THE
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE
CHOCTAW NATION
OKLAHOMA
AND
MCR-14th ARTICLE
CASE FILES-
MISSISSIPPI-AND
THE
SECRETARY OF
INTERIOR-
WASHINGTON DC-
62nd Congress
3rd Session
Dec 2,
1912-Vol, 15,
S-Bill-7625-
62nd Congress
3rd Session Dec
2, 1912- Mar
4-1913-Senate
Documents
Vol 15- S-Bill
7625-Approved by
Assistant
Secretary Samuel
Adams Apr 22,
1912.
United States
Congressional
Serial
Set-"Relief of
the Five
Civilized
Tribes”
First; Start
with your
Immediate
Ancestors by
verbal accounts
of your American
Indian
background-
Second; Has your
Ancestors always
spoke of your
American Indian
Ancestry?
Third; Start
with Vital
Records-
Birth-Death-Marriage-Bible
Records-and
whether your
American Indian
Ancestors
lived-within
Indian
Territories
timeline of the
Opening of the
Dawes Final
Rolls June 28,
1898 Curtis Act-
and the Final
enrollment Mar
4, 1907- Many
of the "Five
Civilized
Tribes" traveled
from outline
areas of
Mississippi, LA,
ALA, ARK, Texas-
Don't discard
any other "Five
Civilized
Tribes" who
traveled from
outline areas of
"Central North
America" to make
Dawes Commission
"Application"
Within the "Five
Civilized
Tribes" Dawes
Final Rolls-
Fourth; Many
MCR-14th Article
Claimants
"Mississippi
Choctaw" were
enrolled in
Mississippi-
However-Final
Dawes Enrollment
Dependent on the
MCR-14th article
Claimants-
including body
of the Choctaw
Nation- who made
Application as
14th Article
Claimants-
however was
transferred and
final enrolled
"By Blood as
Choctaw" Final
removal by the
Choctaw Nation
and MCR-14th
Article
Claimants "Both"
Compliant on
Final Removal to
make Final
Bonafied
Settlement in
the Indian
Territories
within Opening
of the Dawes
rolls June 28,
1898 Curtis Act-
and the Final
enrollment Mar
4, 1907-
Although, under
[S. 7625,
Sixty-second
Congress, third
session.]April
22, 1912-
after
re-examination
by the
Commission and
Secretary of
Interior- there
were 312 That
the Secretary of
the Interior be,
and he is
hereby,
authorized and
directed
to-enroll on
Dawes Final
Rolls- However,
to insure
whether your
Native American
Ancestor was
enrolled on the
Dawes Final
Rolls-Research
[S. 7625,
Sixty-second
Congress, third
session.]April
22, 1912- for
Dawes Final
Enrollment-but,
who were later
found entitled
to such
identification and
later removed to
the Indian
Territories and
made bona fide
settlement In
the Choctaw or
Chickasaw Nation
for two years
within the time
prescribed by
law-and a Patent
shall issue by
the Secretary of
Interior- Not to
be misconstrued
as the Dawes
Final Rolls
being closed
forever after
Mar 4, 1907-
That any
Ancestor to-day
who is a direct
descendant of an
Ancestor listed
on
the "Five
Civilized
Tribes" in
Oklahoma can
make
"Application" to
be
added-enrolled
by the Choctaw
Nation Tribe of
Oklahoma-or
Mississippi Band
(1945)
Although, it is
true that the in
a hurry-up to
issue Dawes
Com., Enrollment
cards-Prior to
the 1907
Oklahoma
Statehood-
However- Prior
to the Dawes
Final enrollment
in "Five
Civilized
Tribes" Many
cards depending
on the
Commission's
final decisions.
