Oklahoma Culpepper Archives
Muskogee County
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Social
Security Death Index
All records of deaths on or before 31 Jan 2004 in which
the final benefit was paid in this county.