Here is the continuing...index of the Indian Pioneer Papers--Western History Collection---University of Oklahoma. The Indian Pioneer History Papers is a collection of interviews done in 1937 & 1938, which includes biographical data on both living and deceased persons of Indian and pioneer heritage whose lives have been important in the history of Oklahoma. There is also a collection of information on family customs, tribal histories, social organizations, folklore, legends, cemeteries, old trails, ferries, forts, trading centers and other unrecorded facts known only to oral tradition. VOLUME 11-------MICROFICHE #6016876------8 FICHE NAME ADDRESS BREEDEN, Jim (Mrs) Claremore, OK BREEDING, Eliza Coker Holdenville, OK BREEDING, S.F. Sand Springs, OK BRENCE, A.L. Cordell, OK BRENCE, William P. Cloud Chief, OK BREN?ER, Mary (Mrs) Pawhuska, OK BRENT, W.(Buck) Faxon, OK BRESHEARS, George Harper Muskogee, OK BRETS, Robert B. El Reno, OK BREUER, Meta Cresse " " " BREWER, A.W. Eufaula, OK BREWER, J.W. Stilwell, OK BREWER, O.H. Frederick, OK BREWER, O.H.P, Jr. " " BREWER, W.H. Eufaula, OK BREWSTER, Zembre J. Helena, OK BRIDGES, A.B. Pauls Valley, OK BRIDGES, Joseph (Mrs) Alva, OK BRIGGS, Cassins M. Bethany, OK BRIGGS, George W. Granite, oK BRIGGS, Martha Muskogee, OK BRIGGS, T.H. Atoka, OK BRIGHT, John H. Westville, OK BRIGHT, W.A. Dill City, OK BRIGHT, Y.A. Hobart, OK BRIM, N.L. Pauls Valley, OK BRINGHAM, John El Reno, OK BRINKLEY, Carrie Steed Lone Wolf, OK BRINKLEY, Robert Benjamine " " " BRISCOE, Albert G. Luther, OK BRISCOE, ?.?. Chickasha, OK BRISCOE, R.J. Tipton, OK BRISCOE, R.W. Altus, OK BRIS?EY, Ora Tr?tter Oklahoma City, OK BRITTENBERG, Lou Davis, OK BRITTAIN, N.B. Holdenville, OK BRITTON, E.R. Elk City, OK BROAKSHIER, Willie Sentinel, OK BROOK, Andrew Oklahoma City, OK BROOK, Charles F. Bartlesville, OK BROOK, Elsie " " BROOK, E?k E.(Mrs) Muskogee, OK BROOKE, Samuel Henry Medford, OK BROOKHART, Maud Spear Tonkawa, OK BROOKS, Edith Robbins Bartlesville, OK BROOKS, C.C. Tulsa, OK BROOKS, O.M. Blanchard, OK BROOKS, Sam Chickasha, OK BROOKSHER, Jim Tabler, OK BROOKSHIER, Gladys Sentinel, OK BROTHERS, John P. Sayre, OK BROTHERTON, Ethel (Mrs) Miami, OK ========================================================= VOLUME 46-------MICROFICHE #6016911------9 FICHE------ NAME ADDRESS HUNDLEY, J.W. Calvin, OK HUNT, Hessie Geary, OK HUNT, Logan Roff, OK HUNT, Mary M. Guthrie, OK HUNTER, A. Duncan, OK HUNTER, Henry Cushing, OK HUNTER, J.A. Cherokee, OK HUNTER, Jim ?. Ryan, OK HUNTER, John W. Bartlesville, OK HUNTER, Thomas W. Hugo, OK HURLEY, D.H. Cordell, OK HURLEY, Marvin Tulsa, OK HURST, Alpha Patch El Reno, OK HURST, Sylvester R. Welch, OK HURST, T.S.(Mrs) Pawnee, OK HURST, W.P. Chickasha, OK HURST, Harry Kingfisher, OK HURT, Harry " " HUEBANDS, Daisy Sulphur, OK HUSEMEYER, Ellen Holberg Watonga, OK HUSSEY, May Jenks, OK HUSTON, Dora Infield Miami, OK HUTCHOMS, Will El Reno, OK HUTCHINS, James R. Del Rio, Texas HUTCHINS, Loren A. Guthrie, OK HUTSLER, J.S. Tonkawa, OK HUTT?N, Annie Frederick, OK HUTTON, Jim Fame, OK HUTTON, Lucy Elk City, OK HYBARGER, Dave C. Chickasha, OK HYDE, Clyde Stanley Guthrie, OK IM?L, R. Lewis Bucklin, Kansas IMM?L, Annie (Wolff) El Reno, OK IMPSON, John A.M. Durant, OK IMPSON, Josh Jumbo, OK IMPSON, Kate Stringtown, OK INGE, R.J.(Mrs) Atoka, OK INGE, T.T.(Mrs) " " INGE, Thomas (Mrs) " " INGRAM, Allie McAlester, OK INGRAM, John M. Tulsa, OK INGRAM, William R. Healdton, OK INKLEBARGER, Henderson C. Blair, OK INKLEBARGER, Rhoda " " INKANISH, Mary Anadarko, OK INMAN, Ike Lone Wolf, OK INNIS, Jack W. Supply, OK INNIS, Joseph A. Woodward, OK IRELAND, Lizzie Stidham, OK IRVIN, Robert Lee Woodward, OK IRVIN, R.S. Chickasha, OK ISAACS, Wilson Amber, OK ISBELL, Mary A. Blanco, OK ISHAM, Cisham Blair, OK ISOM, R.A. Lexington, OK IVANHOE, Charlie Ralston, OK IVY, J.W. Henryetta, OK TO BE CONTINUED........

