We are planning a research trip this summer and would like to find the location--if it is still there--in Wynnewood where my husband's grandparents were married. Neither of them were from Wynnewood; where would they have gotten married? Was there a church (or churches) in Wynnewood in 1901? Or would they have gone to the minister's house? Any input and/or ideas would be great. Thanks, Donna S. Boyd

I'm looking for my great-grandfather, Samuel Finis MITCHELL. He died 1892-1893 in Gowen, OK. Has the Gowen cemetery ever been canvassed? He is supposed to have a "substantial" headstone. Thank you in advance for any help in locating him. Vicki Salmon

I am looking for the marriages between Jenkins and Indian in Va and Tn.

Halito Shelley, I read with great interest the information concerning Jacob B. Jackson and the Snake Party. I don't remember hearing of this but will ask around. As a Choctaw and being very interested in local history, I find it fascinating, Jacob B. Jackson, lived most of his life and is buried in Shady Point, now Oklahoma, born c1844 and died May 17, 1909 of pneumonia. Doug Barkley Choctaw wrote: > I'm looking for information about the "Snake Band" of the Choctaw Tribe in > Oklahoma. I recently found out about an obituary for my GGG-grandfather > which states he was the Chief of the Snake Band of Choctaws. He died > February 26, 1905. > Also for those looking for information about the Choctaw tribe, here's an > interesting link I've found. > > http://www.isd.net/mboucher/choctaw/chgovt.htm > > thank you all. > > Shelley

Hello List, I am glad I found and joined this list. I have learned quite a lot from the interesting posts and feel some of you may be able to enlighten me in my search. For many years I have been searching for the background and history of my Grandmother's family. All knowledgables that were living never knew, or knew and weren't telling....now they are all gone. Yet, I have oral story clues and some data I've ferreted over the years. I was raised in Oklahoma, and my family roots are deep there, but it will be sometime before I can visit the places they lived and check out records, in the meantime I have been researching online for about 4yrs. I am researching SMITH, COVINGTON and HUFF. Ruffus SMITH b.? d.? married Molly (Mollie) HUFF in Tarrant Co. TX abt 1870 Children: *Effie b. abt 1873 Tarrant Co.TX. d. 6 Mar 1958 Wynnewood, Garvin Co. OK m. Thomas Jefferson COVINGTON b. abt 1855 d. 1931 in Powell, Garvin Co. OK. *Mattie m. Mr. RUCKER *Ada married several times *Jack m. Alice Martha KATES Rufus Smith was buried in Murray Co. they moved his grave before the filling of Lake Texoma. Mollie Huff-Smith lived out her life in Roff, Potontac Co. OK Rufus served on the Confederate Indian Forces. He got captured, and was to be hanged.Mollie road all night with an important indian said to be a relative to save Rufus from the hangman's noose. I have been recently told there is a History of Oklahoma book ( I don't know which one) with a photograph of several indian Chiefs posing together, and it was pointed out to Archibald (Unc.Archie) Covington the Chief that saved his grandfather's life. Jack Smith and Alice Kates-Smith lived in Roff and Rosedale, Potontac Co.OK While living in north Texas Effie heard news that Indian Land claim hearings where to be held in Muskgoee, OK. She convinced husband Tom to take her to Muskogee to file an indian land claim about 1909. Her claim was entered and rejected. Family story: During the court proceedings in Muskogee, the Huff brothers, upset over the Judges proceedings, rode their horses into the court room discharging their pistols..the Judge retreated out the back door. Reconvening the next day,the Judge gaveled down Effies land claim. Rufus SMITH: #24917 - Guion Miller Roll. Mollie HUFF: Dawes Roll - Census Card #R737 ( I believe the R is for Rejected) Effie (SMITH) COVINGTON: #20363 - daugt. of Mollie Huff-Smith. Applicant on the Guion Miller Roll. She listed Georgia as state of origin. Covington's were originally from GA. ============= Effie SMITH b. abt 1873 Tarrant Co.TX. d. 6 Mar 1958 Wynnewood, Garvin Co.OK m. Thomas Jefferson COVINGTON b. abt 1855 d. 1931 in Powell, Garvin Co. OK. Thomas Jefferson Covington came from GA with his brother James ('Jim') to Tyler, TX abt 1870. Thomas was an early day, deputy marshall in Indian Territory Oklahoma. He either served under the juristiction of 1) Judge Issac C. Parker's Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas in Fort Smith, Arkansas, OR 2) Federal District Court in Paris, Texas. In Ardmore, Indian Territory OK about 1889 -1890, he met and married Effie Smith. She was his second wife. First wife Unknown-Children Unknown Children of Thomas Jefferson Covington and Effie Smith: *Edna Maybel b. 28 Mar 1894 d. 27 Nov 1986 m. Claude Marion Shawbell,SR. on 20 Sep 1913 by Justice of Peace, Walter Beard on the Beard Farm, near Wynnewood (formerly Walner Township), Garvin Co., OK. *Robert Archibald b. 8 Aug 1895 d. Jul 1979 m. Stella BELL b. 10 Oct 1899 d. 1981. *Eulalia 'Lalia' b.19 Apr 1898 d. Dec 1987 m. Ellis BELL b. 1895 d. 1935 2nd Husb. Bruce WHITAKER. Thanks, Claude in AZ Pls Visit: <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/ciiisiii/claudesgenealogy/claude.htm">Claudes Genealogy Page</A>

