Tensaw some records available

 Familysearch.org has included a lot of files for view online. They are not indexed. You can look at them one of two ways. Under search, if you select images you put in the place and they will give you records associated. You will find deeds, land records, and other records you would not have found previously.

Also, you can do a catalog search. If you search the catalog with the keyword (like Choctaw) you will find records, There is a radio button to select only online images. I have been browsing these a lot, since they aren't indexed. Yesterday, Eureka, I found something. Under Mobile, a collection of records that are in Spanish from 1788-1798.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/976666?availability=Family%20History%20Library

 So this is what I found.

My ancestor, Frances Pyburn sued Joseph Bates in 1797. This is an example of what you will find.

 

Notes on the Gardner Family of the Choctaw Nation

 My great great grandmother's mother was Cornelia Gardner, according to family records and death certificates. For the last 20 years I have been trying to figure out how she connects. I believe I found the answer. Research led me to the information below, but shared DNA with Trahern descendants and multiple Gardner's does seem to confirm it. (Note, this is not including descendants of Jeremiah Gardner and Sarah Hall as they are relatives on the Trahern side (Sarah Hall is the Aunt of Sarah Hall who married James Trahern).

Samuel (Sam Gardner), son of John Gardner and Alatoma in 1855 had wife Mary and a family in Towson. In 1868, his family includes another daughter (under 16) and a male age 10-16 without a wife. In 1868/1869 he married Isabelle Durant and had one more child, a son Basil Gardner born in 1869.

By the time of the Dawes, Samuel has died, as has all his children, except Basil.

The children I have for Samuel Gardner and wife Mary are:

Nancy Gardner born about 1849, she was not alive at the time of the dawes, and it is unknown if she married.

Loring Nolen Gardner born about 1851. He had son Pittman Gardner b 1873 and two daughters, Surena Gardner b 1880 who married John Wright, Wesley Phillips and Jimmie Coleman, and Millie Gardner who died before 1899. The mother of the girls was Mary Yale.

Sissy Gardner who was on the 1855 Annuity role is not listed in the household in 1868. She either died or married and if she did marry, was not alive by 1899.

Cornelia Gardner born about 1860 married Robert Trahern. Cornelia died in 1892. She had Admona (Addie), Margaret, Czarina (Rena), Loren, Martha and William Trahern.

The child of Samuel and Isabelle was Basil Gardner married Mary Ann Baker and had Edmond, Jefferson L, Laura Jane, Etta May, Adam Arrie, Sarah and Josephine Gardner.

As a side note, Clarissa Leflore cannot be the wife of Jeremiah Gardner as his son marries her daughter. There is an error in an old interview on that item. Sarah Hall, the sister of William Hall (married Susan Riddle) and Margaret Hall (married John Ring and A.W. Geary) was married to Jeremiah Gardner in Marengo County, Alabama June 21, 1818. Jerry Gardner is found near the Hall's on the Armstrong roll. We do not know which white man named Hall is the father of these children. Of note, Margaret Hall could already read and write when she tutored girls at the missionary school in before 1825. She was significantly younger than her sister Sarah and brother William by about 7 years.

1831 Armstrong Rolls

Nittakechi District

James Gardner 11, 2 males over 16, 3 children under 10, one slave

John Gardner 5, 2 males over 16, one child under 10

William Gardner, 11, 4 males over 16, 5 children under 10

 

Mushulatubbee District

Jeremiah Gardner, 7, one male over 16, 4 children

James Grant, 2, one white, notation married Gardner’s daughter since treaty (this is an error, he married Gardner's sister in law Margaret Hall July 28, 1831 in Marengo).

 

Attended Choctaw Academy

James Gardner age 9, 1832

Noel Gardner 1829 {approx 17}

 

Emigration information

 

Ft. Towson ? year {Volume 2 of emigration book}

James  Gardner 45, Margaret 35, Noel {Newell} 20, Rebecca 17, Lucy 15, Sally 12, Mary 10, Bob 8, Edmond 3

John Gardner 23, Alatima 25, Solomon 3

Lewis Gardner 30, Viscey 18, Joseph 1 ½

Isaac Gardner 35, Rebecca 20, Sarah 8 Zachariah 3, Eliza 1 Slaves Polly 11, Solomon 2

