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Half Indian blood and
Incompetent
Class 7
The following are cases of claimants who
never made application for enrollment within
the time fixed by law, but who are of half
Indian blood or more and incompetent to look
after their own interests. The attention of
the department was directed to these cases
as indicated herein.
Muskogee, Okla., October 13, 1910. Hon. W.
P. Pollock, Assistant Attorney General for
Department of Interior, Muskogee, Okla.
Sir: In accordance with your suggestion, we
enclose herewith for investigation a list of
persons represented by us who made no
application for enrollment as citizens of
the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations, and whose
cases are exceptionally meritorious and
deserving of consideration by the
department.
Respectfully,
(Signed) Ballinger & Lee
Rosana Burton and
Raymond Purdy
From a sworn statement furnished counsel
on February 8, 1908, the following facts
appear:
Rosana Burton is 26 years of age, the
daughter of Simon James, a full-blood
Indian. Raymond Purdy, 11 years of ago, is
the son of Rosana Burton.
Rosana Burton was born at Wheelock, Ind. T.,
and has lived in the Indian Territory all
her life. She gives the following-named
persons as witnesses: Sinie Cleveland, Elsie
Strickland, and Frank Beemis, all living in
Garvin, Okla.
Present post-office address of Rosana Burton
is Parsons, Okla.
Frazina Babstist, Acus
Babstist, and Reener Gardner
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on the 29th of February 1908, it
appears that Frazina Babstist is 32 years of
age, a full-blood Choctaw Indian woman, the
daughter of Joe Farve and Isabell Farve,
full-blood Choctaws; that Acus Babstist is
the child of Frazina Babstist; and that
Reener Gardner is a niece of the said
Frazina Babstist. It does not appear from
the statement furnished counsel where
applicants were born, but the names of two
witnesses. Victoria Gardner, of Bokhomma,
Okla., and John T. Williams, of Swink.
Okla., are given by applicant as knowing of
her Indian blood and residence.
Present post office, Bokhomma, Okla.
Joe Babstist. Louisa
Babstist, Mattina Babstist, Sam Babstist,
and Johnie Babstist
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel 29 February 29, 1908, it appears
that the above-named parties are brothers
and sisters, of the following ages, in the
order named: 33 years, 20 years, 18 years,
15 years, and 12 years of age, respectively;
that they are full-blood Choctaw Indians,
born in the State of Mississippi, but were
residing in the Choctaw Nation on the 28th
day of June, 1898. Present post office.
Bokhomma, Okla.
Stella Brasetta
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel January 9, 1908, it appears that
Stella Brasetta is 28 years of age, a
half-breed Choctaw, and daughter of Remes
Brasetta, a Frenchman, and Melvina James, a
full-blood Choctaw woman; that her mother is
now living at Brock, Okla., and her father
is living in Mississippi.
Present post-office address, Brock, Okla.
Reno Gardner
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on the 29th day of December, 1908,
it appears that Reno Gardner is a minor,
then 2 years of age, the daughter of
Victoria Gardner, nee Reed; that Victoria
Gardner was a full-blood Choctaw Indian
woman; that the said Reno Gardner is now
living with her father, Robert Gardner, at
Bokhomma. Okla.
Annie Jesse
From the statement furnished counsel (not
sworn to) it appears that Annie Jesse is 31
years of age and a full-blood Choctaw
Indian, born in the State of Louisiana, and
was residing in said State on the 28th of
June, 1898.
Present post office, Kullituklo, Okla.
Earnest Jesse, Winston
Jesse, Willie Jesse. George Jesse.
Phillistine Jesse, and Elissa Jesse
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on February 3, 1908, it appears that
Earnest Jesse is 34 years of age, a
full-blood Choctaw Indian, and the son of
Jesse Johnson and Annie McDaniel, full-blood
Choctaw Indians; that the additional named
persons are the children of Earnest Jesse,
ranging in years from 2 years to 12 years,
and his wife, Annie Jesse, is also a
full-blood Choctaw Indian. That he was born
in the State of Louisiana and was living
there on the 28th day of June 1898.
Present post-office address, Kullituklo.
Okla.
Henry Fields. Albert
Fields, and Hampton Fields
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on the 10th day of January. 1908, it
appears that Henry Fields is 75 years of
age, and the son of Blue Fields and Anna
Fields (nee Butler): that Blue Fields was a
full-blood Choctaw Indian and that Albert
Fields and Hampton Fields are the sons of
Henry Fields and are of 39 and 31 years of
age, respectively: that Henry Fields has
been voting in the tribal elections in the
Choctaw Nation: that he was born at
Columbus, Miss., and came to the Choctaw
Nation. Ind. T., when the Indians removed
from Mississippi at a time when the said
Henry Fields was about 10 years of age; that
he has lived in the Choctaw Nation ever
since; that his two above-named sons were
born and raised in the Choctaw Nation.
