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Cherokee County, Oklahoma genealogy and family history research page. Guide to genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

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Cherokee County, Oklahoma
Map
Location in the state of Oklahoma
Map of the U.S. highlighting Oklahoma Location of Oklahoma in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	July 16, 1907
County Seat	Tahlequah
Courthouse
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Address	Cherokee County Courthouse 213 W. Delaware Street Talequah, Oklahoma 74464-3639 Phone: 918.456.3171

County Courthouse

Cherokee County Courthouse
213 Delaware Street
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Phone: 918.456.3171 

Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court
records from 1907;  County Clerk has land records
from 1907 and military discharge records from 1917^[1]

History

Parent County

1907--Cherokee County was created 16 July 1907 from Cherokee Lands.
County seat: Tahlequah ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Adair
• Delaware
• Mayes
• Muskogee
• Sequoyah
• Wagoner

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Cherokee County, Oklahoma census records online, see: Oklahoma Census.

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Cherokee

Court

Land

Local Histories

Muskogee and Northeastern Oklahoma: including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig, and Ottawa. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1922

Maps

Military

Civil War

Civil War Battle

The following Civil War Battle was fought in Cherokee County

November 19, 1861 = Round Mountain^[3] also known as Round Mountains

Map showing Civil war battles in Oklahoma

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Page 557 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Heritage Preservation Services, Civil War Battle Summaries by State, (accessed 7 August 2012)

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