William Gardner 34, Betsy 35, Jackson 12, Sinai 9, Eliza 7, Hote ? 6, Anna 4, Sampson 1

 

Silas, James and John Gardner households

 

Gardner Head of Household's that immigrated in 1831-1833 (no idea who belongs to which family, not listed on the transcription)

 

James 45

William 34

Lewis 30

John 23 {son of James}

Jerry (no age, would be at least 40) Mushulatubbe district

Isaac 35

 

Women

Alatima 25, {John}

Betsy age 35, {wife of william}

Margaret 35, {wife of James}

Rebecca 20, {wife of Isaac}

Viscey 18 {Wife of Lewis}

Children,

Solomon {2}, 2 {slave} and 3 {son of John},

Sinai, 9, {William}

Sarah 8, {Isaac}

Sampson 1, {William}

Sally 12, {james}

Polly, 11, {Slave Isaac}

Newell, {probably Noel, James} 20,

Mary, 10, {James}

Lucy, 15, {James}

Lote, 6, {william}

Joseph 1, {Lewis}

Jackson 12, {this is the Jackson in 1855, William}

Eliza {2} 7 and 1, {Isaac father of one age 1, William is father of one age 7}

Edmund 3, {This is the Edmund in 1855, son of James}

Bob 8, {James}

Anna 4 {William}

Rebecca  17, James

 

1855 census Apuckshunnubbee District

Towson

121      Sam Gardner              M *** This is I believe the father of Cornelia Gardner

            Mary                            F

            Nancy                          F

            Loring                          C

            Sissey [Sipey?]             C

127      Edmund Gardner       M

            Lucy Gardner              F

            Tum-mey                    F

            Robert                         C

            Dixon                          C

            Phebe                          C

            Lavinia                        C

            Sophia                         C

227      Billy Gardner              M

            Betsey                          F

            Louis                           C

            Simpson                      C

250      Noel Gardner              M

            Anna Gardner (LeFlore] F

            Jefferson                      C

            Jerry                            C

            Simon                          C

            Jemmey [Jenney?]       C

            Narcissa                       C

273      Col. Geo. W. Harkins M

            Selina  Harkins [Gardner]      F

            Cornelia Harkins         F

            O.B. Harkins              C

            Louis E. Harkins         C

            Loring F. Harkins       C

Susan Harkins             C

            Cathrine Harkins        C

 

Pushmataha

Blue

353      Sarah Gardner

            Lucy Ann

            Joseph

            Albert

 

354      William Gardner

            Mary [Wilson]

            Salina

            Clarissa

            Rodolfus

            Sarah Ann

364      Calvin Gardner

            Elizabeth

452      Laura  Jane Gardner

 

Kiamitia

241      Feilding Gardner

            Elatiya

            Cornelius

            Forbes

            Sabil

            Morris

            Arinson

            Noah

Chickasaw District

30        Jackson Gardner                                      

            Mary Gardner                                          

            Simeon                                                     

            Abiline                                                     

            Alfred                                                       

            Jesse                                                         

            Josiah                                                       

            Harriet

91        Isaac Gardner                                          

            Rebecca Gardner [Johnson]                     

            George                                                     

            Silas                                                          

            Harriet                                                     

            James                                                       

            Sally                                                          

            Christopher                                              

            Reuben                                                     

            Blasom                                                     

            Bideseab                                                  

            Hannah

 

96        Zachariah Gardner                                   

            Levina Gardner [McKinney]                    

            Joseph                                                      

            Alkinson                                                   

            Phebe

 

1885 Choctaw Census

Blue

Gardner, R.C., 3, MI, Farmer, Blue

Gardner, William, 4, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Arthur, 2, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Arena, 22`, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Lelia, 15, FI, , Blue

 

169. Gardner, Samuel, 22, MI, Farmer, Blue

 

Gardner, G.W., 41, MI, Farmer, Blue

Gardner, Edward, 14, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Daniel, 12, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Robert, 8, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Willie, 6, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Arabella, 30, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Esebell, 16, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Mary, 10, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Dona, 3, FI, , Blue

 

Gardner, Samuel, 55, , Farmer, Blue

Gardner, Bazil, 15, M, , Blue

Gardner, Moley, 62, , , Blue

Hleohtabe, Seely, 15, FI, , Blue

Holton, McKinney, 21, M, , Blue

 

