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T. D. Arnold,
Chickasaw
T. D. Arnold Et Al.
1806, Chickasaw Case. No. 6.
United States
court case (southern district), No. 13.
Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court case
(Tishomingo docket). No. 32.
September 7, 1896. Original application
made to the Commission to the Five Civilized
Tribes, under the act of June 10. 1896. for
citizenship in the Chickasaw Nation of T. D.
Arnold and 68 others, whose names will
appear hereafter.
The applicants alleged that all of the
claimants were the descendants of Susan
Pistol, a half-blood Chickasaw, and David
Pistol, and that said Susan Pistol was the
daughter of George Colbert; that George
Colbert was a full-blood Chickasaw Indian
who resided on what was known as Colberts
Reserve in the State of Alabama. In support
of this application the applicants
introduced the affidavits of the principal
claimants identifying the members of the
family and the affidavit of Joshua Fowler
that, he knew Susan Colbert, the daughter of
George Colbert, in the State of Alabama, and
that George Colbert was a full-blood
Chickasaw Indian: he further stated that he
knew that Mary Pistol, daughter of Susan
Pistol, married Willis Arnold, and that
Julia Fowler was a daughter of Susan Pistol
and David Pistol, and the mother of Mary E.
Bratcher, formerly Fowler. The affidavit of
Susan M. Nichols was introduced, who swore
that, she was born in the old Chickasaw
Nation, in the State of Mississippi, and
that she had often heard the Chickasaw and
Choctaw Indians speak of George Colbert, who
resided on Colberts Reserve, in the State of
Alabama, and that she had never heard him
spoken of only as a Chickasaw Indian. She
further stated that she had that day seen a
printed copy of the treaty concluded between
the Chickasaw Indians and the United States
on May 24. 1834, which was ratified July 31,
1834, and that in article 10 of said treaty
the name of George Colbert was recited as a
member of the Chickasaw Tribe of Indians.
The affidavit of Isaac Williams, who swore
that he was 93 years of age, a citizen of
the Chickasaw Nation, and formerly resided
in what was known as Old Colberts Reserve in
Alabama: that he knew David Pistol and his
wife, Susan Pistol, and that the said Susan
Pistol was a daughter of George Colbert, a
full-blood Chickasaw Indian, and that Susan
Colbert was a half-blood Chickasaw Indian.
The answer filed by the Chickasaw Nation was
supported by three affidavits. One, of C. A.
Burris, who stated that he came to the
Indian Territory with the Chickasaws in
1837; that he had held a number of offices
in the Chickasaw Nation: that he never heard
of the name of Pistol, or a woman of that
name; that he was raised with Pitman
Colbert, who was the son of George Colbert,
the only one he ever knew in the State of
Mississippi: he had no daughter by the name
of Susan: that if the said George Colbert
had a son-in-law by the name of Pistol, or a
daughter by the name of Susan, he would have
known it.
The affidavit of Peter Maytubbee was to the
same effect. He made oath to the effect that
he came from Mississippi in 1837 with the
Chickasaws; that he was acquainted with
Pitman Colbert and George Colbert; that
Pitman Colbert had a relative by the name of
Susan, who married Robert Jones: that said
Susan was the only Susan Colbert he ever
heard of; that he never knew of a Chickasaw
by the name of Pistol.
The affidavit of H. F. Murray was to the
effect that he had resided in the Chickasaw
Nation since 1870; in the Indian Territory
since 1854: that he had been attorney
general of the Chickasaw Nation, district
judge, county judge, delegate to Washington,
and was intimately acquainted with the
affairs of the nation; was intimately
acquainted with the Colberts ever since they
came to the Indian Territory; that he knew
George Colbert, who had a daughter by the
name, of Susan, and he knew that he never
had a daughter who married a man by the name
of Pistol.
Note.-Counsel desire to call
attention that these affidavits refer to the
Colbert family of Mississippi; affiants say
they came from the State of Mississippi,
whereas claimants came from the Colbert
Reserve in the State of Alabama, and that it
is therefore evident that there were two
separate and distinct families of Colberts
living in Mississippi and Alabama,
respectively, during the thirties.
