Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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• Otis E Lee from Barbara Fox. 3 comments, most recently from Barbara Fox on January 17, 2011

  I am trying to find my heritage. I see from my mothers death certificate that her father was Otis E. Lee. I was told that he was from McAlister, OK but he was Cherokee Indian. The research that I have been trying to do shows that he was Choctaw. I…

• Census questions from muzicfreek. 11 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 16, 2011

  Hi. I have been trying to track my maternal line for about a year now. I got stuck on my gg grandmother…. I finally found her…. She lived in Georgia all but 1885 where she is NOT listed in Ga, but in Oklahoma in Skullyville.. and Listed as Indian on…

• help from kimberly. 3 comments, most recently from Victoria Lynn Martin (Green) on January 16, 2011

  i am looking for information on a women named Eula. Her maiden name was Tarbutton and she married into the lyons family we beleive that she was choctaw or chippewa. We are trying to find out which tribe she belonged to we also know that she was born in arkansas…

• Great Grandfather from David Brazell. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 14, 2011

  I am checking on my Great Grandfather Calvin G Gibson Born 4-8-1857 and died 8-16-1927 in Valera Texas. I was told that he was a Choctaw Indian and i want to find out all the information that I can on him.

• NEED HELP FINDING ? from sheley. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 14, 2011

  I need help finding out how to get a birth certifcate on my GG GRANDFATHER.His name was Arthur Eugene Lay. I know he was born on the Choctaw Reservation, but I called and they told me they did not start to keep records of birth till 1908. He was bor…

• Looking for Effie Mae Stephens/Hayes (#256 Choctaw) family from Melissa Smith . 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 12, 2011

  Effie Mae Stephens/Hayes is my Great Great Grandmother. My Great Grandmother is Pansy Viola Stephens or Hayes (not sure which name she was given and she was born in 1909…she had a sister named Merle. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I don’t have much information as I am just…

• Truelove/Wilson from eliza chavez. 5 comments, most recently from eliza chavez on January 10, 2011

  I am looking for information on my family. my great grandma (Mary Ellen Wilson) was born August 28, 1903 on the Choctaw Reservation in Oklahoma. Her mother Alva Ophelia Iwildley Truelove was also born in Choctaw Nation Indian Territory in Oklahoma on December 25,1885. Her mother married John Henry Wilson….

• STANTON RESEARCH from martha gujda. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 10, 2011

  Researching the Stanton surname. Allen Stanton marr. Susanna Lyles in 1829 in Alabama. Allen was b. 1795 in KY. (1860 census) Allen was a white man married to Susanna who was 1/2 Choctaw. She was the dau. of John Lyles & Ann Brashears. I’d like information on the children of…

• Looking for Geneology Information for my grandfather - LEON HOUSE from GretaandRosalee. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 9, 2011

  My mother and I are trying to find confirmation of our family oral history. My grandfather, Leon Judd House, was clearly Native American and said he was of Choctaw descent. We have tried to locate our family in the Dawes Rolls without success. He was born in Oklahoma in 1915,…

• Anthony Philip Dickson <<< My birth father, he is the link to my heritage. from Anthony Herrejon (Dickson- Indian last name). 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 8, 2011

  I’m a 28 year old man trying to find info. concerning my Indian hertiage. My birth father’s name is Anthony Philip Dickson. I haven’t seen him in over 26 years when he left my mother. He was 100% Choctaw and both his parents were regsitered with the Choctaw Nation. The…

• Brand New and Requesting Help - Grandmother Nancy Elizabeth Bennett from Robyn Coventon. 4 comments, most recently from Diane Cranford on January 8, 2011

  Where do I start my genealogy search? I understand that my great great Grandmother Nancy Elizabeth Bennett (maiden name) was Choctaw, but I don’t know where to start or what to do. I want to learn more but I need help. Any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank…

• my indian bloodline from Gloria Coleman Parker. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 8, 2011

  My GGrandfather was born James Wiley Chisholm born1890 in alabama died 1997 in mississppi, his mother a white woman named Martha(Mattie) A. Parker born in clay alabama in1865,died cullman alabama nov 22 1948 (she died Martha Coleman). The story I grew up with is James Wiley’s dad left (never to…

• Gamblin from MMW. 5 comments, most recently from Thelma Gamblin on January 7, 2011

  I ordered my gggrandmother’s birth certificate to find out her mother was Margaret Gamblin. The only Margaret Gamblin I’ve been able to find was born to Joseph Gamblin and Mahale Harris of SC/Tenn/GA. I’ve found their associated enrollment card. I have yet to get a copy from the Federal Archives….

• Ryan Family from Jason Clark. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 6, 2011

  Geneology… what a rewarding and challenging process. I am trying to tie my family lines back to the Choctaw Nation. My grandmother, Edna Maurine Ryan, was born in 1919. I have found her in the 1920 Census, at which time she was located in Jefferson, Oklahoma. Her parents were James…

• Williams Family SEARCH (help me I have an enigma) from Kelly. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 6, 2011

  I am trying to figure out who my great grandparents really were. My grandmother (1898 or 1910) Ora B Williams later (Ora B Smith) I was told was the daughter of Smith Williams and his wife Mattie Polk. According to my aunt who passed away almost 20 years ago, Ora’s…

• My Great grandmother Fillmore from bjenkins. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 5, 2011

  I’m just wondering if there is a way to find birth certificates for family born in Choctaw. My great grandmother was born in Choctaw Nation in OK in 1883. The family moved there from KY for some reason and then moved back to KY. Any leads would be appreciated. Her…

• Whippoorwill Church from Noodles. 10 comments, most recently from Noodles on January 4, 2011

  I’am hoping someone out there has heard of a church by the name of “Whippoorwill Church”. It’s was or is a choctaw indian church near Standing Pine, Mississippi. My relative was buried there in the late 1800’s. That is the last date I know it existed. There should be a…

• Stella Tyler from Allie. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 3, 2011

  Stella Tyler was my Great Great Grandmother. I can’t be sure that she is Choctaw, but I know I am Native American. I was researching any Tyler I could find that would connect me to Stella. I found a young girl named Eva Pocahontas Tyler. Her mother was Choctaw. She…

• Searching for Grandmother from Russell P. Bennett. 4 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on January 1, 2011

  This is just a shot in the dark, but hopefully a straight shot. I know little about my grandmother, Neva Childers, but that she was from central Mississippi and, I believe, Choctaw. She also had relations in Aquila, TX. Iam beginning to make an intensive search for this lady, who…

• Susan Puckett from Charles Leverich. 5 comments, most recently from SFC on December 31, 2010

  I am trying to verify my geneology. My great-grandmother was Susan Puckett and she died in 1949 or 50. inBaxter Springs Kansas. My Grand father was Arthur Cardwell who fell or was pushed into a mine shaft in Baxter Springs in 1925 and my grandmother was Alice Puckett Cardwell.Can anyone…