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James M. Meeks,
Choctaw
James M. Meeks Et Al.,
Dawes Commission, No. ___
August 7, 1899. Appeared before
Commissioner McKennon at Calvin, Ind. T.,
and applied for enrollment. The commissioner
asked but one question bearing upon his
right to enrollment. He asked if the
applicants were upon the tribal rolls and
upon the applicant replying that he was not
on the tribal rolls the commissioner
informed him that his enrollment would be
refused.
June 6, 1900. Again appeared before the
commission at Atoka, at which time a hearing
was had which developed the following facts:
J. M. Meeks is the son of Seamon Meeks, who
married a Choctaw woman in the State of
Mississippi and removed to the Choctaw
Nation in the early days. J. M. Meeks and
his brother. Jacob Meeks, were born in
Scullyville County, Choctaw Nation, but J.
M. Meeks left the nation after growing into
manhood and remained out until 1897, when he
returned. He has lived continuously in the
nation since that time. His brother. Jacob
Meeks, and his family are on the final rolls
of the Choctaw Nation. No. 15737.
August 29, 1900. The commission rendered a
decision denying the application for
enrollment on the ground that as the
applicants name did not appear upon the
rolls of the nation the commission was, by
the act of May 31, 1900, precluded from
enrolling them.
Statement Bt Counsel
As J. M. Meeks was born a citizen of the
Choctaw Nation and had removed to and in
good faith settled in the nation prior to
June 28, 1898, as required by act of
Congress of that date, and being
unquestionably of Indian blood, he should
have been enrolled by the commission in 1899
under authority conferred upon the
commission by the act of June 28, 1898.
There should also have been enrolled Joseph
H. Brunton, the grandson of Jacob Meeks
above referred to as No. 15737 on the
approved Choctaw roll. The mother of this
boy died August 12, 1894. She was the
daughter of Jacob Meeks. The child's father
took him out of the nation January 15, 1895,
and he returned after March 4, 1907, and
before he reached his majority.
Those entitled to enrollment are: J. M.
Meeks and his children; Mary E. Pointer (nee
Meeks); Nancy J. Summers (nee Meeks); J. W.
Meeks: J. A. Meeks; K. A. Meeks; J. S. Meeks
and children, Novella and Ruby; F. E. Meeks
and children. W. M., L. T., J. M., L. E.,
Alva and Lillian M.; Mary Ann (Meeks) Gist,
now deceased, together with her children,
Jacob M., Nora B., and James H., and
grandson, William M. Standrige: Austin
Meeks; Vinnie Meeks; Joseph Brunton,
grandson of Jacob Meeks And also the family
of C. W. Meeks, who were before Judge
Pollock, of the department, in 1910. Also
the families of Amanda Meeks and J. H.
Meeks, blood relatives of Jacob Meeks.
Respectfully submitted.
Ballinger & Lee,
Walter S. Field, Attorneys for Claimants.
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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