Choctaw County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Choctaw County

Choctaw 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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County Courthouse
Choctaw County Courthouse 300 E Duke Street Hugo, OK 74743 Phone: 580.326.3778 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records 1907; County Clerk has land records

Parent County
1907--Choctaw County was created 16 July 1907 from Choctaw Lands. County seat: Hugo

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Choctaw County border changes.

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Atoka
 * Bryan
 * Lamar County, Texas
 * McCurtain
 * Pushmataha
 * Red River County, Texas

Cemeteries

 * Goodland Cemetery, Hugo BillionGraves

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Choctaw County


 * February 13, 1864 = Middle Boggy Depot also known as Middle Boggy

Map showing Civil war battles in Oklahoma

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has The Paris News (Paris, TX) from 1925 that may include residents from Choctaw County.

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.