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 Co. MS The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996.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/ *********************************************************************** SAMANTHA ELIZABETH "MANT" SELF Samantha Elizabeth (Self) Newton S amantha Elizabeth Self was born in Cooke County, Texas, 14 June 1856. Samantha was the first child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. She was named for her mother, and John Self's first wife, Samantha (Alford) Elam, Self. Samantha grew up in Cooke County, Texas. She married Sir Isaac Newton in Texas in about 1882. Isaac Newton was born in Texas in January 1854. Isaac and Samantha Newton were living in Baylor County, Texas, in 1900. Isaac Newton was a District Judge in Baylor County. Samantha and her children were in the Creek Nation for a while after 1900, and they are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following is the Creek Census Card of Samantha (Self) Newton and her children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Creek Card No. 3870 P.O. Mounds 23 Jan 1905 9935 Newton, Samantha E. 49 F 1/8 John B Self Elizabeth 9936 Connie O. dau 22 F 1/16 Sir Isaac Newton No. 1 9937 Ollin son 18 M 1/16 Sir Isaac Newton No. 1 9938 Vera S. dau 16 F 1/16 Sir Isaac Newton No. 1 9939 John P. son 14 M 1/16 Sir Isaac Newton No. 1 The Creek Census Card shows that Isaac Newton was deceased, so he died between 1900 and 1905, probably in Texas. In 1910, Samantha E. Newton was back in Baylor County, Texas, with her three younger children living at home. They were living in Seymour in the Community of Newton Heights. I don't know when Samantha Elizabeth (Self) Newton died, and I have found no more information on her since the 1910 Texas Census. Sir Isaac and Samantha Elizabeth (Self) Newton's children: 1. Connie Onita Newton was born in Baylor County, Texas, in July 1883. Connie was not living in her mother's home in 1910, so she had probably married by then. The Texas Federal Census showed that Samantha and Isaac had four living children and only three were living at home. 2. Isaac Ollin Newton was born in Baylor County, Texas, in June 1886. Ollin was a lawyer in Seymour, Texas, in 1910. Isaac Ollin Newton died in Texas in 1972. 3. Vera Self Newton was born in Baylor County, Texas, in July 1888. She was still living at home, unmarried, in 1910. 4. John Potter Newton was born in Baylor County, Texas, in July 1890. John was living at home with his mother, unmarried, in Baylor County, Texas, in 1910. MARY LOU SELF Mary Lou (Self) Harwell M ary Lou Self was born in Cooke County, Texas, 23 April 1858. She was the second child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. Mary Lou grew up in Cooke County, Texas. She married Ausburn Brown Harwell in Texas on 18 March 1882. Ausburn was born in Alabama 27 June 1857, the son of Ausburn, Sr., and Katheryn (Brown) Harwell. Ausburn and Mary Lou lived in Texas for a few years, then moved to the Creek Nation. On the 1900 Federal Census of the Creek Nation, Mary Lou and her children were living with Mary Lou's uncle, Buck Self, in Mounds, Indian Territory. Ausburn and Mary Lou Harwell settled in Mounds and Ausburn was a Peace Officer and a farmer. Mary Lou and her children are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following are the Creek Census Cards for Mary Lou (Self) Harwell and her children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Creek Card No. 686 P.O. Mounds 15 Aug 1899 2256 Harwell, Mary L. 40 F 1/8 John B. Self Elizabeth Creek Card No. 3808 P.O. Mounds 20 May 1903 9845 Harwell, Walter B. 19 M 1/16 A. B. Harwell Mary L. 9846 Lilla M. sis 17 F 1/16 A. B. Harwell Mary L. 9847 Lena M. sis 15 F 1/16 A. B. Harwell Mary L. 9848 Nina P. sis 12 F 1/16 A. B. Harwell Mary L. Mary Lou (Self) Harwell died near Mounds, Oklahoma, 18 March 1931. Ausburn Brown Harwell died near Mounds, Oklahoma, 20 March 1940. Both are buried in the Mounds Cemetery. Ausburn Brown and Mary Lou (Self) Harwell's children: 1. Walter Baxter Harwell was born in Texas 7 January 1884. He grew up in Texas and the Creek Nation. Walter married Rena Catherine Vowell in Mounds, Indian Territory, on 29 November 1905. Rena was born in Robeline, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, 13 December 1887, the daughter of Hampton Garmany and Martha Ann (Self) Vowell. She was the great granddaughter of John and Catherine (Berryhill) Self. (See Chapter Eight.) Walter Harwell and Rena Catherine Vowell were third cousins. Walter and Rena Catherine settled near Mounds, Indian Territory, after their marriage. Walter was a rancher and a farmer. Walter Baxter Harwell died in Louisiana 30 December 1973. Rena Catherine (Vowell) Harwell died 23 April 1978. Both are buried in the Mounds Cemetery at Mounds, Oklahoma. Walter Baxter and Rena Catherine (Vowell) Harwell's children: A. Mortimer Brown "Dick" Harwell was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, 12 December 1906. He married Audry Bess Clark about 1931. Bess was born in Luther, Oklahoma, 20 March 1908, the daughter of William Allen and Izora Ethel (Davis) Clark. Mortimer Brown Harwell died in Kansas City, Missouri, 12 April 1972. Bess (Clark) Harwell died in Kansas City, Missouri, 26 March 1975. Both are buried in Clinton, Missouri. Mortimer Brown "Dick" and Audry Bess (Clark) Harwell's children: a. Rita Jean Harwell was born in Mounds, Oklahoma, 17 September 1932. Rita married Robert Lee Helwig on 24 August 1952. Robert was born 24 May 1926, the son of Charles Louis and Ruby Edith (Smith) Helwig. Robert and Rita live in Kansas City, Missouri. They