This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sandee Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.ethnic.natam.nations.choctaw.choctawnat/2859.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Bless you!! My great grandfather's name was C.B. (Charles Bailey?) Tatum, b. abt 1848. My great grandmother's father disowned her because she married CBT (as us cousins now refer to him). They married in 1885, had five children, and then he disappeared, presumably murdered, in 1897. They lived in Clarksville, Texas, and CBT, according to his children, 'worked' in IT...either as a deputy (no proof, at all) or an interpreter...he supposedly spoke five languages and was part Indian. Our grandparents remember going fishing on the Kiamichi with Indian relatives. CBT is not in any of the four censuses (1850, 1860, 1870, nor 1880) in any state. Us cousins have years and years of research doing line by line searches for him. He 'appeared' out of nowhere in 1885 when he married my g grandmother in Franklin County, Texas...and then 'disappeared' in 1897. We have submitted our DNA to the Tatum DNA project and we seem to have close connections with the Tatums from Alabama. Also, according to our grandparents, CBT had a brother named Andrew Jackson Tatum...and I found one who seemed to fit the bill. Andrew Jackson Tatum, b. 1853, d. 1928. His wife was Alice Henson and their children were Dock, Jay, Thomas, Lula, and Sitting Bull. According to the 1900 IT Census, Andrew was 1/2 Choctaw...his father (Tatum) was white and was born in Alabama, his mother was Choctaw and was born in IT. Andrew and family lived in Vian, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma; however, he died in Tulsa and was buried in Oaklawn. There is no information regarding his parents on his death certificate. I sincerely appreciate any help/advice that you can give me. 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.