who were veterans are obvious, but military records can also be important to re-searchers whose direct ancestors were not soldiers in any war. The fathers, grandfathers, brothers, and other close relatives of an ancestor may have served in a war, and their service or pension records could contain information that will assist in further identifying the family of primary interest. Due to the amount of genealogical information contained in some military pension files, they should never be overlooked during the research process. Those records not containing specific genealogical information are of historic value and should be included in any overall research design.

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Military Records. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Military Records by clicking the link below:

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McIntosh County Tax Records

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Heavy spring rains with severe flooding in 1902 awakened Oklahoma's citizens to the need for better roads. Territorial laws placed responsibility with townships, and a road overseer was to be elected for each district. General property tax and some funds from liquor licenses collected by counties and townships were used to finance the building of public roads along section lines. A road tax was required, along with the requirement that all males between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five donate four eight-hour days a year to work on highways. Those who did not work or provide a substitute were fined $5 for each absence.

The county treasurer or assessor may have tax or assessment records. Some tax records are stored in museums, historical, and/or genealogical societies' repositories. Published tax records for Oklahoma are almost nonexistent. Some duplicated copies of county tax records are stored in the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, State Archives Division for security purposes, but are not available for research. Koplowitz, Guide to the Historical Records of Oklahoma, indicates location of county records, including those of tax and assessments.

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Tax Records. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Tax Records by clicking the link below:

  • McIntosh County Tax Assesors Office, PO Box 110, Eufaula, OK 74432-0110; Phone: (918) 689-3375
    The county assessor has the responsibility to appraise and assess the real and personal property within the county for the purpose of ad-valorem taxation. Also, the county assessor is required to compute the ad-valorem taxes due on all the taxable property. By law, the county assessor appraises all the taxable real property according to its fair cash value for which the property is actually being used.
  • McIntosh County, Oklahoma Tax Books at Amazon.com
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McIntosh County Genealogical Addresses

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The Repositories in this section are Archives, Libraries, Museums, Genealogical and Historical Societies. Many County Historical and Genealogical Societies publish magazines and/or news letters on a monthly, quarterly, bi-annual or annual basis. Contacting the local societies should not be over looked. State Archives and Societies are usually much larger and better organized with much larger archived materials than their smaller county cousins but they can be more generalized and over look the smaller details that local societies tend to have. Libraries can also be a good place to look for local information. Some libraries have a genealogy section and may have some resources that are not located at archives or societies. Also, take a special look at any museums in the area. They sometimes have photos and items from years gone by as well as information of a genealogical interest. All these places are vitally important to the family genealogist and must not be passed over.

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Genealogical Addresses. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Genealogical Addresses by clicking the link below:

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  • The Federation of Oklahoma Genealogical Societies, P.O. Box 2531, Ponca City, Oklahoma 74602
  • Oklahoma Historical Society, 2100 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73105
  • Oklahoma Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 12986, Oklahoma City 73157-2986
  • Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Division of State Archives and Records, 200 N.E. 18th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 75105
  • National Archives; Southwest Region, 501 West Felix Street, Building 1, Fort Worth, Texas 76115-3405; E-mail: ftworth.archives@nara.gov. Mailing Address: P.O. 6216, Fort Worth, Texas 76115-0216
  • Newspapers & Periodicals - The Newspapers & Periodicals Collection lets you discover a wealth of information about your ancestors from many historical newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals. These types of sources can often supplement public records and provide information that is not recorded anywhere else. Here, you can learn more about your ancestor's possible daily activities by placing them in the context of their time.
  • Directories & Member Lists - Directories and member lists are typically compilations of information about people who belonged to various associations and groups or lived within city boundaries. They can be thought of as the predecessors to the modern-day phone book and usually list names, addresses, and sometimes the occupations of your ancestors.
  • Oklahoma Genealogical Society Books at Amazon.com
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McIntosh County Church & Cemeteries

See Also Church & Cemetery Records in Oklahoma

Obituaries can vary in the amount of information they contain, but many of them are genealogical goldmines, including information such as names, dates, places of birth and death, marriage information, and family relationships.

There are many churches and cemeteries in McIntosh County. Some transcriptions are online. A great site is the McIntosh County Tombstone Transcription Project.

There are no centralized repositories dealing with church records in Oklahoma. Scattered records can be found in genealogical publications, the DAR compilations, and on microfilm. The Spanish missions have played a central role in Oklahoma's religious history.