that Enrollment
Cards- inc-
MCR-14th Article
Enrollment Cards
in error
decisions of the
Commission that
were never sent
to the Secretary
of the Interior
for final
approval-enrollment-decision
therefore it is
important to
research and
find your
MCR-14th Article
Claimants Cards-
"For the
Identification
as Mississippi
Choctaw" signed
by Stenographer/
to insure
whether your
MCR-14th Article
were "Rejected
or Refused"
Final enrollment
on Dawes Final
Rolls- Showing
evidence-proof
of your MCR-14th
Article
Ancestors-by
blood Degree-
that these
Mississippi
Choctaw
Enrollment Cards
that was in
error decisions
of the
Commission that
these "For the
Identification
As Mississippi
Choctaw/Stenographer
that was never
sent to the
Secretary of the
Interior for
final approval
or Rejection'.and
is important to
understand that
any Choctaw
Nation
Application for
CDIB Cards for
enrollment in
"Five Civilized
Tribes" that are
issues that
should be
directed to the
Secretary of
Interior-for
Final Decisions-
within these
MCR-14th
Article-who were
transferred
over on the Body
of the Choctaw
Nation(Oklahoma)
Rolls-that are'
in errors by the
Final Decision
by the
Commission of
Indian
Affairs-Commissioners
to the "Five
Civilized
Tribes" of
Oklahoma/Mississippi
Band-Prior to
the misconstrued
Mar 4, 1907
Closing of Final
Rolls-and were
never sent to
the Secretary of
the Interior for
final
approval.
(Supplied)
Within each
enrollment
category, the
Commission
generally
maintained three
types of cards:
"Straight" cards
for persons
whose
applications
were approved,
"D" cards for
persons whose
applications
were considered
doubtful and
subject to
question, and
"R" cards for
persons whose
applications
were rejected.
Persons listed
on "D" cards
were
subsequently
transferred to
either
"Straight" or
"R" cards
depending on the
Commission's
decisions. All
decisions of the
Commission were
sent to the
Secretary of the
Interior for
final approval.
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(Sic) Native
American Data
for Henry D
Burton Card No.:
MCR1556
156 50 Dawes
Roll #1124
Burton Henry D.
When searching
the Dawes Final
Rolls for an
Enrolled
ancestor of
Choctaw Nation
never discard or
separate the
“Universal” 3rd
Article Body of
the Choctaw
Nation[Oklahoma]
From the
MCR-14th Article
Mississippi
Choctaw
Claimants et.,al.,
Member of
Mississippi
Choctaw under
Choctaw Act 1842
Choctaw Scrip (5
Stat 513) from
the Mississippi
Band of Choctaw
et.,al., Members
of Mississippi
Choctaw.Final
Determination
for CDIB
Application
Dependent on
Choctaw Nation[S]
"Final Rolls"
Enrollment
Criteria-
Enrollment
Determination.
Although, Of
these 1,923
Listed onMar 4,
1899 McKennon
Rolls- of which
883 was enrolled
on the Dawes
Final
Rolls-Inclusion-Henry
D Burton was
"Rejected" Dawes
Final
Enrollment-However,
Removed prior to
Final Enrollment
and was Enrolled
by the Secretary
under Act Apr
26, 1906 (34
Stat 137)
156 50 Dawes
Roll #1124
Burton Henry D.
Native American
Data for Henry D
Burton
Name: Burton,
Henry D
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type:
enrollment
Age: 39
Sex: M
Enrollment Type:
MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/8
Card No.:
MCR1556
SW National
Archives, Fort
Worth, Texas,
Dawes Enrollment
Cards National
Archives
Others with this
Family-:
Surname First
Name Type Sex
Age Blood %
Burton Henry D P
(Parent) M
Burton Lucy J P
(Parent) F
Burton Susan S P
(Parent) F
Burton Henry D
MCR (Minor) M 39
1/8
Burton Austin G
MCR (Minor) M 11
1/16
Burton Susan O
MCR (Minor) F 9
1/16
Burton Florence
A MCR (Minor) F
7 1/16
Burton Jewel A
MCR (Minor) F 5
1/16
156 51 Dawes #
1125 Burton
Austin G.
See-Card No.:
MCR1556
156 52 Dawes #
1126 Burton
Susan O.
See- Card No.:
MCR1556
156 53 Dawes #
1127 Burton
Florence A.
See- Card No.:
MCR1556
156 54 Dawes #
1128 Burton
Jewel A.
See- Card No.:
MCR1556
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Record Group 75
ENROLLMENT CARDS
FOR THE FIVE
CIVILIZED TRIBES
1898-1914
On 93 rolls of
this microfilm
publication are
reproduced the
enrollment cards
that were
prepared by the
staff of the
Commission to
the Five
Civilized Tribes
between 1898 and
1914. These
records are part
of Records of
the Bureau of
Indian Affairs,
Record Group (RG)
75, and are
housed in the
Archives Branch
of the Federal
Archives and
Records Center,
Fort Worth, Tex.
