National GAR Records Program - Historical Summary of Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Posts by State OKLAHOMA Prepared by the National Organization SONS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR INCORPORATED BY ACT OF CONGRESS Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) PLEASE NOTE: The GAR Post History section is a work in progress (begun 2013). More data will be added at a future date. 000 (Department) N/A N/A OK Org. 7 Aug. Prior to June 1889, GAR Posts within the Indian Territory were under the jurisdiction of the Dept. of Arkansas. On 1 June 1889, the responsibility was transferred to the Departments of Kansas and Texas, with the dividing line being the Canadian River. The Provisional Dept. of Indian Territory & Oklahoma organized, becoming a Permanent Department on 7 Aug.. The Provisional Dept. of Indian Territory was separated from the Dept. of Oklahoma on 22 June, becoming a Permanent Department on 3 July. It recombined and merged into the Dept. of Oklahoma on 19-22 May 1908 (a few months after the Oklahoma and Indian Territories combined to form the new state). Nat'l Encampment Proceedings, ; Carnahan, 1893 001 Cramer Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK 001 Grant Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK 001 Cabin Creek Vinita Craig KS Cabin Creek, site of two Civil War battles (the first in 1863, the second in 1864) in Craig County, OK, near Vinita. 002 447 Kingfisher Kingfisher Kingfisher OK Named for the community in 002 014, 025, 436 CPT White Catcher Tahlequah Cherokee IT CPT White Catcher (?-1866), 3rd Org. 14 Apr. 1883; Must'd 28 Apr. 1883 ; Renumbered 22 June Organized as Cabin Creek Post, 1, in the Dept. of Kansas. Nineteen charter members. Many of the charter members were Native Americans (Cherokee). The Post was assigned the 2 when in the Department of Indian Territory. The majority of the Post members were Native American (Cherokee). National Tribune, 17 May 1883; Topeka Daily Capital, 1 Jan. 1884; Beath, 1889 003 457 John F. Hartranft Guthrie Logan OK BG John Frederick Hartranft (1830-1889), famous Civil War leader and Medal of Honor recipient. Probate Court Room (1898,1899); IOOF Hall, cor. Broad and Harrison (1906,1907) 004 Oklahoma Beaver City Beaver OK Opera Hall (1895-1899) Org. and must'd 20 Feb. 1889 Fourteen charter members. Originally organized in the Dept. of Kansas. A history of the Post and roster appears in The Beaver Herald newspaper, 3 June 1915. The article, submitted by a member of the Post notes, "the records have in some cases been carelessly kept and some are missing entirely." The Beaver Herald, 4 June 1914, 3 June 1915 005 486 Albert Carter Norman Cleveland OK 005 Appotolahola Muskogee Muskogee Opothleyahola (c.1798-1863), GAR Hall (1895) Chief of the Muscogee Creek tribe, one of the few Creek supporters of the Union during the Civil War. Our Brother in Red (Muskogee), 28 Nov. 1895 005 Garfield Muskogee Muskogee Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 17 Nov. 1901 006 489 Claremore Pawhuska Osage OK 006 McKinley Collinsville Tulsa IT 006 George A. Custer Sparks Lincoln OK MG George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) 007 490 Stillwater Stillwater Payne OK Named for the community in SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 1 of 7