November 10, 1896. The commission denied
this application. The case was appealed to
the United States court for the southern
district of the Indian Territory, Ardmore,
which court, on-
March 10, 1898. Reversed the judgment of the
commission and admitted the following
persons to citizenship in the Chickasaw
Nation: T. D. Arnold, Martha Alice Clowdus,
Luther Clowdus, Lester Clowdus, Tommie
Clowdus, Ruth Clowdus, W. D. Arnold, Earnest
Arnold, Lee Arnold, Carroll Arnold, Ira Lee
Arnold, Thomas Sylvester Arnold, Ida Belle
Lucas, George Walter Arnold, John Hunter
Arnold, Claud A. Arnold, Mary Elizabeth
Bratcher, Marshall Bratcher, Andy Bratcher,
Thomas Jefferson Bratcher, John Harvey
Bratcher, Freddie Bratcher, Eddie Bratcher,
Stella Bratcher, Viola Bratcher, Melvin
Bratcher, William Henry Bratcher, Delia
Bratcher, May Bratcher, Finis Bratcher,
Sarah Hickerson, Cordova Hickerson, Willie
Hickerson, Grace Hickerson, Lee Bratcher,
Olen Bratcher, Beulah Bratcher, Clyde
Bratcher, Eli Bratcher, Floyd Bratcher,
Reuben Bratcher, Fannie Kennon, Ward Kennon,
Mary Elvira Kennon, Nancy Moore and her
children, Joe Moore, Willie Moore, Homer
Moore, Isabella Fowler, Mary Saphronia
Fowler, Nocholas Marion Fowler, Edith
Fowler, William Fowler, Esther Fowler, W. A.
Moss, T. H. Moss, J. C. Moss, all by blood,
and Mrs. Nancy T. Fowler, Mrs. Parale
Arnold, G. H. Bratcher, by intermarriage.
The judgment of the United States court
sustained the judgment of the Commission to
the Five Civilized Tribes and denied the
applications of the following persons: S. A.
Clowdus, Elizabeth Arnold. William Lucas,
Dora Bratcher, Lydia Bratcher. William Silas
Hickerson. Maggie Bratcher, Lou Bratcher.
Jennie Bratcher, Henry Hope Kennoe (Kennon),
James M. Moore.
Note.-The judgment of the United
States court admitting the above-named
persons was as shown by subsequent testimony
before the commission, erroneous as to Lee
Bratcher, Olen Bratcher, Beulah Bratcher,
and Clyde Bratcher, who had not, prior to
June 28, 1898, removed and in good faith
settled in the nation. Their names should
not have been included in the judgment, and
no claim for them is made here.
The following is in brief the substance
of the additional testimony taken by a
special master in the United States court:
Deposition of A. S. Persons: He stated
that he lived in Alabama; that about 54 or
55 years prior to that time he lived in the
Chickasaw Nation, Ind. T.: that he resided
in the State of Alabama all his life except
about three years he resided in the
Chickasaw Nation, Ind. T.; that he lived,
during his residence in Alabama, in Colbert
County, and knew George Colbert when he
lived on Colbert's Reserve, In which was
formerly a part of Franklin County, but now
composes Colbert County; that he lived about
a mile from the said George Colbert and knew
him very well, and met him almost every day;
that George Colbert was a Chickasaw Indian
and appeared to be a full-blood Indian ;
that George Colbert had two daughters, one
named Susan Colbert and one whose name he
had forgotten.
Deposition of James Simpson: Stated that
lie lived in Alabama; had never resided in
the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation. Ind. T., he
knew George Colbert in Florence, Ala., he
having stopped at Simpson's father's house:
he traded at the father's store and resided
in the Indian Nation south of the Tennessee
River: George Colbert appeared to be, and
was considered, a Chickasaw Indian, and
looked to be a full blood: did not know
Susan Colbert.