have four daughters: Donna Jean Helwig was born 8 September 1956 and married John A. Park on 7 June 1980; Karen Lee Helwig was born 20 August 1957; Marcia Ann Helwig was born 6 March 1959; Lisa Jo Helwig was born 22 January 1962. b. William Robert Harwell was born in Mounds, Oklahoma, 9 August 1935. William married first, Lynda K. Griffin in 1957; second, Erma Davis in 1964; and third, Anna Wilson in 1979. c. Patrick Clark Harwell was born 8 October 1937. Patrick married first, Wilma Jean Sweeton; and second, Patsy Crumpacker. B. Maurice Leroy Harwell was born near Mounds, Oklahoma, 18 November 1909. Maurice married first, Sarah; and second, Ruth Gwendolyn Mayne on 26 September 1949. C. Eugene Woodrow Harwell was born in Oklahoma 9 May 1913. Eugene died 3 July 1932. D. Ausburn Hampton Harwell was born 6 September 1917. Ausburn married Aline Mount on 29 July 1939. E. Mary Kathleen Harwell was born 22 January 1930. Mary Kathleen died 30 May 1934. 2. Lilla Mae Harwell was born in Texas 13 August 1886. She was the second child born to Ausburn and Mary Lou (Self) Harwell. Lilla Mae married first, Charles Sanders; and second, Gail Bradley. Lilla Mae (Harwell) Sanders, Bradley died in Oklahoma 14 June 1969. 3. Lena Maude Harwell was born in Texas 25 August 1888. She was the third child born to Ausburn and Mary Lou (Self) Harwell. Lena married first, John Sparkman; and second, William Crider. Lena Maude (Harwell) Sparkman, Crider died in Oklahoma 29 November 1979. 4. Nina Pauline Harwell was born in Texas 26 May 1891. She married William C. Chinn in 1912. WILLIAM BAXTER SELF, II W illiam Baxter Self, II, was born in Cooke County, Texas, 20 July 1860. He was the third child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. William grew up in Cooke County, Texas, and married Annie Lennox in about 1885. William and Annie were living in Baylor County, Texas, in 1900, with their three children. William B. Self, II, didn't move his family to the Creek Nation when his brothers and sisters did, so he wasn't granted Citizenship into the Creek Nation, although his father, John B. Self, did list William on the first applications made by the family in the Creek Nation. William Self, thinking that he had been granted Creek Nation Citizenship, went to the Creek Nation Commission and applied for citizenship for his children, but was denied citizenship for himself and his children. Following is testimony that he made before the Commission in 1905: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES Muskogee, Indian Territory - June 27, 1905 In the matter of the application for the enrollment of William B., Burnett, Walter, Celia Self as citizens of the Creek Nation. William B. Self, being duly sworn testifies as follows: Q. What is your name? William B. Self. Q. How old are you? Forty four years old. Q. Are you a citizen of the Creek Nation? Yes, sir. Q. What is your Post Office address? Mounds. Q. How long have you lived in the Indian Territory? I have never lived here, only just moved. Q. When did you come here? I came yesterday. Q. Where were you before that? Texas. Q. Were you ever in Seymour, Texas? Yes sir, that is where I came from. Q. Did you ever live in the Creek Nation? No sir, I never did. Q. Not all your life? No sir. Q. DO YOU MAKE APPLICATION FOR YOUR CHILDREN; BURNETT, WALTER AND CELIA SELF, have they ever lived in the Creek Nation? Never did. Q. Are they at Mounds now? Yes sir. Q. What is the name of their mother? Annie Self. Q. Is she a citizen of any of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory? No sir. Q. She lived with you since they were born? Yes sir. Q. Is she living now? Yes sir. Q. At Mounds? Yes sir. Q. How old is Burnett? Burnett was born in 1888, is seventeen years old. Q. Is a boy is it? Yes sir. Q. Not married? Not married. Q. How old is Walter? Fifteen years old, I believe. Q. How old is Celia? Ten years old. Q. Have you ever made application of the enrollment of yourself or any of the children as citizens of the Creek Nation? No sir. Q. Has anyone for you that you know of? Yes sir. Q. Who was that? Well, John Lieber. Q. When did he make that, do you know? I dont remember the year 1897 or 1898, do not remember exactly. Either 1897 or 1898. Q. Do you know in what way he made that application? No sir, I dont know that I do. Q. In what way do you claim a right for yourself and these children for enrollment into the Creek Nation? By blood. Q. do you claim that you are a full blood Creek Indian? No sir. Q. How much Indian blood do you claim? One quarter I believe it is, I dont really know. Q. What is the name of your father? John B Self. Q. Is he enrolled here? Yes sir. Q. Is he living? No sir, he is dead. When did he die? Last February the 14th. Q. What is the name of your mother? Elizabeth Self. Q. Is she enrolled as a citizen of the Creek Nation? No sir. Q. She was a white woman? Yes sir. Q. Did you or anyone for you ever draw any money from the Creek Nation? No sir. Q. You do not claim to be on the Creek Rolls then, you or your children? No, I dont know. I was enrolled on the Indian Rolls at Okmulgee once. Q. What roll was that? As a citizen. Q. What year? 1896. Q. You dont mean that you were on any of the rolls do you? No sir, I didnt get any money. Q. Do you mean by that, that you were admitted by some Citizenship Commission, is that what you mean? Yes sir. NOTE: The names of William B., Burnett, Walter and Celia Self are found on the Old Creek Indian Cards 1846 and 3117. These cards were made in the years 1897 and 1898. Notation on said cards says William B. Self on Broken Arrow Town Roll. The records of the Colbert Commission in possession of