I would like to know if there is a web site or address where you can get information on the Lenape/Delaware Indian Tribe. Thanks Thelma RockinN@aol.com

I just got some records today from the Arkansas State Archives regarding my Matthew Green, who was born 1825 or 1830 in Ireland. The fact that there were whites (including at least one other Irishman, named John McLane) fighting in Stand Watie's regiments is now well documented and that some companies were mixed blood and white, while other companies were mixed and full bloods only and others were all white. This is confirmed by an article in Confederate Veteran in 1894 by Thos. F. Anderson, the adjunctant assistant (AAG) to Stand Watie's staff, who himself was white. They show that there was a Matthew Green, private, 2d Co. K, 1 Reg't Cherokee Mounted Vols who appeared on a Company Muster Roll of the organization named above, for Oct 1 1862 to June 30 1863, dated June 30, 1863. It also shows that he enlisted July 12 186_ at Fort Davis by Capt James Stuart for a period of two years. He was last paid by J. G. Vore to Sept 30 186_. He was also listed as Absent without Leave from 1" of December to 1" of May. Absent with leave since 10" of June. The footnote at the bottom says: "The 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Volunteers (also known as Watie's Regiment; as the 2d Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles, Arkansas, and as the 1st Regiment Cherokee Mounted Rifles or Riflemen) was organized July 12, 1861, for twelve months, and reorganized July 12, 1862, for two years. Five companies that were temporarily attached to this regiment after the reorganization are reported to have been assigned, February 3, 1863, to the 2d Regiment Cherokee Mounted Volunteers." This record was signed by "J. W. Wilkinson" as the Copyist. My questions for anyone who is interested in this record: 1. What is the Copyist? 2. Who was Capt. James Stuart (can you tell me anything about him?) 3. Why are the dates 186_ left blank on the final digit? 4. What does 1" and 10" mean? 5. What took place during this time period in this unit?

Tenth North Arkansas Ancestor Fair June 3-5, 1999 Leslie & Marshall, Arkansas The following Arkansas Counties will be represented at the genealogical swap meet, June 5: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Independence, Izard, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Stone, Van Buren, Washington, Yell. Programs on Thursday, Friday, Saturday cover: Cemetery history, preservation, legal rights; using photos as resources and how to "read" old photos; obscure Ozark research; beginning and intermediate Internet genealogy; Native American research. For further information contact: James J. Johnston, 2333 N. East Oaks Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72703; Tel: 501-442-3691; e-mail <johnston@ipa.net>