A. Nichols, In his deposition, states
that he was born in the State of Alabama,
and while an infant his mother removed to
Tennessee, right on the Mississippi line in
McNary County, where he resided about two
years; then moved to Mississippi to the old
Chickasaw Nation; lived in said nation at
Eastport about five years; moved to Fort
Smith, Ark., in 1853, resided there till
1863 and removed to the Choctaw Nation; had
resided continuously in Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations since that time: that he
knew George Colbert; first at Tuscumbia,
Ala., and often saw him In Eastport, Miss.,
and also often at his residence on Colbert's
Reserve, which was about 20 miles from
Eastport; from his appearance George Colbert
was n full-blood Chickasaw Indian: he had
several children ; one a daughter named
Susan, who was the wife of David Piston, and
another, whose name was Molsie. He has known
two George Colberts; the, one be testified
about in this case, and one whom he knew at
Antlers in the Choctaw Nation. When he knew
George Colbert, Colbert was getting
tolerably old, but does not know how old he
was: presumed he was dead, but did not know
when he died. He knew him to be a Chickasaw
Indian from his appearance; he did not speak
plain English, and was recognized as a
Chickasaw Indian by all the Chickasaws who
knew him, among whom he resided as he was
chief, and took part in all their councils
and in transaction of such business as they
had with the Government of the United
States. Judge Murray's wife, Susan Colbert,
is not the one he was testifying about.
Deposition of William K. Haraway: He
stated he was 81 years old and lived in
Florence. Ala., and had resided in no other
States but Tennessee and Alabama: he resided
at Rogersville, in Lauderdale County, till
about 15 years prior to that date: he knew
George Colbert in Lauderdale County; lived
on the south side of the Tennessee River
among the Indians, about 24 miles from
deponent's home: never met him but once: he
appeared to be a Chickasaw Indian, a full
blood; did not know Susan Colbert; when he
knew George Colbert he was about middle-aged
man and it had been about 65 years since he
saw him; does not know how many children he
had.
Deposition of Himady Williams: He was
about 84 years old and resided near Homer,
Ind. T.; lived in the Choctaw Nation at
Boggy Depot before the war: was born in the
State of Mississippi, and resided there till
he came West with the Indians, and has
resided in Indian Territory ever since;
never resided in State of Alabama: knew
George Colbert on the Tennessee River in the
State of Alabama, about 40 miles from where
deponent lived: his master would visit
Colbert and take him with him: sometimes lie
would stay a week at Colbert's, but does not
know how many times: a great number of
times: George Colbert was n Chickasaw
Indian, and appeared to be a full blood:
does not know whether George Colbert was
ever married: knows he lived with a woman as
his wife and had children, as he heard them
call him father; he knew two of his
daughters. Susan and Molsie. Susan married,
David Piston, a white man: did not know how
old George Colbert was, but he knew him from
the time he could remember till he came
West: does not know how old Susan Colbert
was, but she was a grown woman; was not a
Negro, and her mother was not a slave.
W. H. Campbell, special master, to whom
this case was referred, in his report found
from the evidence that George Colbert was a
full-blood Chickasaw Indian: that Susan
Pistol, through whom the applicants claim
was a half-blood Chickasaw Indian; that all
the applicants, except those who claim by
intermarriage were the lineal descendants of
George Colbert, through his daughter, Susan
Colbert, and recommended that those of the
applicants who were residents of the Indian
Territory be enrolled as members of the
Chickasaw Tribe of Indians.
The judgment of the United States court in
this case was vacated by the decree of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court of
December 17, 1902, in the "test case" of J.
T. Riddle et al., v. The Choctaw and
Chickasaw Nations or Tribes of Indians, and
the case was certified to said Choctaw and
Chickasaw citizenship court for a trial de
novo.
June 29, 1904. Decree of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw citizenship court denying the
right to citizenship in the Chickasaw Nation
of claimants herein.
Note.-No testimony was taken in the
citizenship court, nor was there any opinion
rendered by said court, the attorneys for
claimants having moved to dismiss their
case.
Statement By Counsel
Counsel for claimants submit that the
testimony in this case is clear as to the
descent of applicants herein from recognized
Chickasaw Indians, who resided in the old
Colbert Reserve in the State of Alabama, and
that the findings of the master in chancery
and the judgment of the United States court
was correct, and that the parties herein
should have been enrolled as citizens of the
Chickasaw Nation, and are now entitled to
such enrollment, except for the closing of
the tribal rolls by act of Congress.
Those entitled are: T. D. Arnold, Martha
Alice Clowdus, Luther Clowdus, Lester
Clowdus, Tommie Clowdus, Ruth Clowdus, W. D.
Arnold, Earnest Arnold, Lee Arnold, Carrol
Arnold, Ira Lee Arnold, Thomas Sylvester
Arnold, Ida Belle Lucas, George Walter
Arnold, John Hunter, Arnold, Claud A.
