Adair County, Oklahoma Genealogy

United States Oklahoma  Adair County

Adair 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
Adair County Courthouse 2nd &amp; Division Streets; PO Box 169 Stilwell, OK 74960-0169 Phone: 918.696.7198 Clerk Court has marriage, divorce, probate, and court records from 1907; County Assessor has land records

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

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Oklahoma County boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Oklahoma County Boundary Maps" (1819-1912) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

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

Populated Places
Cities
 * Stilwell (county seat)

Towns
 * Watts
 * Westville

Unincorporated communities


 * Ballard
 * Baron
 * Bell
 * Bunch
 * Cherry Tree
 * Chewey
 * Christie
 * Fairfield
 * Elohim City
 * Greasy
 * Lyons Switch
 * Marietta
 * Peavine
 * Rocky Mountain
 * Salem
 * Watts Community
 * West Peavine
 * Zion

Neighboring Counties

 * Benton County, Arkansas
 * Cherokee
 * Crawford County, Arkansas
 * Delaware
 * Sequoyah
 * Washington County, Arkansas

Cemeteries

 * Adair County Oklahoma Cemeteries A complete list of available online transcriptions and gravestone photos for Adair County Oklahoma cemeteries.

Census
For links to Federal census indexes, see Oklahoma Census.

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.

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



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

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

 * Adair County, OK History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Oklahoma Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Oklahoma Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.