Hello - There was a half-Choctaw woman by the name of Mariah Williams who was removed to Cantonment Gibson in 1828 or so along with the old settler Cherokees under Chief Oolooteca in the first of the removals, even before the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. I have heard of a Choctaw village on the Arkansas river in the 1820's and I assume she lived there, although that's just a guess. I don't know where she came from before she got to Arkansas, but I understand she settled down in the Fort Gibson area after removal. My relatives tell me I am descended from her and that she is either my GGor GGG grandmother. I, too, would like to know more about those Arkansas Choctaws. Bob Anderson Please visit our Website at http://www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com E-Mail me at: bob@web-access.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <BLF11@aol.com> To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Choctaw in Arkansas?? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: williams, caldwell, cox, dempsey, wilson > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4gC.2ACE/1008 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for a possible Choctaw line in Arkansas. Possible surnames of Williams, Caldwell, Cox > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > Home Page: > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/chat.htm >

Fort Gibson was close to the area for the Cherokee. It was in Indian Territory, not in Arkansas. I am looking at a map in Five Civilized Tribes by Grant Foreman. There were some Seminoles who settled in that area for awhile, but I haven't come across any mention of Choctaw. George Ann --- Bob <bob@web-access.net> wrote: > Hello - > > There was a half-Choctaw woman by the name of Mariah > Williams who was > removed to Cantonment Gibson in 1828 or so along > with the old settler > Cherokees under Chief Oolooteca in the first of the > removals, even before > the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. I have heard of > a Choctaw village on > the Arkansas river in the 1820's and I assume she > lived there, although > that's just a guess. I don't know where she came > from before she got to > Arkansas, but I understand she settled down in the > Fort Gibson area after > removal. My relatives tell me I am descended from > her and that she is > either my GGor GGG grandmother. I, too, would like > to know more about those > Arkansas Choctaws. > > Bob Anderson > > Please visit our Website at > http://www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com > E-Mail me at: > bob@web-access.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <BLF11@aol.com> > To: <CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:47 PM > Subject: [CHOCTAW-SE] Choctaw in Arkansas?? > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to > this mailing list. > > > > Surnames: williams, caldwell, cox, dempsey, wilson > > Classification: Query > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4gC.2ACE/1008 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > I am looking for a possible Choctaw line in > Arkansas. Possible surnames > of Williams, Caldwell, Cox > > > > > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > > Home Page: > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/ > > > > > http://freepages.cultures.rootsweb.com/~choctaw/chat.htm > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST Mailing List ==== > HOW TO UNSUBSCRIBE.... > Send msg. to > CHOCTAW-SOUTHEAST-L-request@rootsweb.com > Put "one" word in "body" of message:... > "unsubscribe" without the quotes and spelled > correctly. > Nothing in the subject line... Turn off > signatures....... > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/