Printed secondary sources of transcribed cemeteries exist for most Oklahoma counties. The Oklahoma State Society of the DAR has collected hundreds of such records. Transcripts are housed both at the national DAR and with some local chapters and libraries.

Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Cemetery & Church Records. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Cemetery & Church Records by clicking the link below:

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Family Trees & Genealogy Tidbits

 

The use of published genealogies, electronic files containing genealogical lineage, and other compiled sources can be of tremendous value to a researcher.

When view family trees online or not, be sure to only take the info at face value and always follow up with your own sources or verify the ones they provide. Below is a list of online resources for McIntosh County Family Trees, web forums and other family type information. Email us with websites containing McIntosh County Family Trees, web forums and other family type information by clicking the link below:

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Extended History

 

In Indian Territory days this section of the country was an important part of the Creek Nation. Some of the most influential Creek citizens resided here, some of whom still have their homes in this part of the state, and some of the most important Indian conferences of the years gone by were here held. Indian historians claim that in 1541, when De Soto crossed the Mississippi River near Memphis and continued his journey westward, he passed through the southern part of this county. As evidence of the truthfulness of this claim, they point to the huge rock in the middle of the Canadian River, known as Standing Rock, as being identical with the Standing Rock described in the Spanish record of De Soto's Travels. This story has been further authenticated by the claim that not many years ago a skeleton was unearthed near the Canadian River, clad in full Spanish armor. It was in this neighborhood that Albert Pike, the Confederate general, met some of the leading Creeks in 1861 and induced them to join the Southern Confederacy, only a few weeks after the Cherokees had refused to consider his proposition.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad reached this neighborhood during the summer of 1872 and the two prosperous towns of Checotah and Eufaula were established, although an Indian settlement had been in existence at Eufaula for many years prior to that period. The old Asbury Mission School, located two miles northeast of Eufaula, was established and maintained for many years prior to the Civil war.

A farmer may find land in this county adapted to any kind of crops he may choose to produce. The fertile valleys of the rivers and their tributaries produce large crops of corn and cotton. Much of the prairie soil is of a silt loam and is capable of producing abundant crops of corn, cotton, wheat, oats, rye, barley, cow-peas, kafir, sorghum, peanuts, Irish and sweet potatoes, -and various kinds of vegetables. The virgin prairies furnish good crops of hay and excellent grass for pasture. Before the land was allotted and divided into small farms some of the largest and best cattle ranches of the southwest were found in this vicinity, the H. B. Spaulding ranch and the Captain Gentry ranch and others furnishing thousands of cattle annually, for the Kansas City and St. Louis markets. Many parts of this county are well adapted to fruit raising, and more attention has been given to horticulture here, than in most other counties of eastern Oklahoma.
Some of the largest peach orchards in the state are found in this vicinity.

A commendable degree of interest is being manifested by the business men of this county in the matter of improving conditions on the farm. Farmers are giving more attention to diversification of crops, and to raising thoroughbred cattle and hogs, than in former years. The McIntosh Farm Bureau, organized some years ago by the bankers of Checotah and Eufaula, has accomplished some good results in promoting the interests of the farmers. The farmers' boys are bestirring themselves also, as is shown by the fact that they have been awarded several prizes at the State Fair for producing the best crops on acre plots of ground.

Eufaula, in the southern part and Checotah in the northern part of the county, are the largest and most important towns in the county, each having about 3,000 inhabitants. Among the smaller towns which afford good local trading facilities are Hannah, Hichita, Hoffman, Stidham, Mellette, Texanna, Onapa and Rentiesville.

In 1908, immediately following the division of the new State of Oklahoma into counties, quite a spirited contest arose between Checotah and Eufaula over the question of locating the county seat. At the first election held to determine this question, Checotah claimed a majority of the votes cast. The election was held, however, at a time when the streams were high, and the voters residing in the southern end of the county claimed that it was impossible for them to get across the branches of the Canadian River to Eufaula to vote. On this account and because of certain alleged irregularities in the conduct of the election, a second election was ordered and Eufaula was declared the winner. Some bad feeling was aroused at the time, but it soon disappeared and Eufaula was recognized as the county seat.

The county has three railroads, one of them the main line of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad, and it is crossed by two international highways, The Jefferson Highway and The King of Trails, which are hard-surfaced through the county.

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