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 007 494, 18, Bartlesville Bartlesville Washington IT Named for the community in 37 008 Arlington Arlington Lincoln OK Named for the community in 008 S. H. Rousseau Cherokee Alfalfa OK Probably L. H. Rousseau Post. 008 015 R. W. Ragan Colbert Bryan OK 008 491 J. E. Bennett Muldrow Sequoyah OK 009 493 CPT Payne Frisco Canadian OK 010 492 Rock of Chickamauga Edmond Oklahoma OK MG George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War leader, affectionately known as the "Rock of Chickamauga." 011 Pap Thomas Mulhall Logan OK MG George Henry "Pap" Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War 012 Fremont Hennessey Kingfisher OK 014 Ingalls Ingalls Payne OK Named for the community in 014 W. H. Harrison Poteau Le Flore OK William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), 9th President of the United 014 Robert Anderson Thomas Custer OK MAJ (Bvt. MG) Robert Anderson (1805-1871), commander of the garrison at Fort Sumter when it was bombarded at the outset of the Civil War. 014 002, 025, 436 CPT White Catcher Tahlequah Cherokee OK CPT White Catcher (?-1866), 3rd The majority of the Post members were Native American (Cherokee). 014 027 George H. Thomas Nowata Nowata OK MG George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War 015 Reno El Reno Canadian OK 015 J. H. Lawhead Nesbitt / Columbia / Crescent Logan OK 016 GEN W. B. Hazen Oak Lodge OK MG William Babcock Hazen (1830-1887), famous Civil War 016 087 Hereford Watonga Blaine OK 016 483 Edward Vass McAllister Pittsburg OK 017 Brownlow Bokoshe Le Flore OK 017 Moore Moore Oklahoma OK Named for the community in 017 Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK Named for the community in 018 Appomatox Homestead Blaine OK Appomattox Courthouse, VA, location of Gen. Lee's surrender. 018 494, Bartlesville Bartlesville Washington IT Named for the community in 7, 37 019 Irwin McDowell Enid Garfield OK 019 Lewis Downing Vinita Craig OK 020 Merick Roger Cement Caddo OK 020 Madison Scott Hydro Caddo / Blaine OK 020 Osborne Osborne Kay OK Named for the community in SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 2 of 7
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 020 Ellsworth Tulsa Tulsa OK COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), colonel in the New York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861. Civil War hero and martyr. 021 055 Chickasaw Ardmore Carter OK Org. 27 Sept. 021 William Watts Seward Logan OK 022 John A. Logan Council Grove Oklahoma OK MG John Alexander Logan (1826-1886), famous Civil War 022 John Scholfield Nashville (Nash) Grant OK 0 Abiel Rosegrant Fay / Butte / Oakwood Dewey OK 0 Parkland Parkland Lincoln OK Named for the community in 0 McDermitt Paul's Valley Grady OK 024 069 Sam Love Chelsea Rogers OK Org. 15 Aug. 1902 024 Hays - Fairchild Ponca City Kay OK 025 086 Cordell Cordell Washita OK Named for the community in 025 054 Cushing Cushing Payne OK Named for the community in 025 014, 436 CPT White Catcher Tahlequah Cherokee OK CPT White Catcher (?-1866), 3rd 026 H. H. Carter Dover Kingfisher OK 026 Henry Martin Dover Kingfisher OK 027 Muskogee Muskogee Muskogee OK Named for the community in 027 Sharon Okarche Canadia / OK Kingfisher 027 014 George H. Thomas Nowata Nowata OK MG George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War IOOF Hall (1903); Forester's Hall, 108 Court Street (1905) Twenty-seven charter members. National Tribune, 6 Nov. Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 17 Aug. 1902 Muskogee Daily Phoenix, 7 Aug. 1903; Muskogee Times- Democrat, 19 Dec. 1905 028 051 Custer Circle Alva Woods OK 029 Custer Chickasha Grady OK MG George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) 029 Abe Lincoln Dover Kingfisher OK Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United 030 Crescent City Crescent City Logan OK Named for the community in 030 GEN John T. Croston Perry Noble OK 031 P. H. Sheridan Guthrie / Enfield Logan OK MG Philip Henry Sheridan (1831-1888), famous Civil War 031 Lawton McAllister / Bristow Pittsburg OK 032 P. B. Plumb Cashion / Downs Kingfisher OK 033 Broken Arrow Broken Arrow Tulsa OK Named for the community in 033 Chandler Chandler Lincoln OK Named for the community in 034 W. Henry Harrison Poteau Le Flore TX William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), 9th President of the United 034 McKinley Okmulgee Okmulgee IT CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley (1843-1901), soldier, rd Ohio SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 3 of 7