the Commission examined and it is found therefrom that William B Self made application to said Commission September 17, 1896, that he was admitted to Citizenship by said Commission on Said date. The Tribal Rolls of the Creek Nation, in possession of the Commission, examined and names of none of the applicants herein found thereon. Q. Any right you have to citizenship in the Creek Nation then, or any right of these children, if any, come by your admission to the Colbert Commission; is that your understanding? Yes sir. Q. You have lived in Texas all of your life until yesterday? Yes sir. Q. These children also? Yes sir. Q. Have you moved to the Creek Nation to stay? Yes sir. Q. You have in good faith moved to this Nation and intend to make it your home? Yes sir. Q. These children all live with you? Yes sir. Q. Outside of that attempted application that you speak of as being made by Mr. Lieber, you have never made any attempt to be admitted or placed on the Dawes Commission Rolls, yourself or these children? I dont know that I have. Q. You have never made any application in person? No sir. A. B. Harwell, being duly sworn, testifies as follows: Q. What is your name? A B Harwell. Q. How old are you? I am forty nine years old. Q. What is your Postoffice? Mounds. Q. Are you a citizen of the Creek Nation? No sir. Q. Do you know William B. Self here? Yes sir. Q. Are you any kin to him? A brother-in-law. My wife is his sister. Q. Do you know anything about his rights to enrollment as a citizen of the Creek Nation, if so you may state it? Well, nothing except he was admitted by the Colbert Commission to citizenship along with his father John B Self and my wife Mary L. Harwell and others. Q. Were you here in 1896? No sir. Q. You only know by heresay then? From heresay, yes sir. I moved here in 1897. Q. Do you know that this man has removed in good faith to the Creek Nation and intends to make this his home? Yes sir. Mary L. Harwell, being duly sworn testified as follows: Q. What is your name? Mary L Harwell. Q. How old are you? Fortyseven. Q. What is your postoffice address? Mounds. Q. Are you a citizen of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Q. Have you gotten your Deed to land? Yes sir. Q. Do you know William B Self here? Yes sir. Q. What kin is he to you? My brother. Q. Full brother? Yes sir. Q. What do you know about his right to citizenship in the Creek Nation? Well, I know he has been admitted to citizenship by the Colbert Commission. Q. Was he admitted at the same time as you? Yes sir, at the same time. Q. And Admitted your father John B Self? Yes sir. Q. Do you know as a matter of fact that your brother William B Self here has removed in good faith to the Creek Nation and intends to make his home here? Yes sir. Q. Have you seen his three children over there at Mounds? Yes sir. William B. Self, the applicant, recalled: Q. Your oldest child is Burnett is he? Yes sir. Q. He is about seventeen years old? Yes sir. Q. He was not included in that judgement of the Court? No sir. Q. He was living at that time? Yes sir. Q. Application was made to the Colbert Commission for these children, or to any other Citizenship Commission? Only to the Dawes Commission. Q. And the next child is about how old? Fifteen I believe. Q. He was living too at that time? Yes sir. Q. Was your child Celia living at that time? Yes sir. [NOTE: Said decision of the Colbert Commission includes none of these children, merely the applicant William B. Self.] Q. Have you moved your household goods up here to the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Q. Have you any property in Texas? Yes sir. Q. Do you intend to dispose of it? Well, my property is all on the market. I will dispose of it if I can sell it. Agent has it for sale at Seymour. Q. Do you own any property in the Creek Nation? Not a bit. Q. Have you moved your household goods, stock etc, here? I moved all my household goods. Q. Any rights these children have to enrollment in the Creek Nation, they have through you, is that right? Yes sir. Q. And through an attempted application which you claim was made for them - you claim you attempted to make application for them do you not? I had Lieber employed and he was going to get the papers out. I left it with him. I dont know whether he got them out or not. I Anna Garrigues, on oath state that the above and foregoing is a full and true transcript of my stenographic notes as taken in said cause on said date. On 17 October 1905, William Baxter Self, II, was called for further testimony after being sworn: Q. What is your name? William B Self. Q. What is your age? 45. Q. What is your Post office address? Mounds, I.T. Q. You are the William B Self who previously made application for the enrollment for yourself and three children? Yes sir. Q. Are you residing at Mounds permanently and consider that your home? Yes sir. Q. When did you move to the Creek Nations I moved here in June the 24 or 25, I think I was before the Commission the 26th. Q. Of this year? Yes sir. Q. Where did you reside before you removed to the Creek Nation? I was born and raised in Texas. Q. What was your Post Office down there? Seymour. Q. Are your children Burnett, Walter and Celia in the Indian Territory or in Texas? In Texas in the country near Seymour. Q. Have you moved your household furniture, ext. to the Indian Territory? Yes sir. I moved my household goods. Q. Is your wife here? She was here. Q. Is she here now? No sir, I am farming in Texas and they went back there to save our crop. Q. Do you consider Mounds your permanent home? Yes sir. Q. Are you intending to bring Walter, Burnett and Celia Self to the Creek