The name of Henry Fields appears upon the
Choctaw roll of Kiamitia County, 1874.
Ann Booker, Claude
Sanders, Rufus Sanders, Hollis Sanders, and
Ray Sanders
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on November 18, 1907, it appears
that Ann Booker is 55 years of age, a
three-quarter Choctaw Indian woman; daughter
of Dave Hope, a half-breed Choctaw, and
Sarah, a Chickasaw Indian woman, and that
the additional named persons are
grandchildren of the said Ann Booker. Ann
Booker was born near Tishomingo, Okla.,
Chickasaw Nation, Ind. T., and has lived in
the Chickasaw Nation all her life.
Above-named grandchildren were born and
raised in the Chickasaw Nation. The names of
Ben Prockett and Jesse Powell, of Ardmore,
Okla., are given as witnesses.
Present post-office address, Ardmore, Okla.
Nazile Barnes and
Richard Barnes
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel upon the 10th day of December, 1907,
it appears that Nazile Barnes was 38 years
of age, seven-eighths Choctaw Indian, the
daughter of Pousan Yarby and Salina Yarby,
and that Richard Barnes is the son of Nazile
Barnes and is 15 years of age.
Nazile Barnes appeared before the Dawes
Commission at Meridian, Miss., in 1901, and
removed to the Indian Territory in January
1903. She was born at Bay St. Louis, Miss.
Present post-office address, Brock, Okla.
James Farve, Henry
Farve, and Earnest Fayard
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on the 10th day of March 1908, it
appears that James Farve is 29 years of age,
is seven- eighths blood Choctaw Indian, and
son of Jules Farve and Zabella Farve; that
Henry Farve is the son of James Farve, and
that Earnest Fayard, 10 years of age, is the
nephew of James Farve and three-quarter
Choctaw Indian.
James Farve appeared before the Dawes
Commission at Meridian, Miss., and moved to
the Indian Territory in 1902. He was born in
Hancock County, Miss.
Present post-office address. Brock. Okla.
Charlie Farve and
Andrew Farve
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on January 9, 1908, it appears that
Charlie Farve is 38 years of age and
three-quarters Choctaw Indian, the son of
Tuson Farve and Salina Farve; that Andrew
Farve is the son of Charlie Farve.
Charlie Farve was born at Bay St. Louis,
Miss.; lived there until he came to the
Indian Territory in 1903.
Arlina Farve and Forrest Farve, wife and
son, respectively, of Charlie Farve, are
upon the finally approved rolls of
Mississippi Choctaws.
Annie Huff, Bennie
Reed, Effie Reed. Pearley Reed, and Nareta
Robins
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel on the 21st day of March 1908, it
appears that Annie Huff is 45 years of age,
the daughter of John McGee, a full-blood
Choctaw, and Nannie McGee, a full-blood
Chickasaw; that John McGee was on the tribal
rolls, and that John McGee, a half-brother
of applicant, is enrolled and has his
allotment; that Bennie Reed, Effie Reed,
Pearley Reed, and Nareta Robins, nee Reed,
are the children of Annie Huff, and that the
father of said children was a full-blood
Cherokee; that she attempted to make
application at Atoka, through Allingston
Telle, a Choctaw, who was connected some way
with the Dawes Commission; that she was born
about 4 miles east of Tishomingo, Ind. T.,
and has lived in the Chickasaw Nation all
her life. She gives the names of Pollen
Perry, Richmond Perry, of McAlester, Isom
Styles, of Lewis, and Mary Vail, of Atoka,
as witnesses. She states that at the time
she attempted to make application at Atoka
that she was blind, and that the said
Allingston Telle told her to come back, but
when she went back the commission was gone.
Albert Reece. Mack
Reece, Annier Reece, Harry Reece, and
Charlie Reece
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel April 29, 1908, it appears that
Albert Reece is 60 years of age and one-half
Choctaw Indian; that his mother's name was
Lucy Frye; that Charlie Reece, 22 years of
age, is the son of Albert Reece; that Mack
Reece, 28 years of age, is the daughter of
Albert Reece, and that Annier Reece is the
wife of Albert Reece: that she is 56 years
of age and three-quarters Choctaw Indian,
the daughter of John Stocks and Susan
Stocks, and that Harry Reece, age 18 years,
is the son of Albert and Annier Reece.