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 035 Clayton Clayton Payne OK Named for the community in 035 Maramec Maramec Pawnee OK Named for the community in 036 Overturf McLeod / Dale Pottawatomie OK 036 Garfield Muskogee Muskogee OK 037 Bartlesville Bartlesville Washington OK Named for the community in 037 John M. Clayton / N. W. Doty Taloga Dewey OK 038 H. W. Slocum Pawnee Pawnee OK MG Henry Warner Slocum (1827-1894), famous Civil War leader, later congressman from NY. 039 Tecumseh Tecumseh Pottawatomie OK Named for the community in 040 Abe Lincoln Shawnee Pottawatomie OK Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United 041 W. T. Sherman Perkins Payne OK MG William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-), famous Civil War 042 Joe Hooker (Hooker - McCall aft. 1905) Guthrie Logan OK MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), famous Civil War 043 Homer C. Jones Perry Noble OK 044 Nathaniel Lyon Dodsworth / Guthrie / Meridian Logan OK BG Nathaniel Lyon (1818-1861), KIA at Wilson's Creek, MO, 10 August 1861. 045 E. M. Stanton Arapahoe Custer OK Edwin McMasters Stanton (1814-1869), Secretary of War under President Lincoln. 045 W. T. Sherman Coalgate Coal OK MG William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-), famous Civil War 046 B. F. Stephenson Newkirk Kay OK Dr. (Surgeon) Benjamin Franklin Stephenson (1822-1871), 14th IL Inf., founder of the Grand Army of the Republic. 047 Johnson McInteer Geary Blaine OK 047 John B. Whistler Sac & Fox Agency Lincoln OK 048 J. B. McPherson Miami Ottawa OK BG James Birdseye McPherson (1828-1864), famous Civil War leader, KIA at the Battle of Atlanta, GA, 22 July 1864. 048 North Canadian Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK 049 Choctaw Choctaw Oklahoma OK Named for the community in 049 John A. Logan Sapulpa Creek OK MG John Alexander Logan (1826-1886), famous Civil War 050 N. P. Banks Jefferson Grant OK 051 John M. Corse Cooper Blaine OK 051 Fairchild Tulsa Tulsa OK 052 McPherson Cleveland Pawnee OK 053 Medford Medford Grant OK Named for the community in 054 Hurst Earlsboro Pottawatomie OK 054 James A. Siseton Orlando Logan OK 055 Schofield Remus Pottawatomie OK 056 GEN Prentiss Helena Alfalfa OK 056 George A. Custer Alvaretta Pottawatomie OK MG George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876). KIA at Little Bighorn, MT, on 25 June 1876. Famous Civil War (and Indian Wars) 057 Harrison Avoca / Asher / Maud Pottawatomie OK 057 Jim Hale Durant Bryan OK 058 Eagle Chief Augusta / Carmen Alfalfa OK 059 John Duffy Parvin / Kingfisher Kingfisher OK 059 GEN Frederick H. Funston Snyder Kiowa OK 060 Fred Douglas Douglas City Oklahoma OK 061 C. J. Coleman Pond Creek Grant OK 117 South 2d (1907) Noted as an African American Post in the 1907. Merged with James McCall Post 76 about 1905. City Hall; 18 A Street (W. B. Schmucker Apartments ground floor store room) Dis. Feb. 1931 Last meeting held Saturday, 7 February 1931. Eight members in attendance voted to disband. The Post had $121 remaining in its treasury, which was divided. The Post also deeded its interest in the 40-acre GAR Cemetery to the City of Miami, with the stipulation the the City pay for each veteran burial. Miami Daily News-Record, 8 Feb. 1931 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 4 of 7
