BERRYHILL FAMILY, Richmond, Jefferson, Jasper, Pike, Montgomery Cos. GA, Chambers, Tallapoosa, Randolph Cos. AL, Mecklenberg Co. NC, Creek Nation (OK), Nacogdoches, Rusk Cos. TX, Amite? Co. MS The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996. Her daughter Barbara gave me permission to put her research online. Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** PART II THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND ELIZABETH (DERRISAW) BERRYHILL Chapter One THOMAS S. BERRYHILL T homas S. Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 7 December 1782. Thomas was the first child born to John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. I believe Thomas grew up in Broken Arrow Tribal Town of the Lower Creek Nation, although he probably spent some time in the State of Georgia, as his father had land in the state. When he was older, Thomas lived in Montgomery County, Georgia, and I believe he met and married Sarah Deacle there. Thomas Berryhill married Sarah Deacle 25 October 1804. Sarah was probably the daughter of John Deacle, who was living in Montgomery County, in the 59th Militia District, in 1806. Thomas and his father, John Berryhill, were also living in Montgomery County in the 59th Militia District in 1806. Thomas S. Berryhill drew a winning ticket in the 1807 Georgia Land Lottery. He registered, in this Lottery, from Montgomery County. Thomas drew 202 1/2 acres of land in Wilkinson County, Georgia, Lot No. 143 in District No 12. Wilkinson County was created from land that was a Creek Nation cession in 1806. Thomas S. Berryhill witnessed a land sale in Jasper County, Georgia, from his brother, Alexander Berryhill, to John H. Denson, dated 6 April 1819. I believe that Thomas and his wife, Sarah, moved their family into the Creek Nation around the year 1819. They stayed in the Nation and until the 1832 Creek Nation Census East, they lived in that part of the Nation that was near Pike County, Georgia. Thomas S. Berryhill didn't go to the Western Creek Lands with his parents in 1827. He and Sarah, with their children, stayed in the Old Creek Nation. Thomas is on the 1832 Creek Census East, with his children, and his brother, William Berryhill. Thomas received a half section of land in the Creek Nation East, the Creek Reserve in Old Horse Path Town, Chambers County, Alabama. The 1832 Census shows Thomas Berryhill, his wife, and a daughter living in the home. Thomas' and Sarah's daughter, Eliza E. Berryhill, had married Benjamin Posey, her first cousin. Benjamin and Eliza had land near Thomas and Sarah in the Creek Nation Reserve. Sons, Eli, John and Thomas W. Berryhill, also had land nearby. Thomas S. Berryhill sold his land in the Creek Nation Reserve, in Chambers County, Alabama, and it was described thus: West 1/2 Section No. 10, Township 23, Range 27 Bought by William Dougherty, May 2, 1840, Creek Treaty 1832 Held in Fund for Thos Berryhill Thomas S. and Sarah Berryhill probably moved into Tallapoosa County, Alabama, after the sale of Thomas' land. Thomas S. Berryhill, I believe, died in Tallapoosa County, between 1840 and 1850. Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill, died in Tallapoosa County 23 October 1843. Children of Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill: 1. Eli Berryhill was born in Montgomery County, Georgia, in 1805. He married Ellender "Ellen" Hudson on 14 October 1830 in Troup County, Georgia. 2. Eliza E. Berryhill was born in Georgia 17 July 1807. Eliza married her first cousin, Benjamin Posey, son of Nancy (Berryhill) Posey, in Pike County, Georgia, 30 November 1824. 3. John Berryhill was born in Georgia in 1809. John married Rebecca Hudson (sister of Ellender) in Troup County, Georgia, 11 November 1830. 4. Thomas W. Berryhill. I'm not sure if this Thomas W. Berryhill is a son of Thomas S. and Sarah. He had a land allotment in the Creek Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama, close to Thomas S. and his brother William Berryhill. I have found no more information on him except the following description of the sale of his land: East 1/2 Section 30, Township 23, Range 27 Sold to James Maddux, January 24, 1840, under the Creek Treaty 1832 Held in Fund for Thos. W. Berryhill 5. A daughter, name unknown. ELI BERRYHILL E li Berryhill was born in Montgomery County, Georgia, in 1805. He was the first child born to Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. Eli probably spent his younger years in the State of Georgia. I am sure that he spent some time in the Creek Nation during his younger childhood years, then he moved into the Creek Nation with his parents when he was about fourteen. Eli married Ellender Hudson in Troup County, Georgia, 14 October 1830. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- MARRIAGE LICENSE GEORGIA TO ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, JUDGE, JUSTICE TROUP COUNTY OF THE INFERIOR COURT OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO JOIN ELI BERRYHILL AND ELLEN HUDSON IN THE HOLY STATE OF MATRIMONY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE AND FOR SO DOING THIS SHALL BE YOUR SUFFICIENT LICENS GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 30TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1830. JOHN T. ADAMS CCC (L.S) GEORGIA I DO CERTIFY THAT ELI BERRYHILL AND ELLEN HUDSON TROUP COUNTY WERE JOINED IN MATRIMONY BY ME THIS 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1830 ROBERT F. SESSIONS J.P. ----*** <*> ***---- Eli and Ellen (Hudson) Berryhill lived in the Old Creek Nation and didn't go to the Western Creek Lands in 1827 with Eli's grandparents and other relatives. They stayed in the Old Creek Nation with Eli's parents and are on the 1832 Creek Census East, in Old Horse Path Town in Chambers County, Alabama. Eli Berryhill received a half section of land in the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County. He and Ellen and their children lived on this land until Eli sold it. Following is a description of the sale of Eli's allotment in Chambers County, Alabama: East 1/2 Section 1, Township 23, Range 27 Sold to Thomas Reeves, July 29, 1839, Creek Treaty 1832 Held in Fund for Eli Berryhill After Eli Berryhill sold his land allotment, he moved his family to Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Children of Eli and Ellen (Hudson) Berryhill: 1. Missouri Berryhill. 2. Caroline Berryhill. 3. A child who died. 4. Thomas B. Berryhill. 5. Simon "Sim" Berryhill. 6. Bethenia C. Berryhill. 7. Eliza P. Berryhill. 8. Amanda M. A. Berryhill. 9. Zachary Taylor Berryhill. 10. Ellender Berryhill, Jr. 11. Francis Marion Berryhill. Eli and Ellen Berryhill stayed in Dadeville, Alabama, until 1853, then they moved their family to Texas. They settled in Nacogdoches County, in the community of Linn Flat, where they spent the rest of their lives. There were other families from the Creek Nation living in this area. Jackson Doyle, son of the well-known Nimrod Doyle of the Creek Nation, settled in this area near Eli Berryhill. They may have traveled to Texas together. Eli and Ellen Berryhill entered their children in school in Nacogdoches County, Texas. On the school census of Linn Flat, District 18, Eli had the following children registered in school: Thomas Berryhill Simon Berryhill Betheny Berryhill Eliza Berryhill Amanda M. A. Berryhill Eli Berryhill was a farmer and farmed in Linn Flat, Texas. He died in Linn Flat, Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1861. Ellen (Hudson) Berryhill lived for many years after Eli's death, with their son, Thomas B. Berryhill. Ellen died in Upsur County, Texas, in 1910. MISSOURI ANN BERRYHILL Missouri Ann (Berryhill) Harris M issouri Ann Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1834. She was the first child born to Eli and Ellen (Hudson) Berryhill. Missouri was about six years old when her parents moved to Dadeville, Alabama, where Missouri grew up. She married Levi Harris about 1852 in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Soon after their marriage, Levi and Missouri went to Nacogdoches County, Texas, with Missouri's parents. They settled in Rusk County, Texas, and their children were born there. Levi Harris died in Rusk County in June 1869. After Levi's death, Missouri and her children walked all the way to Upsur County, Texas, taking only what they could carry. Missouri Ann (Berryhill) Harris died in Upsur County, Texas, in 1879. I don't know who raised her young children. Children of Levi and Missouri Ann (Berryhill) Harris: 1. Mary A. Harris was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1854. 2. Nancy C. Harris was born in Texas 1855. Nancy married David Coffman. Nancy C. (Harris) Coffman died in Morris County, Texas. Children of David and Nancy (Harris) Coffman: A. Thomas David Coffman. B. Emma Coffman. Emma married Tom Rumsey. Emma died in Morris County, Texas. Tom and Emma (Coffman) Rumsey's children: a. Lena (Lila?) Rumsey, married (-?-) Robinson. b. Lula Rumsey. c. Lona Rumsey. 