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Here is the continuing...index of the Indian Pioneer Papers--Western History Collection---University of Oklahoma. The Indian Pioneer History Papers is a collection of interviews done in 1937 & 1938, which includes biographical data on both living and deceased persons of Indian and pioneer heritage whose lives have been important in the history of Oklahoma. There is also a collection of information on family customs, tribal histories, social organizations, folklore, legends, cemeteries, old trails, ferries, forts, trading centers and other unrecorded facts known only to oral tradition. VOLUME 97-----MICROFICHE #6016962-------10 FICHE----- NAME ADDRESS WHALEY, Tom H. Holdenville, OK WHALIN, H.N.(Mrs) Lawton, OK WHEATSON, Walter Oklahoma City, OK WHEELER, Alma (Bilby) Tulsa, OK WHEELER, Howard Pauls Valley, OK WHEELER, J. Perry Sallisaw, OK WHEELER, James Tulsa, OK WHEELER, Sarah Addie Elk City, OK WHELCHEL, M.E.(Mrs) Westville, OK WHIPPLE, Emma Haun El Reno, OK WHISTLER, Nancy Shady Point, OK WHITCOMB, Sylvester Cole (Dr.) Hastings, OK WHITE, A.F. Key West, OK WHITE, Albert H. El Reno, OK WHITE, Arton Ludlow, OK WHITE, Beulah Altus, OK WHITE, C.H. Hominy, OK WHITE, C.W. Durant, OK WHITE, David W. Blanchard, OK WHITE, Edgar C. Chickasha, OK WHITE, Gertrude El Reno, OK WHITE, Harry Wynnewood, OK WHITE, Hoyette North Oklahoma City, OK WHITE, Isaac L. Walters, OK WHITE, James B. Muskogee, OK WHITE, J.B.(Mrs) " " WHITE, J.W.(Rev.) Pauls Valley, OK WHITE, Joe Blanco, OK WHITE, John W. Shattuck, OK WHITE, Lavilla Altus, OK WHITE, Nettie Rockenbach El Reno, OK WHITE, O.D. Wynnewood, OK WHITE, Sam Blanchard, OK WHITE, Tom B. Geary, OK WHITE, W.N.(Mrs) Altus, OK WHITE, W.T. Blanchard, OK WHITE, William W. Collinsville, OK WHITE BEAR, Minnie Geary, OK WHITECROW, Mary Virginia Miami, OK WHITEFIELD, Betty Murray Broken Bow, OK WHITE SHIELD, Rudolph Canton, OK WHITFIELD, Mat J. Wauhillau, OK WHITMIRE, Charles Stilwell, OK WHITMIRE, Eli H. Addielee, OK WHITMIRE, Eliza Estella, OK WHITMIRE, George Muskogee, OK WHITMIRE, James Westville, OK WHITMIRE, Jonathan " " WHITSON, John Francis Fame, OK WHITTAKER, Joe Miller Eufaula, OK WHITTENBERG, Jennie Elk City, OK WHITWORTH, A.T. Carmen, OK WICKER, H.J.(Mrs) Mangum, OK WICKMILLER, C.P. Kingfisher, OK WICKS, Emmitt Webbers Falls, OK WID?MAN, E.B. Anadarko, OK WIDICK, Elmer Nash, OK WIENEKE, L.F. Hartshorne, OK WILBURN, Ina McAlester, OK WILCOX, Carrie E. Okmulgee, OK WILCOX, James Shattuck, OK WILCOX, John Wilburton, OK WILCOX, R.L. Altus, OK WILD?AT, Rosanna Dustin, OK ======================================================== VOLUME 105------MICROFICHE #6016970-----10 FICHE----- NAME TITLE FOREMAN, Grant------ Cherokee Claims Cherokee Marker in Illinois Morrow Letters FREDERICK, W.B.(Mrs)-------Indian Customs Indian Folklore GASSAWAY, Lillian M.-------Biography of P.B. Hunt Narrative Indian Camp Life Indian Customs Kicking Bird Andres Martines Little Indian Church Old Indian Days Tomasa, Comanche Captive Kiowa Social Life Medicine Lodge Treaty Indian Marriages GOWER, Gomer---------------San Bois, A Ghost Town Toll Gate on Ft.Smith- Ft.Towson Road Old Spanish Trail A Spent Bullet Calhoun, A Ghost Town New Hope Female Academy Hailey Store in Savanna Wadesville Indian Territory Coal Miners Shawnee Indian Village John Ring Plantation GREENE, Hasel B.-----------Goodland Orphanage Wheelock church and Cemetery Letter Goodland School Cold Springs Edward Ward Tims Diary GROVES, Frank E.-----------Church Bell, Newspaper ======================================================== VOLUME 106------MICROFICHE #6016971-----9 FICHE NAME TITLE HAGEMAN, F.----------------Letter--Cheyenne-Arapaho Experiences HANSON, Albert-------------I.T. Gibson Documents HARDIN, Minda--------------Letter from Ellen Hill Perryman HARLAN, Sarah Ann----------Biography of Sarah Ann Harlan Souvenir Edition of the City of Haskell, Oklahoma--1911 HASTINGS, W.W.-------------Biography HAYNE, Coe-----------------Sally Journeycake HIBBS, Lawrence D.---------Clans Euchee Boarding School Map Muskogee Gospel Hymn Star Mail Route HICKS, Alfred F.-----------Indian Police HICKS, W.E.----------------Adair County Leader HILLMAN, George F.---------Creek Schools HOLLAND, William T.--------Document HUGHES, Tyree Clifton------The Story of Spavinaw HUMMINGBIRD and BIGBY------Downing Party Mounds Arrow Heads Peavine Community Prehistoric Landmarks History of Piney HUMMINGBIRD, Gus-----------History of a Battlefield A Soldier Cemetery New Hope Mission HURT, Harvey---------------Federal-County Officers Excerpt, The Indian Arrow TO BE CONTINUED......

