Those that elected to stay in Mississippi and comply with the provisions of Articles 14 of the 1830 Treaty were granted US citizenship. See following: ARTICLE XIV. Each Choctaw head of a family being desirous to remain and become a citizen of the States, shall be permitted to do so, by signifying his intention to the Agent within six months from the ratification of this Treaty, and he or she shall thereupon be entitled to a reservation of one section of six hundred and forty acres of land, to be bounded by sectional lines of survey; in like manner shall be entitled to one half that quantity for each unmarried child which is living with him over ten years of age; and a quarter section to such child as may be under 10 years of age, to adjoin the location of the parent. If they reside upon said lands intending to become citizens of the States for five years after the ratification of this Treaty, in that case a grant in fee simple shall issue; said reservation shall include the present improvement of the head of the family, or a portion of it. Persons who claim under this article shall not lose the privilege of a Choctaw citizen, but if they ever remove are not to be entitled to any portion of the Choctaw annuity. At 04:23 PM 01/22/2000 -0600, you wrote: >David- > >The reason the decision was reversed was because they did not live in Indian >Territory. Although I may be wrong. I have read that Choctaw had to be >living in Indian Territory to be granted citizenship. Maybe someone on the >list can back this up. > >Kelli > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <DMNewlin@aol.com> >To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2000 3:41 PM >Subject: [CHOCTAW] Roll Call > > > > Dear Cousins All: > > > > My Choctaw heritage begins with: > > > > John Jackson Smith (b. 1799 South Carolina d. Bosque Co., Texas 1867) and > > Martha JONES (b. abt 1801) who is said to have been 3/4 Choctaw > > > > They had eleven children, all born in Choctaw areas and/or cessions in > > Mississippi. They did NOT go west with the majority of the tribe(s) in >the > > 1830s since John Jackson Smith was an Indian Agent and stayed behind. > > > > The family apparently emigrated to Texas right after the Civil War along >with > > most (but not all) of the children. > > > > While a resident of Hill County, Texas, grandson Burton Smith Burks >applied > > for Choctaw Citizenship in 1896 and it was granted to him and his >children. I > > have all the documentation from the Dawes Commission. The Choctaw nation >sued > > him and the decision was reversed without any clear explanation in the > > documentation. > > > > Many family members later moved to Garvin Co., Oklahoma, where my >grandfather > > Carl Self was born in the small community of Antioch in 1906. > > > > Cousin David in El Paso > > DMNewlin@aol.com > > Researching: Newlin; Self; Rupp; Vaugh'a'n; Rain'e's; Burks; Snedeker; > > Davidson; Pickleshimer and variations; Blaine; Hamaker; Spurling. > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > > Your donations to RootsWeb makes OKGenWeb and this Choctaw list possible. >RootsWeb Gen. Data Coop. Box 6798 Frazier Park, CA 93222 > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ >Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm Regards, Dennis K. Boswell 301 Crow Canyon Dr. Folsom, CA 95630 Tel: 916-987-3599 Fax: 916-987-3555