Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Caddo
County, Oklahoma Marriages, Book I
September
1901 – 3 May 1905
From Oklahoma Genealogical
Society Quarterly Vol 24, Numbers 3 & 4, 1979
Transcribed to Electronic form by
Jo White
(Although the dates of this Marriage Book
are listed as spanning the years 1901-1905, the Quarterly article only
carries names from September 1901-December 31, 1902. Transcriber)
Caddo County, in west-central Oklahoma,
was added as a new county in 1901 to Oklahoma Territory in the eighth
Land Opening. The name is that of an
Indian tribe and stems from Kadi, meaning “chief.” Three new counties were formed from the openings of the Kiowa,
Comanche & Apache, Wichita and Caddo lands. About three thousand five hundred Indians received allotments. Three small land tracts and one large one,
known as the Big Pasture, were reserved by the U.S. Government. A different plan was implemented to
eliminate the wild and frantic scramble, the Land Lottery. All persons desiring a homestead had to register
and take oath that they were entitled to a homestead. All names were placed in plain envelopes, mixed thoroughly in a
larger rotary box and drawn. The first
drawn in each district could file first in the district in which he drew. The land was divided into two districts, a
north and a south district. El Reno was
the location of the land office of the north district and Fort Sill (near
Lawton) of the south district. Those
who drew the right to file on a claim would then go out in t he country and make
their selection. Those fortunate enough
to secure a claim paid one dollar and twenty-five cents an acre, or two dollars
and fifty cents an acre if they wanted a title in fourteen months. A half section of land was set apart in each
county for a county seat town.
Territorial Caddo County lost some land in 1907 to the newly formed
counties of Stephen and Grady. The
county seat is ANADARKO, a corruption of the Caddo word Na-da-ko, the name of
one of the Caddoan tribes. Although
Anadarko was opened for white settlement August 6, 1901, the first permanent
residents of this area arrived in 1867.
In 1878 a Consolidated Indian Agency was established and a century
later, Indian culture and history still dominate this area. A post office was established April 22,
1873. Caddo County Marriage Records
start in September 1901 and are housed in the office of the District Court
Clerk, 2nd floor of the County Courthouse, Anadarko, OK. The Court Clerk’s office for a fee will
furnish information from the Marriage Record books on a current marriage
license form.
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No. |
Date |
Name |
Age |
Birthplace |
Residence |
Note |
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1 |
12 Sept 1901 |
Anthony,
E.C. |
24 |
Smithfield,
Ill. |
Anadarko |
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Thompson,
Miss Alva |
24 |
Smithfield,
Ill. |
Anadarko |
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2 |
17 Sept 1901 |
Goodspeed,
Charles H. |
31 |
Knoxville,
Iowa |
Anadarko |
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Ferguson,
Alice B. |
25 |
Dearborn,
Missouri |
Anadarko |
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3 |
Same as #1 (Anthony
& Thompson) |
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4 |
25 Sept 1901 |
Cunningham,
Thomas M. |
33 |
Manhattan,
Kansas |
Lawton |
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Moffett, Hattie |
20 |
Guthrie
Co., Iowa |
Lawton |
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5 |
9 Oct 1901 |
Lewis, Ollie
E. |
24 |
Coffman Co.,
(sic) |
Shawnee,
O.T. |
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Reed, Ida
May |
16 |
Chickasaw
Nation |
Anadarko |
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