Dear Theresa, You have some interesting family names... many men in the family and only one girl!! It is quite possible that your Daugherty family is somehow connected to Roane or Sevier County, TN... could that be where they were from in 1811? From: dannylee thomas <dannylee@tds.net> To: KARLA KT SHAHAN <ktshahan@juno.com> Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:18:27 -0500 Subject: Re: Daugherty KARLA KT SHAHAN wrote: > > From: dannylee thomas <dannylee@tds.net> > To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:40:14 -0500 > > Would your Daugherty be related to the Rev. Billie Joe Daugherty? > > =================================== > James Copeland m. Janie possibly Choctaw > > child-Rilda m. John Lewis Daugherty > > Their children were born in Oklahoma and Arkansas I'm not sure. The first ancestor I have on file is William Daugherty born 1811. He married Caroline Marbury on 8/9/1842 in Sevier Co., Ar. John is their son. He married Rilda Copeland and they had William, Leonard, Phillip, Elizabeth, and T.J. He was married a second time to Mary Compton. Their children were Nelie,George Franklin, Robert James, John Luther, Henry Young, and Joseph Sevier. This is all I have. My cousin may have more info . Some of these people were born at Antlers, Ok. Teresa Thomas

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Florence, that account is wonderful. Thank you. Donna S. Boyd

From: dannylee thomas <dannylee@tds.net> To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 20:40:14 -0500 Would your Daugherty be related to the Rev. Billie Joe Daugherty? =================================== James Copeland m. Janie possibly Choctaw child-Rilda m. John Lewis Daugherty Their children were born in Oklahoma and Arkansas

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http://www.rootsweb.com/~okleflor/obits/ With many many thanks to Doug Barkley the above information is now online. Enjoy!! Marti I am an Angel - R U? http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ ____________________________________________ mailto:marti@rootsweb.com eCode: http://marti.eCode.com Marti Graham, OKGenWeb State Coordinator & Creek, LeFlore, Oklahoma Co. Coordinator http://www.usgenweb.org/ok OKGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ R U an Angel Proud RootsWeb Donor+ "Dedicated to user supported access to genealogical records on the internet"

I need help in locating Sandyland District or Columbia District. Any help is appreciated. Diana

James Copeland m. Janie possibly Choctaw child-Rilda m. John Lewis Daugherty Their children were born in Oklahoma and Arkansas

What's New from Marti's Desk http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/anewstuff.html May 3 - May 9 1999 Links added - Rose Lawn Cemetery, Mulhall, Logan Co. Needs our help! Census 1890 Indian Census of the Cherokee Nation; Cooweescoowee, Delaware and Saline Districts - info about printed source 1910 Tulsa Co., Broken Arrow - info about printed source Maps Current State Map Indian Pioneer Papers WEASEL - WEYTHMAN Index BOOTH - WYCKOFF Index CROCKET - CYRUS Index Sarah Eldora Cruce Bousman Interview (Jefferson Co.) Louis Phillip Bousman Interview (Jefferson Co.) William Hubert Aaron, M. D. Interview (Osage Co.) Fred Abercrombie Interview (Washita Co.) W. W. Howerton Interview (Garvin Co.) Jimmie Barnett Interview (Okmulgee Co.) Millie Fish Gilroy Interview (Okmulgee Co.) Lawmen & Outlaws - Updated -- I'm an Angel - R U? http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ ____________________________________________ mailto:marti@rootsweb.com eCode: http://marti.eCode.com Marti Graham, OKGenWeb State Coordinator & Creek, LeFlore, Oklahoma Co. Coordinator http://www.usgenweb.org/ok OKGenWeb http://www.geocities.com/heartland/flats/6878/ R U an Angel Proud RootsWeb Donor+ "Dedicated to user supported access to genealogical records on the internet"

