Seminole Indian Agency (Oklahoma)

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Guide to Seminole Indian Agency (Oklahoma) ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

Indian Tribes Associated With This Agency

Seminole

History

In 1842, a separate subagency for the western Seminole was established on the Deep Fork of the Canadian River and was moved to the Little River in 1845. Many of the Seminoles of Florida moved to Indian Territory in 1858 and came under the Seminole Agency there, which had become a full agency in 1855. During the Civil War, the Seminole Indians who remained loyal to the United States went to Kansas and the agency operated at Neosho Falls. It was moved back to Wevoka in Indian Territory in 1867.

In 1874, this Seminole Agency in the West was consolidated with the Choctaw Agency, Creek Agency, and Cherokee Agency into what became the Union Agency in Oklahoma. In 1913, the Seminoles who remained in Florida had a separate agency created for them, called the Seminole Agency.

Sub-agents

John McKee 1842, Thomas S. Judge 1842, Marcellus Du Val 1845, Bryant H. Smithson 1853, Josiah W. Washbourne 1854

Agents and Appointment Dates

Josiah W. Washbourne 1855, Samuel Rutherford 1857, William P. Davis 1861, George C. Shaw 1862, George A. Reynolds 1865, Capt. T. A. Baldwin 1869, Henry Breiner 1870

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

Annual Indian Census Rolls were taken at this agency for 1901 thru 1921. These rolls have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M595, rolls 461-470. Copies of these records are also available at the National Archives, their Regional Archives, and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers (their microfilm numbers 581498-581499 and 581479-581480). These census rolls are also available online at Ancestry.com's subscription web site.

Vital records with Census 1930-1940 FS Library film 581497

Letters received by the Office of Indian Affairs from the Seminole Agency, 1824-1876, have been microfilmed by the National Archives as part of their Microcopy Number M234, Rolls 800-807. Copies are available at the National Archives and at the FamilySearch Library and its FamilySearch centers on their microfilm roll numbers 1661530 thru 1661537.

References

• American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
  
• Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
  
• Hill, Edward E. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches. New York, New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, Inc., 1974.
  
• Historical Sketches for Jurisdictional and Subject Headings Used for the Letters Received by the Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880. National Archives Microcopy T1105.
• Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online