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 062 Private Soldier Blackwell Kay OK 063 Edgar Higbee Cloud Chief Washita OK 063 Oliver P. Marlow Okmulgee Okmulgee OK 064 Enoch T. Nation Richmond - Eady Woodward OK 064 Dorsey Wagoner Wagoner OK 065 Garfield McLoud Pottawatomie OK 066 Baxter Cleo - Ringwood Major OK 067 GEN George G. Meade Lacy / Hennessey Kingfisher OK MG George Gordon Meade (1815-1872), famous Civil War 068 John F. Reynolds Nagle / Okarche Kingfisher OK MG John Fulton Reynolds (1820-1863), KIA at the Battle of Gettysburg on 1 July 1863. Famous Civil War 068 Scofield Sulphur Murray OK 069 326 Ulric Dahlgren Ft. Gibson Cherokee / Muskogee KS / AR COL Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864), US Vols. Aide-de-Camp, killed in an unsuccessful raid on Richmond, VA, on 2 March 1864. Son of ADM John A. Dahlgren. Mustered under the Department of Kansas as Ulric Dahlgren Post, 326. KS Dept. Proceedings, 069 John Hayes Jennings Pawnee OK 070 Chester A. Arthur Marshall Garfield OK BG Chester Alan Arthur (1829-1886), famous Civil War leader, 21st President of the United 071 Carney Carney Lincoln OK Named for the community in 072 D. C. Cates McCurtain Haskell OK 072 GEN Lucius Fairchild Ponca Kay OK BG Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896), famous Civil War leader, later CinC of the GAR. 073 Manchester Manchester Grant OK Named for the community in 073 N. H. Norman Wynnewood Garvin OK 074 John A. Sutherland El Reno Canadian OK 074 J. S. Graham Shattuck / Waynoka Woods OK 075 Woodward Woodward Woodward OK Named for the community in 076 James McCall Guthrie Logan OK An African-American post (source: Guthrie Daily Leader, 1902). Merged with Joe Hooker Post 42 to become Hooker - McCall Post 42 about 1905. 076 CPT Thomas Pegg Claremore Rogers OK 077 Dewey Langston Logan OK 077 MAJ Jerry Hackett Wilburton Latimer OK 078 Rosecrans Tonkawa Kay OK MG William Starke Rosecrans (1819-1898), famous Civil War leader, later congressman from CA, died at Redondo Beach, CA, 11 March 1898. 079 William McKinley Collinsville Tulsa OK CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley (1843-1901), soldier, rd Ohio 079 Morrison Evansville Logan OK 080 Lowell H. Roussau Erwin (Cherokee) Woods OK MG Lovell Harrison Rousseau (1818-1869), famous Civil War 081 S. Barber Stroud Lincoln OK 082 Ellsworth Shawnee Pottawatomie OK COL Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth (1837-1861), colonel in the New York Fire Zouaves (11th N.Y. Inf.), who was the first Union casualty of the Civil War, killed by a pro- Confederacy innkeeper in Alexandria, VA, on 24 May 1861. Civil War hero and martyr. 082 Westville Westville Adair OK Named for the community in SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 5 of 7
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 083 Carter Blackburn Pawnee OK 084 Sam Robinson Lyons / Lacy / Ames Kingfisher OK 085 John Jacobs Nardin Kay OK 086 Lincoln Muskogee Muskogee OK Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 16th President of the United 087 Lexington Lexington Cleveland OK Named for the community in 088 John A. Martin Okeene Blaine OK 088 Wellston Wellston Lincoln OK Named for the community in 089 Independence Independence Custer OK Named for the community in 090 L. A. Butler Weatherford Custer OK 091 Lawton Merrick / Wright Lincoln OK 092 CPT Reedy Box Cleveland OK 092 Wanette Wanette Pottawatomie OK Named for the community in 093 Albert Abram Garber Garfield OK 094 Abbott Kremlin Garfield OK 095 Hancock Whisler Oklahoma OK 096 J. J. S. Hassler Waukomis Garfield OK 1LT (Bvt. CPT) John James Scipio Hassler (1841-1899), 4th US Inf. Post-war Dept. of the Interior Indian agent in Oklahoma. Past Oklahoma GAR Department Commander. 