While we know our northern friends may not feel it, in the South, Spring is
here. So we thought we'd share a few of our gardening sites appropriate
for this time of the year. Along with gardening, there's grilling, and getting
ready to diet so that you can fit back into that bathing suit this summer!
You are hereby advised that on the 15th day of April, 1902, the
Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes rendered a decision in the
consolidated case of Julia Thompson, et al., embracing the following
applications for identification as Mississippi Choctaws:
Julia Thompson, et al .M.C.R. 1862
Candis Allen, et al ..M.C.R. 1776
Banistor Allen, et al M.C.R. 1774
Indiana Coleman .M.C.R. 1775
Margaret Ferrill, et al ..M.C.R. 1808
Emma Hayes, et al ..M.C.R. 1809
Jack Ferrill, et al ..M.C.R. 1811
John Ferrill, et al ..M.C.R. 1812
Robert Ferrill ...M.C.R. 1813
Willoughby Thompson .....M.C.R. 1870
Tobias Brock . .M.C.R. 1869
Julia Turner ...M.C.R. 1921
Charlie Allen .....M.C.R. 1974
Said decision, after a review of the evidence submitted, concludes as
follows:
The authority vested in the Commission by the
twenty-first section of the act of Congress of June 28, 1898, (30 Stats.,
495), is as follows:
Said Commission shall have authority to determine the identity of
Choctaw Indians claiming rights in the Choctaw lands under article
fourteen of the treaty between the United States and the Choctaw Nation,
concluded September twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty, and to
that end may administer oaths, examine witnesses and perform all other
acts necessary thereto, and make report to the Secretary of the Interior.
It is the opinion of the Commission that the evidence in this case is
insufficient to determine the identity of Julis Thompson, Candis Allen,
John Allen, Minnie Allen, Ella Allen, Della Allen, Pearl Allen, Byrd
Allen, Aleck Allen, Early Allen, Banistor Allen, Lewis Allen, Annie Allen,
Cora Allen, Luther Allen, Indiana Coleman, Margaret Ferrill, Elda Ferrill,
Lemuel Ferrill, Charley Ferrill, Emma Hayes, Minnie Hayes, Bamar Hayes,
Ollie Hayes, Maggie Hayes, Lucy Hayes, Cicero Hayes, Jack Ferrill, Mary
Ell Ferrill, George Ferrill, John Ferrill, Fannie Ferrill, Robert Ferrill,
Willoughby Thompson Tobias Brock, Julia Turner and Charlie Allen, as
Choctaw Indians entitled to rights in the Choctaw lands under the
provision of law above quoted, and that the application for their
identification as such should be refused, and it is so ordered.
You are further advised that the Commission has, on the date, forwarded
the record in this case to the Secretary of the Interior for review, and
you will be informed in due time of such action as may be taken by him.
Yours truly,
Iams Bixby
Acting Chairman
Register
COPY M.C.R. 1969
Muskogee, Indian Territory, June 17, 1902.
Tobias Brock,
Shubuta, Mississippi.
Dear Sir:
You are hereby advised that on the 5th day of June, 1902, the
Secretary of the Interior affirmed the decision of this Commission
refusing the applications for identification as Mississippi Choctaws of
the several persons included in the consolidated case of Julia Thompson,
et al,. of which decision you were advised by registered mail on the 23rd
day of April, 1902.