3. Susan Ellen Harris was born in Texas in 1857. Ellen married Winston T. Banks about 1881. Winston T. Banks was born in Texas in November 1857. Children of Winston T. and Susan Ellen (Harris) Banks: A. Malissa Lelia Banks. B. Ellen Portia Banks was born in Texas in September 1885. Ellen married Will McBride in 1898. C. Winston Banks, Jr., was born in Texas in April 1888. D. Albert Frederick Banks was born in Texas in February 1890. E. Ada Rosalind Banks was born in Texas in March 1891. Susan Ellen (Harris) Banks went to the Creek Nation in Indian Territory and applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation, for herself and her children. Following are affidavits and statements to prove Ellen (Harris) Banks' Creek Indian lineage: To the Honorable Esparecher, Principal Chief of the Muskogee or Creek Nation and the Honorable, it's members of the said Muskogee or Creek Council consisting of the House of Kings and House of Warriors, in session at Okmulgee in the Capitol of said Nation, October session 1897. Mrs. Ellen Banks, et al V Muscogee or Creek Nation Now comes MRS ELLEN BANKS in behalf of herself and her five children viz: MALISSA LILIA, ELLEN PORTIA, WINSTON, ALBERT FREDERICK and ADA ROSALIND BANKS, and would most respectfully state unto your Honors, that she is a Creek Indian by blood, but in a lesser degree, and that she is the daughter of MISSOURI and LEVI HARRIS and that said MISSOURI HARRIS was the daughter of ELI BERRYHILL, and that said ELI BERRYHILL was a quarter blood Muskogee or Creek Indian and came from the State of Alabama to Texas in 1852 or 1853, and settled in Nacogdoches County, Texas where he resided until his death which took place in 1861, and that your petitioners were all born in Texas, and that said ELLEN BANKS was married there to W. T. Banks in the year of 1881 by whom she had five children named in this petition, and she would furthermore most respectfully state unto your Honors, that she was known ever since she was large enough to remember that she was a Creek Indian by blood and that she had no oppertunity to come to the Muskogee or Creek Nation until Nov. 1893, when her and her five children came to said Nation to claim their birth-rights, but that when she got here, she found the Alien Act debaring her and her children from their said rights, but she has since been informed that the Hon. Supreme Court of the said Nation has since declared said Act unconstitutional, and that now she is by birth entitled to be recognized as Citizen of said Nation. She would state unto your Honors that she has been domiciled in said Nation from 1893 until Nov. 1895 when she took up a temporary abode at Crebs in the Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory, where she is now temporarily residing, but she now comes before your Honors and presents her petition for herself and children supported by their own affidavits and three creditable Creek Citizens as to the truth of the alligations therein and now she asks that your Honors by special act of your Council admit her and her five children to full Citizenship in said Creek Natin and that her name and the names of each of her children be placed on the Citizenship rools of said Muskogee or Creek Nation and that she be alowed all the rights, priviledges and emoluments of Citizens of the full blood residing in said Nation and as in duty bound she will ever pray &c. Sign here: ELLEN BANKS and she would furthermore most respectfully show unto your Honors that she has an uncle Z. T. BERRYHILL who has been recognized as a Citizen by said Nation, and she has a second or third cousin NATHAN BERRYHILL who has been recognized as a Creek Indian by blood and admitted to full citizenship in said Nation and that she has numerous other blood relatives who have been declared to be Creek Indians by blood and entitled to citizenship in said Muscogee or Creek Nation and are now enjoying their rights, titles and priviledges belonging to the citizens of the full blood, and she has numerous acquaintances in said Nation who are Creek citizens by blood and so recognized, who knew her in Texas when a child and who there knew she was recognized as a Muskogee or Creek Indian and that she has the same rights by birth, as was given to her other relatives and she asks that they be given to her by your Honorable Council. Personally appeared before the undersigned authority MRS ELLEN BANKS who on oath says all the facts set out in above petition are true. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Aug. 21st 1897. Chas. Jones; Notary Public Affidavit of Z. T. BERRYHILL [Zachary Taylor Berryhill], a Creek Indian, in behalf of his niece and her children and their claim for Citizenship. Now comes said Z. T. BERRYHILL who on oath says: I know MRS ELLEN BANKS and each of her five children and they are: MALISSA LILIA, ELLEN PORTIA, WINSTON, ALBERT FREDERICK and ADA ROSALIND BANKS. Mrs Ellen Banks was the daughter of Missouri and Levi Harris and she was born in Texas. MISSOURI HARRIS was my sister and a daughter of Eli Berryhill. Eli Berryhill was a quarter blood Creek Indian and came from Dadesville, Ala. and settled in Nacogdoches County, Texas in 1852 or 1853 and he died there in 1861. Our family were known in Texas as Creek Indians, and I came to the Nation in 1882 and have been duly recognized as a Creek Indian, and Mrs Ellen Banks is a Creek Indian by blood and she and her children came here in Nov. 1893 and remained here until Nov. 1895 when she took up a temporary abode in Krebs in the Choctaw Nation where she and her children are now. I know each of her children and know them to be Creek Indians by blood, but in a lesser degree. I knew Sam Doyle in Texas and he knew our family & knew we were recognized as Creek Indians. Mrs Banks wanted to get her rights when she came out here, but could not on account of what is known as the "Alien Act." Mrs Banks has a good many blood relatives here and they are all recognized as Creek Indians. Z. T. Berryhill Subscribed and sworn to before me at Eufaula, I.T. this Sept. 25th 1897 R. Thompson; Notary Public * * * * * Personally appeared before the undersigned authority SAM DOYLE; After being duly sworn disposes and says: I am a Creek Indian Citizen, living near Eufaula, I.T. I am 56 yers old and have been in this Nation 19 years. I knew ELI BERRYHILL in Nacaogdoches County, Texas, he was a quarter blood Creek Indian. I there knew his daughter MISSOURI who married Levi Harris and knew her daughter ELLEN, when a child and she was known and recognized in Texas as a Creek blooded girl. I have known her since she married W. T. Banks and I know and have seen each of her five children, Malissa L, Ellen P, Winston, Albert F., & Ada R. Banks. Mrs Banks and her five children came here to Eufaula, in Nov. 1893 I think and went out to her Uncle Z. T. BERRYHILL's place and she and her five children stayed in the Creek Nation about two years and I think they are at present in the Choctaw Nation. I know that Mrs Ellen Banks and each of her five children have Creek Indian blood in their veins. I knew all the BERRYHILLS of her family & know that in Texas they were looked upon as Creek Indians. When Mrs Banks came here she said she was here to establish her claim to citizenship and the claim of each of her children and she told me that she had come here as soon as she could. Sam H. Doyle Subscribed and sworn before me at Eufaula, Ind. Terr'y on this 1st day of October 1897. R. Thompson; Notary Public * * * * * Executive Office Muskogee Nation Okmulgee, I.T. Oct. 8th 1897 Gentlemen, I transmit herewith, the petition of Mrs Ellen Banks and her children, for citizenship for your consideration. Very Respectfully Isparhecher Prin. Chief Susan Ellen (Harris) and Winston T. Banks were divorced and Ellen married Thomas Brogane, who was born in Missouri in March 1873. In 1900 Thomas and Ellen were living in McAllester, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. Susan Ellen (Harris) Banks, Brogane died in McAllester, Oklahoma, in 1915. 4. Emily M. Harris was born in Texas in April 1860. 5. Levi Harris, Jr., was born in Texas in 1862. Levi married Alice Wilson. Children of Levi, Jr., and Alice (Wilson) Harris: A. Jessie Harris, II, who married Gussie Harrell. B. Pearl Harris, who married Burt Martin, II. 6. Pearl Harris, I, was born in Texas in 1864. She died in Dangerfield, Morris County, Texas, about 1864. 7. Jessie Lee Harris, I, was born in Texas 3 October 1865. Jessie married Susan Phildelia Smith about 1888. Jessie Lee Haris died in Dangerfield, Texas, 8 May 1946. Children of Jessie Lee and Susan Phildelia (Smith) Harris: A. Annie Belle Harris was born in Gilmore, Upsur County, Texas, 10 September 1889. Annie married Robert Franklin Greer 5 September 1905. Annie Belle (Harris) Greer died in Witchita Falls, Texas, 20 November 1947. B. General Neute Harris was born 12 January 1894 in Forrest, Cherokee County, Texas. He married Annie Irene Everella Collins. Neute Harris died in Tulare, California, 26 January 1953. I have record of only one child: a. Edith Ozell Harris was born 29 September 1919 in Bridge-port, Texas. Edith married Herman Arleigh Ward. They had a daughter: aa. Virginia Maxine Ward was born 14 September 1944 in Gilmore, Upsur County, Texas. Virginia married Michael Allen Denton on 28 November 1963. C. William Thomas Harris was born in Cherokee County, Texas, 4 November 1898. William married Myrtle Melissa Smith on 28 April 1917. William Harris died in Houston, Texas, 2 June 1976. D. Ruby Harris was born in Upshur County, Texas, in 1900. Ruby died in 1902. 8. Jasper Newton Harris was born in Texas 30 April 1867. He married, first, Ada Belle Coffman; and second, Ida Belle Coody in February 1902. Jaspaer Harris died in Upshur County, Texas, 24 May 1957. Jasper Newton and Ida Belle (Coody) Harris' children: A. A son, stillborn on 8 December 1902. B. Winnie Lou Harris was born in Cass County, Texas, 8 Sep-tember 1904. C. Twin sons, stillborn on 3 July 1906. D. Charles Eschal Harris was born in Upshur County, Texas, 2 August 1907. E. Ebbie Nell Harris was born in Upshur County, 26 September 1909. F. Henry Clifton Harris was born in Upshur County, Texas, 18 March 1912. G. Coy Juanita Harris was born in Cass County, Texas, 30 July 1914. H. Clyde Lee Harris was born in Cass County, Texas, 17 June 1917. I. Glenn Houston Harris was born in Morris County, Texas, 22 October 1919. J. James Earl Harris was born in Morris County, Texas, 7 January 1924. CAROLINE BERRYHILL Caroline (Berryhill) Hyde C aroline Berryhill was born in the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1836. She was the second child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. When Caroline was about four years old, she moved with her parents to Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, where she grew up. Caroline moved with her parents to Nacogdoches County, Texas, when she was about sixteen years old. She married Andrew Jackson Hyde in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 20 September 1856. Andrew was born in Georgia in 1840. Andrew Jackson and Caroline (Berryhill) Hyde's children: 1. Melissa A. Hyde was born in Texas in 1859. 