My Friends, I have recently realized that my family had a habit of passing down names from one generation to the next. It is possible that my ggrandmother's Indian name is Juanna or Saloma. She might be the Columbia Ann Henegar I seek. Any ideas? Blessings, Dona -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Warden <delashaw@prodigy.net> To: OKJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com <OKJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [OKJOHNST] Henegars in Tishamingo, Ok >Dona, > >My husband's from Tishomingo, but I can't help you there. What I'm >remembering is about Tulsa. I served on the board of the Tulsa Genealogy >Society a few years back with a man named Len Henegar. He wrote a book on >the family! I believe he was from the Okmulgee area, but anyway he died a >year or two afterward. I do know that he donated a copy of his book to the >Tulsa library (It should be in the Schusterman-Benson Library now, as they >have the genealogy collection.) Since he was really into genealogy, I >wouldn't be surprised if some of his work is on the internet by now. Have >you checked surname listings? And you might place a query on a Tulsa mail >list, in case someone has a copy of his book. Sandra >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Taylor <taylorbunch@email.msn.com> >To: OKJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com <OKJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 1:52 PM >Subject: [OKJOHNST] Henegars in Tishamingo, Ok > > >>I am looking for any information on the Henegar family. >> >>I am trying to find my great grandmother. She was an Indian woman and >went >>by the name Columbia Ann Henegar. John Abraham Fox "married" her in >>1883/1884 in Tishomingo or Stonewall (then Chickasaw Nation, IT). She was >>13 years old. John worked at Byrd and Perry's store in the late 1880s. I >>believe he bounced back and forth between the stores in Tishomingo and >>Stonewall. Columbia was a full blood Cherokee and was forced to give up >her >>Indian name. No one in my family was ever told her real name. She chose a >>name from the customers who came into the store. The surname is the same >as >>the merchant-grocer of that store on the 1900 Chickasaw Nation, IT Census. >>I believe that she chose that as her surname possibly for the whole family. >>Evidence indicates that they could not be blood related. I have found that >>she had at least two brothers, Jay and Wash (maybe Vash couldn't read the >>census takers handwriting very well) Henegar who were living with John and >>Columbia during the 1900 census.On her death certificate, her father's name >>was listed as Will Henegar. Her mother was simply listed at Paralee. >> >>I am searching for any information about Byrd and Perry's store, the >>Henegar's who ran the store, any one who would know my Great Grandparents, >>any pictures that anyone may have. Anything that may lead me to the true >>identity of Columbia Ann. I realize this is a big request, but if anyone >>out there knows the history of Tishomingo or Stonewall, you may recall >>stories.... >> >>William Henegar and his wife, Ella (from the Byrd and Perry's store) had at >>least three daughters. Elsie was born in 1908 and died in 1910. She is >>buried in Condon Grove Cemetary. Is that around this area? It may lead me >>in the direction of the Henegar's related to Will. They may have some >>answers for me. Also, found Ella Henegar lived to be 99 years old. Her >>last known location was in Malvern, Hot Springs, AR back in 1970. >> >>Columbia Ann was born March 1870 either in Fort Smith, AR (though I have >>found no census records in Ft. Smith at that time) or around Stonewall, OK >>which would have been Chickasaw Nation, IT. Census shows that her both of >>her parents were born in TN. Brothers that I know of were Jay b:3-1879 in >>AR or IT and Wash b: 6-1880 in IT. >> >>The Henegars (from whom I think she chose her name) were William b: Aug >1872 >>i OH parents >>from VA and England. His wife is Ella b: 12-1871 in AL parents born in >>Ireland and TN. in 1900, they had two daughters. Ruth b:7-1896 and Cleo >b: >>5-1900. Another child Elsie b:1908 d:1910. >>Apparently William's father, James Henegar and wife Elizabeth were there >>also with one daughter Pearl. They had three children total. >> >>If anyone has any information about Henegars in a 1910 census - not sure if >>it would be Chickasaw Nation or Johnston Cty at that time, maybe even >>Pontotoc Cty, I would love the info. >> >>Thank you for indulging me for so long. >> >>Blessings, >> >> Dona Taylor >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Thanks for listening, >> >>Dona Taylor >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: OKJOHNST-L-request@rootsweb.com <OKJOHNST-L-request@rootsweb.com> >>To: taylorbunch@email.msn.com <taylorbunch@email.msn.com> >>Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 12:16 AM >> >> >>>You have added to the subscriber list of: >>> >>> OKJOHNST-L@rootsweb.com >>> >>>the following mail address: >>> >>> taylorbunch@email.msn.com >>> >>>By default, copies of your own submissions will be returned. >>> >>>Welcome to the OKJOHNST mailing list! You are currently subscribed in >>>"mail mode", which means that you will receive every posting made >>>to OKJOHNST as a separate e-mail. 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