I don't know that it was named after Green McCurtain, but I feel sure that it (the County) was named for the McCurtain family. There were so many prominent and important McCurtains: Cornelius, Jackson, and Edmund in addition to Green. -----Original Message----- From: ohyeahright@juno.com <ohyeahright@juno.com> To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Shak-Chi-Homas Tribe? >Sharon, >Was McCurtain County named after Green McCurtain? >If it was, I will feel awfully silly. >This is some interesting information. >I never learned this in school. >Has anyone ever been to the Lukfata Indian School for Girls? >It is near Broken Bow, OK. >I have never been there; but, I have been seeing the sign since I was a >little girl. >.....Mandy > >On Mon, 3 Apr 2000 17:57:36 -0000 "Sharon DeLoache" ><deloache@intellex.com> writes: >> Sometime ago, my husband and I discovered the San Bois Cemetery >> outside of Kinta, Oklahoma. In that cemetery, surrounded by an iron >> fence, is the grave of Green McCurtain. Immediately outside the >> fence is a tomb stone and a concrete slab on which these words are >> engraved: >> >> "Amy (Mahayia) McCurtain >> Born in Miss. Married Choctaw Chief Cornelius McCurtain and came >> over Trail of Tears. >> Mother of 6 and 3 were chiefs; Jack, Edmond and Green McCurtain. >> Recorded in Archives of Okla. Hist. Soc. and referred to as >> McCurtain Dynasty for they led their people for over 50 yrs. >> Mahayia (On and On) was the Granddaughter of the Historical and >> Beautiful Indian Maiden Sho-Ma-Ka, of the extinct Shak-Chi-Homas >> Indian Tribe. Sho-Ma-Ka's life is one of the most colorful stories >> in the annals of the Five Civilized Tribes. This is recorded in the >> National Archives. >> >> Donated by Grandson of Green McCurtain" >> >> >> None of these folks are in my family, but I am fascinated by the >> "Historical and Beautiful Indian Maiden" and the "extinct >> Shak-Chi-Homas tribe". Does anyone know anything about any of this? >> >> >> ==== 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 ==== >Check out the Oklahoma's main web site at: >http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/ >Lots of Native American Links there. > >