Gardner, Edmund W., 32, MI, Farmer, Blue

Gardner, Jane, 25, FI, , Blue

Gardner, E.C. Vina, 14, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Zachariah, 12, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Ezekiel, 9, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Nancy, 2, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Lucinda, 1, FI, , Blue

 

Gardener, Wm Sr., 54, MI, Farmer, Blue

Gardner, Mary, 61, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Sarah, 22, FI, , Blue

Gardner, Jane, 14, FI, , Blue {?granddaughter or daughter or daughter of George and Phoebe?}

Gardner, Wm Jr., 5, MI, , Blue {grandson}

 

Gardner, Jesse, 35, MI, Farmer, Blue

Gardner, Wilson, 9, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Margaret, 7, FI, , Blue

Gardner, William, 19, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Noel, 17, MI, , Blue

Gardner, Alonzo, 11, MI, , Blue

 

Tobusky

Gardner, Joe, 31, M/I, Farmer, 40 ac.

Gardner, Sally, 24, F/I, ,

Gardner, Francis, 6, F/I,

 

Sanbois

Garland, Suky, 50, F/I, ,

Gardner, Louisa, 16, F/I, ,

Nail, Nicholas, 12, M/I, ,

Hancock, Albert L., 7, M/I, ,

Hancock, Lorin, 4, M/I, ,

 

Eagle

Gardner, Jefferson, 40, MI, Merchant,

Gardner, Julia, 22, FI, ,

Gardner, Eliza, 13, FI, ,

Gardner, John, 6, MI, ,

Gardner, Willy (?), 4, MI, ,

Gardner, Emma, 2, FI, ,

 

Tohnika, Anderson, 36, MI, , 21

Tohnika, Jincy, 30, MI (sic), ,

Tohnika, Sisteon, 9, FI, ,

Tohnika, Elsy, 7, FI, ,

Mamby, Pickman, 18, Mi, ,

Gardner, Scott, ½, MI, ,

 

Towson

Gardner, Jerry, 38, FI, Farmer

Gardner, Jincy, 28, FI,

Gardner, Noel, 11, MI,

Gardner, Alfred, 9, MI,

Gardner, Edmond, 7, MI,

Gardner, Jimmy, 5, MI,

Gardner, Melinda, 1, FI,

 

Gardner, Loraine, 34, MI, Farmer (Loring)

Gardner, Mary Ann, 31, FI,

Gardner, Pitman, 12, MI,

Gardner, Susan Ann, 5, FI,

Garner, Miley, 1, FI,

 

 

Dawes card database (accessgenealogy.com)

Those in red are unaccounted for… some are IW and probably not choctaw

 

Gardner’s on Dawes

81 Zachariah Gardner, 69, ½, Isaac and Rebecca Gardner

97 James W. Gardner, 49, 3/8 Isaac and Rebecca Gardner

112 Mary Jane Gardner Florence, 40, 3/8, George and Phoebe Gardner

124 Viney Gardner Gray, 29, ½ George and Phoebe Gardner

153 Emma Lee Gardner Williams, 19, 3/16, James W. and Emily Gardner

157 Benjamin Gardner, 21, 1/16, J.W. and Emily Gardner

167 Julia D. Gardner Campbell, 41, ¾, Silas and Hettie Gardner

366 Robert Gardner 21, William Dempsey Gardner, 16, ¼, G.G. and Francis Gardner

387 Children of Jessie D. Gardner and Minnie Scroggins

446 Rebecca Gardner Kirkland, 27, ¼, George and Phoebe Gardner

560 Jefferson Gardner, 55, ½, Noel and Lucy Gardner

568 Elzira Gardner Christy, 26, Full, Jefferson and Lucinda Gardner

626 Margaret Gardner Watson, 28, Full, Edmund and Liza Gardner

973 Estella Hutcherson, 14, ½, Jim Hutcherson and Clara Gardner

974 Carrie Gardner, 12, Full, Jerry and Jenny Gardner

1087 Surena Gardner Wright, 19, Full, Nolen and Mary Ann Gardner

1141 Wyles Gardner, 22, Full, ? Gardner and Becky Austin

1305 Edmond Gardner, 22, ½, Jerry and Jinnie Gardner

1315 Alfred Gardner, 23, ½ Jerry and Jenny Gardner

1354 Need card to discern four people with three sets of parents on card

1368 Anderson Gardner, 25, Full, Tanisee, Tonawahoke

1392 Josephine Gardner Terry, 21, 3/8, Jimmie Gardner and Agnes Bohannon

1423 Lucinda Gardner Ward, 18, Full, Edmund and Selina Gardner

1431 Edmond Gardner, 45, Full, George and Lucinda Gardner

1436 Israel Gardner, 23, Full, Edmond and Lucy Gardner

1462 Zachariah Gardner, 28, Full, Edmond and Lucy Gardner

1580 Eunice Gardner Pisachube, 49, Full, Jackson and Viney Gardner

2439 Malissa Harrison Garland, 59, ¼, William Harrison and Becky Gardner

2572 Louisa Gardner McDaniel, 31, ½, Edmund and Sukey Gardner

3379 Basil L. Gardner, 30, ¾, Samuel and Isabelle Gardner

3381 Sarah A. Gardner Hardage, 38, 1/8, William and Mary Gardner

3405 Wilson Gardner, 24, ¾, Jesse and Becky Gardner

3418 Jessie J. Gardner, 50, ¾, Jackson and Mary Gardner

3428 Adeline Gardner Tyree, 20, ¾, J.J. and Rebecka Gardner

3458 William Gardner, 19, ¼, Adolphus and Carrie Gardner (Living with Mary Wilson Gardner)

3477 Sam Gardner, 70, Full, John Gardner (card would be helpful)

3530 Alfred W. Gardner, 51, ¾, Jackson and Mary Gardner

3548 Rose E. Florence Gardner, 21, IW, Robert and Josephine Gardner

3558 Lon Gardner, 25, Full, Simeon and Harriet Gardner

3559 Rudolphus C. Gardner, 45, 3/8, William and Mary Gardner

3698 Raymond R. Gardner, 3, ¼, Daniel and Mary J. Gardner

3732 Wilson Gardner, 17, Full {no parents on database}

3776 Samuel G. Gardner, 35, ½, Green and Harriet Gardner

3806 Daniel H. Gardner, 25, Full, Green and Arabella Gardner

3807 Children of Green Gardner and Arabella Folsom

3809 Edward N. Gardner, 27, Full, Green Gardner

3810 Mary A. Gardner Riddle, 23, Full, Green and Arabella Gardner

3957 Rosetta Gardner, 20, 1/8, Samuel and Mantha (Martha?) Riddle (She is listed on card 3809 as IW, parents and name and age same)

4346 Need card to discern information, looks like granddaughter of Jackson and Mary Gardner on card, Rebecca Jackson, 23, ¾ mother Harriet

4767 Need card, looks like, Nancy B. Gardner Haight, 19, ½, Edmund and Jane Gardner, who had children Critten A. Gardner, 4, and Winnie J. Gardner, 1, ½, with R.C. Gardner

4820 Catherine Gardner Fulton, 41, ½, Silas and Elizabeth Gardner

4827 Josiah Gardner, 50, Full, Jackson and Mary Gardner

5157 Margaret L. Gardner Wheat, 15, NR, J.M. and Sally Gardner

5162 Card not clear, J.M. Gardner indian wife with his children, wife deceased

5663 Zora McDaniel Gardner, 19, IW, Richard and Eliz McDaniel

5688 Card not clear

5703 Nodie Gardner, 12, ¼, James Gardner and Ida Wright

5845 Card not clear

5968 Rosetta Gardner, 7, ¼, Wilson W. Gardner, and Zona Webb

 

Cemeteries

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/johnston/cemeteries/armstrng.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/bryan/cemeteries/gardner.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/mccurtain/cemeteries/valupton.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/bryan/cemeteries/pleasant.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/latimer/cemeteries/cem000gh.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/mccurtain/cemeteries/bokhoma.txt

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/pushmataha/cemeteries/finlycem.txt

 

notes below were compiled about 15 years ago.

Who is Who on the Butterfield Stage Coach Route within the Choctaw Nation

 Who’s Who of the Butterfield Stagecoach Route in the Choctaw Nation

The Butterfield Stagecoach Stations in the Choctaw Nation 1858-1860 were established around the same time as the controversial Skullyville Convention. The stage routes benefited some of the most prominent relatives of the Convention.