Nation? Yes, just as soon as I can gather my crop and dispose of it. I never lived in this Territory until June. Q. What are you doing in the Creek Nation are you farming, visiting, or what? I moved here to get my rights in the Creek Nation. Q. You have your household goods at Mounds? Yes sir. Q. You moved into the Creek Nation in June with your entire family? Yes sir. Q. You and your wife and these three children? Yes sir. Q. You brought your household goods and came here with the intention of residing in the Creek Nation and are now living in the Creek Nation with your relatives? Yes sir. Q. How long did your family stay here? About two months. Q. Your idea in coming here was to stay here? Yes sir my family only went back to take care of our crop, they will return here and we hope to get land to live on here. I am going to stay here when my family come back whether I get land or not, will rent if I cant do anything else. Q. Your ntention now is to bring your family here? Yes it was my intention when I came here and is now, to bring them here when the crop is gathered. Q. These children are all minors? Yes sir. I Anna Garrigues, state that the above is a true and correct copy of my transcript of my stenographic notes taken in said cause on said date. Anna Garrigues. I don't know how long William Baxter Self, II, and Annie (Lennox) Self lived in the Creek Nation and Indian Territory. I believe they returned to Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, after 1910. I don't know when or where either of them died. One of their sons died years later in Baylor County, Texas. William Baxter, II, and Annie (Lennox) Self's children: 1. John Burnett Self was born in Baylor County, Texas, in January 1888. I don't know if Burnett married. John Burnett Self died in Baylor County, Texas, 11 March 1937. 2. Walter Lyon Self was born in Baylor County, Texas, in March 1890. Walter died in Texas in 1961. 3. Celia Elizabeth Self was born in Baylor County, Texas, in May 1895. SONORA "NORA" SELF Sonora "Nora" (Self) Chesler S onora Self was born in Cooke County, Texas, in 1866. She was the fourth child born to John B and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. Nora married John W. Chesler on 16 February 1884. Sonora (Self) Chesler died before 1896. In the year 1900, two of her and John's children were living in Seymour, Baylor County, Texas, with Nora's parents. A daughter, Hattie, was living with her aunt Martha F. (Self) Boling, in Mounds, Indian Territory, in 1900. I don't know when John W. Chesler died. John W. and Sonora (Self) Chesler's children: 1. N. B. Chesler (a son) was born in Texas about 1885. 2. Hattie G. Chesler was born in Texas in August 1887. 3. Sonora "Nora" O. Chesler was born in Texas in 1892. JOHN B. SELF, JR. J ohn B. Self, Jr., was born in Cooke County, Texas, in 1868. He was the fifth child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. I don't know where John was living in 1900. He was living in Mounds, Creek Nation in 1902. He is a 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. 3376 P.O. Mounds 25th of July 1902 9330 Self, John B., Jr. 34 M 1/8 John B. Self Elizabeth John B. Self, Jr., married Mrs. Dixie Cresswell in about 1901. Dixie had a daughter, Crissie, by her first marriage. John and Dixie had moved to Baylor County, Texas, by 1910 and were living in Seymour City. John B. Self, Jr., died in Baylor County, Texas, 22 March 1922. I don't know if there were children of John's and Dixie's marriage. SARAH "SALLIE" H. SELF Sarah "Sallie" H. (Self) Alexander S arah H. Self was born in Cooke County, Texas, 20 December 1870. She was the sixth child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. Sarah married (-?-) Alexander by 1891. Sarah H. (Self) Alexander died by 1896. I don't know if there were children. MARTHA FRANCES SELF Martha Frances (Self) Boling M artha Frances Self was born in Cooke County, Texas, in February 1873. She was the seventh child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. Martha married Walter Fox Boling about 1891. Walter was born in Texas in 1869. Walter and Martha Boling moved to the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in 1898 and settled in Sapulpa, then moved near Mounds. Martha Frances (Self) Boling and her children are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following are their Creek Census Cards: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 1865 P.O. Mounds 2 May 1903 5916 Boling, Martha 27 F 1/8 J B Self Bettie 5917 Sophia O. dau 3 F 1/16 W F Boling No. 1 Card No. 3606 P.O. Mounds 24 Sept 1902 9592 Boling, Connie M. 1 1/2 F 1/16 W F Boling Martha F. Card No. 3844 P.O. Mounds 9 June 1904 9902 Boling, John R. 8 M 1/16 W F Boling Martha F. Newborn Card No. 1135 P.O. Mounds 903 Boling, Walter Gilmore 2 M 1/16 W F Boling Martha F. 1128 Boling, Dixie Self 1 F 1/16 W F Boling Martha F. In 1910, Walter and Martha Frances Boling and their children were living in Mounds, Oklahoma. I don't know when or where Walter Fox Boling and Martha Frances (Self) Boling died. Walter Fox and Martha Frances (Self) Boling's children: 1. John R. Boling was born in Texas in November 1895. 2. Sophia O. Boling was born in Texas in December 1897. 3. Connie M. Boling was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, in 1901. 4. Walter Gilmore Boling was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, 2 June 1903. 