I had thought that Blue county had some significance of the river of the same name.. There are Choctaws with the surname " Blue" in the Talihina area.... Possibly you might find this link interesting.. maybe not.......James http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v008/v008p315.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <choctaw-request@rootsweb.com> To: <choctaw@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 2:02 AM Subject: CHOCTAW Digest, Vol 2, Issue 30 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Blue surname (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > 2. Re: Blue surname (gc-gateway@rootsweb.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 22:49:23 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: [CHOCTAW] Blue surname > To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1174776564.53552@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: vancehawkins1952 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.natam.nations.choctaw.choctawnat/1086.1.2.1.1.1.3/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > BLUE is one of just a few known Catawba surnames. The Catawba were a tribe > in both Carolinas, originally. > > I have been trying to get information about a few Catawba families that > lived in/near Skullyfille, LeFlore County, about 1850ish after an 1840s > treaty with the state of South Carolina (never ratified by the federal > government) sold nearly all the lands of the Catawba, scattering the much > of the tribe. Supposedly there is a record of these Catawba in historical > Choctaw archives -- somewhere . . . > > There was once a Blue District/County in the Choctaw Nation, but I don't > know how it got its name. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 02:28:14 -0000 > From: "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] Blue surname > To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <1174789695.69912@rootsweb.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: paynengineering > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.natam.nations.choctaw.choctawnat/1086.1.2.1.1.1.3.1/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > A bunch of my wife's and my family lived in Blue, Choctaw Nation. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the CHOCTAW list administrator, send an email to > CHOCTAW-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the CHOCTAW mailing list, send an email to > CHOCTAW@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CHOCTAW-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of CHOCTAW Digest, Vol 2, Issue 30 > ************************************** > >