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This project collects the facts from the fifteen-year-long crusade (Court docket #314) pursued by Margaret J. George , in which she claims that her ancestor Andrew Miller was a Cherokee Indian by blood, who lived in the State of Tennessee among the Cherokee Nation. George and her family lived for years in Indian Territory through the 1890s, and some facts do align for her claim about her father...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Greer County, Oklahoma. The county was assigned to the Oklahoma Territory on May 4, 1896. It was named for former Texas lieutenant governor, John A. Greer. Adjacent Counties Beckham County Kiowa County Harmon County Jackson County Cities, Towns & Communities Brinkman Granite Mangum (County Seat) Reed Wil...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.The county was formed in 1907 and was named for the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The official spelling of the name was changed to Muskogee by the post office in 1900.At the start of the U. S. Civil War, Confederate troops of the Cherokee and Creek Home Guards built Fort Davis, across the Arkansas River from Fort ...
This cemetery is located on Highway 54 & Davis Road, Weatherford, Custer County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave OK Cemeteries
The Asbury Cemetery was located in McIntosh County, Oklahoma in Sec 25, T10N, R18E. Lake Eufaula was created in the 1960's and the graves were moved. Reinterment was made to this Greenwood Cemetery in Sec 35, T10N, R16E. This cemetery is also known as Eufaula Cemetery . Find a Grave OK Cemeteries
During the early days of Muskogee the City Cemetery was located at the corner of Sixth Street and Martin Luther King Blvd., in the parking lot directly across the street (West) from the old Baptist Hospital. It was known as the Muskogee Burial Association Cemetery. In the latter part of the 1890's City leaders could see the need for a larger cemetery and began making plans to obtain the acreage...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Grant County, Oklahoma. Official Website Grant County was part of the Cherokee Nation's Cherokee Outlet until it was opened to non-Indian settlers in response to public demand on September 16, 1893. Settlers named the county after President Ulysses S. Grant in a general election held November 6, 1894. Wakita was featured in the 19...
At the junction of Highway 281/8 & Highway 270 East (also known as South Street), turn west and go seven tenths of a mile to the cemetery. It is on the Blaine County side of the Blaine County/Canadian County border. Find a Grave OK Cemeteries
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Garvin County, Oklahoma. Garvin County came into existence on November 16, 1907, the day Oklahoma became a state. The county was named for Samuel J. Garvin, a local Chickasaw rancher, merchant and banker. Its economy is largely based on farming, ranching and oil production. Adjacent Counties Carter County Murray County Ste...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Garfield County, Oklahoma. Official Website Prior to the Land Run of 1893, Garfield County, named for President James A. Garfield, was named O County and was part of the Cherokee Outlet, occupied by the Cherokee people following the Treaty of New Echota and the Cherokee trail of tears. Historically, the area was a hunting ground for...
Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Cemetery is owned and operated by the City of Miami. The cemetery consists of 86 acres with more than 20,000 burial plots currently in place, with the oldest recorded and legibly marked grave dated 1892. Official Website The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) Cemetery is located on the west side of U.S. HWY 69 (Historic U.S. Route 66) on the northside o...
Wikipedia Fort Gibson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located inside of the town of Fort Gibson, in Muskogee County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave
The Marlow Cemetery is on E. Memorial Drive (locally known as Cemetery Drive), east of U.S. Highway 81 (The Chisholm Trail) between the Railroad and Ash Street, and is on both sides of Cemetery Drive. Marlow Cemetery is located in Stephens County, Oklahoma and is over 80 acres. Find a Grave OK Cemeteries
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Latimer County, Oklahoma.= Official Website = History In 1831, the area now known as Latimer County was organized as part of the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory after the Choctaw were removed by the federal government from their traditional territory in the American Southeast. Following statehood Latimer County's boundaries wer...
Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost 94,000 acres. The fort was first built during the Indian Wars. It is designated as a National Historic Landmark and serves as home of the United States Army Field Artillery School as well as the Marine Corps' site for Field Artillery MOS school, United States Army Air D...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Comanche County, Oklahoma. Official Website The county was created in 1901 as part of Oklahoma Territory. It was named for the Comanche tribal nation. Built on former reservation lands of the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache in Indian Territory, Comanche County was open for settlement on August 16, 1901 by lottery. The region has three ...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Payne County, Oklahoma. Official Website The county was created in 1890 as part of Oklahoma Territory and is named for Capt. David L. Payne, a leader of the "Boomers". In 2010, the Keystone-Cushing Pipeline (Phase II) was constructed into Payne County. Adjacent County Noble County Pawnee County Creek County Lincoln Cou...
Please add profiles of those people who were born, lived or died in the city or county of Tulsa, Oklahoma.= Official City Website == Official County Website = History The area where Tulsa now exists was considered Indian Territory when it was first formally settled by the Lochapoka and Creek tribes in 1836, They established a small settlement under the Creek Council Oak Tree at the present-day ...
This subportal is part of the USA Portal . = This is the master project for Oklahoma and its history. =State of Oklahoma=* Nickname(s): Sooner State; Land of the Red Man; Native America* Motto(s): Labor omnia vincit (Latin: Work conquers all)* Official language: English; (Cherokee official within Cherokee Nation and UKB)* Demonym: Oklahoman; Okie (colloq.)* Capital(and largest city): Oklahoma C...
This cemetery is located on 424 North Main Street, Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave Billion Graves
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. Official Website The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, states that the county was created from the Tahlequah District of the Cherokee Nation in 1906. The Cherokee moved to this area as a result of the forced relocation brought about by the Indian Removal Act of 1830, also known as Trail Of Tea...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. Official Website History Sequoyah County was created in 1907 when Oklahoma became a state. It was named after Sequoyah, who created the Cherokee syllabary and its written language. French traders came to this area in the 1700s, as they had posts in neighboring present-day Arkansas, part of their La Loui...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Atoka County, Oklahoma. History The area forming Atoka County was part of the Choctaw Nation after the tribe was forced to relocate to Indian Territory from its home in the Southeastern United States in the early 1830s. Unlike the State of Oklahoma , whose county boundaries follow the precise north-south, east-west grid provided b...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Canadian County, Oklahoma. Official Website The county was founded in 1889 and is named for the Canadian River, which forms part of its southern border. The river may have been named for early European explorers who were fur traders and trappers from New France, or pre-1763 colonial Canada. In 1859, the United States expelled the C...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Mayes County, Oklahoma. History French voyageurs roamed the area in the early 18th Century, giving French names to many of the waterways and other local sites. Jean Pierre Chouteau established a trading post at the location of the present town of Salina, where he chiefly traded with the Osage tribe that had settled in the vicinity. Un...