 

1. Walker’s Station, Skullyville. Operated by Gov. Tandy Walker.
2. McDaniel’s Crossing Brazil Creek. Operated by Washington McDaniel and Charles M. James
3. Trahern Station. Operated by Judge James M. Trahern
4. Holloway’s Station. Operated by William Holloway across the Narrows, upper Brazil Creek, 2 miles northeast of Red Oak.
5. Riddle Station. Operated by John Riddle across Fourche Maline.
6. Pulsey Station. Operated by Silas Pulsey across Gaines Creek.
7. Blackburn’s Station. Operated by John Blackburn.
8. Waddell’s Station.
9. Geary Station. Operated by A. W. Geary (offered for sale same year) across Little (North) Boggy
10. Davis Crossing. Operated by James Davis across Middle Boggy. Not listed as a station.
11. Boggy Depot. Heirs of William Guy (and Jane McGee a Chickasaw) across Clear Boggy.
12. Blue River (Nail’s)
13. Fisher’s Strand.
14. Colbert’s Ferry.

 

1866 and after changes (No longer the Butterfield Stage, but stations remained_

1. Skullyville (Walker’s)
2. Wilkin’s Crossing. Operated by James Wilkins.
3. Trahern’s Station. (Council House)
4. Edward’s Station. Operated by Thomas Edwards, currently Red Oak.
5. McCurtain’s Station Operated by Jack McCurtain.
6. Riddle Station. Operated by George Riddle.
7. Mountain Station. Operated by Olasechubi
8. Buffalo Station. Operated by Wade N. Hampton.
9. Jim Colbert’s Station. (On Brushy), son of Isaac Colbert.
10. Well’s Roger’s Married to the daughter of Samuel Garland.
11. McKinney’s replaced Geary’s.
12. Mrs. Flack’s.
13. Boggy Depot.
14. Charles Leflore operated a toll across the Clear Boggy.
15. Nail’s Crossing. Operated by David A. Folsom after 1867
16. Carriage Point
17. Colbert’s Ferry.

 

1. Walker or Skullyville Station

Tandy Walker was the son of a white man, John Walker, and his half Choctaw wife Mary Riddle. He served as Chief of the Choctaws in 1857 under the Skullyville Constitution, and in some cases is referred to as Governor Tandy Walker. Tandy’s mother was the great niece of Chief Mushulatubbee, and his Uncle, also Tandy Walker, was the Blacksmith famous for saving a white woman during the Creek War. Tandy Walker ran Walker Station at Skullyville from 1858 to his death in 1877. He is buried in the Skullyville Cemetery. Tandy Walker was married twice.

His first wife was Elzira, surname unknown, and his second wife was Cillen Krebs, daughter of Placide Krebs and Rebecca Folsom. Placide Krebs, the first cousin of the Choctaw Leflore’s, was a white man, his wife Rebecca Folsom was the daughter of Nathaniel Folsom, and was half Choctaw.

 

2. Brazil Station (Brazil Creek Ferry)

 

Charles James was the son of Adam James of the Choctaw Nation. He was a mixed blood Choctaw. His mother was Tikbonnah, a full blood, while his father Adam was a mixed blood. A letter from 1813 shows Adam James, the son of Indian trader, Benjamin James, Sr., was educated.  The James family remained in close contact with the Trahern family who also lived near Brazil, and some of the James’ are buried in the Trahern Station cemetery. Since many of the graves have been desecrated and are no longer marked, it is impossible to say whether Charles James was buried there as well.

Charles wife was named Sallie, surname unknown. He had several children whose descendants are on the Dawes rolls as full bloods, Noel, Adam, Benjamin, Daniel, William, Levina, Susan, and Sealy. Charles siblings were Davis, Dace, Robinson, and George James.

 

Washington McDaniel is found on the 1856 census with wife Charlotte, and son Isaac. His son’s child is found on the Dawes, living in the town of Ward. His inclusion in the route would indicate a relationship to someone of prominence, but nothing more is known of him at this time.

 

James Wilkins is not found on the 1885 census, nor are descendants found on the dawes rolls, although other Wilkins are found in Shady Point and Leflore in 1899.