2. James H. Hyde was born in Texas in 1861. 3. Eli Hyde was born in Texas in 1862. 4. Mary T. Hyde was born in Texas in 1864. 5. Jackson T. Hyde was born in Texas in 1867. I have nothing more on Andrew and Caroline Hyde and their children. THOMAS B. BERRYHILL T homas B. Berryhill was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 11 March 1840. He was the fourth child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. Thomas was about thirteen years old when he moved with his parents to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Thomas B. Berryhill first married Rutha Barnes in Nacogdoches County. Rutha was the daughter of Abosolom and Mary W. Barnes. Rutha (Barnes) Berryhill died in Nacogdoches County, leaving an infant son, Christopher Columbus Berryhill. Thomas' and Rutha's son died at age 2. (See Rutha's father's Will, Page 32.) Thomas B. Berryhill then married Lydia Ann Traywick in Texas 17 December 1874. Lydia Ann was born in Dale County, Alabama, 6 July 1855. She was the daughter of Richard Julius and Tinzia Ann Traywick. Thomas and Lydia Ann lived in Linn Flat, Nacogdoches County, Texas, and raised their children there. Thomas was a farmer. Thomas B. Berryhill served as a Private in the Confederate Army, Company "B," 12th Regiment (Youngs), 8th Texas Infantry, during the Civil War. Thomas entered the service in November 1861 and stayed until he was discharged in May 1865. In 1909, he filed for a Confederate Pension from the State of Texas. Following is a statement made by two men who served with him: We served in Co. B, 8th Texas Regiment with T. B. Berryhill from his enlistment in Nov. 1861 to the close of the War. We personally know that said applicant made a good and loyal soldier, that he never deserted or abanded his post, and that he is the identical person about whom we are testifying. W. J. Vawter 24th of June 1909 J. M. Dawson Thomas B. Berryhill died in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 9 December 1910. Lydia Ann died in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 27 March 1938. Both are buried in the Linn Flat Cemetery. Thomas B. and Lydia Ann (Traywick) Berryhill's children: 1. Nettie Jane Berryhill was born in Nacaogdoches County, Texas, 18 March 1876. Nettie Jane married David Daniel Kirkley 21 December 1892. Nettie Jane died in Linn Flat, Nacogdoches County, Texas, 18 November 1893. David and Nettie Jane had one daughter: A. Nettie Ann Kirkley was born in Linn Flat, Texas, in November 1893. She married Julian Henry Sanders. Nettie Ann died 8 September 1919. 2. Idonia "Dona" Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 25 June 1877. Dona married Benjamin Venson Hamilton 4 May 1896. Benjamin and Dona lived in Appleby, Nacogdoches County, Texas. Benjamin and Dona (Berryhill) Hamilton's children: A. Robert Preston Hamilton was born in Appleby, Texas, 29 August 1897. He married Velma Biddie Coats on 1 June 1924. B. Ula Ethel Hamilton was born in Texas 25 August 1901. C. Lee Roy Hamilton was born 8 November 1906. D. Jennie Oleta Hamilton was born 8 September 1912. She married Emmett Koonce. E. Thomas Ross Hamilton was born 9 August 1916. He married Iva Lee Russell. 3. Myrtle "Mertie" May Berryhill was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 26 May 1879. She married Robert Noel Kirkley in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1 September 1895. Robert and Mertie (Berryhill) Kirkley's children: A. Ernest Kirkley was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 9 October 1898. He died 28 October 1898. B. Ethel Kirkley was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 7 October 1898. She died 7 October 1899. C. Infant Kirkley was born and died in 1900. D. A son "Frenchie"? E. Violet Belle Kirkley was born in Oklahoma, 26 June 1909. Violet married Charlie Dollard. F. Robert Thomas Kirkley was born in Oklahoma 23 November 1912. He died 27 June 1913. G. Lydia Kirkley was born in Oklahoma 24 June 1914. Lydia married George Stender. 4. Elbert Berryhill was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 25 October 1881. He married Lydia Karen Nooner on 28 January 1906. Elbert died in Texas 2 June 1974. Elbert and Lydia (Nooner) Berryhill had the following daughter: A. Donnie M. Berryhill was born 16 April 1907. 5. Emma Berryhill was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 7 May 1883. She never married. Emma died 15 June 1954. 6. Margie Ann Berryhill was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 18 February 1886. She married William M. Randall on 24 April 1904. 7. A male infant, born and died 18 August 1888. 8. Winfield Berryhill was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 25 December 1890. He married, first, Minnie Ola Clifton on 10 September 1911; and second, Jimmie Crawford on 12 March 1933. Winfield died in Texas 24 April 1977. 9. Thomas Richard Berryhill was born in Linn Flat, Texas, 4 September 1893. Thomas died in World War I, in France, 12 September 1918. He is buried in the Linn Flat Cemetery. SIMON BERRYHILL S imon "Sim" Berryhill was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1841. He was the fifth child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. Sim was about twelve years old when his parents moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. I don't find Sim after 1860. BETHENA C. BERRYHILL Bethena C. (Berryhill) Nichols B ethenia "Betheny" C. Berryhill was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1843. She was the sixth child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. Betheny was about ten years old when her parents moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Betheny married Francis M. Nichols on 4 September 1866. Francis and Betheny were living in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1870. Francis and Bethenia (Berryhill) Nichols' children: 1. William H. Nichols was born in Linn Flat, Texas, in 1867. 2. Gilbert Nichols was born in Linn Flat, Texas, in 1869. 3. Francis Nichols, Jr., was born in Linn Flat, Texas, in 1870. There may have been more children born after 1870. ELIZA P. BERRYHILL Eliza P. (Berryhill) Baggett E liza P. Berryhill was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1845. She was the seventh child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. Eliza was about eight years old when her parents moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Eliza married William A. Baggett on 18 April 1872. I have nothing more on William and Eliza. AMANDA M. A. BERRYHILL Amanda M. A. (Berryhill) Quick A manda M. A. Berryhill was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1847. She was the eighth child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. Amanda was about six years old when her parents moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Amanda married Alva Quich in Nacogdoches County, Texas, on 8 December 1874. I have nothing more on Alva and Amanda. ZACHARY TAYLOR BERRYHILL Z achary Taylor Berryhill was born in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1849. He was the ninth child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. He was about four years old when his parents moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Zachary married, first, Martha J. Wills in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Following is their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- THE STATE OF TEXAS NACOGDOCHES COUNTY TO ANY JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OR REGULARLY LICENSED OR ORDAINED MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO SOLEMNIZE THE RITES OF HOLY MATRIMONY BETWEEN: MR Z. T. BERRYHILL AND MISS M. J. WILLS SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE HAVING BEEN ADDUCED OF THE CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES INTERESTED DUE RETURN HEREOF TO ME MAKE WITHIN SIXTY DAYS FROM THE TIME OF SOLEMNIZATION. WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL AT NACOGDOCHES THIS 5TH NOVEMBER 1872. L. D. TAYLOR. CLERK DIST CT NAC. COUNTY. I CERTIFY THAT I DULY EXECUTED THE ABOVE LICENSE 7TH NOVEMBER 1872 IN NACOGDOCHES CO. TEXAS WM. DAWSON M.G. FILED DECEMBER 26, 1872 L. S. TAYLOR CDC BY C. I. TAYLOR DEPUTY ----*** <*> ***---- Martha J. Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1856. She was the daughter of Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills, the granddaughter of William Berryhill and the great granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. Zachary Taylor Berryhill was the grandson of Thomas S. Berryhill and the great grandson of John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. (See Chapter Six for William Berryhill and his descendants.) Zachary T. and Martha J. (Wills) Berryhill's children: 1. A son, S. Berryhill, was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 1 April 1873. He died in Indian Territory before 1 April 1899. 2. William Taylor Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 20 April 1875. William married Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey) Posey in Indian Territory in 1904. Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey) Posey was born at Emory Range, Texas, 15 March 1886, the daughter of Ezra Hilary and Margaret Catherine (Wright) Stuckey. William Taylor Berryhill is on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following is a copy of his Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 755 P.O. Arlington 29 Aug 1899 2483 Berryhill, William T. 48 M 3/8* Z. T. Berryhill Martha *Both parents of Creek Indian blood. Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey-Posey) Berryhill died in Wagoner, Oklahoma, 28 February 1917, soon after the birth of her youngest child. William Taylor Berryhill died in Seminole, Oklahoma, 13 February 1940. Elizabeth Stuckey was first married to William Posey, who died before 1894. They had a son, William Edmund Posey, born 22 February 1903. William E. Posey married first, Ruth Bradley. They divorced and William married, second, Dorothy Pound. William Edmund Posey died 31 May 1975 and is buried at Tuscan, Arizona. William Taylor and Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey-Posey) Berryhill's children: A. Nathaniel Compton Berryhill was born at Paden, Indian Territory, 23 August 1906. Nathaniel married Bernice Brewer. Nathaniel Berryhill died at Elroy, Arizona, 11 September 1966. B. Alton Parker Berryhill was born at Paden, Oklahoma, 19 February 1908. Alton married Ada Ina Mills in Wewoka, Oklahoma, 12 July 1928. Ada Mills was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, 25 December 1910, the daughter of Frank Allen and Goldie Ina (Eye) Mills. Alton and Ada are living in Russell, Kansas at this time (1989). Alton and Ada (Mills) Berryhill's children: a. Richard Arlin Berryhill was born in Seminole, Oklahoma, 14 April 1930. Richard married Agatha Cecilia Hoss in 1952. Richard and Agathis (Hoss) Berryhill's children: aa. Teresa Sue Berryhill. bb. Laurie Odile Berryhill. cc. Jennifer Leigh Berryhill. dd. Dollie Ann Berryhill. ee. Tobie Vincent Berryhill. ff. Richard Alton Berryhill. b. Rosanna Berryhill was born in Seminole, Oklahoma, 6 December 1932. Rosanna married Anthony Henry Witt, II, on 9 August 1952. Anthony and Rosanna (Berryhill) Witt's children: aa. Deborah Ann Witt. bb. Anthony Henry Witt, III. cc. Rebecca Jo Witt. dd. Julia Lynn Witt. ee. Stephen Parker Witt. c. Bonnie May Berryhill was born in Seminole, Oklahoma, 6 November 1933. Bonnie married Clair B. Pratt in 1954. Clair and Bonnie (Berryhill) Pratt's children: aa. Tyler Parker Pratt. bb. Kristie Lynn Pratt. cc. Douglas B. Pratt. dd. Morgan Clark Pratt. d. Judith Karen Berryhill was born in Russell, Kansas, 28 September 1941. Judith married Donald Thomas Lewis in 1962. Donald and Judith (Berryhill) Lewis' children: aa. Donald Thomas Lewis, Jr. bb. Dawn Michele Lewis. C. Willie B. Berryhill was born in Wagoner, Oklahoma, 3 May 1910. Willie married Norma Marie (Finney) Fansler in Waynesville, Missouri, 3 June 1941. Norma was the daughter of Arch and Delcy (Beal) Finney. She was born 1 October 1910. Norma died in Rialto, California, 12 September 1974. Willie lives in Rialto, California, at this time. Willie B. and Norma (Finney-Fansler) Berryhill's children: a. Kieth Eugene Fansler (Berryhill) was born in Russell, Kansas, 29 December 1938. Kieth married Alice Kimber. b. William Taylor Berryhill, II, was born in Richland, Missouri, 9 May 1942. William died in Pomona, California, 24 May 1958. c. Carol Ann Berryhill was born at Camp Blanding, Starke, Florida, 5 June 1943. Carol Ann married, first, Robert Felton; second, Lloyd Baldger; and third, Rusty Hall. d. Marlyn Marie Berryhill was born at Twenty Nine Palms, California, 16 July 1947. Marlyn married Ronald F. Bennett. e. Margaret Jane Berryhill was born in San Bernardino, California, 23 November 1950. Margaret married Paul Gant. D. John Hilliary Berryhill was born in Wagoner, Oklahoma, 18 August 1911. John married Marian May Turpin in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 7 August 1939. Marian was born in Dodge City, Kansas, 2 May 1910. John and Marian (Turpin) Berryhill's son is: a. John Howard Berryhill was born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, 10 December 1941. John married Connie Marie Michelson in Thatcher, Arizona. John and Connie (Michelson) Berryhill's children: aa. John Hilliary Berryhill, III, was born at Flagstaff, Arizona, 19 October 1963. bb. Jeffery Howard Berryhill was born at Stafford, Arizona, 4 September 1965. cc. Jana Lynn Berryhill was born at Casa Grande, Arizona, 6 December 1968. E. Ruth Ellen Berryhill was born in Wagoner, Oklahoma, 13 July 1913. Ruth Ellen married, first, Russell Clark, who died; second, R. G. Douglas, divorced; and third, Al Clary, who died. Ruth Ellen (Berryhill) Clary is living in Yuma, Arizona (1989). F. Woodrow Berryhill was born in Wagoner, Oklahoma, 1 May 1915. Woodrow married Letress Hatcher. Woodrow and Letress are living at Chickasaw, Oklahoma (1989). G. Mary Jane Berryhill was born 8 February 1917. Her mother, Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey) Berryhill, died when Mary Jane was eleven days old. William T. Berryhill's aunt, Olivia (Wills) Smith, took William's baby daughter and raised her to the age of six and a half. Mary Jane died in Wetumpka, Oklahoma, 31 August 1923. 3. Eli V. "Verdie" Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1876. Eli V. Berryhill died between 1895 and 1 April 1899. He is on the 1890 and 1895 Creek Nation Census. 4. Joseph E. Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, about 1879. Joseph died in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, between 1890 and 1895. Joseph is on the 1890 Creek Nation Census. 5. Letitia "Tissie" Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Letitia died in the Creek Nation Indian Territory between 1895 and 1 April 1899. Letitia is on the 1890 and 1895 Creek Nation Census. Zachary and Martha (Wills) Berryhill took their children and moved to Indian Territory in 1882. Martha (Wills) Berryhill died in Dustin, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in 1882. Zachary applied for Creek Nation citizenship. He and his children became citizens of the Creek Nation. In Okmulgee on 5 August 1896, Zachary gave the following statement for John J. Wills, brother of Zachary's deceased wife, Martha J. (Wills) Berryhill. Creek Nation I know John Wills. I have known him ever since he was a boy. He was acknowledged as citizen the same time I and Alfred Self was. That is, he was here and left several years ago and has been down in Texas somewhere and came back a short time ago. I don't know anything about his children. I have not been at his home since he came back. Q. What was John's mothers name? A. Georgia Ann Wills. Q. Was Mrs. Wills and her children admitted the same time you was at the District Court? A. Yes. Q. Have you been recognized as a citizen since the action of that court? A. Yes. Q. What relation are you to John Wills? I don't know. After Martha (Wills) Berryhill died, Zachary Taylor Berryhill married Martha's sister, Susan Evaline (Wills) Burnes. They married in Indian Territory about 1890. Susan Evaline Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in November 1854. She was called Evaline and was the widow of Isaac "Ike" Burnes, by whom she had four children. (See the Descendants of William Berryhill, Chapter Six.) Zachary and Evaline Berryhill lived in Eufaula, Indian Territory. Zachary Taylor Berryhill died in Eufaula between 1900 and 1910. I don't know when Evaline died. In 1910 she was living with her daughter and son-in-law near Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. Zachary Taylor and Evaline (Wills-Burnes) Berryhill had one child, a daughter: 1. Ida Belle Berryhill was born in Eufaula, Indian Territory, in January 1892. She married Arthur "Ought" Alton Blankenship in Oklahoma in 1909. Arthur and Ida Belle (Berryhill) Blankenship's children: A. a child who died in 1910. B. Hazel Lula "Sally" Blankenship. Sally married William Henry Armour. C. Nobel Hector Blankenship. Zachary Taylor Berryhill and his daughter, Ida Belle, are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following is their Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 467 P.O. Senora 13 June 1899 145 Berryhill, Zacariah T. 48 M 1/2 Eli Berryhill Ellender 146 Ida Belle Dau 4 F 3/8 No.1 Evaline Evaline Berryhill is on Creek Census Card No. 3289 ELLENDER BERRYHILL, Jr. Ellender (Berryhill) Barnes E llender "Ellen" Berryhill, Jr., was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1853. She was the tenth child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill, who had lately moved to Texas from Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Ellender, Jr., married Absolom Barnes in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 8 December 1874. Absolom Barnes was the son of Absolom, Sr., and Mary W. Barnes. I have nothing more on Absolom and Ellender (Berryhill) Barnes. I do have an abstract of the Will of Absolom's father, who had died a few months before Absolom's and Ellender's marriage. ABSOLOM BARNES, SR. Will dated the 21st of June 1874 -- Died 15th of July 1874 To wife Mary W. Barnes: 100 acre homestead 12 miles north of Nacogdoches with all stock, farming tools, household and kitchen furniture, plus $75.00 interest due estate by JAMES L. TRAWICK of Dale City, Alabama, during her lifetime. To sons: ABSOLOM and Warren Barnes: The two horses they claim and after their mother's death equal shares in residue of estate. To daughter Elizabeth: 2 cows and calves and an equal share in residue of property in Nacogdoches County. To Grandson: COLUMBUS BERRYHILL (minor) equal share in estate in Nacogdoches County. To son: Colman Barnes and to daughter Nancy Patterson, both living in Dale County, Alabama; 360 acres of land in Dale County, Alabama. Executors: Mary C. [unreadable] Barnes and R. Trawick. Witnesses: J. N. Lewilling, R. J. Trawick. FRANCIS MARION BERRYHILL F rancis Marion Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1856. He was the eleventh and last child born to Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. Marion married D. F. Hagan in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 7 December 1877. I have nothing more on Marion Berryhill and his wife. Eli Berryhill and his children were listed as Indians on the Federal Census in Nacogdoches County, Texas. There were several families from the Creek Nation East and Indian Territory living in Nacogdoches and Rusk Counties. ELIZA E. BERRYHILL Eliza E. (Berryhill) Posey E liza Berryhill was the second child born to Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. Eliza was born near the Old Creek Nation in either Montgomery or Wilkinson County, Georgia, 17 July 1807. Eliza was probably about twelve years old when her parents moved into the Creek Nation near where Pike County, Georgia, is located. Eliza Berryhill married her first cousin, Benjamin Posey. Benjamin was the son of (-?