GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-20
St. John the Evangelist Church
300 East Washington Street
McAlester, OK 74501
P.O. Box 220
McAlester, OK 74502
Phone: 918-423-0810
Email: stjohnmcalester@yahoo.com
History: St. John Church, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma). Oklahoma City and Tulsa diocesan priests at St. John’s attended to the following Native American missions and stations in Oklahoma.
1888-1889 (transferred to Quapaw Agency) |
Peoria Reservation station, Ottawa County |
1888-1889 (transferred to Quapaw Agency) |
Seneca Reservation station, Delaware and Ottawa Counties |
1888-1889 (transferred to Quapaw Agency) |
Wyandot Reservation station, Ottawa County |
1888-1889 (became a parish) |
Quapaw Reservation station, Ottawa County |
1888-1891 (became a mission) |
Muskogee station (Creek), Muskogee County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1888-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Eufala station (Creek), McIntosh County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1888-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Fort Gibson station (Cherokee), Cherokee County, Cherokee Nation |
1888-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Tahlequah station (Cherokee), Cherokee County, Cherokee Nation |
1888-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Vinita station (Cherokee), Craig County, Cherokee Nation |
1888-1892 (closed) |
South Canadian River station (Creek, Choctaw), Canadian County |
1889-1892 (closed) |
Choctaw Reservation station (Choctaw), Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg, and Pushmataha Counties, Choctaw Nation |
1890-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Quapaw Reservation station, Ottawa County
|
1890-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Seneca Reservation station, Delaware and Ottawa Counties |
1890-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Wyandot Reservation station, Ottawa County |
1890-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Peoria Reservation station, Ottawa County
|
1890-1892 (transferred to Assumption, Muskogee) |
Ottawa Reservation station, Ottawa County
|
1891-1892 (became a parish) |
Assumption Mission (Creek), Muskogee County, Cherokee and Muskogee (Creek) Nations |
1977-present |
St. Edward Mission (Choctaw), Pittsburg, Pittsburg County, Choctaw Nation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1888-1892, 1977-ongoing
Volume: 2 volumes
Description: Sacramental records for the Indian missions and stations attended from St. John the Evangelist Church.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
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