Pawnee County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Pawnee County

Pawnee 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
Pawnee County Courthouse 500 Harrison Street Rm 202 Pawnee, OK 74058 Phone: 918.762-2732 County Clerk has land and military records; Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records

Parent County
1893--Pawnee County was created in 1893 from Pawnee Lands. County seat: Pawnee

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

Populated Places

 * Blackburn
 * Cleveland
 * Hallett
 * Jennings
 * Mannford
 * Maramec
 * Mule Barn
 * Oak Grove
 * Pawnee (county seat)
 * Quay
 * Ralston
 * Shady Grove
 * Skedee
 * Terlton
 * Westport

Neighboring Counties

 * Creek
 * Noble
 * Osage
 * Payne
 * Tulsa

Cemeteries
Terlton Oklahoma Cemetery

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
 * Cleveland Oklahoma Family History Center

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.