This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1.1.1.1.2 Message Board Post: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/okprojects/mccurtain/mccurtain-matrix.html should bring up the McCurtain Co Grid map this might work for you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: District 134 Eagle township (part of), excluding Broken Bow town. All of townships 5 and 6 S. Ranges 26 and 27 E., and that part of township 7 S. Ranges 26 and 27 lying north of Little River. District 135 Eagle township (part of), excluding Broken Bow town. All of townships 5 and 6 S. Ranges 24 and 25 E. except sections 6,7,18,19,30, and 31 township 5 S., Range 24 E. and that part of township 7 S. Rs. 24 and 25 F. lying north of Little River and S. half of District 136 Broken Bow town FOWLER TOWNSHIP District 137 Fowler township FRISCO TOWNSHIP District 138 Frisco township (part of) excluding Haworth town. All of township 8 S.Rs. 26 and 27 E. that part of township 7 S.R. 27 E. lying south of Little River. District 139 Frisco township (part of) excluding Haworth town. All of township 9 S. Rs. 26 and 27 E. and Fl. township 10 S.R. 27 E. District 140 Frisco township (part of) excluding Haworth town. All of township 9 S.R. 25 E. Fl. township 10 S. Ranges 25 and 26 F. District 141 Frisco township (part of) excluding and Haworth town. All of township 8 S.R. 25 F. and that part of township 7 S.Rs. 25 and 26 E. south of Little River.; Haworth town should be shown separately on schedules. KIRK TOWNSHIP District 142 Kirk township (part of) The W. 1/2 of township 7 S. and W. 1/2 of Fl. township 8 S.R. 22 E. and that part of the W. 1/2 of township 6 S.R. 22 F. south of Little River. District 143 Kirk township (part of) The east 1/2 of township 7 S.R. 22 E. and that part of the W. 1/2 of township 7 S.R. 23 E. lying south of Little River and that part of the E.1/2 of township 6 S.R. 22 E. lying south of Little River and part of Sections 19,30 and 3 District 144 Kirk township (part of) The E. 1/2 of F1 township 8 S.R. 22 E and the W. 1/2 of township 8 S.R. 23 E. & W. 1/2 of F1 township 8 S.R. 23 E. and Sections 4 and 9 of township 9 S.R. 23 E. District 156 Garvin Town MOUNTAIN TOWNSHIP District 145 Mountain township (part of) All of township 1 S.R. 25 E. and West 1/2 of township 1 S.R, 26 E, District 146 Mountain township (part of) The East 1/2 of township 1 S.R. 26, E. & that part of township 1 S.R. 27 E. in this township. District 147 Mountain township (part of) All of townships 2 and 3 S.R. 25 and 26 E. and those parts of townships 2 and 3 S.R. 27 E. in this township. District 148 Mountain township (part of) All of township 4 S.Rs. 23 and 26 E. and that part of township 4 S.R. 27 E. in this township. SULPHUR TOWNSHIP District 149 Sulphur township (part of) All of townships 1 and 2 S.Rs. 22, 23 and 24 E. District 150 Sulphur township (part of) All of township 3 S.Rs. 22,23, and 24 E., and township 4 S.R. 23 E. and the N. 1/2 of township 4 S.R. 24 E. District 151 Sulphur township (part of) That part of township 5 S.R. 23 E. lying east of Clover Creek and Sections 6,7,18,19,30,31, of township 5 S.R. 24 E. and that part of township 6 S.R. 23 E. lying east of Clover Creek and Little River and that part of township 7 District 152 Sulphur township (part of) All of township 5 S.R. 22 E. and that part of township 6 S.R. 22 E. lying north of Little River and those parts of townships 5 and 6 S. R. 23 E. lying west of Clover Creek. WHITE TOWNSHIP District 153 White township (part of), excluding Idabel and Garvin towns. All of township 8 S.R. 24 E. and f1. township 9 S.R. 24 F., and that part of township 7 S. R. 24 E., lying south of Little River. District 154 White township (part of), excluding Idabel and Garvin towns. The N.E. 1/4 of township 8 S.R. 23 E., and that part of the E. 1/2 of township 7 S.R. 23 E., lying south of Little River. District 155 White township (part of) excluding Idabel and Garvin towns. The S.E. quarter of T. 8 S.R.23 E., and of T. 9 S.R.23 E. District 157 Idabel town, WILSON TOWNSHIP District 158 Wilson township, excluding Valliant town .District 159 Valliant town

