At 02:12 PM 9/23/98 -0700, Debbie Long wrote: >Good Morning, > >I am hoping for all of your help... > >I have been searching for my OXFORD roots which end in Oklahoma. > >My hope was for a Census record in 1890 for Oxfords in Muskogee Okla. >I did not realize that Oklahoma did not have one till now. I have >Oxfords born and buried in Oklahoma from all sides of my family. >I have been unable to find where my ggGrandfather was from. His name was >John Collins Oxford b. ?? he married Susan Cate in 1868 Hopkins County >Tx. They had a son born in 1888 in Muskogee, Okla named Charlie M. >Oxford. The majority of the Oxford's are buried in Lehigh Cemetery in >Lehigh, Okla. Hey! I know where there is a tax book on LeHigh. I even know the place on the shelf! <big grin and a nudge on Donald Locke> too bad I did not copy the O pages, I could give you that right now. There actually is a few partial censuses for 1890 in Oklahoma and they are housed at the OHS. There is a nice little Index card file of the partial 1890 census, and then there are the various other small ones. I will give the Ottawa county assessment books in the stacks tomorrow (I am not going there til afternoon) and have a gander at the index cards. >I have requested death certificates from Okla. City but was told that >all of the records were destroyed by fire. I know that the family lived >and grew up in the Atoka, Colgate, Lehigh area's and that another of >John's sons married in 1904 Atoka, Indian Terr. this marriage record I >have. fire? Hrm. Was that the young girl behind the counter doing her nails and talking on her cellular phone who was helping you? *cough* Nothing public about public records, eh? >Another of John's children Hershel Oxford was said to have died in the >Civil war at Ft. Seal by being kicked in the head by a muel. But again, >I have no records just here say. Was he married? His widow may have applied for a pension, if he actually served. There are also several books on the subject of the Civil War in Oklahoma. I can send you a list if you like, and you can see if your local library carries them, they are available for sale at the OHS museum giftshop. Nalora