An act of
Congress
approved March
3, 1893 (27
Stat. 645),
authorized the
establishment of
the Commission
to negotiate
agreements with
the Cherokee,
Choctaw,
Chickasaw,
Creek, and
Seminole tribes
providing for
the dissolution
of the tribal
governments and
the allotment of
land to each
tribal member.
Senator Henry L.
Dawes of
Massachusetts
was appointed
Chairman of this
Commission on
November 1,
1893, after
which it has
commonly been
referred to as
the Dawes
Commission.The
Commission was
authorized by an
act of Congress
approved June
28, 1898 (30
Stat. 495), to
prepare
citizenship
==(tribal
membership)
rolls for each
tribe. These
final rolls were
the basis for
allotment. Under
this act,
subsequent acts,
and resulting
agreements
negotiated with
each tribe, the
Commission
received
applications for
membership
covering more
than 250,000
people and
enrolled more
than 101,000.
The tribal
membership rolls
were closed on
March 4, 1907,
by an act of
Congress
approved on
April 26, 1906
(34 Stat. 370),
although an
additional 312
persons were
enrolled under
an act approved
August 1, 1914.
The Commission
enrolled
individuals as
"citizens" of a
tribe under the
following
categories:
Citizens By
Blood, Citizens
by Marriage, New
Born Citizens By
Blood (enrolled
under an act of
Congress
approved March
3, 1905), Minor
Citizens By
Blood (enrolled
under an act of
Congress
approved April
26, 1906),
Freedmen (former
black slaves of
Indians, later
freed and
admitted to
tribal
citizenship),
New Born
Freedmen, and
Minor Freedmen.
Delaware Indians
adopted by the
Cherokee tribe
were enrolled as
a separate group
within the
Cherokee. Within
each enrollment
category, the
Commission
generally
maintained three
types of cards:
"Straight" cards
for persons
whose
applications
were approved,
"D" cards for
persons whose
applications
were considered
doubtful and
subject to
question, and
"R" cards for
persons whose
applications
were rejected.
Persons listed
on "D" cards
were
subsequently
transferred to
either
"Straight" or
"R" cards
depending on the
Commission's
decisions. All
decisions of the
Commission were
sent to the
Secretary of the
Interior for
final approval.
Persons listed
on "R" cards or
"Rejected"
Cards, depending
on the
Commission's
decisions
were
subsequently
transferred to
either
"Straight"
Cards, Whereas;
the Commission
considered
enrollment of
individuals as
"citizens" of a
tribe and all
decisions of the
Commission were
sent
to the Secretary
of the Interior
for final
approval.
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The Mar 10, 1889
McKennon Rolls/
Although was
discontinued by
the
Secretary
without any
Congressional
Debate on Mar 1,
1907- However,
of this 1,923
of this McKennon
Rolls of which
880 Transferred
over Final
Rolls/
-
62nd Congress
3rd Session Dec
2, 1912- Mar
4-1913-Senate
Documents Vol
15-S-Bill
7625-Approved by
Assistant
Secretary Samuel
Adams Apr 22,
1912.
United States
Congressional
Serial
Set-"Relief of
the Five
Civilized
Tribes”
Page-153-
Thus a serious
defect was
discovered in
the proceedings
affecting this
class of
enrollment
cases, but the
discovery came
too late to be
of any value in
the
enrollment work.
Nor is this all.
A few days
later, to wit,
February 19,
1907, the
decision of the
Attorney General
of February 19,
1907, was
rendered. In the
haste which was
made to apply
said opinion, it
was construed to
affect not only
the specific
Choctaw and
Chickasaw cases
mentioned
therein, but
also numerous
cases in the
Cherokee and
Creek Nations.
The result was
that certain
persons who had
theretofore been
enrolled were
stricken off
hurriedly, upon
the supposition
that an adverse
decision was
rendered as to
them by the
United States
court for the
Northern
District of
Indian
Territory.
Others having
analogous cases,
but who had not
as yet been
placed upon the
final rolls,
were denied
enrollment in
the original
decisions based
on the same
grounds.
5. Census card
records in the
office of the
Commissioner to
the Five
Civilized
Tribes.—The
Commissioner to
the Five
Civilized Tribes
prepared a card
index of
citizenship
cases. The
information
appearing upon
these cards was
obtained from
various sources.
Sometimes it was
noted upon the
card directly
from the
statements of
the applicants,
while in other
cases it was
gleaned from the
typewritten
records.
