I just found this information today courtesy of Nalora's generous help. In the Chronicles of Oklahoma Vol. XVII, No. 2. June 1939. "A Story of Choctaw Chiefs" by Peter James Hudson. On page 206 "Ben Smallwood succeeded Thompson McKinney, taking the oath of office in October 1888 and serving until 1890. His opponent was Wilson N. Jones. It is not known what school he attended. He was a son of William Smallwood. His grandfather was Elijah Smallwood, a white man, from South Carolina, who went to Mississippi and married Mary Leflore, sister of Thomas Leflore. Ben Smallwood's father, William Smallwood was a student at Choctaw Academy. He was a member of Council in 1863. He married Annie Burney, a Chickasaw woman. He lived and died Dec. 15,1891 at Lehigh and is buried there. Mrs. Lizzie Nash of Antlers is a descendent of Ben Smallwood." Maybe this will give you something more to go on. Sharon D. -----Original Message----- From: Bowjean@aol.com <Bowjean@aol.com> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 2:18 AM Subject: [CHOCTAW] Smallwood >Is there a listing for a Michol sp? Smallwood from Atoka Co. OK. He died in >the 1870s and is said to have been the son of a Choctaw governor? >Jean > > >==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== >Pushmataha County, Oklahoma -- >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma > >