Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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• Looking for Information about my Great Grandmother from Michelle R White. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 4

  Can anyone help me? I am pretty sure that my family is Native American decent, however, I am having a hard time finding information. I am looking for info on Alma (Mitchell) Cash she passed away in 2001 and lived in Red Oak, OK. I am pretty sure she was…

• establishing ancestry from jbell of bennington. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 3

  Where do we go to prove my wife’s 1/8 Apache in order to attain her rights. Does anybody know how this works?

• pits-blanchard-doucette from susan. 5 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 2

  great great grandmother henrietta blanchard married doucette of nova scotia canada, found half breed records- red river canada, trying to connect names to henrietta blanchard, henrietta’s mother either was a pits or married into pits, trying to connect names-choctaw,cherokee dawes roll blanchard married doucette-child, james doucette my grandfather married adel…

• info on George Jackson Bickle? from Kevin Tucker. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 1

  My great grandfather was George Jackson Bickle and his roll number is #2930. He was married to Kate Smith who was a Cherokee and her roll number is 3385. For years my family have been trying to get cards, but both tribes have not responded. What do i do?

• Mary Lizzie Calister Rivers Davis Russell from Julie Newell. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on February 1

  Looking for my Great Grandmother Mary Lizzie Calister Rivers Davis Russell. Rivers was her maiden name. DOB July 7 1873 in Butler.Taylor County.GA. Had at least 1 brother “Lee”. It is believed she was Native American. I have found her in the 1910 census of Enterprise. Clarke County. MS…as Lizzie…

• Alfred Jr Wilkinson from susan wilkinson. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 31

  looking for information on (Curly)Wilkinson dont know his given name.He was supposed to be a teacher or professor of some sort. He was the father of Alfred Junior Wilkinson,Alfred had a cdib card but dont know the number,it was thrown away when he passed. Alfred Wilkinson mother was Clara B…

• The Belvin Family from Matthew . 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 29

  I am the son of Napoleon Belvin, I wanted to as much information the Belvin Family and if they are any living relatives. His brothers were Henry and Frank Belvin.

• Ruth or Rutha Brashear.... from Jenifer Bice (Bias). 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 29

  I just started my family tree on ancestry.com. One of my ancestors named Ruth or Rutha Brashear, born About 1790 to 1807, possibly born in North Carolina, South Carolina or maybe Virginia. She had married Henry Tabor on February 08, 1821. (I do not know if she was married to…

• Desperately looking for information from Debi. 3 comments, most recently from Debi on January 29

  I am looking for info regarding my ancestors. I am just beginnning this process and need help. We have been told thru the years that one of my ancestors had lived on a reservation and had married a lady that was choctaw. I have three different sets of names and…

• Looking for Relatives of Wilson Durant son of George Durant. from Vickie Coffey Stokes. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 27

  I am looking for family members of Wilson Durant (b) 1939-1911. He was the son of George Durant..

• How to question from barbara. 3 comments, most recently from barbara on January 26

  I’m knowledgeable about genealogy. I have done a DRT application. My friend believes he has Choctaw heritage and wants me to look into it. He’s from Broken Bow. He looks like Choctaw. His maternal family is from Sevier county, AR. His paternal line is in Texas. I’m not back past…

• questions about relatives born in choctaw nation OK from Sarah. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 26

  Hello, I’ve been researching geneology. My two paternal great uncles were born in the late 1880s in Choctaw Nation, OK, according to census records. Their younger sister, my grandmother, was listed as being born in Texas, according to census records, but there is no birth certificate. If my two great…

• Looking for information on Louise Smith wife of James Henry Smith from Kristy Smith-Fast. 5 comments, most recently from Carol Richardson on January 24

  Hello! I am trying to find out my great grand mothers maiden name, and any other information on my family. This is what I have so far starting at the earliest information. 1910 Census in Oklahoma shows Jeff Smith born in 1863 in Illinois- married to May Smith born in…

• Louise and James Henry Smith from Carol Richardson on January 24

  I have information regarding the maiden name for Louise Smith. Louise married James Henry Smith. Louise was born in 1898 in Missouri. James Henry was born 1897 in Oklahoma.

• DNA TEST from Dewayne Hardin. 6 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 24

  My Great grandfather was a Choctaw from st.Louis. I am a 57 year old black man and I see the choctaw do not recognize black people as being part of their nation, only whites. Maybe it is part of the way blacks were treated when they were only slaves even…

• Is Armstrong Roll available online? from Jim Byrd. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 24

  Or do I have to go to one of the NARA offices that has a microfilm to see it? I often see this microfilm referred to as A-39, I have the same question about A-40, the Choctaw Emigration Lists.

• Mary Adams, Alabama from Ronald Covington. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 23

  My Great-Great-Great-Grandmother, Mary Adam’s exact date of birth is unknown, as she was adopted by the Adams family when she was lost by her family on the Trail of Tears. I was researching my family and found your web site. I see you were speaking of information I might be…

• Denied Dawes roll number from Debra Miller. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 23

  My ancestors were denied a roll number. I have a copy of the application and the denial letter. I laso have a copy of the family lineage. They were from Mississippi, but were living in Choctaw County, OK in 1903 when they applied. After reseraching, I feel that their denial…

• Busby genealogy from Gina. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 20

  My father recently passed away and in his things I found his father’s birth certificate. It list that his father, my great grandfather, was Choctaw. I am having a lot of trouble tracking any more family genealogy after that point on that side of my family. I think at some…

• Searching for my great grandfathers family from Xonia. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 18

  I have been searching for my great grandfather’s family. I finally found his date of birth and nationality. His name is Franklin M. Cox, born July 11, 1894. By the age of 22 he had married Nita Crosson in Mena, Arkansas. I do not know if his parents move to…