Arnold, Mary Elizabeth Bratcher, Marshall
Bratcher, Andy Bratcher, Thomas Jefferson
Bratcher, John Harvey Bratcher, Freddie
Bratcher, Eddie Bratcher, Stella Bratcher,
Viola Bratcher, Melvin Bratcher, William
Henry Bratcher, Delia Bratcher, May
Bratcher, Finis Bratcher, Sarah Hickerson,
Cordova Hickerson, Willie Hickerson, Grace
Hickerson, Eli Bratcher, Floyd Bratcher,
Reuben Bratcher, Fannie Kennon, Ward Kennon,
Mary Elvira Kennon, Nancy Moore and her
children, Joe Moore, Willie Moore, Homer
Moore, Isabella Fowler, Mary Saphronia
Fowler, Nicholas Marion Fowler, Edith
Fowler, William Fowler, Esther Fowler, W. A.
Moss, T. H. Moss, J. C. Moss (all by blood),
and Mrs. Nancy T. Fowler, Mrs. Parale
Arnold, G. H. Bratcher (by intermarriage).
Newborns for whom application was made
within the time prescribed by law: Paul
Clowdus, Elmer Rosevelt Clowdus, James E.
Arnold, Bertha Lucas, Burvian Lucas, Bula
Lucas, Elsie Lucas, Virgie Bratcher, Homer
Moore, Jesse Newton Moore, Cora Belle
Bratcher, Dewey Bratcher, Paul Eva Bratcher,
Willie May Bratcher, Clara Purl. Bratcher,
William R. Moss, Leona Margaret Moss,
William Hope Kennon, Maggie Arnold, Charlie
Arnold, Eula Bratcher, Andrew H. Hays,
Errett Holt, Bertha Holt.
The following-named children for whom birth
affidavits are herewith submitted: Roxie
Pearl Moore, Ruben Bratcher, Clara Holt,
Roffie Holt, Annie Clara Moore.
Exhibits attached.
Respectfully submitted.
Ballinger & Lee
Affidavit
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
J. M. Moore and Nancy A. Moore, who being
each duly sworn, on oath state that they are
the identical Nancy A. Moore and J. M. Moore
named In the Chickasaw enrollment cape known
as the T. D. Arnold case No. 6 of the Dawes
Commission records, and No. 13 of the United
States court for the southern district,
Indian Territory, and that they are the
father and mother respectively of Annie
Clara Moore, who was born March 29, l896,
and who is now living with affiants: and
Hint Annie Clara Moore's name was
inadvertently omitted from the application
filed by affiants In 1896 with the
Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes and
was never afterwards included therein by the
commission or the courts; that said child
Annie Clara Moore, has continuously lived in
the Chickasaw Nation with affiants since
said application was made and now resides
therein and is a full sister of Joe Moore,
Willie Moore, Homer Moore, and Jesse Newton
Moore, whose names have been Included in all
applications made to the Commissioner to the
Five Civilized Tribes for enrollment as
Chickasaw Indians by blood.
J. M. Moore.
Nancy A. Moore.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th
day of November 1910.
[Seal] Eloda Gibson, Notary
My commission expires May 18, 1913.
Department Of The Interior,
Commissioner Of The Five Civilized Tribes
In re application for allotment as a citizen
of the Chickasaw Nation of Austin Thornton,
born on tho 22d day of February 1905. Name
of father, James Andy Thornton, a noncitizen
of the nation. Name of mother, Isabelle
Thornton, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation,
Post office. Ardmore, Okla.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I. Isabelle Thornton, on oath state that I
am 36 years of age and a citizen by blood of
the Chickasaw Nation; that I am the lawful
wife of James Andy Thornton, who is a
citizen by blood of the Chickasaw Nation:
that a male child was born to me on 22d day
of February, 1905; that said child has been
named Austin Thornton and was living March
4, 1906.
Isabelle Thornton.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
Affidavit Of Attending
Physician Or Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Nancy T. Fowler, a noncitizen, on oath
state that I attended Mrs. Isabelle
Thornton, wife of James Andy Thornton, on
the 22d day of February, 1905: that there
was born to her on said date a male child;
that said child was living March 4, 1906,
and It is said to have been named Austin
Thornton.
Nancy T. (her x mark) Fowler.
Witnesses to mark-
Isabelle Thornton.
