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During the 1820s and 1830s several explorers made their way through the area, including Stephen H. Long, Washington Irving, and the Leavenworth-Dodge Expedition of 1834.Pottawatomie County was carved out of land originally given to the Creek and Seminole. When the Five Civilized Tribes were forced to cede their lands after the Civil War, the Iowa, Sac and Fox, Absentee Shawnee, Citizen Band Potawatomi, and Kickapoo received lands in present Pottawatomie County. In the nineteenth century this area was crossed east and west by the northern branch of the California Road and north and south by the West Shawnee Cattle Trail. White settlement began in earnest with the land run on September 22, 1891. The run was organized after all the tribes, except the Kickapoo that had settled in the area, agreed to land allotment. The run for land in County B (Pottawatomie County) occurred at the same time as the run in County A (Lincoln County) to the north. The run for Tecumseh, the designated county seat of Pottawatomie County, was held a day later, because the site had not yet been platted. Supposedly, only one fatality occurred during the run: a man was trampled to death as he dismounted to stake his claim. A band of entrepreneurs, including Alfred B. Beard, Henry G. Beard, John W. Beard, James T. Farrall, and Etta B. Ray (who married Henry Beard), staked claims on land that became Shawnee. When the Kickapoo gave up their land rights in 1895, the northwestern portion of the county was added in the last land run in Oklahoma. In 1892 voters overwhelmingly adopted Pottawatomie as the county name in honor of the Potawatomi. | Links |
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Free Records Search at Familysearch Org | ||
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Pottawatomie County Cemetery Listing at Find A Grave | ||
Oklahoma Birth Certificates
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State of Oklahoma Genealogy Records Guide
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Oklahoma State Archives
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Oklahoma Genealogical Society Library and Archives
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County Clerk 325 North Broadway Ave. Shawnee, OK 74802 Phone (405)273-8222 Fax (405)275-6898 | Court Clerk 325 North Broadway St. Shawnee, OK 74801 Phone (405)273-3624 | E-Mail Lists and Message Boards |
Pottawatomie County Mail List on Rootsweb | ||
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Pottawatomie County Message Board on Genforum | Adjacent Counties |
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Lincoln County | Okfuskee County | Seminole County | Pontotoc County |