Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

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• Boland Perry from DAVIS PERRY. 4 comments, most recently from Colin Kelley on April 20

  I’m Searching for information on Boland and Nancy Perry.Boland was Born About 1825 and lived in Haskell, County. Probably was a farmer. I’m not sure if he was Choctaw or white.Nancy was a Leflore. Boland’s First name is Possibly Lyman or Lymon. May have lived in Stigler.There use to be…

• Searching for roll # for my grandmother: Mary Jane Sexton from Loretta Webster. 4 comments, most recently from Colin Kelley on April 20

  My daughter found my grandmother’s name listed on an Indian Census. It listed my grandmother’s name, her age at the time of the census (age 7)which was correct according to her birthdate…however it listed her as Choctaw and we always thought she was Cherokee. How do I begin researching this?…

• Need assistance on getting my roll card from Summer . 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 20

  I just recently got in contact with my dad’s family….I was wondering if there is a way i could get started on getting assistance…can’t afford to get my dad’s birth certificate to finish the process….i do have all my great great grandparents information roll/dawes #’s and also learned one of…

• i keep forgetting from aiahninchi ohoyo. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 18

  halito…i keep forgetting to post my new email address…it is currently… choctawlady47@gmail.com…looking for any info on my folsom family….j l weiss truitt…yakoke!!!

• Parker Lineage from AncientSunSugar. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 18

  My grandmother was born on the reservation in Oklahoma, later moving to Kentucky and eventually Alabama. Her mother (my great grandmother) was Mamor Parker (Parker was her maiden name), her brother was Melvin Parker, and a younger sibling named Lucy Parker (who died in 2008 at the age of 96)….

• Heritage to Choctaw from K S Sandbothe. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 18

  Hello, I’m researching for a school project. I’m looking for any information about my Great great great Grandmother who was full blooded Choctaw from Oklahoma. I don’t know her name but her sons name was Lucian Berry, he died in St. Louis in the late 1970’s. If you can tell…

• Bolden from Felecia Smith. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 18

  Hello, I am trying to determine if my Paternal Great Grandmother was of the Choctaw Nation. At one point in time I searched the Dawes Commission Rolls and found her name, now in searching I can not find her name. The ARC says some people of the Choctaw Nation are…

• Surnames Cotner and Walker from Christine Giles. 6 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 18

  My mother’s ancestors were in Indian Territory, Choctaw Nation in the late 1800’s. William Henry Cotner came there from Carthage, MO, in the company of a minister by the name of Aaron Short. Cotner married Aaron’s daughter, Mildred; their first child was born in Blaine, I.T., Choctaw Nation in 1885….

• Adoption obtaining CDIB from Karen Dunkin. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 18

  I was placed for adoption in 1961 have recently found my birth-family and found out that my great grandmother was Choctaw. I have petitioned the District Court in Austin Texas for the required paperwork needed to obtain my CDIB and they provided all but what I need the most original…

• John Riddle? from Ken. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 14

  My great grandfather was John Riddle. He died in 1899 in Arkansas. He was married to a Mary Fields at that time. He had a young son named Ezra Alvis Riddle.If anyone has information on them let me know.

• John C. Penney and Mary Elizabeth Penney from Misty Day. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 13

  I have grown up always being told I had ties to the Choctaw Indians, but never knew where to look. While researching My family tree I have found that my grandfather lived on/near the reservation in 1900, he was 2 years old according to the record. His name is Guy…

• information for Egypt Leno from Ray Hogge on April 13

  EGYPT LENO. I beleave I have the information about your great, great grandmother you were looking for plus more family history regarding John Hogge the brother of Charlie Jefferson Hogge. Not sure how to contact you, hope to be able to do so soon. Ray Hogge

• Wand/Miller from shaine. 6 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 12

  I have death certificate for great grandad Edgar Wand Of Pushmataha. It has birthplace unknown nor I can’t Find any last names of the name wand on Dawes roll. His mothers name was Jane Miller. She resided in Pushmataha As well but I can’t find any records on her. I…

• Reply to suzanne hamlet shatto from Betty Dighton. 4 comments, most recently from Steph on April 11

  I am sorry that I confused you on looking for my great-grandmother’s information. Her birth name was Mary Adeline Roberts. Her parents were Felix Huston Roberts and Rachel Oletha Davis Roberts. It seems to me from what I can locate about my Great-grandmother is that she somewhere dropped the first…

• Where do I go from here? from katycw. 4 comments, most recently from R. E. McLellan on April 11

  I was so pleased when I found my possible Indian heritage. The information attached from Ancestory.com indicates that my 3rd great grandmother was born on and or around the Choctaw area in Mississippi and married her husband in Pearl River. I have no idea how to research further, any guidelines…

• Alice Carolie Goodrich? from Renee (Zortman) Hundt. 3 comments, most recently from Ashley Bains on April 10

  Alice Carolie was born December 29, 1865 probably in Missouri. She married Jonathon Jeremiah Zortman and had many children. She died in Bloomington, IL in 1957. Her adopted parents were Hubbard & Jan Goodrich. Since I don’t know her birth name, I can’t find a birth certificate or record. In…

• Any help would be appreciated from mark stubbs. 3 comments, most recently from mark stubbs on April 10

  I am at a road block. I am trying to find Stella Nora Phillips she was full blooded Native American born in 1901 Latimer county Oklahoma according to censes reports from 1920’s which are the oldest I have found ( ancestry, family tree ect ) I have spent a lot…

• Henry Holley from Stephen C. Reed. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 10

  I am trying to find a Henry Holley born 1885 in Indian Territory. Parents were John Holley and Nancy Kilburn.

• Grandmother from Sandi Garcia. 2 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 10

  All my life i have known i had indian blood in me. I always thought it was great.For many years i have tried to do research on both sides of my family. Right now,i would like to do research on my paternal grandmother. Her name was Mary Eggar Pope. She…

• Gentry sir name from Choctaw County Mississippi from Atochabsh. 3 comments, most recently from suzanne hamlet shatto on April 10

  I am looking for information on Elijah K. Gentry, said to be a Choctaw chief from Choctaw Country Mississippi. If you have any information you can send it would be appreciated.