I think Kirk township is Garvin and Fowler is Valliant - I am thinking but I might be wrong too. It's E.G. on Wilson (E.G. = everybody's guess) ----- Original Message ----- From: <okienarc@pine-net.com> To: <OKMCCURT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 4:21 PM Subject: [OKMCCURT] Re: 1920 mccurtain cty census > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > Elaine ... do you know where I can find a map of the county that shows the districts for the 1910 thru 1930 census periods? > > Most of the family I have been researching within the county are in the Sulphur district, which I pretty much have figured out to be the Wright City/Valliant area. But I am interested in seeing the extent of coverage for not only it, but the others as well. The "Eagle" district I assume to be in the Eagletown area, the "White" district I would guess to be the Broken Bow area, and the "Frisco" district I would assume to be in the area of Haworth to Tom. I'm not able to conjure up locations/boundaries for the Kirk, Fowler, or Wilson districts. > > > ==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== > CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com > Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Elaine ... do you know where I can find a map of the county that shows the districts for the 1910 thru 1930 census periods? Most of the family I have been researching within the county are in the Sulphur district, which I pretty much have figured out to be the Wright City/Valliant area. But I am interested in seeing the extent of coverage for not only it, but the others as well. The "Eagle" district I assume to be in the Eagletown area, the "White" district I would guess to be the Broken Bow area, and the "Frisco" district I would assume to be in the area of Haworth to Tom. I'm not able to conjure up locations/boundaries for the Kirk, Fowler, or Wilson districts.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: William Arnett Al S C Ga Ofelia 45 years Ms Ms Ms Age: 62 years Estimated birth year: 1857 Birthplace: Alabama Race: White Home in 1920: Sulphur, McCurtain, Oklahoma Home owned: View Image Sex: View Image Marital status: View Image Year of immigration: View Image Able to read & write: View Image Roll: T625_1469 Page: 11B ED: 152 Image: 0342

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1.1 Message Board Post: I need Sulphur... for Arnetts. Please ! E-mail me. Seeking a William (Andrew or Anderson) Arnett . ~Walter

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1608.3 Message Board Post: Old age must do something to us ... I plain forgot about the use of census districts back then (Thanks to Elaine, I remembered). There is an entry (but no image for John Francis Sharp, age 36 (born 1873 in TN) in the 1-Twp, McCurtain County, Oklahoma for 1910. In 1920, the following information was found for the Mountain District, McCurtain County, Oklahoma: SHARP, John F. 46 TN (Head) Lula Ann 41 TN (wife) Willie Amos 18 OK (son) Francis Martin 16 OK (son) Odie Reid 13 OK (son) [first name may be wrong, can't read it] Howard Taft 11 OK (son) Clarence Lee 7 OK (son) Charles W. 5 OK (son) John LeRoy 3 10/12 (son) Anna Belle 1 1/12 (dau)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1608.2.1 Message Board Post: Eagle • Kirk • White • Fowler • Mountain • Wilson • Frisco • Sulphur these are the districts for the 1920 census of McCurtain Co

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1608.2 Message Board Post: I think that could be MOUNTAIN district I found a John F Sharp in that district

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1608.1 Message Board Post: I don't have direct answer, but maybe a brief history of the town might explain it in part. The town of Smithville, as we now know it, wasn't platted until 7 Dec 1912 ... a short distance south of it's previous location of Hatobi. By 1919, it had a population of an estimated 1000 people, 8 stores, 2 hotels, 2 restaurants, 2 lawyers, and 2 blacksmiths. But, there wasn't a city goverment until April of 1922. It continued to be very rural and isolated until past the 1930's. The "McCurtain County: A Pictorial History" (from which I get this data) states that for residents to travel to Idabel, they had to go to Cove, Arkansas and then take a train to Ashdown, Arkansas, then across to the community of Frisco, Oklahoma then to Idabel. The book I cite is available from the McCurtain County Historical Society, 302 SE Adams, Idabel, OK 74745. Further, there are several "locations" cited in the 1920 and1930 census for the county that no longer exist, and in many cases, people now-a-days don't even know where they were.