-) and Nancy (Berryhill) Posey. Benjamin was born probably in the Creek Nation 10 September 1807. Benjamin and Eliza were married in Pike County, Georgia, 30 December 1824. In about 1846, Benjamin and Eliza moved their children to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Benjamin and Eliza E. (Berryhill) Posey's children: 1. Sarah Ann Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 10 May 1825. Sarah married Silas H. Barber in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 16 December 1846. Sarah Ann (Posey) Barber died in Hill County, Texas, 28 January 1868. 2. Thomas B. Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation 14 September 1826. Thomas married Hulda Elizabeth Hughes in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 11 October 1849. Thomas B. Posey died in the Creek Nation (West), Indian Territory, between 1895 and 1 April 1899. 3. Piety Jane Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation 13 August 1828. Piety Jane never married. She died in Texas 9 February 1887 and is buried in the Hornhill Cemetery at Groesbeck, Texas. 4. Benjamin Bell Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation 9 December 1829. Benjamin married Malinda C. Murphy in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 26 December 1853. Benjamin Bell Posey died in Limestone County, Texas, 18 August 1864. 5. John Deacle Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation 2 May 1831. John married Catherine Jones in Cherokee County, Texas, 27 January 1852. John Deacle Posey died in Starkville, Mississippi. 6. Martha Elmira Posey was born in the Creek Nation, Chambers County, Alabama, 3 October 1832. Martha married Jack Mayfield in 1859. 7. Narcissa Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 2 August 1834. Narcissa died in Tallapoosa 22 September 1834. 8. Uriah Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 6 February 1836. Uriah married Mary Elizabeth Barlow in Kentucky about 1864. Uriah Posey died in Texas 13 April 1877 and is buried in the Hornhill Cemetery at Groesbeck, Texas. 9. Nancy Green Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 29 August 1837. She married Charles David C. Oswalt in Texas 18 July 1859. Nancy Green (Posey) Oswalt died in Texas 26 July 1867. 10. Eli A. Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 20 March 1839. Eli married Mary Frances Neill in Texas 19 September 1859. Eli A. Posey died in Limestone County, Texas, 11 January 1875. 11. Tinsley Elizabeth Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 31 January 1841. Tinsley Elizabeth married, first, John Stinson on 18 January 1864; and second, Silas H. Barber, widower of her deceased sister, Sarah, in Texas 11 October 1868. Tinsley Elizabeth (Posey-Stinson) Barber died in Hill County, Texas, 18 August 1874. 12. James Marion Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 30 June 1842. James married Virginia A. C. Allen on 6 September 1866. James Marion Posey died in Limestone County, Texas, 25 January 1870. 13. George Washington Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 6 September 1844. George never married. George Washington Posey died in the Civil War on 11 May 1863. 14. William Andrew Jackson Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 16 June 1846. William "Bill" Posey married Elizabeth Wallace in Limestone County, Texas, 16 July 1865. Bill Posey died in Indian Territory 19 June 1877. 15. Eliza Hulda Posey was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 9 October 1849. Eliza married Joseph M. Allen in Freestone County, Texas, 17 November 1867. Eliza Hulda (Posey) Allen died in Kiefer, Oklahoma, 22 February 1930. (For Benjamin and Eliza [Berryhill] Posey and their descendants, see Nancy [Berryhill] Posey, Chapter Two.) JOHN BERRYHILL J ohn Berryhill was born in Georgia in 1810. I believe he was the son of Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. John Berryhill married Rebecca Hudson in Troup County, Georgia. Rebecca Hudson was the sister of Ellender Hudson, who married Eli Berryhill, son of Thomas S. Berryhill. Following is their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- Marriage License GEORGIA TO ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, JUDGE, JUSTICE TROUP COUNTY OF THE INFERIOR COURT OR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE YOU ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO JOIN JOHN BERRYHILL AND REBECCA HUDSON IN THE HOLY STATE OF MATRIMONY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THIS STATE AND FOR SO DOING THIS SHALL BE YOUR SUFFICENT LICENS. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1830. JOHN T. ADAMS CCC (L.S.) GEORGIA I DO CERTIFY THAT JOHN BERRYHILL AND REBECCAH HUDSON WERE DULY JOINED IN MATRIMONY BY ME THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1830. ROBERT F. SESSIONS J.P. ----*** <*> ***---- John Berryhill is on the 1832 Creek Nation East Census. John received one half section of land, next to Thomas S. Berryhill, in the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama, in Old Horse Path Town. John Berryhill's sale of his land is described thus: East 1/2 section 10, Township 23, Range 27 Sold to William Doughtery, May 2, 1840 Creek Treaty 1832 Held in Fund for Jno Berryhill After John Berryhill sold his Creek Nation Land Allotment he moved his family into Tallapoosa County, Alabama. John Berryhill worked as a mechanic and a carpenter. In 1860 John and his family were living in the town of Wynn Creek. John and Rebecca (Hudson) Berryhill both died sometime between 1860 and 1870, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. Several of their children were living together on the 1870 and 1880 Census, in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. 1. Yancy Berryhill was born in the Creek Nation in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1833. 2. Alfred Berryhill was born in the Creek Nation in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1835. 3. Ellender "Ellen" Berryhill, II, was born in the Creek Nation in Chambers County, Alabama, in 1837. 4. Nancy Berryhill was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1840. 5. John Berryhill was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1844. 6. Sarah Berryhill was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1847. 7. Seaborn Berryhill was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1850. 8. James Berryhill was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1853. 9. Mary A. Berryhill was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, in 1856. In 1870, the daughter, Yancy Berryhill, age 38, was head of household, with Ellen, Nancy, Seaborn, James A. and Mary living with her, at Walnut Hill, Tallapoosa County, Alabama. The family name was listed "Hill." In 1880, James Berryhill was head of the household, and worked as a farm laborer. Living with James were sisters Nancy, Ellen and Mary, and a niece, Rebecca. I have found nothing more on this family. THOMAS W. BERRYHILL I am not sure that Thomas W. Berryhill was a son of Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. Thomas W. Berryhill lived in the Creek Nation in Chambers County, Alabama. He had Creek Indian blood and had a wife and one son on the 1832 Creek Census East. He was listed on this Census next to Thomas S. Berryhill. Thomas W. Berryhill was allotted Creek Indian land in Chambers County, Alabama, on the Creek Reserve. The sale of this land is described thus: East 1/2 Section 30, Township 23, Range 27 Sold to James Maddux, January 24, 1840, under Creek Treaty 1832 Held in Fund for Thos. W. Berryhill I don't know anything more about Thomas W. Berryhill. There was a Thomas "N" Berryhill born in 1805, living in Randolph County, Alabama, in 1850. William Berryhill, Jr., son of Thomas S. Berryhill's brother, William, was living in this Thomas "N" Berryhill's home. This may be the Thomas "W" Berryhill on the 1832 Creek Nation East. Census of Chambers County, Alabama 1850 1. Thomas N Beryhill age 45 born Georgia 2. Mary A. Berryhill age 45 born Georgia 3. Alexander Berryhill age 20 born Georgia 4. Hanna Berryhill age 18 born Georgia 5. Frances Berryhill age 16 born Georgia 6. Martin Berryhill age 14 born Alabama 7. Margaret Berryhill age 10 born Alabama 8. Martha Berryhill age 8 born Alabama 9. John Berryhill age 4 born Alabama 10. Elizabeth Berryhill age 2 born Alabama 11. William Berryhill age 30 born Georgia 12. Jane Berryhill age 20 born Georgia 13. Cynthia Berryhill age 1 born Alabama NOTE: Jane was Jane (Sales) Berryhill, wife of William Berryhill, Jr. Cynthia was their daughter. (See William Berryhill, Chapter