Liberty Church was constituted September 3, 1899, at Dewery Schoolhouse, in the southeast corner of Day County, Oklahoma, by Elder J.B. Donathan and Deacon A.B. Keith, with the following members: J.T. Cates and wife, Francis Cates, J.F. Donathan, wife of Elder J.B. Donathan, Mary Keith, wife of Deacon A.B. Keith, E.H. Cates and wife, Sarah Cares. By letter: Deacon A. B. Keith and Elder Donathan. Elder Donathan served the church as pastor until July 1905, when Elder A.M. Morris was called to the pastoral care of the church. The church was in the constitution of Elk Creek Association.
The Elk Creek Association met 1904 with Liberty Church, Day county, September 2,3 and 4. The introductory sermon was preached by Elder A.M. Morris. Elder J.B. Donathan was elected moderator, and J.C. Clark, clerk. Correspondence was received from Panhandle-Oklahoma Association through her messengers, Elders J.A. Jones, J.R. McCarty, W.G. Morris and Licentiate S.H. Boon; also a corresponding letter from the Salem Association of Texas, through her messenger, Elder P.M. Lancaster. The association had 5 churches, total membership, 128.

ELLIS: Created in 1907 from Day and Woodward Counties. Named for Abraham H. Ellis of the Constitutional Convention. Clerk of Courts has marriage records from 1892, divorce records from 1893, probate records from 1908 and civil court records from 1896; County Clerk has land records from 1898. Woodward Library has some of these records on microfilm.

Ellis County
100 S Washington Courthouse Square
Arnett, OK 73832
580-885-7301

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ROGER MILLS: Created in 1892 from Cheyenne-Arapaho Lands. Named by vote of the people of the county, most of whom were recent emigrants from Texas, of which state Roger Q. Mills was then United States Senator. Roger Mills County received land from southern portion of obsolete Day County in 1907. Clerk of Courts has marriage, probate, civil court records from 1800's, divorce records from 1900; County Clerk has land records.

Roger Mills County
PO Box 708
Cheyenne, OK 73628
580-497-3365

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