Perhaps this information might be of interest to someone which was obtained from the National Archives - Southwest Region, Fort Worth, TX. W. M. Guthrie, his wife Rebecca applied for citizenship in the Chocktaw Tribe of Indians in the Indian Territory on 29 August 1896 for themselves and their children. In the application it was stated that Rebecca Guthrie's maiden was Johnson and that her mother and herself were members by blood of the Chocktaw Tribe. Rebecca Guthrie by a former marriage to Tom Hays had four children by him; Andy Hays (16), Mary Hays (12), John Hays (10), Willie Hays (8), and two by W. M. Guthrie; Susan Guthrie (5) and Charles Guthrie (2). They were married at Antioch, Chickasaw Nation, and live there. The application contained affidavits by Rebecca's brother, Dickson Nail,and her sister Julia Benton, and others. Rebecca was the daughter of Wiley Johnson, married W. M. Guthrie in 1890 after Tom Hays was killed in 1889. The claim of W. M. Guthrie, et al, No. 1006 was filed 8 September 1896 by A. S. McKennon, Commissioner, with the notation "Admit the mother and her children by both husban! s as citizens by blood and the husband as an intermarried citizen."