[email protected] wrote: > Can anyone tell me anything about a MARY NIBLACK, who was Carter Co. first > school Superintendent 1909? Is she buried there? Was her maiden name > Niblack or her married name? Any help will be appreciated! > > June --

I just live a mile from Pruitt Cemetery if someone was needing a lookup... Carol in Okla Always looking for cousins: Adkisons,Butlers,Byrne,Ellis,Haney,Isaacs,Kincannon,Love,Morgan,Morse,Nelson ,Patterson,Payne,Weir

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Barbara, could you be looking for PRUITT CEMETERY - I "think" it is near present day Gene Autry or Dickson, Oklahoma in Carter County - would be north of Ardmore, OK. At 2:55 PM -0500 1/24/00, Bill Hallman wrote: >"Edward A. Black, Sr." wrote: >> >> The following was posted by Barbara Giddens <[email protected]> on Sat, >> 22 Jan 2000 on the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum: >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-------------------- >> >> Surname: >> >> Can you help me with a question? I am curious to know if that there use >> to be a town name Pruitt >> in Carter county. > >Hello, > >Yes, there was/is a Pruitt in Carter county. It was/is 1 mile east and >2 1/3 mile south of Ratliff City.

"Edward A. Black, Sr." wrote: > > The following was posted by Barbara Giddens <[email protected]> on Sat, > 22 Jan 2000 on the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Surname: > > Can you help me with a question? I am curious to know if that there use > to be a town name Pruitt > in Carter county. Hello, Yes, there was/is a Pruitt in Carter county. It was/is 1 mile east and 2 1/3 mile south of Ratliff City.

The following was posted by Barbara Hunt <[email protected]> on Mon, 24 Jan 2000 on the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: DUSTON, RINGER, WALLACE, LOONEY Want to share info on William Oleatas DUSTON and daughter Edna Earle Duston RINGER m. Ed RINGER Nov 1898 in Ardmore, Carter Co. Indian Terr. One child, Joy RINGER m. John Looney WALLACE. Ed Ringer was married before and had an older daughter name unknown. Pls respond for more info. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Carter>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Barbara Hunt <[email protected]>. --

The following was posted by wrg <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Jan 2000 on the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: RATLIFF, SCARBOROUGH Searching for burial info on Orey [O.R.] RATLIFF who lived in Ardmore,Carter Co.,OK and who is believed to have been a lawman..He married Elizabeth [Lizzie] SCARBOROUGH and they had one child, Georgia..Lizzie died in 1955 and he was dead then..Don't know when he died just know it was before Lizzie. Any assistance will be appreciated.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Carter>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to wrg <[email protected]>. --

The following was posted by Barbara Giddens <[email protected]> on Sat, 22 Jan 2000 on the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Surname: Can you help me with a question? I am curious to know if that there use to be a town name Pruitt in Carter county. What can you tell me about it? Does it have a cemetery and where would it be and whom it was named after? Thank you for you help in advance. I appeciate it very much. Barbara Giddens - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any replies should be sent to the Carter County GenConnect Query Forum [<http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ok/Carter>] unless it is personal or involves live people addresses etc. when it should be sent to Barbara Giddens <[email protected]>. --

http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/indices/NAgenealogy.html This site has a ton of links to N.A. sites. I have this on my favorite links page on my personal gen. website. Rebecca York.......St. Maries, ID <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> My York & Baer Family site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ouryorks THE URL OF YORK: for all York researchers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allyorks Paternal: * L E E* S T E W A R T* T U N S T A L L * W I L S O N*Y O R K* * Other: S T I N N E T T- S T O U T- T H O M P S O N* Maternal:* B A E R* C H A R L E S W O R T H* *H U M B L E* K E A G Y* [email protected] <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Good morning! For those of you who do not know, you can search Chickasaw NTN marriages for yourself by clicking on the following: http://www.flash.net/~kma/m_index.htm wendy

I have Pickens County Probate Minutes, 1887-1895, and Pickens County Court Minutes, 1887-1897, if anyone would like a lookup. I must have first and last name please. wendy

