Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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• looking for husbands family from H. Babbitt. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 21, 2012

  I am looking into my husbands. heritage. His gfather, dewey t thompson, was half choctaw. His ggmother was full blood choctaw but he doesn’t know her name. I am trying to find her and her husband names and find out all I can about them and the rest of this…

• Marriage from Donna Miller. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 21, 2012

  Hello, I have found the marriage of my great grandparents in the Choctaw Nation. Becky A Sims is a major brick wall. I’m certain that a parent or guardian had to give consent for her to marry at age 15. NEWMAN, JOHN N 21 SIMS, BECKY A 15 6 FEB…

• CDIB App Questions from Janilyn. 5 comments, most recently from Jeanette on August 20, 2012

  I am trying to apply for my CDIB card. I am just getting started and have a few questions. Here is what I know so far: My great grandfather is Willie Hensley, #159 on the Dawes Roll. He had 7 children including my grandfather & according to an aunt, one…

• Help with Family History from Mhonea. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 19, 2012

  Hi everyone Heres the problem. my grandmother always said that the family had native american ancestry. I asked her before she passed why she never pursued it. She said that she looked into it in the 70’s and that it wasnt worth the trouble. I started doing on my own…

• Looking for "Gabby" Godbe or Godbee from Heather Jarvi. 5 comments, most recently from Heather Jarvi on August 19, 2012

  He is my biological grandfather and was originally from Oklahoma but lived in North-central Texas. My biological father was born, outside of marriage, to Betty Jo Johnson-Gardner, named Gary Gardner. He did not meet his father, “Gabby”, until he was @ 50 years old. I’ve been told that Gabby has…

• McFalls Family from Jovana McFalls. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 17, 2012

  I’m looking for information on my Great-GrandFather, his son was my GrandFather whos name was Kenneth Eugene McFalls.

• another question about Albert Forbes from Jim Byrd. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 16, 2012

  In Dawes#750, his wife (Jane Fipps, married to him in 1868), testified that he had had a previous wife who had died. Is there any way of telling who was the previous wife of Albert Forbes, and if there were any children of that marriage?

• William J. Bohanon Sr and Choctaw wife, 1800 from Harvey J. Andrews. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 15, 2012

  Wife of a Josiah Marler (b.1804, SC) was Nancy Rivers Bohanon (or Bohannon), b. 1806, VA. Her mother only ID as “Full Choctaw Woman,” her father as William J. Bohanon (b. 1780, Choctaw, MS, d. 1832, Indian Territory, OK). Son of Josiah & Nancy was Mathew Marler (b.1847, AR/MO); my…

• Looking for members that know Lloyd C Burris from Lloyd Anderson. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 10, 2012

  Lloyd Crystal Burris born in Blanchard, Oklahoma in 1919. He recently passed away and I am looking for those who knew him.

• Looking for information on JM and Fanny King Dandridge from Sherrill simpson Murray. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 10, 2012

  I am in search of information on my great-grandparents James Montgomery Dandridge born Oct 7, 1842 in Moulton, AL. and Fanny King Dandridge borm Apr 14, 1863 in Lockhart, TX. JM and Fanny were married Apr 14, 1886 in Paris, TX. JM died Mar 29, 1930 in Bentley, OK. Fanny…

• 2nd Great Grandmother Julia Beck b. abt 1879 from Marlin Green. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 9, 2012

  I have a 2nd great grandmother born about 1979 in Little Rock, AR but I dont have any proof and was married to Edward James born about 1875. I seem to be at a dead end. My great grandmother was born about 1901, she was not sure of her birthday….

• Sophia James from Kelly. 6 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 9, 2012

  I’m trying to locate information on Sophia James, She married Calvin Robinson. The Children born to this marriage are Corinne, McKee, Amzi, and David. She is buried in the Robinson Family Cemetery, next to Calvin. I’m trying to locate who her parents are, she died before 1885.

• Silas Moore from James "JD" Woods. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 9, 2012

  I want to learn more about the Choctaw bloodline in my family. Silas Moore, my Great-great-great grandfather, was a Choctaw Freedmen and I want find out how more about him.

• ATT. doesn't load from Roland Young. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 9, 2012

  I have a message on my page but it wont load. Roland Young

• Choctaw Heritage from Lisa M. Hagan. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 8, 2012

  Through ancestry.com I have learned that I an ancestor of the Sophia Folsom and Peter Pitchlynn. I am seeking information on documentation verifying this and becoming a member of the Choctaw Nation itself.

• LOOKING FOR HUSBAND RELATIVES from Coleen Harding. 3 comments, most recently from Coleen Harding on August 7, 2012

  According to a photo is states that Mary Sharp or Sharpe’s mother Sharah Sharp(married name) was a full blooded indian. Much of this family was from the Scranton Pennsylvania area. Word has it she was part of the choctaw tribe. Any help would be appreciated.

• LOOKING FOR HUSBAND'S ANCESTORS from Joy Stiles. 3 comments, most recently from Joy Stiles on August 7, 2012

  My husbands mother is definatly Native American. However, her mother died when she was only 5 and left quite a mystery as to her ancestors. We live only 2 hours from the Cherokee Nation in Cherokee, NC. It is very common for people of the Cherokee Nation to live within…

• Looking for family of Buelah French from Ethel Hogue Ealson. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 6, 2012

  I am trying to locate family of my grandmother Buelah French. She was of Choctaw blood, and died at a very young age in the early 30s. All of her children were young, and had very little memories of her family. Their father remarried, and separated them from her family….

• Looking for my family history from Olivia. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 4, 2012

  Hello, I am a 30 year old woman and my mother who is 55, tells me that her father’s, mother was an Indian. I was told that my great grandparents were from Muskogee, Oklahoma,(my last great grandmother passing just years ago, Willie Ola Carter) and my grandmother says that she…

• Need help tracing our family history from Nia. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on August 3, 2012

  I wrote in this discussion before but cannot find it- maybe it was erased? Our grandfather (Lloyd Grant, Sr.) always told us that his grandfather was half white and half Choctaw. His name was Sam Grant. He then had son named Sam Grant, Jr. (my grandfather’s father) His death record…