Oklahoma Culpepper Archives
Muskogee County
History
In the Green
Country of Northeastern Oklahoma,
Muskogee County was formed in 1898 from
Creek Nation land. Its county seat,
Muscogee, is on
US-69 about 125 miles west of Oklahoma City. Muskogee County is bordered by the counties of
Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah,
Haskell, McIntosh and Okmulgee.
Any names
below in red have not been matched
with a person in the Culpepper family tree. If you can identify any of
them,
please let us know.
Census Records
Oklahoma was
opened to white settlers with the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889. The
earliest extant census for Oklahoma Territory is for 1900, and Oklahoma
Territory became a state in 1907. No Culpeppers
have been found in any Muskogee County censuses prior to 1940.
Social
Security Death Index
All records of deaths on or before 31 Jan 2004 in which
the final benefit was paid in this county.