Wendy, This is probably a long shot, but I don't suppose there's any mention of York's in that book that you recall? My York's were in Carter Co., from at least 1918 - that I have documented but not before 1910 as they were listed on the Jefferson Co. 1910 census. They left in abt. 1925 from Carter Co. Thanks for your help, Rebecca York..... <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> My York & Baer Family site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ouryorks THE URL OF YORK: for all York researchers: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~allyorks Paternal: * L E E* S T E W A R T* T U N S T A L L * W I L S O N*Y O R K* * Other: S T I N N E T T- S T O U T- T H O M P S O N* Maternal:* B A E R* C H A R L E S W O R T H* *H U M B L E* K E A G Y* [email protected] <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Most of the information concerning white settlers of Indian territory is from my copy of INDIAN TERRITORY AND CARTER COUNTY PIONEERS, 1840-1982, compiled and edited by Patty V. Norton, R.N. and Layton R. Sutton, M.D. Wendy

Hi, Will you lookup James K. Polk ROBERTS. He is usually found as J. K. P. ROBERTS. His wife was Mary A. ROBERTS. Thanks, Brenda "I have the index to Confederate Pension Applications for Oklahoma, if anyone needs a look-up. Need both first and last names please." -- GENEALOGY = always meant to be shared! Always digging up SMELSER/WALDROP/WALDROUP/ROBERTS/LOOPER/LUPER/STARKEY /STARKEY/WALKER/HALEY/TATMAN/HOUSE Visit my web sites! Lots of databases online! CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS: http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm Visit our Smelser/Smeltzer homepage http://members.tripod.com/tracers Brenda's Branches & The Genealogy Funny Papers http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tracers

Good Afternoon, I am researching my grandmothers family. Would any one happened to know more information?? Or be connected? William Henry Miller was born in TX and died in CA. married Nora McFall, they lived in Ardmore. Early 1900s Their children: Katherine Miller b 24 Sept 1909. In 1918 Katherine was in an accident where she was burned. In 1919 her mother donated live tissue for skin grafting (This was done in Tulsa). Katherine married Harry E McIntosh in 1929 (Payne County) then they moved to Ponca City. Emma Miller m Ernie Taylor. As a child Emma had Polio. I don't know much about Emma and Ernie. Pearl Miller married Silas Porter Winton 1929 then she married R. Leonard Hooper. Now I do believe Bill Miller and Nora also had a son, who died young from a gunshot wound. I do not know his name. Would anyone have anymore information? Thanks Kelly

Subject: Early Residents of I. T. , "I discovered > several mistakes and omissions....... > > Josephine Morris was the DAUGHTER and not the wife ofJoseph F. Morris. > Sarah Elizabeth Randolph was married to James FOREST Shannon and > not James Barnet Shannon. James Barnet Shannon was the father of the > Shannon step children of Tabitha Shelton. > > William Colville (Bud) Randolph is mentioned in the story about working > on the ferry boat over the river by John Malcolm, the ferryman. He married > Sarah Tyson, the daughter of James Tyson and Charlotte Love. I know > that he was involved in I. T., though I don't know exactly where we lived - > in which side of the river! > > I know that Alexander Rennie came to I. T. before the Civil War! I know > that Silas Colville had a trading post on the I. T. side of Red River around > 1840 or earlier. I know that Mr. Franklin married a Colbert and lived on > the I. T. side of Red River, but I don't know the dates. >