Bobbi191@aol.com wrote: Hi. I wonder if anyone could tell who was in charge of moving the Cherokee from the eastern states to Oklahoma. ~~~ Bobbi, The first group was led by a "Lt. Harris" (he was military, with guides and providers- but no soldier/guards in the group). That was so ill prepared and were so many deaths of cholera, (etc) that John Ross made an agreement to head up the Removal, and each group would be led by their own tribal leaders (Rev Bushyhead, Geo. Hicks, etc) and that they would not be removed during the unhealthy summer months. There is a group in Tahlequah who started a project in locating and marking the burial places of not only the leaders, but all of those who came over the Trail. If I find out anymore about it, I will let you know. jc

I'm looking for information about the "Snake Band" of the Choctaw Tribe in Oklahoma. I recently found out about an obituary for my GGG-grandfather which states he was the Chief of the Snake Band of Choctaws. He died February 26, 1905. Also for those looking for information about the Choctaw tribe, here's an interesting link I've found. http://www.isd.net/mboucher/choctaw/chgovt.htm thank you all. Shelley

To the person looking for Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader's address. His webpage address is: www.senate.gov/~lott and it has "contact" icon to click.

Hi I wonder if anyone could tell who was in charge of moving the Cherokee from the eastern states to Oklahoma. Bobbi191@aol.com

At 15:19 -0600 on 1/16/1999, Carol McCoy mailed RE Y29.94K PROBLEM????: > > What's the Y29.94K problem???? Whereas certain computer systems cannot calculate dates beyond 1999, hence Y2K as in year 2 thousand, the Macintosh handles dates up to the year 29,940, hence Y29.94K -- by which time I expect we will all have new computers ... <G> The Macintosh computer has been able to figure dates beyond 2,000 since its inception in 1984. Unfortunately, the IBM/Microsoft world was unable as recently as two years ago to figure out that the century was going to roll over, or else figured they could sell you a new computer and a new OS by then ... Ted ================================================= mailto:egburton@valint.net Do I have a Y2K Problem? No, I've got a Mac. I've got a Y29.94K Problem! Ne molesti te deprimant ... resist the Redmondian Borg! Semper Mac!

I am looking for a Jones Family who lived around Muldrow I.T. in the fall of 1893 with a sixteen year old daughter named Ada. Also, I have a copy of the marriage record for Mr. L.B. Smith and Miss Winnie Brown from Webbersfalls I.T. Please let me know if someone needs this. Sharolyn

OK, Ted...I'll bite...I noticed your signature line: <mailto:egburton@valint.net Do I have a Y2K Problem? No, <I've got a Mac. I've got a Y29.94K Problem! <Ne molesti te deprimant ... resist the Redmondian Borg! Semper Mac! What's the Y29.94K problem???? Curious Carol McCoy <G>

Is "Starr's HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEES" on line? Thanks

First I have questions...are the towns of Blackburn and Hominy in Pawnee County or Osage County? TISDALES made the "run" in 1898 and James Alonzo (Lon) scored property. ALFRED WESLEY TISDALE later purchased a farm near Blackburn and was the first to raise cotton in Pawnee County. My grandmother RACHEL J. TISDALE was married to ORVILLE EUGENE CARTER on that farm around 1900. Effie Tisdale, married to Clarence Ward Carter lived, or may still live in Hominy. I also would like to know if there isa cemetery in or near Blackburn, as I understand a number of Tisdale's are buried there. Thanks-Jim Chandler