Ordinarily there
will be found
upon a card the
names
of the persons
comprising a
family. The
cards consist of
three classes:
1. “*Straight "
Cards*, upon
which were
listed those
persons having
tribal
enrollment, and
having a prima
facie right to
enrollment, and
against whom no
protest was made
by the
representative
of the tribes.
2. "Doubtful "
cards, on which
were placed the
names of persons
whose cases were
protested by the
representatives
of the tribe, or
where deemed
doubtful because
of some defect
or defects in
the showing, for
example,
non-residence.
failure to prove
Indian blood,
etc.
3. "R " cards,
upon which were
listed the names
of persons who
either made no
claim to tribal
enrollment, or
could make no
showing to
tribal
recognition
and right to
enrollment.
Generally
speaking, the
people who were
listed on
these cards were
prima facie not
entitled to
enrollment.
The letter “R”
stood primarily
for “rejected”
but in the
course of a very
short
time this list
was made to
include cards
where rejections
had not occurred
Probably this
series, in its
inception, was
based upon the
*field decision
of
Commissioner
McKennon, who,
after a brief
examination,
immediately
rendered a
decision which
was a mere
memorandum of
action, being as
follows:"
Enrollment
Refused.
Some of the
persons whose
names were
listed upon “D”
(doubtful) and
*"R" ==•cards
were afterwards
found entitled
to enrollment,
and when
decisions were
rendered in
their favor,
their names were
transferred to
straight cards*
Proper notation
was placed upon
such “D” and "R
cards, showing
what disposition
was made of the
cases, and the
number of the
straight card to
which their
names were then
transferred
Thus, it may
occur in a
number of cases
that there were
two cards for
one name, but
not in the same
series.As the
cards are
arranged to-day,
it will be found
that there are
separate boxes
for straight
cards, the " D "
cards, and the"
R " cards. To
represent the
Choctaw cases
there are
approximately
6,084 straight
cards, 1,009 " D
" cards, and 756
" R " cards.
A system of
cards was also
used to
represent the
Mississippi
Choctaw cases. I
think that there
were two series
of these cards,
one for admitted
cases and one
for rejected
cases.
There was a
class of cases
known as
“memorandum
cases.” I
understand that
these cases were
kept separate in
the Cherokee and
Creek Nations.
They were so
classified
because, while
under the act of
May 31,1900, the
commission was
forbidden to
receive or make
application for
the enrollment
of any person
whose name was
not upon the
tribal rolls, or
who had not been
admitted to
enrollment by
the tribal
authorities; the
department
required a
memorandum to be
made in order
that its
approval of the
action of the
commission might
be based upon
some definite
information.
From, the
foregoing it
will be readily
seen that the
records of the
Dawes
Commission are
in such a
condition that
it can be
immediately
ascertained what
action was taken
in any
particular case,
and the
pertinent facts
connected
therewith.
In addition such
cards show where
the records in
the case can be
found, as well
as all action
taken thereon
both by the
commission and
by the
department.
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DAWES FINAL
ENROLLMENT
CARDS-
An enrollment
card, sometimes
referred to by
the Commission
as a "census
card," records
the information
provided by
individual
applications
submitted by
members of the
same family
group or
household and
includes
notation of the
actions taken.
The information
given for each
applicant
includes name,
roll number
(individual's
number if
enrolled), age,
sex, degree of
Indian blood,
relationship to
the head of the
family group,
parents' names,
and references
to enrollment on
earlier rolls
used by the
Commission for
verification of
eligibility.
*The card often
includes
references to
kin-related
enrollment cards
and notations
about births,
deaths, changes
in marital
status, and
actions taken by
the Commission
and the
Secretary of the
Interior. Within
each enrollment
category, the
cards are
arranged
numerically by a
"field" or
"census card"
number, which is
separate from
the roll number.
The index to the
final rolls,
which is
reproduced on
roll 1 of this
publication,
provides the
roll number for
each person
while the final
rolls themselves
provide the
census card
numbers for each
enrollee. No
indexes have
been located for
the majority of
the "D" and "R"
cards. There are
a few
Mississippi
Choctaw
"Identified" and
"Field Cards" as
well as some
Chlckasaw
"Canceled" that
refer to
person.* never
finally
enrolled.
