Volume 8 , Issue 11

Alva, OK - Block 29, Lots 17 thru 32...

We are starting something that should keep us busy for awhile... one town block at a time. We have started making, keeping a record of old deeds, etc... of the downtown lots around the square of Alva, Oklahoma. We are starting this week with Block 29, Lots 17 thru 32, located on the northside of Flynn Avenue between 7th Street & 6th Street. This picture on the left shows the northside of Flynn Avenue as it is today. The picture on the right is a Platt of the lots in downtown Alva.

This picture shows the southside of Flynn Avenue as it is today. Notice the alleyways that run north & south in the middle of the block.

The following link is a "doc-file" of the records we have collected so far that show the Book/Page, Grantee, Grantor and instrument recorded at the County Clerk's office in Woods County, Alva, Oklahoma. The TD=Trustee Deed; WD=Warranty Deed; Mtg=Mortgage; QCD=Quit Claim Deed. Sounds like those clerks are starting to put some of these records on computer. We, hopefully, wish they would make it more accessible to online searches for some of us in the future.

Check out the many names mentioned in the Grantee and Grantor columns of the the "doc file." Here are just a few surnames that some might find of interest: Binkley, Everhart, Gregg, Ishmal, Laney, Kelsey, Woodard, Chandler, Corwick, Crowell, Grimes, harbaugh, Share, Scoggins, Goff, Emberson, Cook, Young, Matthews, Hankins, Stranathan, McFarland, Jones, McHenry, McEwen, Wiggins, Hunter, Carter, Rush, Fullerton, Fullerton, Bindrum, Frazier, Hellman, Falkerson, Haines, White, Bartholomew, Sleeper, Cureton, Thornton, King, Severance, Edwards, Velter, Beeler, Harryman, etc...   |  View or Add Comments (4 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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