The mother of Albert Reece, Lucy Frye, was
the sister of William Frye, sheriff of Atoka
County in 1884 and 1885. Albert Reece was
born in the Choctaw Nation and has lived
therein all his life: the other applicants
herein were also born and raised in the
Choctaw Nation. It appears that Albert Reece
attempted to make application before the
commission at McAlester, but the records of
the Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes does not disclose such application.
Present post-office address, Alderson, Okla.
Jim Gowins, Nannie
Gowins, Harry Gowins, Ellen Gowins, Hattie
Gowins, Husie Gowins, Birder Gowins, James
Gowins, Minnie Gowins, Francis Gowins,
Roosevelt Gowins, and Maggie Gowins
From the sworn statement furnished
counsel July 12, 1909, appears that Jim
Gowins is 50 years of age, the son of Henry
Gowins, a full-blood Choctaw Indian, and
Francis Gowins, a full-blood Chickasaw
Indian; that all of the other above-named
persons are the children of the said Jim
Gowins, ranging in age from 3 to18 years of
age. Jim Gowins was born and raised in the
Choctaw Nation and has lived therein all his
life; all of his children were born in the
Choctaw Nation. He gives the names of Moses
and Peter Cristie, of Millerton, as
witnesses.
Present point-office address of Jim Gowins
is Millerton. Okla.
Alexander Dick, Zeno
Dick, Leeper Dick
Muskogee, Okla., October H, 1910. Hon. W.
C. Pollock,
Assistant Attorney General for the
Department of the Interior, Muskogee, Okla.
Sir: We desire to call your special
attention to the case of Alexander Dick and
his two minor children, Zeno Dick and Leeper
Dick. Alexander Dick states that he was
advised "that the commission recognized only
those who had been enrolled by the tribal
authorities, and that therefore he made no
application for enrollment.
His father, Martin Dick, his mother, Lucy
Dick, and several of his brothers and
sisters are on the finally approved rolls.
His father and mother, brothers, and sisters
are on the 1896 Choctaw census roll for
Atoka County, but Alexander Dick's name does
not appear thereon.
The 1885 census roll of Atoka County shows
Alexander Dick's name opposite No. 783, and
further shows that he was then 16 years of
age. His father and mother also appear upon
this roll. He was born at Boggy Depot, in
the Choctaw Nation, and has lived all his
life in the vicinity in which he was born.
His present post-office address is
Wapanucka, Okla.
We submit that this is an especially
meritorious case and should be considered in
the cases of incompetents.
Very respectfully.
(Signed) Ballinger & Lee
Sallie Jackson
Muskogee, Okla., October 25, 1910.
Hon. W. C. Pollock.
Sir: Supplementing the list of full-blood
Choctaw Indians heretofore furnished you, I
desire to direct your attention to the case
of Sallie Jackson, a full-blood Choctaw
woman, which we ask you to include with
other cases heretofore submitted for your
personal investigation. William Charles,
Email Charles, and Wilson Jackson, sons of
Sallie Jackson, have been enrolled as
citizens by blood of the Choctaw Nation,
their names appearing opposite Nos. 3142,
13573, and 3076, respectively. These
last-named persons were admitted to
citizenship in the Choctaw Nation by an act
of the Choctaw council approved October 16,
1895, as Mississippi Choctaws.
As to Sallie Jackson, it appears that she
was admitted by an act of the Choctaw
council of October 22, 1897, which date,
however, was after the authority of the
Choctaw national council to admit persons to
citizenship had expired. No application was
made for her enrollment when applications
were made for the enrollment of her sons,
but some time in the latter part of December
1905, or the early part of January 1906, her
son, Email Charles, appeared at the office
of the Commissioner to the Five Civilized
Tribes, at Muskogee. Ind. T., and attempted
to make application for the enrollment of
his mother, Sallie Jackson. The commissioner
was then without authority to receive
applications for enrollment, and no record
was made of this case. The matter was
reported to Mr. J. W. Howell, an assistant
in the office of the Attorney General for
the Department of the Interior, at the time
of his visit to Muskogee in the fall of
1908. Sallie Jackson is a full-blood Choctaw
woman and entitled to enrollment.
Respectfully,
(Signed) Ballinger & Lee.
Notes About the Book:
Source: Five Civilized Tribes In Oklahoma, Reports of the Department of the
Interior and Evidentiary Papers in support of S. 7625, a Bill for the Relief of
Certain Members of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, Sixty-second Congress,
Third Session, Published 1913, by the Department of the Interior, United States.
Online Publication: The manuscript was scanned and then ocr'd. Minimal editing
has been done, and readers can and should expect some errors in the textual
output.
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