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The Five
Civilized Tribes
in Oklahoma
Native American
Records
[S. 7625,
Sixty-second
Congress, third
session.] A BILL
For the relief
of certain
members of the
Five Civilized
Tribes in
Oklahoma.
Be it enacted by
the Senate and
House of
Representatives
of the United
States of
America in
congress
assembled. That
the Secretary of
the Interior be,
and he is
hereby,
authorized and
directed to-
First. Add to
the rolls of the
Five Civilized
Tribes the names
of minors living
March fourth,
nineteen hundred
and six (1906)
either of whose
parents is on
said rolls or
would have been
entitled to have
been enrolled,
if living, at
the date fixed
for determining
the right to
enrollment, and
also the names
of Indians
incarcerated,
insane, or
otherwise
incompetent,
Including those
who would be in
the restricted
class if
enrolled for
whom no
application was
made or proper
proof submitted
within the time
limit provided
by law, but who
were
otherwise
entitled to
enrollment under
the laws
governing such
matters.
Second. To
consider and
determine all
claims for
enrollment in
any of said
tribes which
were favorably
decided by the
commissioner to
the Five
Civilized
Tribes, but
which did not
reach the
Secretary of the
Interior in time
for
consideration
and decision on
or before March
fourth, nineteen
hundred and
seven, (1907)
adding to the
rolls of said
tribes the names
of those he may
find entitled to
enrollment.
Third. To
prepare a
special roll
which shall
contain the
names of all
persons
identified as
Mississippi
Choctaws prior
to March fourth,
nineteen hundred
and seven,
(1907) as well
as those
entitled to such
identification
but who did not
remove to and
make bona fide
settlement In
the Choctaw or
Chickasaw Nation
within the time
prescribed by
law.
Fourth. To
review and
determine, In
conformity with
the laws
governing such
matters at the
time
applications
were made and
upon the records
as made up, all
citizenship
cases in said
tribes decided
by the Secretary
of the Interior
January first,
nineteen hundred
and seven,
(1907) or
subsequently
thereto,
adversely to the
claimants and to
add to the rolls
of said tribe
the name of any
person he may
find entitled to
enrollment,
excluding,
however, those
cases involving
applications for
transfer of
names from the
freedmen’s roll
to the rolls of
citizens by
blood.
Fifth. To review
and determine
the right to
enrollment upon
the existing
records and
under the law
under which
application was
made of any
person found by
the commission
to the Five
Civilized Tribes
or the United
States courts in
Indian Territory
to be entitled
to enrollment,
but who were
prevented from
being enrolled
by any finding,
judgment, or
decree of the
Choctaw-Chickasaw
citizenship
court, and to
enroll such
as-may be found
to he so
entitled upon
the proper
tribal roll.
Sixth. To
determine the
right to
enrollment of
persons whose
applications
were denied
under the act of
May
thirty-first,
nineteen
hundred, (1900)
because of lack
of tribal
enrollment who
are shown by
existing records
to be otherwise
prima facie
entitled to
enrollment
because of
Indian blood and
residence, said
determination to
be irrespective
of the act of
May
thirty-first,
nineteen hundred
(1900).
Approved by
Assistant
Secretary Adams,
April 22, 1912.
Five Civilized
Tribes in
Oklahoma
◾Report of
Assistant
Secretary Adams,
dated April 22,
1912 Exhibits
accompanying
report,
◾(a) being
draft of
proposed law;
◾(b) directions
issued February
9, 1907, to
affirm pro forma
all decisions
and findings of
commission.
◾ Report of
Commissioner J.
George Wright,
dated November
15, 1907,
containing list
of claimants who
were found to be
entitled to be
enrolled, but
who were not
enrolled as
result of
mistake of
Government
officers ◾
Cherokee by
Blood and
Newborn, July 1,
1902
◾ Creeks by
Blood, Act of
March 1, 1901
◾ Mississippi
Choctaw, July 1,
1902
◾ Choctaw and
Chickasaw
Citizens
◾ Choctaw
Freedmen Newborn
◾ Report of
Assistant
Secretary Adams,
dated July 17,
1912. on H. R.
22334, being a
bill for the
final
disposition of
the affairs of
the Five Tribes
◾ Report of
Assistant
Secretary Adams,
dated July 2,
1912, on H. R.
19123, being a
bill for the
relief of
Choctaw-Chickasaw
Tribe claimants
◾ Letter of
Secretary E. A.