5. Dixie Self Boling was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, 30 October 1904. JAMES RILEY SELF J ames Riley Self was born in Cooke County, Texas, in December 1873. He was the eighth and last child born to John B. and Elizabeth (Welch) Self. James was living at home with his parents in Baylor County, Texas, in 1900. He moved to the Creek Nation by 1901 and his parents followed later. James Riley Self had been granted Creek Nation Citizenship when his father was granted citizenship, but he had to reestablish his Creek Nation Citizenship. Following is the examination by the Creek Commission: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES MUSKOGEE LAND OFFICE In the matter of the application of James R. Self for the enrollment of himself under the agreement of May 25, 1901. Testimony taken July 20, 1901. Examination by the Commission Q. As a citizen of what Nation are you an applicant? Creek Nation. Q. What is your name? James R Self. Q. What is your age? 26 years old. Q. What is your Post Office address? Checotah, Indian Territory. Q. Have you ever been recognized by tribal authorities of the Creek Nation as a citizen? I been on the rolls here, the Indian Rolls. Q. Have you ever been enrolled by the Creek Tribal authorities as a citizen of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Q. Does your name appear upon the Tribal Rolls of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Q. Where do you live? I live in the Creek Nation. Q. How long have you lived here? About a month. Q. Where did you live prior to that time? Texas. Q. How long did you live in Texas? I lived there all my life; in the Creek Nation part of the winter of '97. Q. What is the name of your father? John B Self. Q. Is he living? Yes sir. Q. Is his name on any of the rolls of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Q. To what town of the Creek Nation does he belong? Broken Arrow. Q. What is the name of your mother? Mrs Bettie Self. Q. Is she living? Yes sir. Q. Is her name on any of the rolls of the Creek Nation? No sir. Q. What is her citizenship? She's a Texan. Q. A citizen of the United States? Yes sir. Q. Does your name appear on the 1890 authenticated roll of the Creek Nation? I don't know; It does not, I don't think. Note! The 1890 Authenticated Roll of the Creek Nation examined the name James R Self not found thereon. Q. Does your name appear on the 1895 authenticated roll of the Creek Nation? No sir. Note! the 1895 authenticated census roll of the Creek Nation examined and the name of James R. Self not found thereon. Q. What town do you belong to? I belong to Broken Arrow Town. Q. How did you become a citizen of the Creek Nation? By my father. Q. How did you get to be a citizen? I was admitted on the Rolls by the Colbert Commission. Note! List of persons admitted by the Creek Citizenship Commission examined and J R Self found to have been admitted by said Commission on September 17, 1896 together with John B Self and John B Self, Jr. Q. Who is John B Self and John B Self, Jr.? John B. Self is my father and J B Self, Jr. is my brother Note! It also appears that no appeal was taken from the judgement of the Commission. Q. Do you make application for the enrollment of anyone besides yourself? No sir. Q. Is there any additional statement in regard to you application that you desire to make at this time? No sir. You will be furnished at a later date with a copy of the decision of the Commission with reference to the application made by you at this time for enrollment as a citizen of the Creek Nation which will be mailed to you at your present Post Office address. The foregoing examination was taken down by the stenographer, Clara Mitchell Wood. James Riley Self was granted Citizenship into the Creek Nation and 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. Creek Card No. 3322 P.O. Checotah 22 April 1902 9234 Self, James R 26 M 1/8 John B Self Bettie James Riley Self married Mrs. Lilla Withers in about 1906. Lilla had a son, Roy W. Withers, by her first husband. James R. and Lilla Self were living in Henryetta, Oklahoma, in 1910. SUSANNA "SUSAN" SELF, JR. Susanna "Susan" (Self) Johnson S usanna Self was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1827. She was the fifth child born to John and Susanna (Berryhill) Self. Susan was just an infant when her parents moved to the Western Creek Lands and settled with the other members of McIntosh Party of Creeks. Susan spent her early years in the Creek Lands West near her Berryhill grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. She was about ten years old when her parents left the Creek Nation and went to Texas, then moved to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Susan Self married John J. Johnson in Natchitoches Parish in 1842. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- State of Louisiana Parish of Natchitoches To the Rev'd James Ford, or to any Justice of the Peace, or to any Minister, authorized to celebrate marriages in the Parish aforesaid. You are hereby specially authorized to celebrate a marriage between; MR JOHN JOHNSON and MISS SUSAN SELF both of this Parish. Given under my hand at Natchitoches, this 2nd day of December 1842 - C C Greneaux, Parish Judge. * * * * * This will certify that I have this day Celebrated the Rites of Matrimony between JOHN JOHNSON and SUSANNA SELF in the presence of these witnesses. Given under my hand, this 11th DAY OF DECEMBER 1842 (Signed) James Ford - Thomas H. Brenan - Peter Robeson - Robt. Woods. ----*** <*> ***---- John J. Johnson was born in North Carolina in 1823. I don't know who his parents were, but he could be related to the wife of Susan's brother, Buck Self. Mary E. Boswell's mother was Louisa (Johnson) Boswell. After John's and Susan's marriage they settled in Natchitoches Parish, near Susan's widowed mother, Susanna (Berryhill) Self. Sometime after 1852, John and Susan moved to Texas. John J. Johnson was a chainbearer with Susan's brother, Buck Self, in the land development of Peter's Colony in Tarrant County, Texas. This was the years of 1856 and 1857. I believe that John and Susan (Self) Johnson, with their children, were living in Tarrant County, Texas, in 1860, but that Federal Census has been lost and I couldn't find any records of that time. John and Susanna (Self) Johnson's children: 1. Martha Johnson was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in 1846. I believe Martha married Elijah Sullivan. 