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Brief History of Wagoner County
Wagoner
County, Oklahoma was formed in 1908 from Creek
Nation Lands. The
western edge of Wagoner County is
located in the Cherokee Nation
.
Birth, death
and
marriage records are on file at the courthouse from
1908 to the present. Land records are on file since 1906,
while the probate and court records exist since 1907.
For more
information on
Wagoner County vital records or contacting the
Wagoner County Courthouse Clerk, please click here. For
information on how to order records online, please
click here.
The region
known today
as, Oklahoma, was home to Native American tribes
when Coronado, the first European, who arrived in the area in 1541.
Oklahoma was part of the Louisiana Purchase and in 1803,
Oklahoma was established as Indian Territory. As Indian
Territory it was given territorial government. After the
forced removal of Indians from the Eastern United States between 1828
to 1846, Oklahoma became home to the Five Civilized Tribes, which are:
Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole.
Comanche,
Osage and
other Plains Indians also called this land home.
Oklahoma was opened for homesteading by runs and lottery, the
first run was on April 22, 1889. The most famous run was to
the Cherokee Outlet in 1893.
Source: The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2002
