McIntosh County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  McIntosh County McIntosh 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
McIntosh County County 110 N 1st Street Eufaula, OK 74432 Phone: 918.689-2741 County Clerk has birth and death records 1911-1918 and land records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1907

Parent County
1907--McIntosh County was created 16 July 1907 from Creek Lands. County seat: Eufaula

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

Populated Places
Hitchita is a small town of about 113 people in the 2000 census.

Neighboring Counties

 * Haskell
 * Hughes
 * Muskogee
 * Okfuskee
 * Okmulgee
 * Pittsburg

Cemeteries
An of cemeteries in McIntosh county is available the the Family History Library.

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

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in McIntosh County:
 * July 17, 1863 = Honey Springs also known as Elk Creek, Shaw’s Inn

Map showing Civil war battles in Oklahoma

Newspapers
Oklahoma Newspapers Online Oklahoma Newspaper Catalogs
 * GenealogyBank - ($), contains images of Oklahoma newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive - ($), contains images of Nebraska newspapers
 * Chronicling America - contains images of some Oklahoma newspapers; searching tips
 * Elephind - Free; search engine that retrieves newspaper images from other free newspaper websites
 * Oklahoma State Historical Society - catalog of known Oklahoma newspapers; lists repositories that have the newspapers
 * U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present on Chronicling America - contains a list of all known newspapers and the dates they cover; once you locate a newspaper name, contact the local library to see if they have copies of the newspaper

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

School Records

 * 1895 - 1936 at | FamilySearch — index and 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.