Greer County, Oklahoma

OK/ITGenWeb GREER ARCHIVES OKGenWeb Archives USGenWeb Archives USGenWeb Special Collections Family Publications, History Publication, Journals and Letters, Military, and Photo Collections	Due to an error by the surveyor of the region, and a mistake in identifying the main channel of the Red River, the southwest corner of Oklahoma, the area between the Red River, the North Fork of the Red River, and the 100th Meridian was claimed by Texas and designated as Greer County in 1860, named for John Alexander Greer, a Texas lieutenant governor. The area includes all of the current Greer, Jackson, and Harmon Counties and that part of Beckham County south of the North Fork River. Mangum was the county seat of this empire. In 1886, the Greer County boundary commission, consisting of four officers of the United States Army and four citizens of Texas, met at Fort Worth, Texas to settle conflicting claims, with no results. To see a map of the disputed territory, click here. For ten years the area was designated "Indian Territory" by postal authorities. The Oklahoma Organic Act of 1889 provided for Greer County, Oklahoma Territory. In United States vs. Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896), the Supreme Court declared the county to be a part of Oklahoma Territory. The Choctaw Nation claimed that it should be included as part of their land. However, before a decision could be reached on the Choctaw claim, Oklahoma became the 46th state. At the Constitutional Convention, the area was divided among Beckham County, Jackson County, and Greer Counties. After statehood, Harmon County was created out of the southwestern portion of Greer County. A more complete account of the history of Greer County and the dispute between Oklahoma and Texas is available at Old Greer County History.	History United States vs. Texas, 162 U.S. 1 (1896) Old Greer County Maps, 1890, 1906 Old Greer History and Links Time-Line to 1896 Neighbors are: Jackson County, Harmon County, Beckham County, and Kiowa County. Texas neighbor counties are Hardeman, Childress and Collingsworth County Research Facilities Greer County Genealogical and Historical Society Greer Frontier Newsletter Old Greer County Museum and Hall of Fame 222 West Jefferson Mangum, OK 73554 (580) 782-2851
Indian Pioneer Index Indian-Pioneer Interviews, OU Western History Collections		Margaret Carder Library (Mangum City Library) 203 West Lincoln Mangum, OK 73554 (580) 782-3185
OkGenWeb Marriage Project	SEARCH MARRIAGES IN OLD GREER COUNTY NEWSPAPERS 1898-1906 Includes present day Greer, Jackson & Harmon Counties & southern part of Beckham County. Marriages from Old Greer County, neighbor counties, and other states. Dates are from the Newspaper, not the marriage, a few dates are of 10 or 50 year Anniversaries. Many thanks to Jodean Martin for compiling the marriages from newspapers.	Western Trails Genealogical Society History of Old Greer County. Information in the Greer County and Jackson County Archives from the files of WTGS Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society at Lawton
OkGenWeb Photo Gallery Oklahoma Military Veterans and History Greer County Honored	Greer Co Photos Overall family Pioneer Woman Thrower Cafe, Mangum Singing Group 1929 J. R. Harris family, Willow John C. Gray store at Mangum	Greer County OKGenWeb MessageBoard GenForum Greer County View Surnames Search Surnames 1997 Queries Message Boards: Greer Co, TX 1880-1886 Greer Co, OK
OkGenWeb Land Openings Project	Map to Federal Tract Books - Homesteads in Oklahoma Scanned Original Land Records Bureau Land Management 1906 Map Old Greer County	Subscribe to the Greer County Mail List. Send a message to OKGREER-L-request@rootsweb.com with the word subscribe in the message body. Subscribe to Mail List in Digest Form. Send a message to OKGREER-D-request@rootsweb.com with the word subscribe in the message body. Browse or Search Mail List Oklahoma genealogy email lists at Rootsweb.Ancestry
Lawmen&Outlaws OKBits - Newsbits	Newspaper list by Oklahoma Historical Society County History and Links to Area Interests Greer County Towns Brinkman, Granite, Mangum, Reed, Willow	Lookups from Volunteers. Include as much of Who, What, When, Where as you know. Bibliography Books & Articles Oklahoma Vital Records
Oklahoma Reunions Oklahoma's Orphanages & Institutions	Greer County Families Online Scivally, Watts, Monkres Barton Quest	Courthouse Indexes (from microfilm): - Marriage License 1901-1930 - Probate 1901-1930 -Selected Civil 1901-1930 - Death 1912-1918
Township Maps	Key to Maps of Towns of Greer County Section-Township-Range Map 1915 Greer Co Map 1972 Map Maps & More	Greer County Courthouse Mangum, OK 73554 County Clerk (580) 782-2329 land records Court Clerk (580) 782-3665 probate, marriage, divorce, civil, & criminal records
Oklahoma Funeral Homes Oklahoma Cemeteries OKGenWeb Resources	David C. Jester, founder of Jester
OkGenWeb County List Interested in adopting an OKGenWeb area check here.	U.S.Census profile for Greer County Census Images by S-K Publications 1910 donated by Fred Gilchrist 1920 donated by William Moffeit Index 1910 Census, Oklahoma, Greer Co. A - F, G - L, M - R, S- Z	Greer County Tornadoes 1903-2012 1892 Tornado at Aaron 1906 Tornado at Russell 1951 Tornado at Ladessa .
USGenWeb_Memorials OKGenWeb Memorials	Old Greer County Schools Greer County Schools 1910 Greer County Schools 1920 Greer County Schools 1930	Greer County Cemeteries
Greer County OkGenWeb original volunteer coordinator was Richard Orand Cheek. His father, James E. "Edmon" Cheek, was born and grew up in and around Mangum. His great grandparents, Robert Bruce Cheek and Carrie Savannah Adams, brought the family to Old Greer County from Georgia in 1901. They are buried in Riverside Cemetery in Mangum along with his grandparents and various aunts, great aunts and uncles. His mother, Lois Orand and her family also have ties to Mangum. Lois' mother, Paralee Tennessee Lancaster, later known as Pauline Smith, lived in Mangum for many years and is buried in Riverside Cemetery. Richard lived in Greer County while growing up, until 1954, and has always considered Mangum to be his family's hometown.	Ladessa 1935 Eastview School 1923 Granite High School Basketball 1928-1929 Ladessa Grade School 1935 Reed School Wildcat School School near Brinkman 1909 Brinkman farming Brinkman School 1914 Brinkman History - Travel Brinkman utilities Letters & pictures from 1900s Mangum Class of 1948 by Charles H. Smith OKGenWeb/ITGenWeb is part of the USGenWeb Project. Links to web sites that are not part of USGenWeb Project are provided for your convenience and do not imply any endorsement of the websites or their contents by The USGenWeb Project.	Cemetery inventory Greer County Genealogical & Historical Society Brinkman - Granite City Hackberry - Jester Ladessa - Lanford Lutheran - Marie Plainview - Quartz Reed - Riverside Rock - Roselawn - Russell Sand Hill (Lake Creek) Smallpox - Whiteflat Willow - Wildcat ... FamilySearch RecordSearch ... Mangum Folks group on Facebook Greer County Genealogical & Historical Society on Facebook Old Greer County, Texas on Facebook Old Greer County Museum

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