Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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• Information Please! from MNH. 3 comments, most recently from MNH on April 20, 2011

  Looking for information about Helen Maxine Dickson. She had a son – Charles Ray Dickson, that she put up for adoption in 1935 in Oklahoma. Charles’s birth certificate lists Helen Maxine as 1/8 Choctaw.

• Need name of father of BABY BORN to DANA LOVE RUSSELL in 1919 from NORMA KITCHINGS FARRIS. 4 comments, most recently from NORMA KITCHINGS FARRIS on April 20, 2011

  LILLIAN RUSSELL was born to DANA LOVE RUSSELL in 1919 and fathered by a Choctaw man. My grandmother, Dana, bore my mom in Wichita County TX or in Tillman county OK, or possibly on one of the reservations, on May 21, 1919, lived at home with her mother, Mary Russell,…

• Choctaw Nation tribal court from Noodles. 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 17, 2011

  I need some history regarding law enforcement in Indian territory in the late 1800. If you were tried in the Choctaw Nation Court and found guilty, where did you serve your time? What did the tribe do with the guilty person? Was there a county jail even through Oklahoma wasn’t…

• Looking for Relatives and History on Homer M Folsom and/or Jerry L Folsom from Victoria on April 7, 2011

  If you have info. please e mail us at vfolsom1@yahoo.com THANKS

• Looking for relatives/history on Harold Allen West (ID#94287), Allen West (roll # 52), and Albert West (roll # 51) from Jackie Stacy Ricker. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 7, 2011

  Hi, I am trying to find out any information about my Father, Grand Father, and Great, Great Grand Father. I know they came from the Oklahoma area and then moved to Cedar Hill, Colorado where my father was born. Harold Allen West attended Family Reunions somewhere in Oklahoma every year….

• Looking for Longs, Robbins, YoungbloodsMy from Suzanne Goodwin. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 6, 2011

  My grandfather was George (Washington) Long we think he is Choctaw or Cherokee , We think he has a Choctaw Roll # 1418, Our great grandmother Sarah Angeline Townsend she worked with the natives alot and we were told she helped signed one of the 1st peace treaties.

• Affordable Choctaw Housing outside of Oklahoma? from Janice Stone on April 5, 2011

  My daughter is in need of affordable housing for a family of 5. She lives in SW Kansas but due to health issues needs to move closer to us in NE Kansas. Potawatomie Reservation is very close to our location. Are there any Choctaw housing benefits available through that reservation?

• Mckinney Family Search from Roslyn Mckinney. 5 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 31, 2011

  My paternal name is Roslyn Mckinney and I am searching for family members related to Cecil Mckinney (my great uncle) and my paternal grandmother Birdie Mckinney who was born in Mississippi then crossed the river to Lousiana around 1914. I am 42 and feel I still have plenty of time…

• Choctaw vs Cherokee heritage from Betty R. Walker. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 31, 2011

  My grandfather James Franklin White, 2/21/1869 was married to Mary Viola Brown 1/2/1890. Their parents were Joseph Martin Jackson White, 6/23-1842 and Miranda Clementine Puckett, 1850, d 1880, He may have been born in Atoka County, OK. In 1850 some records show they lived in Tishimingo County, MS. The Pucketts…

• Searching for info:Charles Rice or Evie Laura Williams Rice. from Lindi Jo. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 30, 2011

  Searching for info:Charles Rice or Evie Laura Williams Rice. Also Evie’s sister was Maudie Ola Rice, whom i have attached a link about that metions the Choctow Nation..Their daughter is my late grandmother Ruby Ola rice.. They were either born or buried in Tushka Cemetery, or Atoka or Pontotoc counties…

• Gibson/Waters from Jim Odell Richardson. 3 comments, most recently from Trish on March 25, 2011

  My paternal great-grandfather was Walter Thomas (W.T.) Gibson, an original Choctaw enrollee who was allotted land near Foster, OK in Garvin County. W.T.‘s father was Reuben Gibson who had a twin brother named Calvin. Reuben’s father was James Gibson and his mother was (Maria?), both listed as Choctaw. W.T.’s mother…

• searching Chak-Tau Indian heritiage from Zanell . 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 19, 2011

  Hello, My grandmother is 1/2 Chak-Tau Indian at 89 years old, her father’s name was Chester Crockett, his mother was full blood Chak-Tau her name was Jo Emma Crockett from Newelton Lousiana. Are there any records available on file. How do I find what percentage (we) the grandchildren are? Also,…

• James Riley Butler from Loretta. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 16, 2011

  James Riley Butler was my grandmother’s grandfather.. We always knew that that our grandmother was part indian.. But, she would never talk about it… I heard from a distant relative through ancestry.com.. My grandmother’s aunt told her family more.. From this info my grandmothers grandparents were both full blooded indians…..

• Help locating information about a Scottish woman with the last name of Telfer from Jeanie. 10 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 10, 2011

  I am looking for information about the sister of my great-grandmother, who was a doctor/midwife living in McAlester amongst the Choctaw around 1906-1907 (not 100% sure of the dates). She was Scottish. She had pure white hair and her last name was TELFER. She was extremely well-liked and respected by…

• Looking for Choctaw link to Ann Hunt Miller from Sue. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on March 7, 2011

  For many years I have had a copy of an early photo. The back reads Ann Hunt Miller, Choctaw Indian, born March 27th, 1813, Fairfax Co. Va. Dies June 14th, 1894. Married Samuel Tennessee Miller Jan. 28th 1832(appears he is missing hand and forearm). The tenth child Samuel Arthur Miller…

• History - 1890's from Dean Sammons Wolbach. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 27, 2011

  I would like to be educated on the history between the Choctaw Nation and the peoples of Arkansas and Texas between about 1885 and 1900.

• Whatley relatives from Marian Whatley Carmona. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 20, 2011

  Am looking for others who ae related to the Whatleys or Sam Black

• family connection from Marian Whatley Carmona on February 19, 2011

  Looking for any connection to the Whatley,Black, or Skeen familys

• 1919 and the next ten years from Terry. 2 comments, most recently from Marian Whatley Carmona on February 19, 2011

  My grandfather was born in Hugo OK in 1919 and he never would talk about those years at the reservation. I was told by other family members it was so bad and he would never tell me or anyone else. Can anyone tell me what was happening to the children…

• Allen Family from Tina Follett. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 14, 2011

  Im looking for any relatives for the Allen family.. My Dad was Vernon Edward Allen was born in Talihina Ok..I was told he was born on Chocataw resevation..Born in 1941.. His dad was JD Allen and his mother was Lena.. I belive her maiden name was Whitchaneck? He had lots…