097 William McKinley Anadarko Caddo OK CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley (1843-1901), soldier, rd Ohio 098 Augusta Augusta Woods OK Named for the community in 099 CPT Elliott Glencoe Payne OK 100 McClelland Lawton Comanche OK 101 Calder Wakita Grant OK 102 Hobart Hobart Kiowa OK Named for the community in 103 Billings Billings Nobel OK Named for the community in 104 Bridgeport Bridgeport Caddo OK Named for the community in 105 Joe Mower Ralston Pawnee OK MG Joseph Anthony Mower (1827-1870), famous Civil War 106 Kilpatrick Ft. Cobb Caddo OK 107 Roosevelt Seiling Dewey OK 108 Custer City Custer City / Graves Custer OK Named for the community in 109 Dan McCook Braman Kay OK BG Daniel McCook, Jr. (1834-1864), mortally wounded at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA, on 27 June 1864. Died 17 July 1864. Famous Civil War leader, one of the "fighting McCooks." 110 McGee Meeker Lincoln OK 111 Mansfield Frederick Tillman OK 112 Prague Prague Lincoln OK Named for the community in 113 McKinley Fairview Major OK CPT (Bvt. MAJ) William McKinley (1843-1901), soldier, rd Ohio 114 Lamont Lamont Grant OK Named for the community in 115 McDaniel Gage Ellis OK 116 Lenora Lenora Dewey OK Named for the community in SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 6 of 7
Alt. Post Name Location County Dept. Post Namesake Meeting Place(s) Organized Last Mentioned Notes Source(s) 117 Altus Altus Jackson OK Named for the community in 118 Joe Hooker Hooker Texas OK MG Joseph Hooker (1814-1879), famous Civil War 120 Terlton Terlton Pawnee OK Named for the community in 121 George A. Lambert Hinton Caddo OK 122 GEN A. J. Smith Tyrone Texas OK MG Andrew Jackson Smith (1815-1897), famous Civil War 1 Apache Apache Caddo OK Named for the community in 326 069 Ulric Dahlgren Ft. Gibson Cherokee / Muskogee KS COL Ulric Dahlgren (1842-1864), US Vols. Aide-de-Camp, killed in an unsuccessful raid on Richmond, VA, on 2 March 1864. Son of ADM John A. Dahlgren. renumbered Indiana Territory on. 346 Frank T. Rockwell Oklahoma City Oklahoma KS Transferred & Listed as F. G. Rockwell Post, in the Kansas Proceedings. renumbered Transferred from the Dept. of Kansas to Dept. of Oklahoma & Indiana Territory on. 436 002, 014, 025 CPT White Catcher Tahlequah Cherokee KS CPT White Catcher (?-1866), 3rd 447 002 Kingfisher Kingfisher Kingfisher KS Named for the community in 457 003 John F. Hartranft Guthrie Logan KS BG John Frederick Hartranft (1830-1889), famous Civil War leader and Medal of Honor recipient. Transferred & The majority of the members were Native American (Cherokee). renumbered Transferred from the Dept. of Kansas to Dept. of Oklahoma & Indiana Territory on. renumbered Indiana Territory on. renumbered Indiana Territory on. 483 016 Edward Vass Ft. McAllister KS renumbered Indiana Territory on. 486 005 Albert Carter Norman Cleveland KS renumbered Indiana Territory on. 489 006 Clamore Pawhuska Osage KS Must'd 25 Jan. 490 007 Stillwater Stillwater Payne KS Named for the community in Must'd 4 Jan. 491 008 J. E. Bennett Muldrow Sequoyah KS Must'd 13 Jan. 492 010 Rock of Chickamauga Edmond Oklahoma KS MG George Henry Thomas (1816-1870), famous Civil War leader, affectionately known as the "Rock of Chickamauga." Must'd 1 Feb. renumbered Indiana Territory on. renumbered Indiana Territory on. renumbered Indiana Territory on. renumbered Indiana Territory on. 493 009 CPT Payne Frisco Canadian KS Must'd 28 Feb. 494 18, 37 renumbered Indiana Territory on. Bartlesville Bartlesville Washington KS Named for the community in Commodore Rogers Checotah McIntosh Must'd 1894 Thirteen charter members. Muskogee Phoenix, 3 May 1894 List of Abbreviations: Org. = Organized Chart'd = Chartered Must'd = Mustered In Dis. = Disbanded Sur. = Surrendered Charter For sources of Post names, refer to the SUVCW GAR Records Catalog Edited by Dean Enderlin, SUVCW National GAR Records Officer, 30 June 2013 Last updated: 12/16/2017 SUVCW - GAR Records Program (www.garrecords.org) Oklahoma Page 7 of 7