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== Historical Background == | == Historical Background == | ||
For information on censuses of specific Indian Tribes, see [[Indians of Oklahoma|Indians of Oklahoma]]. | |||
By 1820 some general white settlememt had started in what is now Oklahoma in the southeast corner near the Texas and Arkansas borders. At the time this area (and part of Texas) was considered part of Miller County in Arkansas. The only other white population was found at forts or trading posts in what were Arkansas and Missouri territory Indian lands.<sup>1</sup> | |||
No other censuses were taken in present-day Oklahoma until The earliest federal census of the area that is now Oklahoma is the 1860 census of Arkansas, which included what was then the Indian Territory. 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. | No other censuses were taken in present-day Oklahoma until The earliest federal census of the area that is now Oklahoma is the 1860 census of Arkansas, which included what was then the Indian Territory. 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. | ||