Seven.) There may have been other children born to Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. I haven't found any information on the daughter who was living with them on the Creek Census East. >From the Bible of Eliza E. (Berryhill) Posey, daughter of Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill: FAMILY RECORD BIRTHS THOMAS S. BERRYHILL SARAH DEACLE was born Dec'r 7th 1782 was born July 3rd A.D. 1784 MARRIAGE THOMAS S BERRYHILL & SARAH DEACLE was married Oct. 25th A.D. 1804 DEATHS SARAH BERRYHILL THOMAS S. BERRYHILL departed this life departed this life Oct. 23rd 1843 [no date] Chapter Two NANCY BERRYHILL Nancy (Berryhill) Posey N ancy Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation (Georgia), 28 March 1784. She was the second child born to John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. Nancy grew up in the Creek Indian Nation. About the year 1800, Nancy married a gentleman by the name of Posey. Some say his name may have been Uriah Posey; some say that his name was Bennett Posey, that this was the second marriage for Nancy Berryhill and that she was the widow of Andrew Griffin who died by 8 November 1794. I find this is impossible, as Nancy would have been widowed at the age of ten with five children, according to Andrew Griffin's Will. Andrew Griffin's widow did marry Bennett Posey and she was probably Nancy Berryhill, before her marriage to Andrew Griffin, but she couldn't be the daughter of John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. I believe Nancy and her husband lived in the Creek Nation after their marriage and all of their children were born and raised there. From about 1824 to 1827, Nancy and her children were living in the Creek Nation, near Pike County, Georgia. Nancy (Berryhill) Posey's husband may have died by then. In any event, he did not go to the Western Creek Lands with Nancy and her children in 1827. (-?-) Posey and Nancy (Berryhill) Posey's children: 1. Sarah "Sally" Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 4 December 1801. Sally married Samuel H. Hopwood about 1820 in Georgia. Sally and Samuel and their children went to the Western Creek Lands with the First Party of McIntosh Creeks in 1927. 2. Thomas B. Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 21 April 1803. Thomas married Elenore Mayhew in Georgia in 1827. Thomas and Elenore went to the Western Creek Lands with the First Party of McIntosh Creeks. 3. Benjamin Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 10 September 1807. Benjamin married Eliza Berryhill in Georgia in 1824. Eliza Berryhill was his first cousin, daughter of Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. Benjamin and Eliza Posey stayed in the Old Creek Nation and didn't go to the Western Creek Lands. 4. William Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 12 January 1812. I believe William went to the Western Creek Nation in 1827. 5. Andrew Jackson Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation 10 June 1818. I don't know when Andrew Posey died or if he ever married. He lived to be a grown man and in 1827, he went to the Western Creek Lands with his mother. Andrew Posey is on the Old Settlers Creek Roll and Payment Roll of 1856, 1857 and 1858-59. He was listed alone with no family. Nancy (Berryhill) Posey and all of her children, except her son, Benjamin Posey, went west with the McIntosh Party of Creeks in 1827. I believe that Nancy and her daughter, Sarah, who had married Samuel H. Hopwood, traveled by land. Nancy hired a teamster to drive her wagon. This may have been her son-in-law, Samuel Hopwood, as I don't find a claim to the United States Indian Department for him, yet I know that he was in the Western Creek Lands, as he signed the Western Creek Memorial to the United States President, dated 7 March 1829. (See Pages 12-14). Nancy and her children settled in the point between the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers, near the Creek Agency, with Nancy's parents, brothers and sisters. After a flood in 1833, they moved across the Arkansas River, near where Muskogee, Oklahoma, now stands. I find no mention of Nancy's husband in the Western Creek records, so that is why I believe he died before the family emigrated west. Nancy (Berryhill) Posey filed the following claim with the United States Indian Department in 1834, for her expenses of moving herself and her family to the Western Creek Lands: The United States Indian Department No. 12 NANCY POSEY Dr. 1827 To services of one wagon, two horses and one teamster 7 days furnishing forage for the horses at $3.00 per day $21.00 1827 To furnishing rations for 7 persons 60 days, commencing in October and ending in December, 1827 being 420 rations at 6 cents per ration 25.20 I do hereby certify upon my word and honor that the foregoing account, amounting to $46.20 is justly due me from the United States - and that I have never received payment for the same or any part thereof. Given at the Creek Agency this thirteenth day of December 1834. her Witness Nancy X Posey John Wade mark The people in Nancy (Berryhill) Posey's little caravan were probably herself, her daughter Sally and Sally's husband Samuel Hopwood; her grandchildren, Leonard, John and Pleasant Hopwood; and Nancy's sons, William Posey, who would have been about fifteen years old, and Andrew Jackson Posey, who would have been about nine years old. They probably had riding horses and cattle, which they took along to the Western Creek Lands. Nancy and some of Nancy's brothers and sisters probably all traveled in a group. Nancy's son, Thomas B. Posey, put in his own claim to the Indian Department. Nancy (Berryhill) Posey died in the Creek Nation in Indian Territory, but I don't know the date. It would be some time after the Old Settlers Creek Payment, as I find her there and she listed her son, Benjamin Posey. Following is a page from the Bible of Nancy's granddaughter, Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. This Bible is owned by Heidi (Hawkins) Smith: Family Record Nancy Posey was born March 28th A D in the year of our Lord 1784 Martha McGaha (born) Oct. 26th A D 1785 Sarah Hopwood was born December 4th 1801 Thomas Posey was born April 27th A D 1803 Benjamin Posey was born Sept. 10th A D 1807 William Posey was born January 12th A D 1812 A. J. Posey was born June 10th 1818 SARAH "SALLY" POSEY Sarah "Sally" (Posey) HOPWOOD S arah "Sally" Posey was born in the Old Creek Nation 4 December 1801. She was the first child born to Nancy (Berryhill) Posey and her husband. Sally grew up in the Creek Nation. She married Samuel H. Hopwood in about 1820, who was born in Virginia on 18 November 1795. Samuel and Sally (Posey) Hopwood lived in the Old Creek Nation after their marriage. Three children were born to them in the Old Nation. In 1827 Samuel and Sally, and their children, emigrated to the Creek Lands West with the First Party of McIntosh Creeks. They probably traveled with Sally's mother Nancy (Berryhill) Posey, and the other Berryhill relatives who went by land. After their arrival in the western lands they settled in the point between the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers, near the Creek Agency. In 1829, Samuel H. Hopwood signed as a witness to a Western Creek Nation Memorial to the President of the United States, dated 7 March 1829. (See Pages 12-14). Between 1830 and 1833 there was much sickness in the Western Indian Nations and two of Samuel's and Sally's children died. One, a son who had been born in the Old Nation, and the other, a daughter who was born after their arrival in the west. "Aunt Sally Hopwood" seemed to be a favorite with her nieces and nephews, and her younger cousins called her "Aunt Sally." Samuel H. Hopwood had red hair. On the 1860 Census of Arkansas, showing the white men living in the Indian Nations, Samuel is listed as a wagon maker for the Creek Nation. Sally and her children are on the Old Settlers Roll and Payment for 1856 and 1857. Cowetah Town No. 125 L. F. Hopwood No. 127 Sarah Hopwood William, Robert, Nancy Francis & Benj. Posey No. 128 Alfred Hopwood 1859 Creek Payroll Tuskegee Town Sarah Hopwood Samuel Hopwood Leonard Hopwood Robert Hopwood William Hopwood Lucinda Hopwood Crockett Hopwood Nancy Hopwood Benjamin Hopwood Francis Hopwood Ann Eliza Hopwood Payment $16.65 ea - $183.15 Signed: Sarah Hopwood X her mark Notation! "Omitted by mistake from Census Roll of Town, and now added." The Hopwood family listed in the Bible of Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith, owned by Heidi (Hawkins) Smith: Family Record Samuel H. Hopwood was born November the 18th 1795 Sarah Hopwood was born December the 4th 1801 Leonard Hopwood was born February the 7th 1821 John H Hopwood was born April 11th 1823 Plesant Hopwood was born February the 8th 1827 Robert F Hopwood was born June the 29th 1829 Louisa J Hopwood was born January the 7th 1831 Lucinda A Hopwood was born August the 4th 1832 William h hopwood was born Sept the 17th 1835 Family Record Wm Felix Hopwood was bornd Nov th 12th 1863 Robert Faremore Hopwood was borned 28 September 1865 Wm Felix Hopwood Dide July the 28th 1865 R F Hopwood was married to Jenetti Chemalez January the 7th 1861 Jeniti Hopwood Dide September 28th 1865 Family Deaths John H Hopwood departed this life March the 29th 1830 Louisa J Hopwood departed this (life) Oct 28 AD 1831 W H Hopwood departed this life Dec th 8, 1866 Samuel Hopwood departed this life Feb the 7, 1867 Sarah Hopwood Departed this life nov the 19, 1875 R H (F) Hopwood departed this life the 31th Oct 1875 Samuel and Sally (Posey) Hopwood lived the rest of their lives in the Creek Nation, except for the time during the Civil War when a lot of the Creek Indian families went to a place near the Red River