Ms.McKeever, I can't thank you enough!!! This is my Uncle's second wife and we moved from there right after they were married so, I am not familiar with their children. My dad is 88 and still living and I have heard him talk about Clear Creek.I was small when we moved and don't remember much about the area except that it is beautiful. Again, I thank you. Billie Goode

Here is the obit for Ruth Lewis Idabel resident Ruth Alice Lewis, 65 passed away Friday, May 14, 2004 at McCurtain Memorial Hospital. She was born May 16, 1938 in the Goodland community, the daughter of Elisman Noah and Rena Mae Thomas. Lewis worked for Poulan in DeQueen, AR. She was a lifetime resident of the community, and was very active in her church. She attended Goodland Methodist Church. She loved listening to gospel music. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 17, 2004 at Jim Norwood Chapel. Burial will follow in Goodland Cemetery, Holly Creek community. The Rev. Troy Ruffin and Frank Nahwooksy will officiate. She was preceded in death by three sisters and four brothers. Survivors include her mother, Rena Noah; two sons, Robert Lewis, Holly Creek and Roger Lewis, Valliant; five daughters, Brenda Smith and Viola Perrin, both of Idabel, Lillian Gross and Ruby McDonald, both of Wright City, and Wendy Rawls, Haworth; one brother, Frank Noah, Cushing, one sister, Rebecca (Hattie) Nahwooksy, Wright City and 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Sunday, May 16, 2004 at Jim Norwood Funeral Home, Idabel. This sent by: Sharon Fields McKeever Valliant, OK I get the paper a day late and Sunday's paper doesn't arrive until Monday down here on Clear Creek south of Valliant! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rex and Billie Goode" <bgoode@intplsrv.net> To: <OKMCCURT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 9:41 PM Subject: [OKMCCURT] Obit for Ruth Lewis > Hi Listers, > Does anyone on this list receive the Idabel paper? If so, would you watch for an Obit on Ruth Lewis. I just received word that she died , I think today. She is my Aunt , the wife of my Mother's twin brother. I am unable to attend the Funeral and would so like to have a copy of her Obit. > It would be very much appreciated. > Thanks, Billie Goode > > > ==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== > CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com > Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Do you happen to know of Ollie Seagraves who married William Albert "Sam" Phillips. I don't have any information on Ollie. Sam was born 5 Oct 1907 in Clarksville TX. They had 5 daughters, Burla Imogene, Joe Helen, Felma Evon, Barbra Joy & Vickie. They lived in Benton AR in 1949. They moved to CA in the early 1950s. He died in Ontario CA 3 May 1966. Gene At 01:42 AM 5/13/04, Ourgenealogies@aol.com wrote: >This is for my dad's baby sister. Hope y'all don't mind me posting it here. >Thanks! >Steve Seagraves >--- >(Obituary taken from Benton Courier, Friday, April 30, 2004) > >Dorothy Mae DeLois SEAGRAVES Bradley, 77, of Benton, Saline Co, AR died >Tuesday, April 27, 2004. >She was born Feb. 15, 1927, to John Sisson SEAGRAVES and Fannie Victoria >HARVEY Seagraves in Broken Bow, McCurtain Co, OK. [The SEAGRAVES family lived for >a time (late 30's and early 40's) out of Oden at Pencil Bluff, Montgomery Co, >AR.] >DeLois was a member of Truth Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church in Salem >for the past 14 years. She was a seamstress for more than 60 years and retired >from Valley Department Store of Ontario, CA. She was a minister for more than >50 years. She loved to crochet, sew and work in her vegetable and flower >gardens. >Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Benson BRADLEY; a son, Benson >Maurice BRADLEY of Little Rock, AR; a daughter, Janet BRADLEY DeAscentis of >Mabelvale; two foster daughters, Beth Lorenzana of Jonesboro and Nanette Seal of >Prescott Valley, AZ; a brother, Paul SEAGRAVES of Newton, TX; two sisters, Lula >Feitelson of Benton and Lavern Wilkins of Caruthers, CA; 15 grandchildren; many >nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. >Services will be held at noon, Saturday, May 1, 2004, at Truth Tabernacle >United Pentecostal Church, 8633 Stonehedge Trail, Benton, AR with the Revs. >Steven SEAGRAVES and Art DEASCENTIS officiating. Burial will be in Pinecrest >Memorial Park. >Visitation will be from 6pm to 8pm today at Roller-Drummond Funeral Home, >10900 Interstate 30, Little Rock. > > >==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== >CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com >Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

