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WOODWARD CO.,
Oklahoma,
United
States
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Woodward County was formed in 1893
from the Cherokee Outlet. It was originally "N" County. On 6 Nov
1894 the new citizens voted to change the name to Woodward and to establish
the town of Woodward as the county seat, named from a station on the Santa
Fe railway, and it in turn, for a director of the Railway Company, B. W. Woodward.
On
Statehood Day, 16 Nov 1907, Woodward County was partitioned into present
day Woodward, Harper, western part of Woods, and the northern part of Ellis
Counties.
Fort Supply was the first landmark in
Woodward County, built on lands granted by treaty to the Cherokee Indians.
One of the cattle Trails "The Great Western Trail" crossed Woodward County.
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The total land area of Woodward
County is 1,252 square miles. In 1900, the population of Woodward County
was 7,469, (6.0 persons per square mile) personal property valued at
$1,546,863 and real estate valued at $1,463,539. By 1907, the population
had almost doubled to 14,595 (11.8 persons per square mile). In 1980 the
population had grown to 21,172 (16.9 persons per square mile), with 13,610
living in the town of Woodward.
Birth and death records are on file
since 1908. Marriage records exist from 1897 to the present. Land and court
records are on file since 1894, while probate records exist since 1900.
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Woodward County, Oklahoma
Gen Tool-Kit
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COUNTY RECORDS :
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY:
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COUNTY LIBRARY :
Address: 1500 Main St. Woodward,
OK 73801-3053, USA
Phone: 405-254-8544; Connect to: Library
Web Site
Woodward Public
Library is a Public
library. This library is the central facility for the library system that
serves Woodward,
OK. The collection of the library contains 38964
volumes. The library circulates 73903 items per year.
The library serves a population of 11796 residents. Source: lib-web-cats:
Search for Libraries
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OTHER:
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Woodward County,
Oklahoma
Surnames
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The
following are surnames of persons, found within our databases,
as having been either born, married or
died in this location.
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Collins; Loyd; Moreland; Pinnell; Thomason
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To find out more about each surname listed
above click on the corresponding LINK.
Additional information regarding these
surnames may also be found at:
Surname Locator Resources
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Woodward County, Oklahoma
Ancestral GenSite(s)
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JUDKINS TOWNSHIP
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1895 map of Woodward County showing
location of Judkins Township
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LOCATION OF IDENTIFIED SITE
South
western quarter of Woodward County
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DIRECTIONS TO
IDENTIFIED SITE(s)
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s)
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FAMILY HISTORY
NOTES(s)
Pearl, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary Etta Moreland,
married W.A. Thomason about 1898.
She had two children. Her first child Mary Ruth was probably born in
Judkins Township March, 1899. The
Thomasom family is listed in the 1900 Federal census as living at this location.
Pearl’s second child, a son, Wesley was born 31 August 1909 Pearl dies soon
after on 7 October 1909 probably as a result of the birth.
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JUDKINS TOWNSHIP
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census Judkins is comprised of two Enumeration District. The part of Judkins township in
District 244 where the Thomason family is listed is described as lying east
of the Range Line between Ranges 23 and 24. This area appears to lay near or just west of town of
Tangier. The other district 245 lay
West of Range Line between Ranges 23 and 24. Judkins Township does not appear to be a district in the 1910
census. It appears that most of the households of 1900 Judkins are found in
1910 Woodward Township.
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REST HAVEN (Tangier)
CEMETERY
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LOCATION OF IDENTIFIED SITE(s)
Section 27, T 23 N, R. 22 W, Woodward County, Oklahoma. N
36 degrees, 26.097 minutes: W 99 degrees, 32.320 minutes
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DIRECTIONS TO
IDENTIFIED SITE(s)
From Woodward take OK Route 15 west
towards Tangier. At the airport
turn left at Road E0410 and go into Tangier then turn right onto Road
N1950, turn left onto Road E0400 the cemetery will be on the right. See map
at our “Image Gallery”
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s)
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s)
Look
for graves of Jeremiah E. Moreland and Pearl(Moreland)Thomason, her son
L.Wesley Thomason.
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The
Tangier Cemetery was first started in the 1800's when a covered wagon was
traveling by and had a child die.
They buried the child in what was later to become the Tangier
Cemetery. On the 19th of September,
1924, Si and Fern
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Myers
gave an acre of land to the Cemetery Association. Around the year of 1940 the cemetery was renamed to be
Resthaven Cemetery. It is called by both names by the people of the
community.
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TANGIER
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Satellite
View of Tangier, Woodward County, Oklahoma
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LOCATION OF IDENTIFIED SITE(s)
Longitude: 99° 32' 0"
West; Latitude: 36° 25' 15" North
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DIRECTIONS TO
IDENTIFIED SITE(s)
West of Woodward in
Tangier Township. From Woodward take Oklahoma Street (OK route 15).
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INTERNET WEB
LINK(s)
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s)
Jeremiah E. Moreland moved to Tangier
around 1896. At this time his
family included wife Mary Etta (Pinnell); daughters Pearl Lucy May; and
sons Ira C.; Guy H. John E. and Jeremiah
F. Moreland. Lucy May died here on
May 4, 1900. Jeremiah who made his
living raising cattle died in 1901, at age 43, and is buried in the
Tangier/Resthaven Cemetery in Woodward County, Oklahoma.
Jeremiah’s widow, Mary Etta, married Edwin
T. Loyd at the Tangier Methodist
Church on 29 November 1905. Around
1906 Ira, Guy and John Earl having grown to young men left the Tangier and
moved eventually moved on to California. Mary and son Jeremiah F. Moreland left Woodward County around
1915.
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TANGIER
Tangier, named for a seaport in
northwest Africa, is 7 miles west
of Woodward in Woodward County, Oklahoma. This small populated
place is located on scrub lands along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
Railroad. A Post
Office operated here from 18 May 1901 to 31 Aug 1941. The elevation is 2,188 feet.
It is in the Central time zone.
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Woodward County,
Oklahoma
List of Localities
The red star in the map at the left designates the
location of the seat of
government for this county.
Source: MapQuest
The list below will
assist in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth,
marriage, death dates and in what locality of this county these events may
have occurred. Source: Wikipedia
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Woodward County,
Oklahoma
Website Resources
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The
following are links to websites that will provide you with specific
genealogical information to assist with your research for this county.
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General Resource Sites
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Use the
following LINKS to find more information that may pertain to this location.
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Woodward County,
Oklahoma
Image Gallery
During our research we have collected images
and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of
localities. Some of them are
presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the
reader with additional
information which may aid in the
understanding of our ancestors past lives.
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Independence Day
Parade, Main Street, Woodward, Oklahoma, circa 1911
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If you have any
photographs or other images relating to this ancestral
location we would greatly appreciate
hearing from you.
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Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any
images that pertain to this location.
ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES
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Contact Information
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Email
Pony
Express:
Tom
27 Christopher Dr.
Burton, NB E2V3H4
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Email
Snail mail:
Fred
889 Dante Ct.
Mantua, NJ 08051
USA
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