Hitchcock, dated
March 17, 1903,
relative to
rights of
children
of an enrolled
full-blood
parent
◾ Report of W.
C. Pollock,
dated January
15, 1912 ◾
Exhibit 1.
containing list
of Seminoles
whose names were
omitted from
final rolls
because no
application was
made or by
reason of
mistake or
oversight
◾ Exhibit 2.
containing list
of Creeks and
Creek Freedmen,
whose names were
omitted from
final rolls
because no
application was
made or by
reason of
mistake or
oversight
◾ Exhibit 3.
containing list
of Cherokees and
Cherokee
Freedmen whose
names were
omitted from
final rolls
because no
application was
made or by
reason of
mistake or
oversight.
◾ Exhibit 4.
list of
Chickasaws whose
names were
omitted from
final rolls
because no
application was
made or by
reason of
mistake or
oversight.
◾ Exhibit 5.
list Choctaws
whose names were
omitted from
final rolls
because no
application was
made or by
reason of
mistake or
oversight.
◾ Exhibit 6,
list Mississippi
Choctaw by Blood
and Intermarried
◾ Exhibit 7.
list of Choctaw
Freedmen whose
names were
omitted from
final rolls
because no
application was
made or by.
reason of
mistake or
oversight.
◾Letter of Dixon
H. Bynum, dated
Jan. 27, 1911,
relative to
Indians in penal
or eleemosynary
institutions not
enrolled
◾Report of
Secretary
Ballinger, dated
Feb. 12, 1910,
relative to
enrollment
matters
◾Report of J.
George Wright,
commissioner, on
bill proposing
to extend
provisions of
act of Feb. 6,
1901, to
Choctaws and
Chickasaws
◾Report of
Joseph W.
Howell, dated
Mar. 3, 1909 ◾
Conditions in
Indian Territory
Prior to the
Making of the
Rolls.
◾ Political and
Social
Conditions which
Followed Removal
to the
Indian Territory
and Subsequent
Effect of same
upon Citizenship
Matters
◾ Acts of
Congress and
Agreements with
the Various
Tribes under
which the Work
of Enrollment
was Prosecuted
◾ Why the Acts
of Congress
Failed to
Accomplish the
Purpose for
Which they were
Intended.
◾ Conditions
which Arose
During the
Course of the
Enrollment Work,
Obtained At Its
Close
◾How the work
was apportioned
and the law
administered by
the Department
of the Interior
◾Condition of
the tribal rolls
used by the
Commission and
Commissioner to
the Five
Civilized Tribes
in preparing the
final roll.
◾List of
Choctaw,
Chickasaw,
Choctaw-Chickasaw,
Cherokee, and
Creek Rolls
◾Unproved
decrees and
judgments of the
United States
court upon which
the Commission
to the Fire
Civilized Tribes
based its
decisions and
reports in
Cherokee and in
Creek
Citizenship
cases
◾Census cord
records in the
office of the
Commissioner to
the Fire
Civilized Tribes
◾ Statistics
Gathered from
the Records of
the Commission
of the Five
Civilized Tribes
◾Choctaw and
Chickasaw cases
◾Choctaw
freedmen
◾Chickasaw
freedmen
◾Mississippi
Choctaws
◾Percentage of
rejected Choctaw
cases in which
the heads of
families claimed
one-quarter or
more Choctaw
Blood
◾Percentage of
Mississippi
Choctaw cases
involving
persons of mixed
blood
◾Practice of the
Dawes Commission
respecting
applications for
enrollment
◾Field
investigation in
the 15 district
Indian agencies
in eastern
Oklahoma
◾Classes of
cases meriting
further
consideration on
equitable
grounds
◾ Slavery in the
Choctaw and
Chickasaw
Nations
◾Identified
Mississippi
Choctaws who
were not finally
enrolled because
they failed to
furnish proof of
removal to and
settlement in
the
Choctaw-Chickasaw
country
◾ Action Which
Should Be Taken
To Complete
Unfinished Work.
To Correct
Obvious Errors,
And To Adjust
Inequalities.
