This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: thunt11571 Surnames: HURST, HUBBARD, JOHNSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.natam.nations.choctaw.choctawnat/2847/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I have always known that my greatgrandmother was full Choctaw but I have recently discovered that she was a slave. Her name was Hattie Jane HURST. She was born on an Indian Reservaton in Oklahoma Oct. 1887. Her Indian name was Desert Flower and her brother's was True Feather. She was married in 1903 in Muskogee, OK to a Henry HUBBARD She became pregnant but he died before the child was born. I am told that her brothers sold her to my greatgrandfatherIsaac "Pete" JOHNSON. I have found a date for a marriage between them but can not find true evidense of a marriage. It may be the date that he bought her. They left Oklahoma on a raft and settled in Ledwidge Arkansas where my grandmother and her syblings were born. If Hattie was a slave, was she born one? Was her brothers not slaves too? I do not know the customs of the Choctaw tribe. If she was a slave how could I find any record of her? 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.