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Surname Da-nu-wa to
Dunford
Da-nu-wa, John (minor).
Cherokee by blood. Files: Cherokee N. B.
3951, records in office of Commissioner for
the Five Civilized Tribes. Application was
made for the enrollment of this child under
the act of April 26, 1906. It Is a
full-blood Cherokee, of parents who belonged
to the Knight Hawk Band, who opposed
enrollment and refused to give any
information in regard to the child or to
apply for its enrollment. As the time for
closing the rolls drew near the application
of this child had to be rejected for lack of
information. Number of claimants in this
memorandum, 1.
Davis, Hattie A.
Chickasaw by blood. Files: Part II, Exhibit
F, report March 3, 1909. This woman claims
enrollment as a Chickasaw freedman. Her
failure to secure enrollment was due to
delay in making application. Her mother was
a slave, and it is probable she was also.
She claims that her sister, Rosie Lamey, is
on the Chickasaw freedman roll.
Number of claimants in this memorandum, 1.
Davis, John.
Creek by blood. Files: Records of Land
Division, Indian Office; also records of
Indian Territory Division, Secretary's
Office. This man was a full-blood Indian. He
was living in the Creek Nation March 8,
1900, and was hence entitled to enrollment
under section 29 of the Creek agreement,
which was entered into with the Indians on
said date. The words "now residing" must
necessarily have had reference to the date
of the writing because certain people were
then being considered. Said section did not
have reference to some undefined class who
might qualify at a later date.
Number of claimants In this memorandum, 1.
Indian Territory Division 7562-1902.
Case returned to Indian Office, with
departmental letter. January 20, 1903 (96
press-copy book, I. T. D., 126).
Land No. (I. O.) 70980-1902. Indian Office
letter, December 5, 1902, forwarding case to
department.
Note.—Application was made by Jeff
Davis for enrollment of John, his minor
child.
Davis, Wit. T.
Cherokee by intermarriage. Denied
enrollment, although on 1880 confirmed roll.
Adverse action taken because it was supposed
he "married out" of the nation. It is
claimed, however, that his second wife was
one of the Delawares who were adopted by
treaty into the Cherokee Nation.
Number of claimants, 1.
Doak, Mattie (7-2526) : post office,
Muskogee. Okla.
Choctaw by marriage. File: Part 1 of report
of March 3, 1909). "Applicant claims by
virtue of marriage with Dennis James.
Choctaw by blood, deceased, identified on
1893 Choctaw roll. She has three children,
Allie. Melinda, and Eve James, on final
Choctaw roll by blood, by this marriage.
Applicant denied and decision affirmed March
4, 1907, because of being possessed of Negro
blood. Otherwise case is perfect. We believe
no authority of law for denying on this
account—purely prejudice. She was lawfully
married and was United States citizen at the
time, and lawfully became Choctaw citizen by
the marriage."
Number of claimants in this memorandum, 1.
Doctor, Jimmie.
Choctaw or Chickasaw by blood. Files: Part
III, report March 3, 1909. It is stated that
this claimant lives at Ti, Okla.; that he
was too much of a "backwoodsman" to look
after his enrollment: that his children have
been enrolled; and that he had the same
mother as Turner Burris, whose case is the
subject of a separate memorandum.
Note.—From the memorandum in the
Turner Burris case it appears that the
applicant has a strong claim.
Number of claimants in this memorandum, 1.
Downing, Ambrose.
Downing. Jesse.
Creeks by blood. Files: Part III, Report
March 3, 1909. The statements which follow
were furnished by Ambrose Downing, Jesse
being his younger brother. He is the son of
Burnett and the nephew of Marchie Thompson.
The latter drew the $14.44 payment for him.
His mother was a white woman. He lived with
Marchie Thompson when a boy. He also has
other relatives whose names are on the
rolls. He was born In the Cherokee Nation
and has lived in the Creek Nation for the
past 15 years, being now 28 or 29 years old.
He was allowed to attend the Creek schools.
This claimant gives as reference Jack
Thompson, of Checotah, and Sam Hayes, of
Okmulgee, the latter being the official
interpreter for the district agent at that
point.
Number of claimants in this memorandum, 2.
Downing. Laura.
Ellick, Buck.
Cherokees by blood. Files: Reports Acting
Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes.
January 13 and 15, 1910, addressed to Hon.
J. George Wright. Laura Downing, child of
Amanda Downing, a Cherokee. No application
of record. Buck Ellick, age 7 years; parents
are dead and names can not be Identified on
roll. He is, however, apparently a full
blood.
Number of claimants in this memorandum, 2.
Dunford (Christian name unknown.)
(Minor child of Perry Dunford.)
Choctaw freedman. Files: Statement of R. L.
Turnbull, ex-Indian policeman of Bokchito,
made at Atoka, Okla.. November 10. 1908.
(See part 1, Exhibit F, report March 3,
1909.) Mr. Turnbull's statement Is as
follows: "It seems that all of the children
are enrolled with the exception of this one.
The father and mother are on the roll as
Choctaw freedmen. This child who is not
enrolled is either the oldest or next to the
oldest girl. The family resides 2 miles
south of Bokchito, Okla."
Note.—This child is probably
entitled to enrollment If the case could be
taken up and disposed of on its merits. Very
likely her failure to secure enrollment was
due to some technical cause, such as lack of
application or the like. Number of claimants
In this memorandum, 1.
Dunford, Lena.
Choctaw freedman. Files: Report of November
15. 1907, from Commissioner to the Five
Civilized Tribes. Application was received
December 26, 1902, for the enrollment of
Lena Dunford, born December 10,1895, and who
was living September 25, 1902, as a Choctaw
freedman. Lena Dunford is a child of Terry
Dunford, whose name appears opposite No.
3405 upon the approved roll of Choctaw
freedmen, and Louisa Dunford, nee Hicks, to
whom Terry Dunford was married about 1891 or
1892.
Number of claimants In this memorandum, 1.
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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