◾ Memorandum of
Causes Resulting
in Unfinished
Conditions,
Exhibit A
◾ Affidavit of
W. J. Thompson,
Exhibit A˝
◾ Field Notes on
Recently
Discovered Roll
of 1874, Exhibit
B
◾ Schedule of
Books, Papers
and Records of
the Choctaw
Nation, Exhibit
C
◾ Data Relative
to the Rolls of
the Choctaw and
Chickasaw
Nations, Exhibit
D
◾ Rolls Relating
to Citizens of
the Cherokee
Nation, Exhibit
E
◾ List of
Persons Who
claim to be
Entitled to
Enrollment,
Exhibit F
◾ Surname Abbott
to Austin
◾ Surname Bacon
to Buzzard
◾ Surname Camp
to Cummins
◾ Surname
Da-nu-wa to
Dunford
◾ Surname
Edwards to
Frenchman
◾ Surname
Gamblin to
Greenleaf
◾ Surname Hall
to Hyden
◾ Surname Isaac
to Johnson
◾ Surname Kelly
to Love
◾ Surname
Maharda to
Mullie
◾ Surname Nickey
to Owens
◾ Surname Paddy
to Polk
◾ Surname
Raiford to
Russell
◾ Surname
Sanders to
Swimmer
◾ Surname Tables
to Tustunuggee
◾ Surname
Unknown to
Vaughn
◾ Surname
Wagoner to Young
◾Exhibit G,
Under separate
binding, not in
this book
◾ Letters of
Interest,
Exhibit H1, H2,
I
◾ Letter of Tams
Bixby, Exhibit J
◾List of 729
claimants
included in
Howell report,
not enrolled,
whose cases are
meritorious
(same as List of
Persons who
claim to be
entitled to
Enrollment,
listed above,)
◾List of claims
submitted by
attorneys ◾
Facts Covering
Meritorious
Cases
◾Class 1 ◾
Anderson F.
Cowling, Choctaw
by Blood
◾ Frank P.
Morgan,
Intermarried
Choctaw Citizen
◾ Frances E.
Husbands,
Choctaw
◾ Emily J.
Zumwalt, et al,
Choctaw
◾ Cases
McPheteridge,
Sledge, Gordon,
Tapp, Choctaws
◾ Daniel Sledge,
Choctaw
◾ Abraham H.
Nail, Choctaw
◾ William T.
Stephens,
Choctaw
◾Class 2 ◾
Virginia Savage,
Chickasaw
◾ F. K. West,
Choctaw
◾ William E.
Moore, Choctaw
◾ Napoleon B.
Brashears,
Choctaw
◾ Joseph C.
Moore, Chickasaw
◾ Fannie Moore,
Chickasaw
◾Lou Bumgarner,
Choctaw
◾ A. A. Spring,
Choctaw
◾ Joseph W.
Gamlin, Choctaw
◾ Nancy J.
Cooper, Choctaw,
Meritorious Case
(135 Names)
◾ Franklin M.
Harton, Choctaw
(58 Names)
◾ Terry Thompson
Stubblefield,
M.C.R.
◾ Robert Goins,
Choctaw
◾ David H.
Folsom, Choctaw
and Chickasaw
◾ James A.
Cummins, Choctaw
◾John R. Kirk,
Choctaw
◾Related Cases
(53 Names)
◾Crawford
Marlow, Choctaw
◾Andrew Beal,
Choctaw
◾Mariah
Caldwell,
Choctaw
◾Jane Marrs,
Choctaw
◾Epsie
Underwood,
Choctaw
◾George Lee
White, Choctaw
◾Z. T. Bottoms,
Choctaw,
Connected to
Hill, and
Humphrey Case
◾ Lewis Hill,
Choctaw,
Connected to
Bottoms and
Humphrey Case
◾G. J. Humphrey,
Choctaw,
Connected to
Bottoms and Hill
Case
◾ Oscar Casey,
Chickasaw ◾Eliza
Jane Pearce Et
Al. (related
family, included
in
Oscar Casey’s
Case)
◾ John T.
Williams,
Choctaw
◾ Agnes O.
Mallory, Choctaw
◾ Lizzie Henry,
Choctaw
◾ Sallie
Berryman,
Choctaw
◾ Victoria Boyd,
Choctaw-Chickasaw
◾Frank H. Love,
Choctaw
◾ Sarah A.
Kelton, Choctaw
◾ Willie G.