2. John B. Johnson was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in 1847. 3. Jesse Johnson was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in April 1850. I don't know when or where John and Susanna (Self) Johnson died, but Susan had died by 1885, when Buck Self was given Powers of Attorney by his brother, John B. Self, and his sister, Lucinda (Self) Bridges, to sell their property in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. If Susan had been living at that time she would have been one of the owners of the land. I only have the names of the three children of John and Susan (Self) Johnson, who were born and survived by 1850. None of their children applied for Creek Nation Citizenship. MARTHA JOHNSON Martha (Johnson) Sullivan M artha Johnson was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in 1846. Martha's parents moved to Texas when she was a young child. Martha married a Sullivan. I believe he was Elijah Sullivan. If so, they were living in Canton, Van Zandt County, Texas, in 1870. Their children: 1. Allison Sullivan was born in Texas in 1866. 2. David Sullivan was born in Texas in 1867. 3. John Sullivan was born in Texas in 1869. 4. Elzy Sullivan. Following is a letter written by Elzy Sullivan to his Uncle John B. Johnson's widow, Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson: Pilot Point Tex June 14 - 1925 Mrs Francis Johnson Wills Point Tex My Dear Aunt I will try to answer your letter I rec'd sometime ago. We are all well at present, hope you all the same. Beulah has improved some. Pa is talking about going to see her soon. Crops are no good on account of drouth. Corn wont make anything if it don't rain pretty soon - its so dry cotton is no stand. I got a letter from UNCLE JESSIE sometime ago. he is at Allie's 911 Louisa St. Shawnee, Okla. he ask when I heard from you said he sure would like to see you. he talked about comming down here this summer. Well Aunt, I recon I am the smallest one of any of the connection - I dont weigh but 250 lbs. Well will close Write soon. Elzy Sullivan JOHN B. JOHNSON J ohn B. Johnson was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, 23 June 1847. John's parents, John and Susanna (Self) Johnson moved to Texas when John, Jr., was a child. They lived in Tarrant County, Texas, for a while. John B. Johnson went to Van Zandt County, Texas, before 1869 where his Aunt Elizabeth (Self) Bridges and Aunt Lucinda (Self) Bridges lived. These were the two younger sisters of John B.'s mother, Susan (Self) Johnson. Elizabeth had lost her husband, Ellison Walker Bridges, in 1864 in the Civil War. Lucinda had married Ellison's younger brother, Jefferson Bridges. While in Van Zandt County, Texas, John B. Johnson met Ellison's and Jefferson's widowed younger sister, Talithia Frances (Bridges) Anderson. John B. Johnson married Frances (Bridges) Anderson in Van Zandt County, 14 February 1869. Frances was born in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, 21 January 1841, the daughter of Felix Walker and Eliza Bridges. She was about five years older than John B. Johnson. Frances' first husband, William Anderson, had died in the Civil War, leaving Frances with two orphaned children, Felix Walker Anderson and Eliza Ann Anderson. Eliza Ann died in 1870, soon after John and Frances Johnson's first child was born. John's Aunt Elizabeth (Self) Bridges, who was also Frances' deceased brother Ellison's widow, died in 1871, leaving four orphaned girls: Louisa, Tennessee, Lucinda Elizabeth and Lucy Ellison Bridges. The youngest, my grandmother Lucy, was ten years old. John and Frances Johnson took these girls into their home and Frances raised them until they married. About a year after Elizabeth (Self) Bridges' death, John and Frances Johnson's second child was born. When this child was six months old, John B. Johnson died in Van Zandt County, Texas, on 26 October 1872. John was probably buried at the rocky Point Cemetery near Wills Point. John B. Johnson's death left Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson with seven orphans to raise, her own three fatherless children, and the orphaned daughters of Ellison and Elizabeth Bridges. John B. and Talithia Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson's two children were: 1. John Ellison Johnson. 