and lived in tents until the end of the War. During the Civil War, the Indian lands were overrun by soldiers and others, plundering and destroying the homes and farms of the Creek Indians, and others of the Five Civilized Tribes. After the War, Samuel and Sally Hopwood and other Creek families went back home to their lands in the Creek Nation and found their homes destroyed. On 14 June 1866, the United States government, after abolishing the former Creek Treaties because most of the Creeks had fought on the side of the South, made a new treaty with the Creeks. The Creek Indians gave up part of their land to the United States, on which the United States settled one of the minor Indian Tribes. In return for this, the United States gave the Creek Indians money to rebuild their homes and farms. A roll of the Creek Indians was taken, called the "Dunn Roll." Samuel and Sally Hopwood and their children appear on this roll. Dunn Roll of the Creek Nation - 1866 Broken Arrow Town No. 64 Samuel Hopwood Sarah Hopwood No. 65 Shelton Smith [husband of Lucinda Ann Hopwood] David C. Smith Samuel H. Smith Daniel B. Smith Dan'l Adkins Lucinda Smith [Hopwood] Sarah Ann Smith Louisa Jane Smith No. 66 L. F. Hopwood [Leonard F.] George W. Hopwood Mary E. Hopwood [Leonard's wife] July [Julie] Hopwood Hillibee Town No. 3 R. F. Hopwood [Robert F.] Louiza Samuel H. and Sarah "Sally" (Posey) Hopwood's children: 1. Leonard F. Hopwood was born in the Old Creek Nation 7 February 1821. Leonard married Mary Elizabeth. 2. John H. Hopwood was born in the Old Creek Nation 11 April 1823. John died in the Creek Lands West 29 March 1830. 3. Pleasant A. Hopwood was born in the Old Creek Nation 8 February 1827. I have found no more information on him, but he probably died young, after the move to the Western Creek Nation. 4. Robert F. Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West 29 June 1829. Robert married Jennatti Chemalez 1 January 1861. 5. Louisa Jane Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West 1 January 1831. Louisa Jane died in the Creek Lands West 28 October 1831. 6. Lucinda Ann Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West 4 August 1832. Lucinda Ann married Stephen Shelton Smith in the Creek Nation 17 November 1856. 7. William H. Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West 17 September 1835. William H. died in the Creek Nation 8 December 1866. I don't know if William ever married and had children. Note! I had thought the last four people who appeared on the 1859 Old Settlers Census with Sarah Hopwood were Sarah's and Samuel's children, but I believe "Nancy" was Sarah's mother, Nancy Posey. Lucinda Hopwood had married Stephen Shelton Smith by then and Crockett is their son, David Crockett Smith. Francis is probably Francis Posey, a nephew to Sally (Posey) Hopwood. 8. Alfred Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West. He isn't in Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith's Bible so I don't know his birth date. Alfred married Louisa Barnett. Samuel H. Hopwood died in the Creek Nation 7 December 1867. Sarah "Sally" (Posey) Hopwood died in the Creek Nation 19 November 1875. LEONARD F. HOPWOOD L eonard F. Hopwood was born in the Old Creek Nation 7 February 1821. He was the first child born to Samuel and Sarah (Posey) Hopwood. When Leonard was about six years old he emigrated with his parents to the Creek Lands West. Leonard grew up in the Creek Nation and married Mary Elizabeth. I don't know much about Leonard's adult life as the records of the Creek Nation are so scarce. Both Leonard and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, died in the Creek Nation between 1882 and 1899. Leonard F. and Mary Elizabeth Hopwood's children: 1. George W. Hopwood was born in the Creek Nation in August 1865. George married Mrs. Jennie Monk about 1898. They were living close to North Fork Town in 1900. George W. Hopwood died in Indian Territory 14 April 1903. George and Jennie (Monk) Hopwood had one daughter: A. Mary L. Hopwood was born in Indian Territory about 1899. 2. Kellem F. Hopwood was born in the Creek Nation about 1872. Kellem married Mollie Monds in Muskogee, Indian Territory, 3 February 1894. ----*** <*> ***---- MARRIAGE LICENSE United States of America Indian Territory No. 145 First Judicial District To any Person Authorized by Law to Solemnize Marriage - Greeting: You are hereby commanded to Solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between Mr. K. F. HOPWOOD of OKMULGEE, in the Indian Territory, aged 21 years and Miss MOLLIE MONDS of OKMULGEE, in the Indian Territory, aged 20 years, according to law, and do you officialy sign and return this License to the parties therein named. Witness my hand and official seal at First Judicial, Indian Territory, this 20th day of January A.D. 1894. Joseph M. Phillips Clerk of the U.S. Court By, J. S. Dodson, Deputy * * * * * CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE United States of America Indian Territory First Judicial District I, I. Y. Boyce, a Minister of the Gospel, Do hereby certify, that on the 3rd day of February, A. D. 1894, did duly and according to law as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the Rite and publish the Banns of Matrimony between the parties therein named. Witness my hand this 3rd day of February, A. D. 1894. My credentials are recorded in the office of the Clerk of the United States Court, Indian Territory. First Judicial District. I. Y. Boyce A Minister of the Gospel ----*** <*> ***---- Kellem F. and Mollie (Monds) Hopwood's children: A. John L. Hopwood was born in Indian Territory about 1896. B. Edgar Denton Hopwood was born in Indian Territory about 1898. C. Ira Homer Hopwood was born in Morris, Indian Territory, in 1901. D. Ora Pearl Hopwood was born in Morris, Indian Territory, 28 July 1903. 3. Julie Hopwood was born in Indian Territory. ROBERT F. HOPWOOD R obert Faremore Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West 29 June 1829. He was the fourth child born to Samuel and Sarah (Posey) Hopwood. Robert grew up in the Creek Nation. He married Jennatti Chemalez 1 January 1861. Robert died in the Creek Nation 1 January 1867. Robert served in the Civil War, an officer in the Indian Brigade. Robert F. and Jennatti (Chemalez) Hopwood's children: 1. William Felix Hopwood was born in the Creek Nation 12 November 1863. William died in the Creek Nation 28 July 1865. 2. Robert Faremore Hopwood, Jr., was born in the Creek Nation 28 September 1865. I don't find a marriage license or children for Robert, but I believe he had a wife named Susan. I find some court records in the Deep Fork District, of the Creek Nation: I find Robert and Susan Hopwood as witness to a court case filed in Deep Fork District, held 16 March 1874; Robert Hopwood assisting the Lighthorse (Creek Nation Police) under Captain Motey Tiger, in Deep Fork District, 30 September 1872, by boarding prisoners; in 1876 Samsoche was charged with stealing two hogs from Robert Hopwood, in Criminal Court Deep Fork District, 19 June 1876. I don't know when Robert Faremore Hopwood died, but I believe it was before 1899, as I don't find him on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. LUCINDA ANN HOPWOOD Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith L ucinda Ann Hopwood was born in the Creek Lands West 4 August 1832, near where Muskogee, Oklahoma, now is. She was the sixth child born to Samuel and Sarah (Posey) Hopwood. Lucinda Ann grew up in the Creek Nation. She married Stephen Shelton Smith at the Creek Agency 17 November 1856. Stephen Shelton Smith was a white man born in the Cherokee Nation in Georgia, 5 July 1828. He was the son of Stephen and Catherine (Parker) Smith. Stephen Shelton Smith's father was a wagon maker and Stephen, Sr., went to the Creek Nation with his wife, Catherine, Stephen, Jr., and his other children. Stephen Shelton Smith was a blacksmith for the Creek Nation. Stephen Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith's first three children were born in the Creek Nation. After the Civil War broke out and the Indian Nations of the Five Civilized Tribes were forced into the War, Stephen Smith joined the Confederates. He was stationed at Fort Washita. He guarded the Indian frontier of the Five Civilized Tribes against raiding parties who were burning homes, destroying farms and driving off livestock. Lucinda took their children to a camp near the Red River, where other Creek Families had fled. Stephen must have spent some time at this camp as two more children were born to them during the stay at the Red River. After the War, Stephen and Lucinda Ann Smith went back to the Creek Nation. They found their home destroyed. With the Treaty that the United States government made with the Creek Nation, Stephen and Lucinda were given money to rebuild their home and farm. They are on the roll taken at that time in the Creek Nation, called the "Dunn Roll." (See Page 41.) I believe when Shelton and Lucinda Smith returned to the Creek Nation after the Civil War they settled in the area where Stone Bluff is located. The land was owned in common by the Creek Indians and they could make their farm where they wanted, as long as no other Indian had picked that spot. Stephen and Lucinda made a new home for themselves and their children. Two more children were born to them after their return to the Creek Nation. Stephen Shelton Smith had been made an adopted citizen of the Creek Nation in 1855, by the Principal Chief of the Creek Nation. Few white men received this privilege. Following are letters, and a document of the decision of the Commissioners of the Five Civilized Tribes, concerning the citizenship by adoption of Stephen Shelton Smith: February 3 1875 Samuel Checote Principal Chief M.N. Dear