Thanks so much to the people who took time to answer my questions. Every response was extremely helpful. Altho, it tells me this is not going to be easy. Thank you, Monty, for suggesting a way to proceed. I think I will follow your advice. Annette

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AD2EF0C85B35F798E98E1844 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Me Too! Marilyn Wilson wilsm@uswest.net --------------AD2EF0C85B35F798E98E1844 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <Indian-Territory-Roots-L-request@rootsweb.com> Delivered-To: wilsm@boispop1.bois.uswest.net Received: (qmail 3535 invoked by uid 0); 11 May 1999 13:50:11 -0000 Received: from mail5.uswest.net (204.147.80.23) by boispop1.bois.uswest.net with SMTP; 11 May 1999 13:50:11 -0000 Received: (qmail 8023 invoked by alias); 11 May 1999 13:50:10 -0000 Delivered-To: wilsm@uswest.net Received: (qmail 7968 invoked by uid 0); 11 May 1999 13:50:09 -0000 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (204.212.38.30) by mail5.uswest.net with SMTP; 11 May 1999 13:50:09 -0000 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id GAA14340; Tue, 11 May 1999 06:44:18 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:44:18 -0700 (PDT) From: MRosson178@aol.com Message-ID: <a3e4746c.24698cd6@aol.com> Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:38:30 EDT Subject: Re: Life in Indian Territory 1881-1905 Old-To: fking@pipeline.com, Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 13 Resent-Message-ID: <YQQMxB.A.xfD.vQDO3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/2812 X-Loop: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: Indian-Territory-Roots-L-request@rootsweb.com Hi Florence: Thank you for the article about your families life in IT. My husband's family also lived in IT and leased the land they farmed on. I had realized, until your article, that this land was leased from NA tribes. Do you know if there were records kept about the land leasing and where I might go to find some documentation? They lived in Okfuskee County. Thanks, Mary Lou Rosson MRosson178@aol.com --------------AD2EF0C85B35F798E98E1844--

Can someone tell me if the number after the name means the roll number? I have a copy of the above and this is the number in ( ) I am referring to. Group Name 213 Sally Miller Cherokee or Robert Field (227) ******** Ailsey Miller John Miller If this is a roll number, could someone be so kind as to tell me where to find it? Thanks for your help. wado, Rhonda

Previously published by RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative, RootsWeb Review, Vol. 2, No. 19, 12 May 1999. Please visit RootsWeb's main Web page at <http://www.rootsweb.com/>. * * * * * YOUR OKLAHOMA HISTORY LESSON FOR TODAY by Myra Vanderpool Gormley, CG <myravg@prodigy.net> Between 1889 and 1907 what is now the State of Oklahoma was two territories: Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory. Earlier, from 1886 to 1889, this area was all called Indian Territory. The OKIT pertains to political and land divisions, not tribal designations. Indian Territory (1889-1907) contained Cherokee Nation, Creek Nation, Choctaw Nation, Chickasaw Nation and Seminole Nation. Within these Nations were counties (just to confuse present-day researchers), many of which no longer exist. Oklahoma Territory in 1890 had the following Indian jurisdictions: Osage, Kaw (alias Kansas), Nez Perce, Ponca, Otoe and Missouri, Pawnee, Remnant of Cherokee Outlet [not part of the Cherokee Nation, but lands this nation sold to the U.S.], Iowa, Kickapoo, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie, Cheyenne and Arapaho, Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche and Apache. Additionally there was the area (now the Oklahoma Panhandle) called "No Man's Land" but that was not a political division, simply an unassigned area of land. To add a bit more confusion to the political history, Texas organized an area in what's now the southwest corner of Oklahoma as Greer County. It was attached to Oklahoma following a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1896, when the Okies there refused to wear 10-gallon hats and be known as Texans (were you paying attention?). * * * * * Flo. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ Flo. Day <flodon@mail.usa.com> NORTHINGTON Researchers ~ Northing@onelist.com <http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/Northing> - ------------------------------------------------------------- Get free personalized email from USA.com at http://mail.usa.com