 

3. Trahern Station or Council House

 

James N. Trahern, the son of a James Trahern out of Virginia, and a mixed blood Choctaw known as Peggy. Peggy was first married to Charles Juzan, and the mother of 8 of his 11 children, including sons Chief Pierre Juzan, Jackson Juzan, William Juzan, and daughter’s (married Surname), Mary Leflore, Eliza Ann Flack, Lucy Geary, Rebecca Walker, and Delilah Brashears. Peggy’s brother was the Mingo of Chunky, Oka Lah Humma, and their mother was the sister of Chief Pushmataha. Another of Peggy’s brothers, Tappenahoma, replaced Chief Pushmataha in 1825 thru 1828. James’ Trahern cousins include the children of Wesley Trahern and Delilah Brashears. James attended the Choctaw Academy, and was first a clerk, and then judge of the Mushulatubbee district. He also served in the Congress for his district. James ran Trahern station from 1858 until his death in 1883. James and his wife are buried at Trahern Station Burial Ground.

 

James’ first wife, Sarah Hall, was the daughter of two half blooded Choctaws, William Hall, and Susan Riddle. The Hall children were first cousins of Tandy Walker. Sarah’s sister Jane was the second wife of David Folsom, also a Chief of the Choctaws, her other sister’s, Katie or Katherine, married Thomas Wall, (son of Noah Wall and Lucretia Folsom), and Margaret married William Moncrief (Son of Sampson Moncrief and Sophia Brashears). Sarah’s brother, Joseph, attended the Choctaw academy, and was one of the first 4 Choctaws sent away to College. James and Sarah had 7 children, 5 of whom have descendants on the Dawes rolls. James’ second wife, Virginia Parelli Clossen, a white woman, had two children, both of whom have descendants on the Dawes rolls.

 

The Hall’s were the first burials at Skullyville, and it was known as the old Hall cemetery at one time. The Cemetery portion where the Hall’s are buried is separate from the other burials and was in the corner of their land. Susan Hall, Tandy’s Aunt lived there until her death, shortly before 1860.

 

4. Edward’s Station

Ran by Thomas Edwards, in what is now Red Oak. A white man, nothing has been found on his parentage, though he left a widow Nancy, age 50 and a son Lethan, age 13 on the 1885 census for Skullyville, however, both died before 1899. Thomas’s wife Nancy was the daughter of Hartwell Hardaway, and she was the sister of John Hardaway, who was married to Sarah Ann Hall. Nancy’s niece, Anna, married a son of James Trahern, Lysander Trahern and had two children.

 

5. Holloway or McCurtain Station

William Holloway first operated the Station at the Narrows. In 1856 he had a large family, mainly daughter is, but by 1885 the family seems to have disappeared. His family in 1856 included wife Ellen, and children Permelia, Celina, Rutha, Elizabeth, Amy, Frances, Jacob, and Nathaniel.

 

Jackson McCurtain was approved in 1867 to establish a toll gate at the Narrows. Jackson, who was Choctaw Chief 1880-1884, was the son of Cornelius McCurtain, (also a Choctaw Chief), and Mahaya Belvin. Cornelius was one of the mixed blood descendants of Shumaka, a Chakichiuma Indian. Cornelius, a half blood, was the son of Hannah, Shumaka’s daughter, and Daniel McCurtain, also half Choctaw. Mayaha, was the daughter of John Belvin and Miyahoke, and was ¼ to ½ Choctaw. Although it has been rumored  Miyahoke was another daughter of Shumaka, Robert Cole’s testimony does not mention any relationship to the Belvins. The son of Shumaka, Robert Cole, was also a Chief of the Choctaws.

 

Jackson was married twice. His first wife was Maria Riley, by which he had two daughters, Cornelia Brunetta and Sophia. Jackson’s second wife was Jane Austin, and the mother of 6 children, two sons, Uni, and Allen, and four daughters, Eliza, Ida, Lucinda, and Lizzie.

 

6. Riddle Station

Riddle Station was first operated by John Riddle, the son of William Riddle and Caty. John attended the Choctaw Academy and missionary schools, and it is from these records it is found that he is a nephew of Chief Mushulatubbee. John Riddle’s nephew Tandy Walker, and nephew is in law, John Blackburn and James Trahern, also had stations on the route. John was married 4 times and had a total of 16 children. His first wife was Eve Folsom, daughter of Edmond Folsom, and the widow of Joseph Pitchlynn. John Riddle raised Eve’s sons by her first husband, and they looked on the Riddle family as their own. By his first wife Eve Folsom, John had 4 sons, Andrew J, George W., Henry C., and Silas D., and four daughter’s, Susan, Martha Jane, Sarah Ann, and Margaret. His only son of this union to survive unto adulthood took over the station in 1867, George W. Riddle. Of his daughters by this marriage, all 4 married and had children.

