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RECORDING DISTRICTS IN INDIAN TERRITORY
Recording Districts were created in Indian Territory primarily for Indians to
record the land which they received under allotment. It was a place where whites
could also record documents and some marriages MAY be there. Indian Territory
Recording Districts were abolished at Statehood, November 16, 1907, when the
county division system was adopted. However, some pre-statehood records still
exist in Oklahoma county court houses of those locations.
The follwing list of 30 Recording Districts, and towns where records were kept,
may provide a clue for research:
| Recording District |
Present Day County |
About |
| 1. Miami |
Ottawa Co |
CHEROKEE NATION |
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| 2. Vinita |
Craig Co. |
CHEROKEE NATION |
| 3. Nowata |
Nowata Co., |
CHEROKEE NATION
formerly Metz- name changed to Nowata Nov.8, 1889
name is from Delawara word no-we-ata, meaning "welcome" |
| 4. Claremore |
Rogers Co. |
CHEROKEE NATION
June 25, 1874 - named for Clermont, Osage chief |
| 5. Pryor Creek |
Mayes Co. |
CHEROKEE NATION
named changed to Pryor Jan 26, 1909
named for Nathaniel Pryor early-day Osage Indian agent |
| 6. Tahlequah |
Cherokee Co., |
CHEROKEE NATION (Capital)
name is Cherokee word Talilwa or Tellico, an old Cherokee town
"The Cherokee Advocate, printed here. |
| 7. Wagoner |
Wagoner Co. |
CREEK/CHEROKEE NATION |
| 8. Sapulpa |
Creek Co. |
CREEK NATION
July 1 1889-named for James Sapulpa, a Creek-
Creek word meaning "sweet potato" |
| 9. Okmulgee |
Okmulgee Co. |
CREEK NATION
April 29, 1869 - a Creek work meaning "boiling waters" |
| 10. Muskogee |
Muskogee Co., |
CREEK/CHEROKEE NATION
Jan 18, 1872 - named from Creek Indians and language which they spoke |
| 11. Sallisaw |
Sequoyah Co. |
CHEROKEE NATION
Sep. 29, 1873-named changed to Mays on June 7, 1888-on Dec. 8, 1888
name of PO at Childer's Station was chandge to Sallisaw |
| 12. Eufaula |
McIntosh Co. |
CREEK/CHEROKEE NATION
Feb. 6, 1874-named from old Creek town on Chattahoochee River
in Alabama, which was called "Yufala", meaning
"they split up here and went to other places" |
| 13. Wewoka |
Seminole Co., |
SEMINOLE NATION (Capital) May 13 1867
Creek word meaning "roaring Water" |
| 14. Poteau |
LeFlore Co. |
CHOCTAW NATION |
| 15. McAlester |
Pittsburg Co |
CHOCTAW NATION
record town for Indian Territory District #15
named for John J. McAlester, merchant and coal producer |
| 16. Ada |
Ponototoc Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION |
| 17. Pauls Valley |
Garvin Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION
Aug. 21, 1871 - named for Smith Paul, prominent early settler |
| 18. Purcell |
McClain Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION |
| 19. Chickasha |
Grady Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION |
| 20. Ryan |
Jefferson Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION
June 19, 1890 - formerly Baldwin- name changed to Ryan Oct. 3, 1893 |
| 21. Ardmore |
Carter Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION |
| 22. Tishomingo |
Johnson Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION (Capital)
June 29 1857- capital
-Chickasaw Academy for boys opened in 1851 |
| 23. Atoka |
Atoka Co. |
CHOCTAW NATION |
| 24. Antlers |
Pushmataha Co. |
CHOCTAW NATION |
| 25. Durant |
Bryan Co. |
CHOCTAW NATION
March 8, 1882- formerly Durant Station
-named for well-known Choctaw family |
| 26. Marietta |
Love Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION |
| 27. Bartlesville |
Washington Co. |
CHEROKEE NATION |
| 28. Tulsa |
Tulsa Co. |
CREEK NATION
March 25, 1879-name comes from Tulsey Town,
an old Creek town in Alabama |
| 29. Duncan |
Stephens Co. |
CHICKASAW NATION
April 7, 1884-named for William Duncan,
intermarried Chickasaw, townsite allottee |
| 30. Wilburton |
Latimer Co. |
CHOCTAW NATION |
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