Wendy, I forwarded your letter to a cousin-friend and got this response..be sure to see the next post I send as it contains some corrections. > I thought this was very interesting! I just wonder who might be added to the > list! I know that the Muncriefs were Choctaw. Was their father a white > man? Samuel Moncrief married Josephine Morse Stowe, the former > wife of Dr. Jim Snow, and Joseph Morse, half brother of my ancestor, > Tabitha Jerusha Shelton Randolph Shannon Morse Thomas. Tabitha (a > white woman and all her kin came to I. T. about 1872 in a wagon train! > Her son, a white man, William Colville Randolph (mother of Jessie Randolph > Moore!) was already in OK. He had married Sarah Tyson, > the daughter of James Tyson (a white man) and his Chickasaw wife, > Charlotte Love Tyson. Another white son of Tabitha that was in the group, > Holland Coffee Randolph, had married Maria Lanham. Thomas Jefferson > (Tom) Shannon, a white man, married Tabitha's daughter Catherine Barbary > Randolph. He became a lawyer in Pauls Valley. They came in > 1872. James Mayberry Morse, a nephew of Tabitha and a white man, > came to I. T. with them. He married several times. One of his wives, > Henryetta LaFlore, was a Choctaw. He is listed in Gideon's book, or > one of the books of the earliest persons in Indian Territory. Another > daughter of Tabitha, Sarah Elizabeth Randolph, married James Barnet > Shannon (a white man and brother of T. J. Shannon). They came to > I. T. for awhile for her last child was born in Mayesville. They later > returned to Sherman, TX and died there. However, her son, Joseph Barnet > Shannon (and Tabitha's grandson) was an early physician in Pauls Valley, > Purcell, and later in Oklahoma City. Joseph F. Myers, a son of Tabitha, > came in 1872 (he was white). He married Eula Colbert, the daughter > of Holmes Colbert and Elizabeht (Betsy) Love. Jessie O. Shannon, > another son of Tabitha, came in 1872. He married a girl from Hungary > who had come over as a immigrant and her husband had died on the > way. She later married a Smith (She was Betsy Smith), had other > children, and Smith became a peace officer in I. T. Mary Jane Shelton > who married John Shannon, a neice of Tabitha (John and all the other > Shannons except Jessie were Tabitha's step children). She and her > husband came to Carriage Point (around Whitebead) during the 70's > They were in I. T. to make the Oklahoma Run and received a lot in > Capitol Hill. Their son, Albert Shelton, was a pioneer Dr. in I. T. He > was killed around Paul's Valley in the late 1880's. > > Was Alexander Rennie on that list? He was in I. T. during the Civil > War and served as an officer with the Chickasaws. (He was a white man!) > My great grandfather, John Fletcher Williams, came to I. T. around 1870 > where he married Elizabeth Love, daughter of L. H. Love and Elizabeth > Humphreys. My grandmother, Elizabeth Williams, was born in 1874, > and Elizabeth Love Williams, died at her birth. He married another > wife (a white woman) and raised another family in I. T. He worked in > a dry goods store at Colbert and at Tishomingo. He later served as > an accountant for the Chickasaw Nation in Tishomingo! > > Tabitha's niece, Eliza Ann Shelton, married a white man by the name of > Franklin (he is mentioned > in one of the early books such as Gideon and O'Riely (?). His first wife > was a Colbert (I have not been able to find out who she was!) and they > lived on Indian land, because she was an Indian. After her death, they > revoked his privilege and he was forced to move. I do not remember > right off hand the dates. > > My great grandfather, George Wirt Randolph, and his wife Martha Olive > Friend (both white), was one of those who came in 1872 (along with my > grandfather, James Coffee Randolph, who was 2 years old). They > founded a Methodist Church, Randolph Chapel, that was one of the > first Methodist churches in I. T. When he later moved to another > community, he and his son founded a another church which they called > the Randolph M. E. Church (South). That community is still called the > Randolph community (in Garvin County) and the state recently paved > a road there which they called "The Randolph Road." > > Gideon Lyman Friend, a brother of Martha Olve Friend, and his wife, > Margaret Corley Shannon (Tabitha's step-daughter), both white, came > in 1872. They were members of the Randolph Chapel. Their young > son, Thomas Friend, came with them. He was to marry Henryetta > Williams, the sister of my grandmother, Bettie Williams. The Friend > school house in Grady County was built on the allotment of Alice Friend, > their daughter. > > - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----

Wendy: ..I certainly enjoyed your input as you mentioned lots of familiar names therein..... MURRAY, BOYD, CARTER, COLBERT, COLLINS, JONES, JORDAN, PAUL, WAITE, CAMP/KEMP, McLISH, CAMPBELL, LOVE, JENNINGS, HARRIS, RENNIE all Chickasaw related names. I'd like to mention that anyone pursuing ancestors and descendants of the above names might profit by visiting these two websites: Kerry's http://www.flash.net/~kma/> and Viki's http://www.novia.net I think these addresses will get you there, they have lots of good info posted. Tania (COLBERT) Patrick

I have the index to Confederate Pension Applications for Oklahoma, if anyone needs a look-up. Need both first and last names please. wendy