I don't see any Sarah Brown in Starr's HISTORY OF THE CHEROKEES that would fit (there are three Sarah Brown's). One Sarah married Lowrey pack Walker. Another Sarah Elizabeth Brown was born in 1854 in MO. Another Sarah Francis Brown's information is that she was wife of Wifford C. Brown and mother of William L. Brown. The only Driskell in the book is Reverend Ambrose F. Driskill, who preached in Cherokee country sometime after 1822. art brown Nisswa, MN >-----Original Message----- >From: C.Lee Driskell <cldris@lasal.net> >To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com ><Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: 14 January, 1999 12:03 PM >Subject: My Native-American-Ancestors > > >>Ladies and Gentlemen, >> I am doing my family history even though I got a late start. >>I am sorry to say that our family did not share many "stories" >>about their ancestors so I am pretty much in the dark. I do >>remember, however, that my Grandmother, Sarah Kathryn >>BROWN spoke of being Native American. She was born >>08/25/1876 in Paulding County, Georgia. I don't have much at >>all about her except that she married John N.Driskell on 07/23/1893, >>and they had _4__ children, one of whom, Mary Modell BRETT, >>later married Emmett Grady Driskell in Bay County, Florida. >>They had six children. >> In checking around the area from which my Grandmother >>came, and asking questions, it is possible that she was Cherokee. >>I have found a Katie Brown on the 1880 census for Georgia. >> This child is the right age to be my grandmother. >> I would really appreciate any advice that any of you could >>give me regarding making more progress in my family genealogy. >>There are 38 *BROWNs* listed in Emmet Starr's index, but I don't >>have a copy to check them. Maybe someone would, PLEASE! >>C.Lee Driskell >>cldris@lasal.net >> >> >>-- >>*I don't suffer from INSANITY. I enjoy every minute of it* >>*Some mornings it's Not Worth chewing through the Straps* >> *Illegitimus non Carborundum!! >> *C. Lee* >> >

Hi Cheryl, I would be happy to do lookups. I would, however, wish the requestors to have some basic knowledge that their folks were members of the constitutional convention, as this is not really a book of generic biographies like a normal history book. Actually, there are no biographies, just info such as committee assignments, meeting minutes and voting records of the 109 delegates. The book is in pretty bad shape with very brittle pages. The index is about 75 pages long, so retyping and posting would be difficult. I could scan and attach a couple of pages of the original roll call for individual emails, but I don't think an attachment will work on the list serve. art brown Nisswa, MN -----Original Message----- > >Art, the text of the meeting might be dry reading, but a list of the attendees >would be a treasure to genealogists! Would it be possible to post the index or >do lookups? > >Cheryl Harris >charris575@aol.com >OK/IT roots: AUTREY - FERRELL - COLLIER - COFFEY - RUSSELL > >______________________________

At 15:21 -0500 on 1/15/1999, SharonN449@aol.com mailed Land Rush Participants: > The Southwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society offers tract book > searches of the > Oklahoma land rush records. I ordered one on my great grandfather, Frances > Marion Bruce, and yesterday they replied that they had searched all > 72 volumes > of the Tract Books and found no trace of him. Tract books are (today) Bureau of Land Management indexes to the public lands Master Title Plats. Prior records were kept by its predecessor, the Government Land Office. > Is there somewhere else to look. Are there other tract books. Can anyone > shed some light for me or steer me to other sources? Thanks for > your help. It is possible that the person reviewing the books overlooked something. It is possible the person annotating the land records at the time failed properly to record the information. It is possible that after this passage of time, the necessary book is lost or misplaced. As recently as 1964 in Alaska an enterprising person or two discovered an error in the BLM records and entered 160 acres as a homestead that were shown on the Master Title Plat as withdrawn for public water supply protection. In fact the Land Order in question did not include those acres, but the Plat had been drawn showing them included. Your situation could be a similar error made long ago. I am sure the land rush generated a massive amount of record keeping in a short period of time, creating a great risk of error. I ran into another situation once where a survey was drawn in Colorado and approved in Washington and made a part of the land office records, even thought the surveyor lied, had never set foot near the land, and spent his fees in a bar in Denver. The present relatively careful keeping of public records is not that old and traditional. I know, for example, that corruption was widespread in the West in the 1870's, and did not just affect Indians. Ted ================================================= mailto:egburton@valint.net Do I have a Y2K Problem? No, I've got a Mac. I've got a Y29.94K Problem! Ne molesti te deprimant ... resist the Redmondian Borg! Semper Mac!

HI, I just borrowed this one on interlibrary loan. Author appears to be Augustus Ward Loomis. It is an "account of about a year spent among the Creek Indians who were located along the Arkansas River,west of the state of Arkansas. Written in 1859 you can really get a picture of what life was like. Not many names of people given, just descriptions. Some of the first sections are: CreeK Indians Van Buren Fellow Passengers White Indian What boarding schools have done Fort Coffee Fort Gibson Verdigris Landing Tallahassa Mission Kowetah Mission..... Most section are only a few paragraphs, like a journal. Teresa Roberts LookSmart … or keep looking. http://www.looksmart.com

Just thought it might be a good idea to put out my surname list again. BARNARD, CALLAHAN, CLARK, FRUEN, HENDRIX, MEEKS, RALLS, WHITE, and WHITLOCK. I can now add: CALHOUN, LAMAR. My families were mostly in Scott County AR. Some were in Sevier, Newton and Polk AR. And some were in LeFlore County OK and in Indian Territory. Georgia Aeverman

seeking info on Eula Emaline Tidmore,born 16 Nov1904 at Batiste,daughter of King David Tidmore,Sr. and Betty Arnetta Cannon. She was married to James Noah Tatum,born 13Jun1894,son of Benjamin David Tatum and Callie Autry. They were married at Alikchi Camp, McCurtain County, 14Apr1921.