Jefferson County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Jefferson County

Jefferson 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
Jefferson County Courthouse 220 N Main Street Rm 101 Waurika, OK 73573 Phone: 580.228-2029 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1908; County Clerk has land records

Parent County
1907--Jefferson County was created 16 July 1907 from Comanche (Chickasaw Lands). County seat: Waurika

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Carter
 * Clay County, Texas
 * Cotton
 * Love
 * Montague County, Texas
 * Stephens

Cemeteries

 * Hastings Cemetery, Hastings BillionGraves

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.