Leona Cox.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[SEAL.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public
Department or The Interior,
Commissioner Of The Five Civilized Tribes
In re application for allotment as a citizen
of the Chickasaw Nation of Roffie Holt, born
on the 20th day of October, 1905. Name of
father, Joseph Holt, a citizen of the
Chiekasaw Nation. Name of mother, America S.
Holt, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
Post office. Mannsvllle.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Oklahoma. Johnson County:
I, America S. Holt, on oath state that I am
31 years of age and a citizen by blood of
the Chickasaw Nation: that I am the lawful
wife of Joseph Holt, who is n noncitizen of
the nation: that a female child was born to
me on 26th day of October, 1905: that said
child has been named Roffie Holt, and was
living March 4, 1906.
America S. Holt.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
day of December. 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson. Notary Public.
My commission expires May 18. 1913.
Affidavit Of Attending Physician of
Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Nancy T. Fowler, a noncitizen, on oath
state that I attended Mrs. America S. Holt,
wife of Joseph Holt, on the 26th day of
October 1905; that there was born to her on
said date a female child: that said child
was living March 4, 1906, and it is said to
have been named Roffie Holt.
Nancy (her x mark) T. Fowler.
Witness to mark-
Leona Cox,
Eloda Gibbon.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
My commission expires May 18, 1913.
Department Of The Interior
Commissioner Of The Five Civilized Tribes
In re application for allotment as a citizen
of the Chiekasaw Nation of Ottie Kennon,
born on the 21st day of April 1904. Name of
father, H. H. Kennon, a white man of the
Chickasaw Nation. Name of mother, Fannie
Kennon a Chickasaw of the Chickasaw Nation.
Post office, Bono, Tex.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Texas, Johnson County:
I, Fannie Kennon, on oath state that I am 33
years of age and a Chickasaw Indian by blood
of the Chickasaw Nation: that I am the
lawful wife of H. H. Kennon, who Is a white
man by blood of the Chickasaw Nation: that a
girl child was born to me on 21st day of
April, 1904; that said child has been named
Ottie Kennon and was living March 4, 1906.
Fannie V. Kennon.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th
day of December 1910.
[seal.] L. E. Davis, Notary Public
My commission expires in June 1911.
Affidavit Of Attending Physician Or
Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, _______ a physician, on oath state that I
attended Mrs. Fannie Kennon, wife of H. H.
Kennon, on the 21st day of April 1904; that
there was born to her on said date a female
child; that said child was living March 4,
1906, and is said to have been named Ottie
Kennon.
C. F. Sullivan, M. D.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
Department Of The Interior,
Commissioner To The Five Civilized Tribes.
In re application for allotment as a citizen
of the Chickasaw Nation of Newton Thornton,
born on the 20th day of January 1903. Name
of father. James Andy Thornton, a noncitizen
of the nation. Name of mother, Isabelle
Thornton, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
Post office, Ardmore, Okla.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Isabelle Thornton, on oath state that I
am 36 years of age and a citizen by blood of
the Chickasaw Nation; that I am the lawful
wife of J. A. Thornton, who Is a noncitizen
of the nation; that a male child was born to
me on 20th day of January, 1903: that said
child has been named Newton Thornton and was
living March 4, 1906.
Isabella Thornton.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
Affidavit Of Attending
Physician Or Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Nancy T. Fowler, a noncitizen, on oath
state that I attended Mrs. Isabelle
Thornton, wife of James Andy Thornton, on
the 20th day of January, 1908; that there
was born to her on said date a male child;
that said child was living March 4, 1906,
and it is said to have been named Newton
Thornton.
Nancy T. (her x mark) Fowler.
Witnesses to mark-
Isabell Thornton.
Leona Cox
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
Department Of The Interior, Commissioner To
The Five Civilized Tribes.
In re application for allotment as n
Chickasaw citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of
Clara Holt, born on the 4th day of July
1903. Name of father, Joseph Holt, a
noncitizen of the nation. Name of mother,
America S. Holt, a Citizen of the Chickasaw
Nation Post office, Mannsvllle.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Oklahoma, Johnson County:
I, America Saphrona Holt, on oath state that
I am 31 years of age and a citizen by blood
of the Chickasaw Nation; that I am the
lawful wife of Joseph Holt, who Is a
noncitizen of the nation; that a female
child was born to me on 4th day of July,
1903; that said child has been named Clara
Holt, and was living March 4, 1906.
America S. Holt.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson. Notary Public.
