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• LindaKing-Tuggle from Linda King-Tuggle. 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on July 6, 2011

  My name is Hattie Linda King-Tuggle. I am 58 years old and I am trying to find information on my grandfather. He was Choctaw name is/was Charles Powell. My grandmother and Charles seperated before he knew she was pregnant. My mother was born in 1927 or 1929 I will look…

• family history from stephen shane cheek. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on July 6, 2011

  when i was younger my dad told me we were choctaw indian but he could never prove how much of the blood ran in our family…is there a way to find out?

• Looking for anyone related to Charles Nail. from Cethern. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on July 4, 2011

  Hi, He was my grandfather. He passed away at his daughters house 1-1-66. My mothers name is Annette J. Nail – Johnson. Would love to hear from you if you know them. And any info Before Charles Nail on the Nail’s line would be helpful. Yes we are card members….

• Looking for Information from Jennifer. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on July 4, 2011

  Hiya, I am Jennifer. I am searching for more information from all possible sources. I have been tracing my family and have recently found out that an ancestor was Choctaw. The story goes that my ancestor(On The Townsand Family Side)Had met a beautiful Choctaw woman sometime after or during the…

• Relatives of Levada Stewart-Greene from J.Garcia. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on July 4, 2011

  Hello, I’m looking for family links…. I was told my great-grandmother ,Levada Stewart-Greene, was a native american and could possibly be choctaw seeing as she lived most of her life in the red river valley. She had a sister by the name of Viola and a son named Clifford. Any…

• 1896 Dawes Commission Index from Ronda. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on July 4, 2011

  I found a website that is titled 1896 Dawes Commission Index Choctaw Nation. I am wondering what the case number beside the names represents and how to get more information regarding these cases. Does anyone have more information about this site or how to obtain more information from the case…

• William H. Hayes from Laura Catherine Turner. 5 comments, most recently from Robert Edward Raye Hayes on July 1, 2011

  Another of my greatgrand parents. He was married to Josie Florence Branam. They lived in Hamilton County, Tennessee. After 1900 they moved to Alabama. Their daughter was mty grandmother. I am mainly looking for his parents. Whatever info I can get will be helpful and very appreciated

• Beams Family from Jann Harper. 5 comments, most recently from sandy on July 1, 2011

  Lindsey, please contact me. I can put you in touch with the great granddaughter of Carrie Arbuckle. She can fill in all the missing pieces for you.

• Choctaw Freedmen....tribal enrollment?.... from s.b freeman. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 30, 2011

  Are decendants of Choctaw Freedmen who are listed on the Dawes roll able to apply for tribal enrollment with Choctaw Nation? If they have all film documents, copy of tribal card and roll#, and documents showing direct relation to enrollee listed on the Choctaw Freedmen Dawes roll who was born…

• just wondering if anyone can help... from chahta ohoyo. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 30, 2011

  hello… I am trying to find if I have any Choctaw connections. I am related to both the Dean and Folsom families. Harriet Amelia Folsom and Frances Folsom are cousins. My great grandmother was Nancy Jane Dean Smith. I had an uncle, Henry Dean who lived on the Choctaw Nation….

• Wife of William Corrie, born 1805 in Illinois from Bob Fielden. 5 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 30, 2011

  I am trying to find the name of the Choctaw woman married to William Corrie, Jr. He was born in 1802 and she was born around 1805 in Illinois. They had a son Alexander born in Ohio in 1827. Any information would be appreciated.

• Searching for Info on Jesse (Geneva) Scott of Idabel, McCurtain County from nharrell. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 27, 2011

  Hello I am looking for information about Jesse and Geneva Scott of Idabel. I do know that Geneva’s maiden name is Smith. Jesse and Geneva are my great-grandparents. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

• Infomation on Maggie Jones of Idabel from nharrell. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 27, 2011

  I’m searching for information on Maggie Jones of Idabel. I know she had several children one of which was Eugene Harrell my grandfather. Jones is not her maiden name and I’m interested in finding what that is. I believe she or her parents may be on the Dawes roll, however,…

• Romine/Chambers/Willis/Nance/Pressey from Lynn19. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 25, 2011

  I am descended from a Mary Romine married James Chambers in Pike County, Indiana 1822 She is rumored to be part Native American (children, David, George, James, Indian (or India, Indun, Indan). Indian (India Chambers or I. E. Chambers) married a Peter (Pete) Pressey (Presse) in Indiana – had at…

• SMITH/PADICK/MATTHEWS FAMILY LINE from Brenda Taft Edwards, Granddaughter Clorie "Clora" Smith. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 25, 2011

  I am the grandaughter of Clorie “Clora” Smith (11/1904 – 8/1967, Dawes NB269). Her mother was Sarah E. Matthews and Sarah is the daughter of Andrew J. Matthews (Dawes 1297) and Nancy Jane Paddick (d. 1898). Sarah married Rice (could be Reece) Smith and I can only confirm my grandmother…

• Searching for information on Emma Willis from Treece. 5 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 24, 2011

  I am the great granddaughter of Emma Willis. She married a McAfee (Frank…maybe). She died a few months after giving birth to a daughter, Juanita McAfee whom I believe grew up at the Wheelock Academy and was possibly adopted by a missionary. I don’t know exactly when Juanita was born,…

• Spradling line from Debra Burleson. 3 comments, most recently from Patricia V. Hazeltine on June 23, 2011

  I have found the Spradling family on the Choctaw rolls. My G.father W.W. McCracken would take me to the Indian church at Little Axe in Ok. His mother was Emma Spradling. I cannot express the enjoyment I had sitting under the brush arbor and listening to the elders! I have…

• Cariker Hunter Family Looking for Levisa Hunter from Kathleen Horton. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 23, 2011

  My gr. grannie was from near Bokoshe, Poteau, LeFlore, Clayton areas in Oklahoma. I know she was Choctaw—she took me and parents into council house, then out to old meeting ground in woods used before council house built. Her father had 2 sisters to wife at same time in 1870’s-80’s…

• Choctaw Codetalkers from Theresa E. Morris. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 23, 2011

  Halito to all! I am a Choctaw artist and I’m currently working on a series of drawings of the Code Talkers. I have a few “bad” images of some of the guys I found online, but I have no photos or images of some of the others. I don’t know…

• information about granmother from Cathey McKinney/Hunsucker. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on June 22, 2011

  Thank you for answering back .Here is what her obituary says. Emily miller Thompson was born Jan.14th 1898 in hontubby district of Indian territory to sissie Jefferson Miller who was the daughter of Henry and sarah Jefferson. He was a prominent member of Chocraw Tribe. It does not say who…