Hello, I reread your e-mail and some of the places, Bosque, Texas, Missi., and Hill Co., Texas were the places my Tucker, Daniel, Muse, Thompson families lived and from there they moved to Stephens Co., Ok. Do recognize any of these families? They were told by their family they were Choctaw. Marian in Texas ----- 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 >