Genealogy Projects tagged with Pontotoc County on the Geni Family Tree

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  • Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. The county was created at statehood from part of the Chickasaw Nation in Indian Territory. It was named for a historic Chickasaw tribal area in Mississippi. According to the Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, Pontotoc is usually translated "cattail prairie" or "land of hanging grapes." Adjacent...

  • Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Pontotoc County, Mississippi. Official Website The county was created on February 9, 1836 from lands ceded to the United States under the Chickasaw Cession. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word meaning "land of hanging grapes". The original Natchez Trace and the current-day Natchez Trace Parkway both pass through the southeast corner of the...

  • East Central University

    Wikipedia =East Central University (shortened to ECU or East Central) is a public, co-educational teaching university located in Ada, in the south central region of the U.S. State of Oklahoma. East Central one of the six universities that are part of Oklahoma's Regional University System. Beyond its flagship campus is Ada, the university has courses available in McAlester, Shawnee, Ardmore, and...

  • Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Oklahoma

    This project is for those who are buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. Rosedale Cemetery is located just west of Broadway Ave (Old US 377) and north of J.A. Richardson Loop (State Hwy 1) in Ada. On Broadway Ave, turn west onto Armory Road. The cemetery is at the corner of Armory Road and Oak Ave. (OR) On J.A. Richardson Loop, turn north onto Poteet Road, then west onto ...