Coal County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Coal County

Coal 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.

County Courthouse
Coal County Courthouse 4 N Main Street Coalgate, OK 74538 Phone: 580.927.2103

Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1907; County Clerk has land records from 1907 and military records from 1917

Parent County
1907--Coal County was created 16 July 1907 from Cherokee Lands. County seat: Coalgate

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Atoka
 * Hughes
 * Johnston
 * Pittsburg
 * Pontotoc

Newspapers

 * NewspaperArchive.com ($) has historical newspapers online including Ada newspapers that may have included Cole County residents. This database is sometimes free at libraries.

Probate
Online Records
 * 1801 – 2008 Oklahoma Wills and Probate Records 1801-2008 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1887 – 2008 Oklahoma Probate Records 1887-2008 at FamilySearch — images

Marriage

 * 1890–1995 -  at FamilySearch — index and images

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.