This is for my dad's baby sister. Hope y'all don't mind me posting it here. Thanks! Steve Seagraves --- (Obituary taken from Benton Courier, Friday, April 30, 2004) Dorothy Mae DeLois SEAGRAVES Bradley, 77, of Benton, Saline Co, AR died Tuesday, April 27, 2004. She was born Feb. 15, 1927, to John Sisson SEAGRAVES and Fannie Victoria HARVEY Seagraves in Broken Bow, McCurtain Co, OK. [The SEAGRAVES family lived for a time (late 30's and early 40's) out of Oden at Pencil Bluff, Montgomery Co, AR.] DeLois was a member of Truth Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church in Salem for the past 14 years. She was a seamstress for more than 60 years and retired from Valley Department Store of Ontario, CA. She was a minister for more than 50 years. She loved to crochet, sew and work in her vegetable and flower gardens. Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Benson BRADLEY; a son, Benson Maurice BRADLEY of Little Rock, AR; a daughter, Janet BRADLEY DeAscentis of Mabelvale; two foster daughters, Beth Lorenzana of Jonesboro and Nanette Seal of Prescott Valley, AZ; a brother, Paul SEAGRAVES of Newton, TX; two sisters, Lula Feitelson of Benton and Lavern Wilkins of Caruthers, CA; 15 grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. Services will be held at noon, Saturday, May 1, 2004, at Truth Tabernacle United Pentecostal Church, 8633 Stonehedge Trail, Benton, AR with the Revs. Steven SEAGRAVES and Art DEASCENTIS officiating. Burial will be in Pinecrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6pm to 8pm today at Roller-Drummond Funeral Home, 10900 Interstate 30, Little Rock.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CHEEK/CHEAK/PASLEY Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1606 Message Board Post: I am looking for descendants of Robert Pierce Pasley and Maude Cheak. Robert Pirece Pasley died on October 31, 1974 in Haworth OK.. My husband is a great-grandson of James Alexander Cheek, older brother of Christopher Columbus Cheek (father of Maude Cheek/Cheak). I have two pictures of Maude that I would like to send via e-mail to any descendant and I have would like to pool genealogical information. I have lots of information on the Cheek line, but would like to know more about the travels of Christopher Columbus Cheek/Cheek. Lots of stories we can share with each other. If anyone knows whether or not they had descendants and what became of them, I would love to hear from you!!

Hi, I started a new Oklahoma Genealogy message board on www.tribe.net There is isn't any messages on it yet, but That site gets so much traffic that I thought that maybe we might make some genealogy connections. If you would like to join, go to tribe.net and register, then the group is listed under Oklahoma Genealogy I also started a Broken Bow, Oklahoma group Thanks, Tawsha

Jim, Owen Smith is my second Cousin and his mother Maybel Minnie McCabe married a Charles Smith and they lived in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Charles "Cody" Smith and Maybel were divorced and Charles remarried and had a daughter named Roberta. That is about all I know on Smiths. The surnames I am researching is Brown, Parsley, McCabe, Booth, Davis, Chandler, Crutsinger, Moses, Priddy, Benefield and Price are a few. My ancestors migrated from Sevier County, Arkansas over into McCurtain County, Oklahoma. Happy Hunting' Ginger Brown Silva ----- Original Message ----- From: <grburton2@myfam.com> To: <OKMCCURT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 10:13 PM Subject: [OKMCCURT] Re: SMITH of McCurtain County > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/SaB.2ACI/1124.2 > > Message Board Post: > > Ginger, How much do you if any about the Smith? My grandmother wasLulu Smith married James Burton.I know nothing about the Smith's.There was a Owen Smith and a Harve Smith. My folks were from MO,AR OK . Thanks Jim. would like information. > > > ==== OKMCCURT Mailing List ==== > CONTACT the list admin. at tawshasroots@yahoo.com > Visit the McCurtain county page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~okmccurt/mccurt.htm > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1605.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your response. I was going nuts trying to find something. I am just beginning research in this area and needed a bit of history and geography <grin>

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1605.1 Message Board Post: McCurtain County was formed at statehood in 1907 from part of the Choctaw Nation. Here is a map of present day counties and Choctaw Nation Counties. http://www.rootsweb.com/~okchocta/images/h1/choctaw-nation.gif Immediately prior to statehood it was part of Indian Nation Recording District #24. Antlers was the District seat of government. It was composed of the present day counties of McCurtain, Choctaw and Pushmataha.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SaB.2ACI/1605 Message Board Post: Can someone please tell me the name(s) of the counties that existed in 1900 that became McCurtain in 1910??