Delaware County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Delaware County Delaware 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
Delaware County Courthouse 237 N 5th St; Jay, OK 74346 Phone: 918.253.4420 Clerk Court has probate records; County Clerk has marriage and land records

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

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

Places/Localities
==== Populated Places ====

Cities

 * Grove
 * Jay

Towns

 * Bernice
 * Colcord
 * Kansas
 * Oaks
 * West Siloam Springs

Census-designated places

 * Brush Creek
 * Bull Hollow
 * Butler
 * Cayuga
 * Cleora
 * Cloud Creek
 * Copeland
 * Deer Lick
 * Dennis
 * Dodge
 * Dripping Springs
 * Drowning Creek
 * Flint Creek
 * Kenwood
 * Leach
 * New Eucha
 * Old Eucha
 * Rocky Ford
 * Sycamore
 * Tagg Flats
 * Twin Oaks
 * Zena

Other unincorporated communities

 * Chloeta
 * Eucha

Neighboring Counties

 * Adair
 * Benton County, Arkansas
 * Cherokee
 * Craig
 * Mayes
 * McDonald County, Missouri
 * Ottawa

Cemeteries

 * Olympus Cemetery, Grove BillionGraves
 * Olympus North Cemetery, Grove BillionGraves

State Census Records

 * 1890 Oklahoma Territorial Census 1890 - Oklahoma Historical Societ
 * 1890 and 1907 Oklahoma Territorial Census, 1890 and 1907 at Ancestry — index and image ($)

Federal Census Records
Federal Censuses were taken for Oklahoma starting in 1860. For links to Federal census indexes, see Oklahoma Census.

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

 * Interactive Formation Boundary Map of Oklahoma - shows boundary changes for Oklahoma Counties
 * Maps n More - county and township maps.
 * Oklahoma Civil War Map of Battles


 * Map of 1922 Delaware County, Oklahoma with numerous small settlements. (My Genealogy Hound)

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

October 22, 1862 = Old Fort Wayne also known as Beatties Prairie, Beaty’s Prairie

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.