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Tidbits
from the Quarterlies
From Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Quarterly Vol. 11, Nos. 3 & 4, for September and December 1966
Transcribed to Electronic form by Jo White
COLBERT – CALVERT – CARVER – An alert to Arkansas and Oklahoma about whites and Indians who aided the Colonists in the Revolutionary War from Carrel T. (Tony) Thomas, Hugo, Okla.
- I am trying to locate the grave of a
Revolutionary War Soldier in S.E. Okla. by the above name (Colbert,
Calvert, Carver, trans.).
McCurtain and Choctaw Co. Okla., west of the Boggy River, was at
one time Miller Co., Ark. and had white occupants as early as 1812. I believe this soldier was among the
settlers. My informant says the
soldier was buried “with the honors of war” but has no other information
to help me locate the graves. I
believe there are also graves of Choctaw Indians who were Revolutionary
soldiers who fought with the Colonists at the Battles of Cowpens under
General Morgan, Tellico Plains under General Sullivan, and Yorktown under
General Washington.
I have a list of names of Indians who fought under General Wayne
and were living in 1832 when the Choctaw removal from Mississippi began. Dutch Johnne was Sullivan’s scout. From Article 21, Treaty of Dancing
Rabbit Creek between the U.S. and the Choctaw Nation concluded Sept. 28,
1830 – there were a few Choctaw Warriors who yet survived who marched and
fought with General Wayne – the whole number not to exceed 20. It was agreed that while they lived they
should receive $25.00 a year. The list
was made out; presented to their agent; and their names sent to National
Archives, Washington, D.C. or some Indian Affairs Office. National Archives tells me they do not have
these names.
The Choctaws who fought under General Wayne and still living in
1830 were: Mingoohemeter – Leflore’s District.
Ishtomakahacho and also the following – all in Mushulatubbee’s District:
Atokoli, Tishlerwellebee, Achukmatibi, Tishumiko, Hikatibi, Shikopaomma, Hepoe,
Pashitunabi, Pashistubi, Hollabbee, Shophauchobi, Yakkanya, Isshkeatoka,
Lauchebi, John Locus, Hanothomma, Iapenahomma, Locka, Ahalktina, and Falasner.
I would like to have more background information on these Choctaw
Warriors and to hear from Indians’ descendants who have family legends about
ancestors who have family legends about ancestors (sic) [emphasis by the
transcriber] in the Revolutionary War in the battles I named or other battles
now unknown to me. I also want to know
if any members of the DAR or SAR have ever been able to establish the ancestral
lines for membership based on Indian ancestors of the 5 Civilized Tribes who
fought or served or were known as patriots in the Revolutionary War on the side
of the Colonists.
(page 703)
CEMETERIES: Are there marked graves or other records of graves on
land that at one time belonged to a County Poor Farm or now is a part of a
County Home’s land? Carrel T. (Tony)
Thomas, Hugo, Okla. brings these graves to attention, having found a cemetery
in the middle of 160 acres once a part of a County Poor Farm. Few of the graves are marked; however, one
is that of a Texas Ranger. Says Tony,
“These victims of fate ought to be identified while there might be records
available.”
Tony is still searching for graves in the Kiamichi River area. Located but not yet studied as of 3 March 1966 are four graves near the mouth of Won Creek and the Kiamichi; one of Murry who d 1922 and is buried near the cabin where he lived – the cabin was near the place called Murry Hole on the Kiamichi; the Holland family cemetery on the east side of the Kiamichi and the Tims family near the mouth of Cedar Creek; and a cemetery north of Swink, Okla., not far from the old Leflore House built in 1834.
(page 703)
UNNAMED CEMETERY – Recorded by
Elizabeth F. Nichols 26 Dec. 1964 and published in OGS Quarterly, Vol.
X, No. 4, Dec. 1965, p. 639.
- The unnamed cemetery must be on the old Love
place. Judge Overton Love owned
8000 acres of land near Marietta, Love Co. He was born 6 Sept. 1823 in Marshall Co., Miss., the son of
Henry Love of Thomas Love who came from Scotland and died in Marshall Co.,
Miss.
There was also Robert J. Love who was prominent inn Purcell,
Okla. He was born in Missouri 2 Oct.
1852. His father, William M. Love, was
born in Tennessee in 1821 and moved to Texas, where he was killed by Comanche
Indians. Robert J. had a brother and
sister. Robert J. in 1877 married
Sallie G. Criner, a native of the Chickasaw Nation and a grand daughter of
Benjamin Love, interpreter of the Chickasaw Nation. Robert J. and Sallie, after marriage, located at Thackerville and
to Purcell in 1896.
Also in the Chickasaw Nation was Tom Grout who married Mary Jane
Love, daughter of Benjamin Love.
The cemetery could have well been on the Love land and possibly be
called Love Cemetery. (Info. In letter
21 Sept., 1966 from Mrs. Guy Logsdon, Ada, Okla.)
[This supplemental information has been forwarded to Mr. Alvin
Milton Criner, Jr., Trustee for the National Genealogical Society Building
Program, Washington, D.C. Mr. Criner,
desc. Of George Criner b. Frederick, Md. in 1815 is eager to learn the early history
of the Chickasaw Nation Criners and to exchange information with anyone
interested in the subject.]
(page 703)
A LONG JOURNEY ENDED -- Frederick, Maryland to Missouri to the new
Pioneer Museum at Woodward, Okla. – A Story of a Quilt – 1812-1966.
- Under glass and framed on the end wall of the
first room of the new Pioneer Museum, is a magnificent quilt. The central figure on the inlay is a
federal eagle, wings widespread with 18 stars between its wings. Louisiana was admitted to the Union in
1812 as the eighteenth state; and Indiana as the nineteenth in 1816. Records, indicating the quilt was begun
about 1800 in Frederick. Maryland, show cost of the material and the
thread as spun by the woman who made the quilt but her name was not
recorded. It is said she lived
until she was 80.
The quilt
descended to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Drake of Fort Supply, Okla., from his mother,
the late Mrs. Geneva Drake of Fargo; from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Homer P.
Covey of Woodward. Mr. Covey, now 95,
is the only living delegate of the 1906 Oklahoma Constitutional
Convention. The quilt was once owned b
Mr. Covey’s great grandmother – but who made the quilt? Mr. Covey was born in
Adair Co., Mo., 3 Feb. 1871 and came to the Territory (Okla.) in 1901. The quilt was passed down through Mr.
Covey’s ancestral lines.
A good
photograph of the quilt being held by the Drakes at the Pioneer
Museum appears in Oklahoma’s Orbit, Sunday, Oct. 9. 1966, a section of
the Sunday Oklahoman, Oklahoma City.
Do stop at the
New Pioneer Museum, the lifetime dream of Dr. and Mrs. C.E. Williams at
Woodward. You will be amazed at the
beauty and artistry – and will be received with genuine hospitality. And if you are an easterner looking for
Indians, Mrs. Williams is of Choctaw-French descent, a well-known historian and
artist; and is very busy painting landmarks – those in her early memories and
those of the Woodward area.
(page 707)
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