Patterson and
Maggie Lee
Glance,
Mississippi
Choctaw
◾John Pickets,
Choctaw
◾ J. W. Sparks,
Choctaw-Chickasaw
◾ Consolidated
Cases, Askew,
Hill and
Bennett, Choctaw
(138 Names)
◾Newt Askew
◾William Quint
Askew
◾L. F. Rhoades
◾J. H. Hill
◾J. M. Hill
◾Ella Bennett
◾Vaughn – Duncan
Consolidated
Cases, M. C. R
◾ John and
Anderson
McCarty, Choctaw
◾ Henry Brown,
Chickasaw
◾ John P.
Holder,
Chickasaw
◾ Amanda Coyle,
Choctaw
◾ Aleck Brown,
Chickasaw
◾ Edward J.
Horne, Choctaw
◾ Kate Gamel,
Choctaw
◾Mary Huffman,
Choctaw
◾ W. A. Clark,
Choctaw
◾M. W. McCarley,
Chickasaws
◾Evans Hill,
Chickasaw (53
Names)
◾ Silas Sharp,
Mississippi
Choctaw (2
pages)
◾ R. Hager and
S. Loman,
Choctaw
◾ Sallie A.
Vaughn and Cora
M. Stotts,
Mississippi
Choctaw
◾ James M.
Meeks, Choctaw
◾ James C.
Johnson and
James J.
Bennight,
Choctaw
◾ Sarah Palmer,
Chickasaw
◾ T. D. Arnold,
Chickasaw, (68
Names)
◾W. R. Sessums,
Choctaw (42
Names)
◾ Clemon Clay
and Mary
Stinnett,
Chickasaw (13
Names)
◾ Elizabeth
Hignight,
Choctaw
◾D. B. Vernon,
Choctaw (20
Names)
◾ Mary A.
Sanders, Choctaw
(32 Names)
◾ John Mitchell,
Choctaw
◾Class 6 (Minor
children of
enrolled Indians
whose names were
omitted from the
final roll,)
◾ Josephine
Laflore Long,
Choctaw Minor
(2)
◾ Nicey and
Sidney Arpealer,
Chickasaw Minors
◾ Annie Ensharky,
Chickasaw Minor
◾ Buster Orphan,
Chickasaw Minor
◾Peggy Coker,
Choctaw (not a
Minor)
◾ Sallie
Colbert,
Chickasaw Minor
◾Class 7 (Half
Indian blood or
more and
incompetent to
look after their
own interests.)
◾Rosana Burton
and Raymond
Purdy
◾Frazina
Babstist, Acus
Babstist, and
Reener Gardner
◾Joe Babstist.
Louisa Babstist,
Mattina Babstist,
Sam Babstist,
and Johnie
Babstist
◾Stella Brasetta
◾Reno Gardner
◾Annie Jesse
◾Earnest Jesse,
Winston Jesse,
Willie Jesse.
George Jesse.
Phillistine
Jesse, and
Elissa Jesse
◾Henry Fields.
Albert Fields,
and Hampton
Fields
◾Ann Booker,
Claude Sanders,
Rufus Sanders,
Hollis Sanders,
and Ray Sanders
◾Nazile Barnes
and Richard
Barnes
◾James Farve,
Henry Farve, and
Earnest Fayard
◾Charlie Farve
and Andrew Farve
◾Annie Huff,
Bennie Reed,
Effie Reed.
Pearley Reed,
and Nareta
Robins
◾Albert Reece.
Mack Reece,
Annier Reece,
Harry Reece, and
Charlie Reece
◾Jim Gowins,
Nannie Gowins,
Harry Gowins,
Ellen Gowins,
Hattie Gowins,
Husie Gowins,
Birder Gowins,
James Gowins,
Minnie Gowins,
Francis Gowins,
Roosevelt Gowins,
and Maggie
Gowins
◾Alexander Dick,
Zeno Dick,
Leeper Dick
◾Sallie Jackson
◾Class 8
(Claimants
enrolled as
freedmen, should
be placed upon
the final roll
by blood)
◾ Susan
Brashears,
Choctaw by Blood
◾ Annie McGee,
Chickasaw
◾ Services of
Ballinger and
Lee
MLA Source
Citation:
United States
Congress. Five
Civilized Tribes
In Oklahoma,
Reports of the
Department of
the Interior and
Evidentiary
Papers in
support of S.
7625, a Bill for
the Relief of
Certain Members
of the Five
Civilized Tribes
in Oklahoma,
Sixty-second
Congress, Third
Session.
Department of
the Interior,
United States.
1913.