My commission expires May 18. 1913.
Affidavit Of Attending,
Physician Or Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Nancy T. Fowler, a midwife, on oath state
that I attended Mrs. America S. Holt, wife
of Joseph Holt, on the 4th day of July 1903;
that there was born to her on said date a
female child: that said child was living
March 4, 1906, and it is said to have been
named Clara Holt.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
Department Of The Interior,
Commissioner To The Five Civilized Tribes
In re application for allotment as a citizen
of the Chickasaw Nation of Roxie Pearl
Moore, born on the 5th day of January 1904.
Name of father, J. M. Moore, a noncitizen of
the nation. Name of mother, Nancy A. Moore,
a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Nancy A. Moore, on oath state that I am
42 years of age and a citizen by blood of
the Chickasaw Nation; that I am the lawful
wife of J. M. Moore, who is a noncitizen of
the nation; that a female child was born to
me on 5th day of January 1904; that said
child has been named Roxie Pearl Moore, and
was living March 4, 1906.
Nancy A. Moore.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th
day of November, 1910,
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
My commission expires May 18, 1913.
Affidavit Of Attending
Physician Or Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I. Walter Hardy, a physician, on oath state
that I attended Mrs. Nancy A. Moore, wife of
J. M. Moore, on the 5th day of January 1904:
that there was born to her on said date a
female child: that said child was living
March 4, 1906, and is said to have been
named Roxie Pearl Moore.
Walter Hardy.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th
day of November 1910.
[seal.] Eloda Gibson, Notary Public.
My commission expires May 18, 1913.
Department Of The Interior,
Commissioner To The Five Civilized Tribes
In re application for allotment as a citizen
of the Chickasaw Nation of Ruben Bratcher,
born on the 1st day of September 1904. Name
of father, Marshall Bratcher, a citizen of
the Chickasaw Nation. Name of mother, Manda
Bratcher, a noncitizen of the nation. Post
office, Ardmore.
Affidavit Of Mother
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, Manda Bratcher, on oath state that I am
30 years of age and a noncitizen : that I am
the lawful wife of Marshall Bratcher, who is
a citizen by blood of the Chickasaw Nation;
that a male child was born to me on the 1st
day of September 1904: that said child has
been named Ruben Bratcher, and was living
March 4, 1906.
Manda (her x mark) Bratcher.
Witnesses to mark-
M. P. Horton.
M. H. Bratcher.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 2d
day of December 1910.
[seal.] C. E. Maddox, Justice of the Peace
Affidavit Of Attending
Physician Of Midwife
State Of Oklahoma. _______ County:
I, Mrs. Leander Gray, a noncitizen midwife,
on oath state that I attended Mrs. Manda
Bratcher, wife of Marshall Bratcher, on the
1st day of September, 1904; that there was
born to her on said date a boy child; that
said child was living March 4, 1906, and is
said to have been named Ruben Bratcher.
Mrs. Leander Gray.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3d
day of December 1910.
[seal.] Frank S. Wolverton, Notary Public
My commission expires March IS. 1914.
Department Of The Interior.
Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes.
In the matter of the application for the
enrollment of Lenora Arnold as a citizen by
blood of the Chickasaw Nation.
The applicant, Lenora Arnold, claims her
right to enrollment as a citizen by blood of
the Chickasaw Nation through her father,
George W. Arnold. The right of the
applicant's father, George W. Arnold, to
citizenship in the Chickasaw Nation having
been adversely determined by a decree of the
Choctaw and Chickasaw citizenship court.
June 29, 1904, in case No. 32 upon the
Tishomingo docket of said court, it is
hereby ordered that the application of
Lenora Arnold for enrollment as a citizen by
blood of the Chickasaw Nation be dismissed.
Commission To The Five Civilized Tribes.
Tams Bixby, Chairman.
Muskogee, Ind. T., September 10, 1904
Affidavit Of Attending
Physician Or Midwife
State Of Oklahoma, Carter County:
I, L. D. Gillespie. a physician, on oath
state that I attended Mrs. America S. Holt,
wife of J. S. Holt, on the 26th day of
October, 1905; that there was born to her on
said date a female child: that said child
was living March 4, 1906, and is said to
have been named Roffie.
L. D. Gillespie.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of December 1910.
[seal] C. H. Eskew, Notary Public.
My commission expires December 10, 1910
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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