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Exhibit 6, Mississippi
Choctaw by Blood
List Of Persons Apparently Entitled To Enrollment In The Choctaw Nation But
Whose Names Were Omitted Because No Application Was Made By Reason Or Mistake Or
Oversight.
1. Davis, Mond Amos.
The proof, November 19, 1910, shows that this applicant is about 17 or 18 years
old; that his mother, Josephine Amos, or Josephine Davis, was a full-blood
Choctaw, who died prior to the removal of the Choctaws from Mississippi; that a
half brother, Jeff Amos, a half sister, Lucinda Amos, and a half sister, Rosella
Amos, by the same mother, are on the rolls of Mississippi Choctaws as full
bloods at Nos. 1415, 1416, and 1417, respectively. It is further shown that this
boy removed to the Choctaw country with the family of. Billy Washington and is
still living with him. Billy Washington was a member of the Snake Band of
Indians, opposed to enrollment, and prevented the boy from appearing at the
hearing in 1910. It is clearly shown that this boy has lived in the
Choctaw-Chickasaw country since his removal thereto in 1903. If any provision
shall be made for the further identification and enrollment of Mississippi
Choctaws, this applicant should he recognized.
2. John, Lillie Jackson.
About 21 years old and living January 25, 1911; female, full blood. This
applicant was born in Mississippi. Her father is Alex Jackson, a full-blood
Choctaw, and her mother, Martha Jackson, a full-blood Choctaw, these facts being
testified to by witnesses who knew them in Mississippi. Both these parents died
while the applicant was a young child. Lillie removed from Mississippi to the
Choctaw-Chickasaw country in 1902 with her grandmother, Ellen Jim, who
afterwards married William Billey, and a company of Mississippi Choctaws, and
has lived there since that time. It seems that this child was overlooked in
making up the rolls of Mississippi Choctaws because her full-blood grandmother
did not make application.
3. McDaniel, Houston.
About 23 years old and living November 17, 1910; male; full blood. Father: Aqua
McDaniel. Mother: Nancy McDaniel. Both parents are alleged to have been
full-blood Choctaw Indians, who died in Mississippi. Houston removed to Oklahoma
in 1901, and has resided there since that time. Isaac Thompson, a Mississippi
Choctaw, testifies that he brought Houston with him to the Choctaw country in
1901 and that the boy has lived there ever since. He further testifies that he
presented Houston's name to the Dawes Commission, but was told that the boy must
appear before them in person. It appears that the claims of this boy for
enrollment were not fully presented, because of his youth and the fact that
nobody else looked after them.
4. McDaniel, Joe.
About 12 years old, and living November 17, 1910; male; full blood. Father: John
McDaniel. Mother: Mary McDaniel. Both parents shown by the testimony to have
been full-blood Choctaw Indians living in Mississippi. The father died there,
and the mother removed to the Choctaw country in Oklahoma in 1906. The boy Joe,
however, was brought by Isaac Thompson in 1901, being about 3 years old. This
boy has lived in the Choctaw country in Oklahoma since that time. Thompson
states that when he went before the Dawes Commission in behalf of Joe he was
told that the child must appear in person.
5. Taylor. Joseph.
Born June 21, 1905; living December 17, 1910: male; full blood. Father: Frank
Taylor. Mississippi Choctaw roll No. 1075; full blood. Mother: Lulie Taylor,
Mississippi Choctaw roll. No. 1076: full blood. No application of record. The
father and mother each testify that they had no money to go to Muskogee to make
application.
Intermarried Choctaw
1. Bevill, Joe T.
The proof shows that Joe T. Bevill was
married to Alice E. Pitchlynn, a member of
the Choctaw tribe, Choctaw roll No. 13038,
as Alice Bevill, December 23, 1875, and
continued to live with her until 1900, when
she divorced him. In 1898 Bevill was
arrested for some offense, the character of
which is not shown, and upon conviction was
sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of
years. A divorce was secured by his wife,
because of his conviction and imprisonment.
Upon his release from imprisonment in 1901
he did not return to the Choctaw country,
the reason for not doing so being stated by
him as follows:
"Well, I used to think I stood pretty well
here with my people, but I took a terrible
downfall and got into the penitentiary and
felt delicate about coming back, and after I
got out of the penitentiary I went in the
Cherokee country, and I was so ashamed and
didn't come back."
The testimony further shows that this man
was recognized as a Choctaw citizen and
exercised various rights of such citizens,
such as serving on juries in the Choctaw
courts, serving as a clerk of elections in
the Choctaw elections, securing permits for
his renters to remain in the Choctaw
country, voting at Choctaw elections, and
acting as private secretary to the principal
chief of the Choctaw Nation. This couple
raised a family of children, five of whom
were living December 1, 1910 and upon the
final rolls of the Choctaw Nation. It is
believed that the facts in this case justify
the recognition of this man's right to
enrollment as an intermarried Choctaw.
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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