Additional info: http://www.okgenweb.org/~okmayes/history.htm The area that became Mayes County is rich in history, containing the location of the first white settlement in what is now called Oklahoma. In 1796, Major Jean Pierre Chouteau, an Osage Indian trader and agent, established a trading post at the junction of the Grand/Neosho River and Saline Creek, at what is today called Salina. Flat boats plied their trade along the river and as early as 1817 keel boats from Ft. Smith (Arkansas) were known to travel up the river to the Chouteau Trading Post. The trading post flourished through the Osage occupation of the area, which ended with the formation of Indian Territory and this area was assigned to the Cherokee Nation. Christian missions were established here as early as 1820/1823. But even before 1890 the non­Indian population, both legal and illegal, had grown to over 70 percent of the total population of Indian Territory. The first U.S. census of Indian Territory in 1900 shows a further influx of non­Indians had occurred between 1890 and 1900; most of the non­Indians being former residents of the adjacent states of Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Kansas. Prior to the land allotment, the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes had been held in tribal ownership. No individual Indian owned any land, but were free to use as much as they needed if it did not infringe upon their neighbor's needs. However, they did own their improvements; the home, barn, the planted crops, cleared fields and such. While these improvements could be traded or sold, tribal law restricted the transaction to another citizen of the same tribe. The land was distributed by allotment to citizens of these Nations on the basis of their enrollment on the 1902/1906 Dawes Roll. The average land allotment to each Cherokee "citizen by blood" was 110 acres of average grade land. Freedman (the former slaves of the Cherokees) were allotted 40 acres each of the Nation's land. But since the Indians had no concept of land ownership, in just a few short years most of the land was in the hands of non-Indians. Mayes County was formed at statehood (1907) from parts of the Cherokee Nation, plus a small area of the Creek Nation of Indian Territory and was named in honor of Samuel Houston Mayes, who served his people and the Cherokee Nation as Principal Chief from 1895 to 1899. Joy From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 7:58 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce These appear to be two separate land allotments. One for a township of Pryor Creek and one to your grandmother. I don't know anything about your lineage but it certainly appears that she is receiving the land because of some relationship to the Cherokee. Joyce Gaston Reece

Thank you for this wonderful info, Joy. Joyce Gaston Reece -----Original Message----- From: Joy King Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 9:11 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce Additional info: http://www.okgenweb.org/~okmayes/history.htm The area that became Mayes County is rich in history, containing the location of the first white settlement in what is now called Oklahoma. In 1796, Major Jean Pierre Chouteau, an Osage Indian trader and agent, established a trading post at the junction of the Grand/Neosho River and Saline Creek, at what is today called Salina. Flat boats plied their trade along the river and as early as 1817 keel boats from Ft. Smith (Arkansas) were known to travel up the river to the Chouteau Trading Post. The trading post flourished through the Osage occupation of the area, which ended with the formation of Indian Territory and this area was assigned to the Cherokee Nation. Christian missions were established here as early as 1820/1823. But even before 1890 the non­Indian population, both legal and illegal, had grown to over 70 percent of the total population of Indian Territory. The first U.S. census of Indian Territory in 1900 shows a further influx of non­Indians had occurred between 1890 and 1900; most of the non­Indians being former residents of the adjacent states of Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Kansas. Prior to the land allotment, the lands of the Five Civilized Tribes had been held in tribal ownership. No individual Indian owned any land, but were free to use as much as they needed if it did not infringe upon their neighbor's needs. However, they did own their improvements; the home, barn, the planted crops, cleared fields and such. While these improvements could be traded or sold, tribal law restricted the transaction to another citizen of the same tribe. The land was distributed by allotment to citizens of these Nations on the basis of their enrollment on the 1902/1906 Dawes Roll. The average land allotment to each Cherokee "citizen by blood" was 110 acres of average grade land. Freedman (the former slaves of the Cherokees) were allotted 40 acres each of the Nation's land. But since the Indians had no concept of land ownership, in just a few short years most of the land was in the hands of non-Indians. Mayes County was formed at statehood (1907) from parts of the Cherokee Nation, plus a small area of the Creek Nation of Indian Territory and was named in honor of Samuel Houston Mayes, who served his people and the Cherokee Nation as Principal Chief from 1895 to 1899. Joy From: Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 7:58 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce These appear to be two separate land allotments. One for a township of Pryor Creek and one to your grandmother. I don't know anything about your lineage but it certainly appears that she is receiving the land because of some relationship to the Cherokee. Joyce Gaston Reece =====*NOTICE THIS*===== Cherokee genealogy; certain conversation is allowed to do genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). Rude people will be moderated asap! List archive http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene please take non genealogy to Cherokee@rootsweb.com Dual admin. Dan and Joyce ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEEGENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Now if she would answer my direct question on the DNA list. Since I have people in the Sizemore case and she is the admin, I would like all the documents on the people and why they were accepted or refused. Where is the link and data for this case? I want all the info. Dan M ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce Gaston Reece" <bjreece@bellsouth.net> To: <cherokeegene@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce Thank you for this wonderful info, Joy. Joyce Gaston Reece