Oklahoma Census: Difference between revisions

'''1860.''' The non-Indians of what is now Oklahoma were counted in 1860 in what were called the Indian Lands of Arkansas Territory.³&nbsp;<ref name="three">Ibid., 276, and [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=704360&disp=The+1790%2D1890+Federal+population+censu%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''The 1790-1890 Federal Population Censuses: Catalog of National Archives Microfilm, rev. ed.''] (Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1993), 26.</ref> This census does not list Indians, but lists free and slave inhabitants in the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole nations. The slave schedules provide the names of slave owners, but not the names of slaves.  

'''1880.''' All non-Indian and most Indian schedules are lost. Only the Cherokee Indian schedules survive.⁴<ref name="four">Thorndale and Dollarhide, 277, and Family History Library Catalog entry for the title "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=51409&disp=Cherokee+census+rolls%2C+1880%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Cherokee census rolls, 1880]".</ref>

'''1890. '''The population schedules were destroyed. The special census of Civil War Union veterans and widows survives for both the Oklahoma and Indian Territories.⁵<ref name="five">Anne Bruner Eales, and Robert M. Kvasnicka, [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1011178&disp=Guide+to+genealogical+research+in+the+Na%20%20&columns=*,0,0 ''Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives, 3rd ed.''] (Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2000), 37, and the Family History Catalog entry for the title "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules+enumerating+Union+veterans+and%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Schedules enumerating Union veterans and widows of Union veterans of the Civil War]".</ref>  

'''1860.''' The "Indian Lands" (Oklahoma) non-Indian population schedules are at the very end of&nbsp;Family History Library[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=704521&disp=Arkansas%2C+1860+federal+census+%3A+popu++ film 803054] (M653 roll 52) after Yell County, Arkansas.³<ref name="three"> This census and a published index are available at the National Archives — Southwest Region, the Oklahoma Historical Society, and the Family History Library.<br>

'''1880. '''The Cherokee Nation 1880 census covering the Canadian, Cooweescoowee, Delaware, Flint, Going Snake, Illinois, Saline, Sequoyah and Tahlequah districts is for Indians only. Also includes census rolls of various years of Delaware Indians holding citizenship in the Cherokee Nation. FHL film 989204. [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/cherokeecensus.php Indexed on the Internet].⁴<ref name="four" /><br>

'''1890. '''The Civil War Union veterans and their widows schedules are on Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=230777&disp=Schedules%25252Benumerating%25252BUnion%25252Bveterans%25252Band%25252B%25252B film 338235] (M123 roll 76).⁵<ref name="five" />  

'''1880.''' The Cherokee Nation 1880 Indian census is indexed on the Internet at [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/cherokeecensus.php www.accessgenealogy.com/native/cherokeecensus.php] ⁴<ref name="four" />