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In 1902 the Dawes Commission began the process of allotment of lands in Indian Territory. Before that fourth dimension, country in Indian Territory was communal holding and belonged to the Indian nation, rather than the private. In Oklahoma Territory, with the exception of Indian allotments by the Jerome Commission in the late 1880s, buying began in 1889 and spread with each of the country openings. The last country opening in Oklahoma Territory, with the minor exception of the table salt plains in Alfalfa County, was in 1906. Land ownership in the Panhandle was possible subsequently the beginning official survey of the area in the 1890s.

Oklahoma statehood occurred November xvi, 1907, past joining Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. The last county in Oklahoma was formed in 1912.

The record books of the thirty judicial Recording Districts, the transitional class of government in Indian Territory just prior to statehood, were not equally a general practice preserved past the newly formed state counties. Consequently, the primeval land records in those counties showtime in November 1907.

Counties formed from Indian Territory
Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer, Le Flore, Beloved, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Ottawa, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington

Counties formed from Oklahoma Territory
Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton fiber, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Noble, Oklahoma, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Washita, Woods, Woodward

Counties formed from both territories (generally the Indian Territory)
Grady, Jefferson, Stephens

Panhandle counties
Beaver, Cimarron, Texas

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1889 Oklahoma County Database and Plat Map

This database includes names of US country patent homesteads for Oklahoma County, Indian Territory, 1889.
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1901 Land Lottery

El Reno Land Lottery - Names Drawn This index includes more than 8,000 individuals whose names were drawn in the 1901 land lottery. The names are extracted from Names of the El Reno Land District Homesteaders Filings, 1902 published by H. H. Edwards in Guthrie, Oklahoma.
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El Reno Lottery Tickets

The Manuscript Archives include the land lottery tickets for some individuals who participated in the 1901 El Reno and Lawton land lottery, merely did not receive land.
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Wichita, and Kiowa, and Apache Ceded Lands Homestead Applications

This collection contains more than one thousand applications for homestead entry within the Wichita-Caddo and Kiowa-Comanche-Apache ceded lands. The applications include names, dates, and towns.
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Oklahoma Land Openings Map
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Federal Land Tract Books

This microfilm drove offers information about homesteaders in Oklahoma Territory from 1889 to 1907. These lxx-two volumes include a physical description of the homestead, the amount of land, engagement and place of original registration, and the date of the final certificate. The Tract Books are bundled by township and range, not past surname.

The Research Center offers a $fifteen limited service to search the Land Tract Books. Researchers must include the individual'southward name and the county in which they received land. Use the limited order form to order by post. If you lot wish to club by phone telephone call 405-522-5225.

Plat Maps and Atlases

Plat maps and atlases are available for select areas including:

Woods County, 1906 (One thousand 4023 W6 O31 1906)
Garfield County, 1906 and 1940 (microfilm)
Oklahoma Canton, 1907 (G 4023 O4 O35 1907)
Payne Canton, 1907 (microfilm)
Ellis County, 1910 (G 4023 E4 W4 1910)
Harper Canton, 1910 (G 4023 H3 W4 1910)
Woodward Canton, 1910 (G 4023 W7 W4 1910)
Noble County, 1912 (Chiliad 4023 N5 O35 1912)
Kiowa Canton, 1913 (G 4023 K5 1913)
Kay County, 1921 (microfilm)
Grant County, 1928 (K 1366 G75 1928)

The post-obit county directories contain either legal land descriptions (department, township, range) or provide the name of the township in which the person resides.

Custer Canton Oklahoma: State Deed Map, c. 1910 alphabetize by Mary Ann Linn LaRue (F 702 C9 L3 1990)
Directory of Garfield County, 1896 (F 702 G25 C7)
Business and Resident Directory of Guthrie and Logan County, Oklahoma, September 1, 1892
Official Directory of Guthrie and Logan Canton, 1898 (F 704 G9 A2 1898)
Oklahoma Metropolis and County Directory, 1900–1901
The Homesteaders of Oklahoma County, Okla., compiled by Virgil Harris (F 702 O55 H3)
Forest Canton Directory, 1895 (F 702 W7 H38)

Indian Territory Land Records

Hastain'due south Township Plats of the Creek Nation by E. Hastain, 1910 (print, microfilm, and online)
Moore's Seminole Whorl and State Guide by J. Read Moore, 1915 (print and online)
Index to Choctaw-Chickasaw Deeds and Allotments by E. Hastain, 19-- (print and microfilm)
Supplement to Index to Choctaw-Chickasaw Deeds and Allotments by E. Hastain, 1910 (print and microfilm)
Township Plats, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, showing land allotted to the Cherokee (microfilm)
Oklahoma Tract Books, box 19 pt. 2, includes Indian allotments in the far northeastern Indian Territory (microfilm)
Forgotten Oklahoma Records: Cherokee Land Allotment Book past Fredrea Cook, 1981 (print)

The 1900 Oklahoma Territory Demography and the 1910 Oklahoma Demography often indicate the township in which a person lived at the fourth dimension of the census. The Research Center has Oklahoma county township maps, which can be used to identify the township and range of the named municipal township in the county of interest.

School Country Records

Sections 16 and 36 of authorities townships (township and range) were usually reserved as school land, which could exist leased but not homesteaded. The money from school land was designated by the Oklahoma Territory, and its successor the State of Oklahoma, to get to the support of specific colleges and universities. Some townships, however, had no sections of school land, and some were almost entirely school land. The School Land Tract Books are kept in the State Archives, Oklahoma Department of Libraries.

Townsite Lot Records

Townsite lot records were kept in Townsite Trustee Books. When available, these tin exist found at the boondocks'south city hall or at the canton seat.