Cherokee County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States  Oklahoma   Cherokee County

Cherokee 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
Cherokee County Courthouse 213 Delaware Street Tahlequah, OK 74464 Phone: 918.456.3171 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1907;  County Clerk has land records from 1907 and military discharge records from 1917

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Adair
 * Delaware
 * Mayes
 * Muskogee
 * Sequoyah
 * Wagoner

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Cherokee

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

Maps



 * Cherokee Nation Indian Territory Map of 1905 (My Genealogy Hound)
 * Cherokee County, Oklahoma 1922 Map (My Genealogy Hound)

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

November 19, 1861 = Round Mountain also known as Round Mountains

Map showing Civil war battles in Oklahoma

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.