John’s second wife was Evaline Cheadle, and he had 3 sons, William C, Douglas Cooper, and Jesse, and 5 daughters, Elizabeth, Catherine, Mary Jane, Eliza and Evaline. His last two wives, Pus Nuseum, and Susan Pulsey had no children with John.

 

George Riddle was married to two of Jackson McCurtain’s sisters. His first wife, Isabelle McCurtain is the mother of his children, George, Virginia, Andrew, and Susan. His second wife, Elsie McCurtain had no children. George’s third wife, Elvarene Edon was the mother of 10 children, George, Richard, Cornelia, Edmond, William, John, Mellinee, Samuel, Eureka, and Thomas.

 

7. Pulsey Station

Silas Pulsey was the son of Calvin Pulsey, and the grandson of Captain George Pulsey. His household in 1856 included wife Sally, and children Sukey, Helen, Norris, Albert, Gilbert, and Lucinda. Several of his siblings and children are found on the 1885 census for Gaines County.

 

8. Mountain Station

Olasichubbee is enumerated as individual 100 in the 1885 Census of Gaines County.  His wife Sophie is alive in 1899, but the Dawes card does not list her parents. Both Olasichubee and his wife were fullbloods. Olasibchubbe was born about 1825. Because of variations in spellings on native name, he has not been located in the 1856 census.

 

9. Blackburn’s station

This station was ran by a white man named John Blackburn, whose wife was the full sister to Tandy Walker. The Blackburn’s are enumerated in 1856 as having the following household, sons David and Israel, and daughters, Mary, Prudence and Sellar (Probably Celia). Of their children only one is named on the Dawes rolls, Susan who was married to John Bohrur, a white man. Susan and her family are found in 1885 in Tobusky. The 1860 United States census shows John Blackburn in Armstrong Academy. Given the lack of Susan’s name in 1856, she is inevitably either the Prudence, or Sellar named in 1856

 

10. Buffalo Station

Wade N. Hampton, the operator of this station is found in 1856 in household 100 of Red River, with Joseph Hampton, and two women, Bias and Lina. In 1885 Wade is found in Gaines with wife Nancy, sons Simon, and Jackson, and daughters Dora Ella and Evaline. From Dawes records it appears Wade was one half Choctaw, as was his wife, Nancy Irvin, the daughter of C. D. and Sally Irvin.

 

11. Waddell’s Station

There is no known Waddell of Choctaw descent.

 

12. Jim Colbert’s Station

James Colbert, the operator of this stand, was the son of James Isaac Colbert and Caroline Moore. James was married twice, his first wife was Sylvia Blackburn, and his second wife was Mary Nelson. He had three known children with Mary Nelson, Theodore, James Eden, and Amelia, who married Andrew Blackwood. Brushy Jim as he was called descended from the Colbert and Love families of the Chickasaw nation, and his grandmother Susan James was the daughter of Benjamin James the Choctaw Trader and his Choctaw wife. Jim was a first cousin to Charles James who ran the ferry over Brazil Creek.

 

13. Well’s or Rogers Station

Mr. Wells was not of Choctaw descent.

After the Civil war this was known as Roger’s station, and was ran by John Rogers, whose wife Mary was a daughter of Samuel Garland (Chief). John Roger’s died by 1885, but Mary and her children are found in Tobusky, and are enumerated on the Dawes Roll. The children of John Rogers and Mary Garland are Laura, Georgia, and John M. Rogers

 

14. Geary’s Station

Amos Geary married the widow of Wesley Brashears Trahern in Sumter County, Alabama, and immigrated to the Choctaw nation in 1841. A white man, Geary married Lucy Juzan, who was 1/4 Choctaw, and full sister to Chief Pierre Juzan, and half sister to James Trahern. (Incidentally, James was a first cousin to her first husband.) Lucy had 5 children with her first husband, Jesse, William, Amelia, Letha, and Pierre, and three with Amos Geary, Charles, Lucrecia, and Eliza Ann. Of her Trahern children, no known grandchildren have been found or proven. Her son Charles Geary died as a young man, but Lucrecia married John Taylor and Andrew Stacy, and Eliza Ann married James McClain and Elisha Heskitt. All of these marriages resulted in children enrolled on the Dawes Roll.

