Nowata County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Nowata County

Nowata 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
Nowata County Courthouse 229 N Maple Street Nowata, OK 74048-2654 Phone: 918.273-2480 Clerk District Court has marriage, divorce, probate and court records 1907; County Clerk has land records from 1911

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

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Craig
 * Labette County, Kansas
 * Montgomery County, Kansas
 * Rogers
 * Washington

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

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.