Noble County, Oklahoma Genealogical Records Information

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Noble County Facts

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Noble County was created in 1893 from the Cherokee Outlet. The County was named for John W. Noble, Secretary of the Interior in President Harrison’s Cabinet. The County Seat is Perry. See also County History for more historical details.

Counties adjacent to Noble County are Kay County (north), Osage County (northeast), Pawnee County (east), Payne County (south), Logan County (southwest), Garfield County (west)

Noble County Cities & Towns Include Billings, Marland, Morrison, Perry, Red Rock

Records at the Noble County Courthouse

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PLEASE READ!! 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 Noble County Courthouse at 300 Courthouse Dr, Box 11, Perry, OK 73077-6649; Phone: (580) 336-2141. NOTE: The record dates below are from the earliest date to present time.

Noble County Clerk's Office has Birth Records from 1908, Death Records from 1908 and , Land Records from 1893.
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

Noble County Court Clerk's Office has Probate Records from 1896, Marriage Records from 1896, and Court Records from 1896.
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...

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Noble County Vital 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.

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Noble County Tax Assesors Office, 300 Courthouse Dr, Box 11, Perry, OK 73077-6649; Phone: (580) 336-2141
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.
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Noble 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 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.

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Noble County Genealogical Society, 601 12th Street, Perry 73077
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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
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Noble County Church & Cemeteries

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There are many churches and cemeteries in Noble County. Some transcriptions are online. A great site is the Noble 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.

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County History

At one minute of 12 o'clock noon on September 16, 1893, a tense silence broken only by the occasional nervous whinny of a horse or braying of a mule, fell along the line of the entry of the Cherokee Outlet (Strip). Then, a single pistol shot rang out and one of the most exciting runs' in the history of the United States began. The silence of the treeless plains were suddenly filled with screaming men, thundering wagons, cracking whips, plunging animals and yapping dogs, and the tidal wave of humanity, surrounded by a cloud of dust, swept towards Perry and its adjoining countryside. They came from all classes, from all directions; afoot, horseback, on lumber wagons, carriages and by railroad. They were honest men and thieves, bankers and paupers, adventurers and homesteaders, all wanting some of the virgin land that made the "outlet" famous.

By nightfall, a city of canvas with well over 40,000 population had risen. Estimates are that over 100,000 men, women, and children took part all along the run. The "Strip" as it was later called was 57 miles wide, stretching from the Kansas border to Orlando, and 200 miles long extending to the Texas line and compromising 1/5 of the present state of Oklahoma. Osage, Pawnee, Kay, Noble, Grant, Alfalfa, Major, Woods, Woodward, Harper, and Ellis counties were involved in the "run" and "bread basket" Oklahoma was born.

Those desiring to make the run and stake a claim were required to register a few days before the deadline. Land in tracts of 160 acres each became the property of the person who first laid claim to it. This was accomplished by "staking" the land, and then filing an official notice of the claim at the land office. The Cherokee Strip consisted of 5,698,140 acres of what proved to be some of the richest land the U.S. Government ever offered to ambitious and enterprising settlers. Some had penetrated the border line before the designated time and hidden in heavily wooded areas and creek bottoms until the land run officially started. They were the "Sooners". (those who made the run were called "Boomers", as they waited for the sound of the starting gun). Now all residents of Oklahoma are proudly referred to as "Sooners". Dust was so thick in the moustaches and beards of the men that no one could tell the color of a man's skin; for all races and creeds participated in the "run".

The south boundary of the Cherokee Strip was immediately north of Orlando. The "record" run was by Jack Tearney, formerly of Guthrie, who started at the county line and reached Perry in 31 minutes and had the "Blue Bell" saloon operating at 4 o'clock! That first day beer sold at $1.00 a bottle, due to the scarcity of water, and 38,000 glasses were sold.

The original town was bounded by A & F streets and 1st and 9th streets and "Hell's Half Acre" with its many saloons was set up 1/2 block east of the east side of the now existing square. Some 110 saloons and gambling houses were in operation.

Wharton, the first name used to refer to Perry, was a train station located 1 mile south of the present city. Perry received its name from the J.A. Perry, one of the township location commissioners. County "P" as Noble County was then known, was named after the Honorable John W. Noble of St. Louis, the secretary of the Interior in President Harrisons cabinet.

Among those within the boundary of the Strip prior to the opening, were the notorious Bill Doolin gang. A Santa Fe train was robbed at Wharton before the opening, and the gang escaped into Osage County. U.S. Marshall E.D. Nix and 100 deputies were commissioned to police the area and keep order.

Rev. S.P. Meyers, a missionary to Oklahoma Territory, and the dean of the ministry in Noble County, made the run from the Orlando line and settled on a good quarter section southwest of Perry. Meyers delivered the first sermon in Perry, holding the meeting in an unfinished hardware building of J.O. Young on the north side of the square. Beer kegs, from the record consumption of the preceding day, and boards from the building materials were used for the seating of the congregation. Funds were raised to buy a tent to be used as a church.

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