 

Amos sold the station shortly after the award and moved up to Skullyville. He was widowed shortly after and married Margaret Hall Ring, the widow of John Ring, and Aunt to Sarah Hall, his brother-in-law’s wife.

 

15. McKinney’s Station

The replacement for Geary’s Station, no proprietor is listed. There are several McKinney families of this area.

 

16. Mrs. Flack’s

Eliza Ann Flack, the widow of Hugo Flack, was ¼ Choctaw and another sister of Choctaw Chief Pierre Juzan. Eliza Ann had several children, but only four grandchildren survived her in death. Her grandchildren, children of daughter Isabinda and Oliver Hebert were Louisiana, Czarina, Olive and Alice Hebert. Eliza Ann Flack donated part of her land for a Baptist Academy and donated the lands for the cemetery in which she is buried. Eliza Ann Juzan Flack was the youngest of the 8 children of Charles and Peggy Juzan and outlived all of her sibling’s. She is buried along with her children, and her sister Rebecca in the Atoka (Westview) Cemetery. It appears that her elder sister Delilah, the widow of Jesse Brashears was living with her at her death and may be buried in the same cemetery.

 

17. Davis Crossing

This crossing was operated by James Davis, an intermarried white. There are two families of James Davis in 1856, one in Towson, and the other in Blue. It is the Blue family that ran Davis Crossing. James D. Davis was married to Salina Nail, and had children Henry, Johnathan, and an unnamed infant. He then married a Martha, and had Alonzo, Robert, Anna, and Clara, and lastly, Rhoda Levina Pate, and had several children, Claud, Clarence, Neta Levina, Arthur, Mamie, and Virgil.

 

18. Boggy Depot

Initially the crossing at Boggy Depot was given to the heirs of William Guy, and his wife, Jane McGee. Unfortunately, this family is not found in the 1856 census. Two of the children of William Guy and Jane McGee were Paralee Guy who married Alexander Jones, and Mary Angeline who married Charles Leflore.

 

 After the civil war, Charles Leflore was given the right to a toll bridge over the Clear Boggy.  Charles Leflore was the son of Forbis Leflore, and Rebecca Fisher. Charles had seven children with Mary Angeline Guy, William Forbis, Annie, Estelle, Daisy, Chickie, Lorena P, and Maudie. After Mary Angeline’s death, Charles married a white woman named Louisa Francis Patrick, and he had no children by this marriage.

 

19. Nail’s Crossing

Jonathan Nail was given the right for a toll bridge across the Blue. Jonathan a mixed blood Choctaw, and his wife Catherine Perry, a Chickasaw, had the following child Joel H. Nail.  Catherine was the daughter of Jim Perry.

After 1868 David Folsom, who married the widow of Jonathan, ran the crossing. David was the son of David Folsom (Chief) and his first wife, Rhoda Nail. David A. Folsom died by 1885, and his widow is listed with her two children, John, and Kate (or Kitty) Folsom. Prior to his marriage to Catherine Perry, David A. Folsom, Jr. was married to Martha Reynolds, he had two known children, Julia, and Joel Folsom, who died as a child.

 

20. Fisher Strand

Proprietor not named.

 

21. Carriage Point

Proprietor not named.

 

22. Colbert’s Ferry

Benjamin Frank Colbert was the son of James Isaac Colbert and Sally McClish. He was married to Martha Moore, the Chickasaw rolls show one son Martin, born about 1851. Benjamin was the half brother to Brushy Jim Colbert; his wife Martha was also full sister to Jim’s mother Caroline.

 

The delegates who signed the Skullyville convention were Tandy Walker, Silas Fisher, William B. Pitchlynn, S. P. Willis, Robert Kincaid, L.D. Garland, Kennedy McCurtain, Coleman Cole, Mishamah Tubbee, Swinny Frazier, McKee King, Alfred Wade, James Thompson, William Roebuck, John Page, J. E. Dwight, James Garland, Daniel Folsom, John Lewis, Francis Battiest, and William Cass.