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<ownershipDocument>
    <schemaVersion>X0101</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>
	<periodOfReport>2003-07-06</periodOfReport>
	<notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000909992</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BEARD CO /OK</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BRCO</issuerTradingSymbol>
	</issuer>
	<reportingOwner>
		<reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001198627</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HALLOCK ALLAN R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>  </rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>  </rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>  </rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>  </rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>  </rptOwnerZipCode>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>1</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<derivativeSecurity>
		<securityTitle>
			<value>Common Stock Warrant</value>
			<footnoteId id="F2"/>
		</securityTitle>
		<conversionOrExercisePrice>
			<value>1.0000</value>
		</conversionOrExercisePrice>
		<transactionDate>
			<value>2003-07-06</value>
		</transactionDate>
		<transactionCoding>
			<transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
			<transactionCode>J</transactionCode>
			<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
		</transactionCoding>
		<transactionAmounts>
			<transactionShares>
				<value>5000</value>
				<footnoteId id="F2"/>
			</transactionShares>
			<transactionValue>
				<value>0</value>
			</transactionValue>
			<transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
				<value>A</value>
			</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
		</transactionAmounts>
		<exerciseDate>
			<value>2003-07-06</value>
		</exerciseDate>
		<expirationDate>
			<value>2008-07-05</value>
		</expirationDate>
		<underlyingSecurity>
			<underlyingSecurityTitle>
				<value>Common Stock, $.001333 par value</value>
			</underlyingSecurityTitle>
			<underlyingSecurityShares>
				<value>5000.000</value>
			</underlyingSecurityShares>
		</underlyingSecurity>
		<postTransactionAmounts>
			<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
				<value>5000.000</value>
			</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
		</postTransactionAmounts>
		<ownershipNature>
			<directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<value>I</value>
			</directOrIndirectOwnership>
			<natureOfOwnership>
				<value>A. R. Hallock &amp; Co.</value>
			</natureOfOwnership>
		</ownershipNature>
	</derivativeSecurity>
	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F2">On April 5, 2002, ARHCo purchased $100,000 of the Company's 10% Subordinated Notes, together with a contingent right to receive Warrants to purchase up to 20,000 shares of the Company's common stock, depending on the holding period of the Notes.  ARHCo received  an additional 5,000 Warrants as of 7/6/03 as a result of holding the Notes more than fifteen months. No consideration was paid for the Warrants.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: Rebecca G. Witcher, Attorney in Fact</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2003-07-07</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

