This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/yAH.2ACIB/194 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on David Burney of Wade County, Indian Territory (Oklahoma). According to the Choctaw Nation rolls of 1896, his father was "Ho-tubbee" and his mother was "Siney". According to the 1885 Wade County Choctaw census, David Burney's wife was Betty and his children at that time were George (11 yrs), Charles (10 yrs), Albert and Alsart (twins; 8 yrs), Phebe (5 yrs), and Josephine (2 yrs). According to the Choctaw Nation rolls of 1896, David's first wife was Elizabeth Anderson "Bettie/Betty" and in addition to the children listed above, they had a daughter named Rosa b. abt 1875. According to the Choctaw Nation rolls of 1896, David (listed as a full-blood Choctaw), now 56 yrs old, is living with the children of his second wife, Susan Burney. The children are: Abigail (8 yrs), Frances (5 yrs), Mary R. (3 yrs), and Albert McDaniel, his step-son (12 yrs). David Burney had died by 1901. In 1902, the husband of Josephine Burney (David's daughter from his first marriage) sought to claim the land allottment of Abigail Burney (David's daughter from his second marriage). Supposedly Pauline Burney Brightman, in her book The Burneys From North Carolina, lists David Burney and his wife, Elizabeth (last name unknown) as the parents of Alfred Lee Burney, George Burney, Frank Burney, John L. Burney, Abigail Burney, Sarah Burney, Charles Burney, and Mary R. Burney. It seems, however, that there is some confusion about the accuracy and completeness of this list.