The following are some of the earliest white settlers in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. I would appreciate if anyone can add to this list. Thank you....Wendy John Harpole Carr--born in Lebanon, TN., came to Chickasaw Nation in 1847 as superintendent of construction of Bloomfield Academy. He chose the site and construction began in 1852. Reverend J. C. Robinson--in 1851 was director of the Manuel Training School for Boys near Tishomingo. Captain Frederick Young, Dr. & Mrs. H. F. Murray, Robert Cole, J. E. Wharton, Robert Boyd (a Chickasaw by birth), Elihu B. Hinshaw, J. R. Hendricks were all dicrectors of Bloomfield. Joshua Harley, in 1880, was principal of Chickasaw Manual Labor Academy, but had already served the school 20 years. Ben Carter and S. M. White were later contractors. James S. Allen--supervised the planning of Wapanucka Female Manual Labour School in 1851-52. The school was also called Wapanucka Institute or Rock Academy. Charles Sparrow--the stone and brick mason for Wapanucka Institute. Reverend Hamilton Ballentine was the first superintendent. William H. Jackson--contractor and superintendent of Wapanucka Institute. Later, Dr. L. J. Thomas had the same job. C. M. Coppedge--first superintendent of Colbert (Collins) Institute, located at Perryville, Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation, and was established in 1854. Joe T. Roff--came into Indian Territory in 1871. The town of Roff was named for him. Frank W. Jones--came into Indian Territory in 1880 and lived near Duncan. In 1886 he married Carrie Colbert, Chickasaw. Levi Pickering---Methodist-Episcopal minister, born 1824, Greene Co., TN., came into the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory from Cooke Co., TX. in 1879 and settled 18 miles west of (present-day) Ardmore near what would later be Hewitt, Carter Co.,OK. The place was given the name "Pickering's Prairie." W. D. Bailey--came in from Texas in 1873 and located in Pickens County near Chickasha. In 1874 he married Matilda Buckholts, Choctaw. A. A. Brooks, T. M. Jones, G. M. Ladd, T. J. Smith, John Hopman, N. C. Thomas, and D. B. Shepherd were farmers around Chickasha in 1899. William N. Taliaferro came into Pickens County in 1886 and farmed 600 acres, later to become Madill. Robert L. Murray--came into Indian Territory in 1857 and settled 4 miles north of Colbert in Panola County. He married Louie Collins, Chickasaw, daughter of Dan Collins. He was sheriff of Panola County, served in the Chickasaw Senate and later became a U. S. Indian Policeman. Jacob Milburn--born 1855, Missouri., came into Indian Territory after 1880 and settled near Hewitt, Carter Co., OK. He was a circuit riding minister for the Methodist Church. C. W. Tillerson--moved in near Marlow, Pickens County, in 1890 and farmed. J. L. Jordan--came to the area later to become Ardmore in 1872, but moved to 8 miles southeast of Marietta. In 1893 he married Mollie Love, daughter of Overton Love. He was a city recorder and a permit collector in the Chickasaw Nation. Smith Paul, T. F. Waite, George Gardner, and T. A. McClure settled on ranches near Pauls Valley. The Moncriefs settled at Old Beef Creek. J. C. Worley established his home at White Bead Hill. Jim Colbert and Joe Camp settled in the Florence community. James Gardner and John Walner settled in what became Wynnewood. Emmet McCaughey, livestock owner born in Mississippi, and Jerry Carson, born at Ft Gibson on April 15, 1846, settled at Fort Arbuckle, then Erin Springs. Jerry Carson's father, Lindy Carson, was a brother of Kit Carson, the famous Indian fighter. Samuel T. Garvin resided at Fort Arbuckle, beginning in 1867, and raised livestock. He married Susan Moncrief, Choctaw, daughter of William Moncrief. Mr. Garvin was at one time vice-president of First National Bank in Pauls Valley. Frank Murray married Mrs. Powell, Choctaw citizen and he farmed in Chickasaw Nation. W. G. Williams came to Indian Territory in 1860 and was a cattleman at Minco. In 1863 he married Annie Eastman, Caddo Indian. Charles Campbell, born in London, England, 1843, came to Chickasaw Nation in 1858. He married Sarah McLish, Chickasaw. L. C. Wantland, a rancher near Purcell, Dave Mayes, a rancher at Beef Creek, Byers Brothers in Pontotoc County; Jack Florence in the Florence community with Bill Story northwest of him. George Gray and Henry Tussey on Wild Horse Creek; David Spain west of White Bead Hill; T. H. Hewitt near Wynnewood; R. S. Jennings, married Jim Colbert's daughter, and Noah Leal, (married Governor Harris' daughter) were near Wynnewood; Preston Addington at Monument Hill; Zack Addington on Mud Creek; Mat Wolf to Davis in 1876; W. G. Kimberlin, James Rennie, and T. T. Hill at White Bead Hill. Richard McLish, A. B. Roff and L. P. Adkins were the land owners and early pioneers in Ardmore; Frank and R. B. Frensley had the first general store. Marion Rider and Dr.Yarbrough put in the first drug store; John Chitwood established the Alliance Store.