Sir; Your letter of the 7 ultima though written for some days has just been received and I hasten to reply. You state that Major G. W. Ingalls U.S. Indian agent for the Creeks &c. has been forwarded to you for your consideration and action, the Certificate of Citizenship granted by me to the Rev. H. F. Buckner and you desire to be informed by me what evidence Brother Buckner produced in order to obtain his Certificate, who are his witnesses &c. As the evidence is historical and positive you will excuse the length of this letter while I briefly give you the history, then the positive testimony. This is the history. That in 1861 the then ruling Chiefs (Moty Kanard and Echu Hargo) gave public notice that all Citizens of the United States then in the Nation desireous of remaining and becoming fully identified with the Creeks should come forward and make it known in thirty days - and such as did not should be turned out of the Nation. This is the positive evidence. Col. Chilly McIntosh states that H. F. Buckner did apply within the meaning of the notice refered to, as did SHELTON SMITH and a few others did and that he read the Certificate of Citizenship to H. F. Buckner after it had been executed bearing the signature of both Moty Kanard and Echu Hargo. I am aware that in this Nation there is an element now and have been since the end of our late troubles who are disposed to ignor all which was done by our rulers during these troubles have been sustained and as I think rightly two. As in the case of the adoption of Capt. F. B. Severs. To me the actions of our authorities during our troubles should be as valid as any action before or since. Being thus impressed I rendered a decision in the case of H. F. Buckner and gave him a Certificate to that effect. If you have further interrogerties to propound touching this question, I will take great pleasure in answering in my humble way. I am very respectfully Your Friend John McIntosh Judge North Fork District * * * * * DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of Indian Affairs Washington, January 30, 1902 The Honorable The Secretary of the Interior Sir; There is inclosed herewith a report dated January 15, 1902, from T. B. Needles, Esq., Commissioner in charge of the work of the Dawes Commission, transmitting for the Department's consideration the record in the matter of the application of SHELTON SMITH for enrollment as a citizen by adoption of the Creek Nation. The record in this case shows that the applicant, SHELTON SMITH, is a citizen of the Creek Nation by adoption, having been adopted by the Principal Chief in 1855; that since said time he has been recognized as a citizen of said nation; that he has not been required to pay permit tax, and that he has continuously resided in the Creek Nation since 1855. From the record in the case it would seem that at the time the applicant was adopted by the Principal Chief there was no National Council of the Creek Nation and that it was customary to adopt persons as citizens in the manner in which MR. SMITH was adopted. The office believes that the Commission's decision is correct and that it should be approved. Very respectfully Your obedient servant W. A. Jones, Commissioner * * * * * Muskogee, Indian Territory, January 15, 1902 Mr. Shelton Smith, Stone Bluff, Indian Territory Dear Sir; There is herewith enclosed a copy of the decision of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in the matter of your application for enrollment as an adopted citizen of the Creek Nation. The decision, with a copy of the proceedings had in the case is this day transmitted to the Secretary of the Interior for his review and decision. The final decision of the Secretary will be made known to you as soon as the commission is informed of the same. Yours truly, T. B. Needles Commissioner in Charge * * * * * DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES In the matter of the application of SHELTON SMITH for enrollment as an adopted citizen of the Creek Nation. DECISION It appears from the record in this case that on September 28th, 1899, SHELTON SMITH appeared before this Commission at Muskogee, Indian Territory, and made application for enrollment as an adopted citizen of the Creek Nation, and that additional testimony in support of said application was introduced on March 23, 1901. It also appears that said SHELTON SMITH is a white man, married to a citizen of the Creek Nation; that he was adopted as a citizen by the tribal authorities of the Creek Nation in 1855; that his name appears upon the roll of Creek citizens made under authority of the United States, and dated March 13, 1867, and that his name is found upon the 1895 pay roll of Broken Arrow town at No. 161. It is therefore the opinion of this Commission that said SHELTON SMITH is a citizen by adoption of the Creek Nation, and that he should be enrolled as a citizen of said nation in accordance with the provision of Section 21 of the Act of Congress approved June 28, 1898, and it is so ordered. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Acting Chairman T. B. Needles Dated at Okmulgee, Indian Territory this 11th day of May, 1901 When the land was divided up in the Creek Nation, Stephen Shelton Smith, as a Creek citizen, and his wife, Lucinda, and each of their children, received 160 acres of land per person. They are all on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Stephen Shelton Smith died of pneumonia at Haskell, Oklahoma, 5 March 1911. Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith died of old age at Haskell, Oklahoma, 26 March 1926. Both are buried in the Haskell Cemetery. Smiths from the "Posey-Smith Bible," owned by Heidi (Hawkins) Smith Family Record L. A. Hopwood daughter of Samuel Hopwood and Sarah Hopwood married Nov the 17, 1856, S. S. Smith S. A. Smith, daughter of S. Smith and L. A. Smith was married to E. Pinbody the 16 July 1875 Louisa J. Smith, daughter of L. A. and S. S. Smith was married to J. H. Rothhammer Jan 11, 1885 D. C. Smith was married to Lizzie Osban the Dec 7, 1884 Family Record D. C. Smith was borned Sept 18 A D 1857 Sarah Ann Smith was borned Feb 22 A D 1859 Samuel H. Smith was borned April 17, 1861 D. B. Smith was borned Dec 10 A D 1862 Stephen S. Smith was borned December 12, 1864 Louisa Jane Smith was borned December the 18th, 1865 Emma C. Smith was borned 6th of June 1867 Family Deaths S. A. Pinbody daughter of S Shelton Smith departed this life Dec 23d A D 1875 D. C. Smith departed this life March 10 1875 Stephen Shelton and Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith's children: 1. David "Davey" Crockett Smith was born in the Creek Lands West 18 September 1857. He was the first child born to Stephen Shelton and Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith. Davey married Lizzie Osban on 7 December 1884. David Crockett Smith died 10 March 1885. I believe there were no children. 2. Sarah Ann Smith was born in the Creek Lands West 22 February 1859. She was the second child born to Stephen Shelton and Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith. Sarah married E. Pinbody 16 July 1875. Sarah Ann (Smith) Pinbody died 23 December 1875. There were no children. 3. Samuel H. Smith was born in the Creek Nation 17 April 1861. He was the third child born to Stephen Shelton and Lucinda Ann (Hopwood) Smith. In about 1885 Samuel married Elizabeth America Berryhill. Elizabeth America was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill. Elizabeth America Berryhill was born in Missouri in August 1870. Samuel H. Smith died in Indian Territory about 1890. (See Elizabeth America Berryhill with John Dallas Berryhill's Descendants, Chapter Five.) Samuel H. and Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith's children: A. Nina "Nixey" Smith was born in Indian Territory in December 1887. She married Frank Snyder. Frank and Nina "Nixey" (Smith) Snyder's children: a. Minnie Snyder. b. Robert Snyder. c. Hazel Snyder. B. Daniel Boone Smith, II, was born in Indian Territory in May 1890. Daniel married, but I don't know his wife's name. His children: a. Edgar Smith. b. Clarence Smith. 4. Daniel Boone Smith, I, was born near Dennison, Texas, 10 December 1862, during the Civil War. He was the fourth child born to Stephen Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. After the War, Daniel's parents went back to the Creek Nation, where Daniel grew up. Daniel was educated at Miss Robertson's School for Girls in Weleaka, Indian Territory. Daniel Boone Smith was a farmer in Haskell, Oklahoma. When a young man he worked for several ranches in Indian Territory. Daniel Boone Smith married Mary Isabelle Berryhill, 16 January 1891. Following is their marriage license. ----*** <*> ***---- MARRIAGE LICENSE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDIAN TERRITORY First Judicial District To any person authorized by law to solmnize Marriage - Greeting: Mr. DANIEL B SMITH of Choska, in the Indian Territory, aged 25 years, and Miss MARY I BERRYHILL of Red Fork in the Indian Territory, aged 17 years, according to law, and do you officially sign and return this License to the parties therein named. Witness my hand and official seal at First Judicial, Indian Territory, this 16th day of January A.D. 1891 (SEAL) WM. NELSON, Clerk of U.S. Court By W. E. Shakelford, Deputy * * * * * CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDIAN TERRITORY First Judicial District I, Theo F. Brewer, a Minister of the Gospel, do hereby certify, that on the 16th day of January, A.D. 1891, did duly and according to law as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between the parties therein named. Witness my hand this 16th day of January, 1891. Theo F. Brewer A Minister of the Gospel ----*** <*> ***----