Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Johnston County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Newspapers
- Chickasaw Capital (Tishomingo (Capital of the Chickasaw Nation), I.T. [Okla.])1901-1910
- Johnston County Capital-Democrat (Tishomingo, Johnston County, Okla.)1910-Current
- Johnston County Democrat (Tishomingo, Indian Territory [Okla.])1907-1910
- Mill Creek Times (Mill Creek, Chickasaw Nation [Okla.])1901-190?
- Ravia Weekly News (Ravia, Johnston County, Okla.)1910-191?
- The Coleman Courier (Coleman, Okla.)1911-19??
- The Coleman News (Coleman, Johnston County, Okla.)1912-1913
- The Leader (Tishomingo, Johnston County, Okla.)1913-1913
- The Mannsville Herald (Mannsville, Johnston County, Okla.)1910-1913
- The Mannsville News (Mannsville, Indian Territory [Okla.])1904-19??
- The Mill Creek News (Mill Creek, Okla.)1908-191?
- The Murray Leader (Tishomingo, Johnston County, Okla.)1913-1913
- The Oklahoma Standard (Mill Creek, Okla.)1908-19??
- The Ravia Herald (Ravia, Okla.)1908-190?
- The Times (Mannsville, Indian Territory [Okla.])1901-190?
- The Tishomingo Leader and the Mannsville Herald (Tishomingo, Johnston County, Okla.)1913-191?
- The Tishomingo News (Tishomingo, Indian Territory [Okla.])1903-1906
- The Tishomingo News (Tishomingo, Johnston County, Okla.)1915-19??
- Tishomingo Weekly News (Tishomingo, Indian Territory [Okla.])1906-1907
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected newspaper titles cataloged by the Library of Congress with explicit county geography. Priority is given to titles beginning by 1950; up to five later titles are included where no earlier dated title is listed for that county. Dates describe publication history, not the issues available at a library. Multiple format records with the same title, place and dates are grouped. The catalog may describe paper, microfilm or online resources. Open ends and the word Current reflect the catalog description; confirm present availability and exact holdings with the libraries listed on the linked record.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Johnston County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the county clerk, the court clerk and the Oklahoma Historical Society.
- The county clerk
Deeds and other land records.
- The court clerk
Marriage licenses, probate (wills and estates), divorces and court cases.
- The Oklahoma Historical Society
In Oklahoma City: Native American records, including Dawes Commission records, and county records and newspapers.
- Oklahoma Historical Society Research Centerfree
The state historical society's research center in Oklahoma City: Native American records, county records and newspapers.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Oklahoma, Johnston" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Created at statehood in 1907 from land of the former Indian Territory
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1907, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Before statehood in 1907, Oklahoma was two territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. For Native American ancestors, the Dawes rolls and enrollment cards at the National Archives and the Oklahoma Historical Society are key.