2. Susan M. Frances Johnson. Times were pretty hard for Frances during these years of trying to feed, clothe and shelter seven children by herself. I don't know if she got any help from Jeff and Lucinda (Self) Bridges, or any of the Self family. Frances never remarried after John B. Johnson's death. Frances and the children raised sheep and made a garden in the summer. Frances would spin and weave wool from the sheep and take it to town on weekends to trade for food to feed her large family. Soon Ellison's and Elizabeth's older daughters married. Lucy Bridges married but she and her husband, Joe McCoy, lived in the home with Frances and her children. Lucy and Joe were a help to Frances. Joe was a cattleman and they had money coming in from Joe's cattle business. Lucy (Bridges) McCoy lived with Frances until after Lucy was widowed and moved to Indian Territory. Talithia Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson lived to be ninety years old. She died in Wills Point, Texas, 22 February 1931. John B. and Talithia Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson's children: 1. John Ellison Johnson was born in Wills Point, Texas, 23 December 1869. I believe he was called Ellison, as I find him called this on the Census of Van Zandt County. He was named for Frances' brother, Ellison Bridges. He grew up in the Wills Point area. John Ellison Johnson married Nellie Phipps. John and Nellie Phipps Johnson had three children: A. Felix Gordon Johnson was born in Wills Point, Texas, in May 1897. B. A child born and died in Wills Point, Texas, in 1899. C. Inez Johnson was born in Wills Point, Texas, after 1900. Inez married Benjamin R. Samford about 1920. Benjamin Samford was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, in September 1891. He was the son of Randolph and Katie R. (Logan) Samford. I only have the names of one child of Benjamin and Inez: a. Joseph Robert Samford. I have no more information on John Ellison Johnson and his family. 2. Susan M. Frances "Fannie" Johnson was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, 24 April 1872. Fannie grew up in the Wills Point area. Susan M. Frances Johnson married Jules Leonidas Lybrand in Van Zandt County about 1893. Jules Lybrand was born in Smith County, Texas, 10 November 1859. He was the son of David Dalona and Mary Elizabeth (Jeffress) Lybrand. Jules and Fannie opened a furniture and undertaking business in Wills Point, Texas. Jules L. Lybrand, I, died in Van Zandt County, Texas, 23 October 1921. Susan M. Frances (Johnson) Lybrand also died in Van Zandt County, but I don't have the date. Jules L. and Fannie (Johnson) Lybrand had one son: A. Hershel Leonidas Lybrand was born 3 October 1893. In 1915, Hershel went to Barnes School of embalming and became the first licensed embalmer in Van Zandt County, Texas. Hershel Lybrand married Mary Eugenia Gladney in 1917. Eugenia was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Gladney. In 1930, Hershel and Eugenia Lybrand sold the mortuary business in Wills Point and moved to Greenville, Texas, where Hershel operated a mortuary there. Hershel Lybrand died in Greenville, Texas, 14 February 1944. Eugenia (Gladney) Lybrand died in Wills Point, Texas, 16 November 1982. She is buried in the White Rose Cemetery at Wills Point. Hershel and Eugenia Lybrand had two children: a. Julius Leonidas Lybrand, II, was born 29 August 1919. b. John Chester Lybrand was born 12 December 1925 in El Paso, Texas. John Chester Lybrand served in World War II; he married Mary Hervey on 20 July 1946. Johnny and Mary moved to Wills Point, Texas, in 1950. John Chester Lybrand died in Wills Point, Texas, 5 August 1981. He was buried in the White Rose Cemetery at Wills Point. JESSE "JESSEY" JOHNSON J esse Johnson was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in April 1850. When Jessey was a small child, his parents, John J. and Susanna (Self) Johnson moved to Tarrant County, Texas. Jesse Johnson married Louisa (-?-) in early 1870. Louisa was born in Texas in November 1853. In 1870, Jessey and Louisa were living in Van Zandt County, Texas, next door to Jessey's Aunt Elizabeth (Self) Bridges. By 1880, Jessey and Louisa had moved to Denton County, Texas. Sometime between 1890 and 1893, Jessey moved his family to the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, and settled in Pickens County, in the Dixie Village. Jessey was living in Shawnee, Oklahoma, in 1926. I have no later information on him and his children after that time. Jesse and Louisa Johnson's children: 1. John Johnson was born in Texas in 1871. 2. Susan Johnson was born in Texas in 1874. 3. Montie Z. Johnson (a daughter) was born in Texas in 1878. 4. Margaret E. Johnson was born in Denton County, Texas, in September 1880. 5. Edgar J. Johnson was born in Denton County, Texas, in February 1886. 6. Serena A. Johnson was born in Denton County, Texas, in December 1890. 7. Tena V. Johnson was born in the Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in July 1893. MARTHA(?) SELF B axter and Susanna (Berryhill) Self had a daughter born in the Creek Lands West between the years 1830 and 1835. From what my grandmother, Lucy Bridges, said, this daughter's name was Martha, called "Mattie" Self. The 1840 Census of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, lists this daughter and I am sure that she died by 1850. ELIZABETH "BETTIE" SELF Elizabeth "Bettie" (Self) Bridges E lizabeth Self was born in the Creek Lands, west of Arkansas Territory, 18 January 1837. She was the seventh child born to Baxter and Susanna (Berryhill) Self. When Elizabeth was ten months old, her parents left the Creek Nation and went to Texas. They stayed in Nacogdoches County, then moved on to Louisiana and settled in Natchitoches Parish where Baxter Self purchased land. Elizabeth Self grew up in Natchitoches Parish close to her uncle and aunt, John and Catherine (Berryhill) Self. John's and Catherine's children and Baxter's and Susanna's children were double cousins, Elizabeth's father, Baxter Self, died in Natchitoches Parish sometime before 1850. In the early part of 1852, Elizabeth's mother, Susanna, took Elizabeth's younger sister, Lucinda Self, back to the Creek Nation for a Creek Nation Payment. While her mother was in the Creek Nation, Elizabeth went to Kaufman County, Texas, and stayed with her brother, John B. Self, and his wife, Samantha. It was about this time that John's wife, Samantha, and baby died. John Self took his sister, Elizabeth, home to Louisiana when Susanna returned with Lucinda from the Creek Nation. Susanna and the children sold the land in Louisiana. (See Pages 354-355.) Susanna Self's plans were to move back to the Creek Nation with her two youngest children, Elizabeth and Lucinda. Susanna (Berryhill) Self didn't return to the Creek Nation with her two daughters. She died in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, in the early part of 1853, soon after the sale of the land. Elizabeth Self returned with her brother, John B. Self, to Kaufman County, Texas. In 1854, Elizabeth married Ellison Bridges, whom she had become acquainted with when she was visiting her brother, John Self, and his wife Samantha. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- Marriage License The State of Texas County of Kaufman To any regular ordained minister of the gospel Judge of the District Court, Chief Justice or Justice of the Peace of said County - GREETINGS: You are hereby commanded to solemnize the rites of Matrimony between MR. ELLISON W. BRIDGES and MISS ELIZABETH SELF and due return make of this license to my office as the law directs. (L.S.) Given under my hand and seal of office at Kaufman this the 14th day of February A.D. 1854. (L S) S. E. Noble, clerk County Court of Kaufman County --- <*> --- The State of Texas County of Kaufman I do hereby certify that the within license was executed by me by solemnizing the rites of Matrimony between the parties therein mentioned at my office in Precinct No. 5 of the above County this 16th Feb'y A.D. 1854, at the hour of 11 O'Clock A.M. (signed) Wm Gibbard J.P. I, S. E. Noble Clerk of the County Court in and for the County aforesaid hereby Certify that the above is a true copy of the original instrument as returned to my office on the 23rd February 1854 S. E. Noble clerk ----*** <*> ***---- Ellison Walker Bridges was born 2 November 1833 in Jackson County, Alabama. He was the son of Felix Walker Bridges and Eliza Bridges. When Ellison was about six years old, he moved with his parents to Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky. The family stayed in Mayfield until 1847, then moved to Kaufman County, Texas. Ellison was about fourteen years of age then. The trip to Texas was by Ox Wagon in a little caravan of five families. It took three months to reach Kaufman County, Texas. Ellison and Elizabeth (Self) Bridges settled in Van Zandt County after their marriage. Their first child, Mary Eliza Bridges, was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, 18 December 1854. Sometime before July 1856, Ellison and Elizabeth went to Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. They probably lived in Elizabeth's mother's home. For some reason this land sold to William Fox, reverted back to the children of Baxter and Susanna Self, and was sold again in 1887, by the surviving children. Ellison's and Elizabeth's second daughter, Louisa "Lou" Bridges was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, 15 July 1856. Ellison and Elizabeth Bridges went back to Van Zandt County, Texas, about 1857, and took Elizabeth's younger sister, Lucinda Self, to live with them. Ellison's and Elizabeth's third daughter, Tennessee "Tennie" Bridges, was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, in 1858. Ellison's and Elizabeth's fourth daughter, Lucinda Elizabeth "Bettie" Bridges, was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, in 1859, and their fifth and last child, a daughter, Lucy Ellison Bridges was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, in 1860. I have found no Bible belonging to Ellison and Elizabeth "Betty" (Self) Bridges, but a paper, with the following information, was found in the home of their daughter, Lucinda Elizabeth "Bettie" (Bridges) McCaughan, after her death. ELLISON BRIDGES, DECEASED, APRIL THE 8TH 1864 ELLISON BRIDGES WAS BORN NOVEMBER THE 2ND 1833 ELIZABETH BRIDGES WAS BORN JANUARY THE 18TH 1837 MARY ELIZA BRIDGES WAS BORN DECEMBER THE 18TH 1854 LUISA BRIDGES WAS BORN JULY 15TH 1856 TENNESSEE BRIDGES WAS BORN MARCH THE 6TH 1858 ELIZABETH BRIDGES WAS BORN AUGUST THE 21ST 1859 LUCY BRIDGES WAS BORN DECEMBER THE 10TH 1860 Ellison's and Elizabeth's first child, Mary Eliza Bridges, died sometime before 1860. In 1860 Ellison Walker Bridges purchased one hundred acres of land in Van Zandt, Texas, from his father, Felix Walker Bridges. The document showing purchase, follows: The State of Texas County of Van Zandt Know all men by these presents that I F. W. BRIDGES for and in consideration of the sum of One Hundred Dollars to me do by these presents Bargain Sell Alien and Convey and Transfer unto E. W. BRIDGES the following described tract or parcel of land lying and being in the County aforesaid on the waters of Sabine River containing one hundred acres and to be taken off of a tract of 383 acres deeded from John Blair to Thos. Shockley on the 24th day of February 1847. Beginning at the S.E. corner of a tract of eighty acres deeded by me to John F. Sartain. Thence East 620 varas to a stake and mound. Thence North 7 (degrees) East 420 varas to a post oak two feet in dia. marked X. Thence West 120 vs to a stake and mound. Thence North 7 (degrees) E to the bank of McBee's creek an ash 20 in. dia. marked X. Thence S 7 (degrees) W with the East boundry line of said 80 acre Survey to the beginning. To have and to hold the same unto the said E. W. BRIDGES and his heirs or assigns forever. Together with all and singular the rights members appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or in any wise incident or apertaining, and I also bind myself to warrant and forever defend the claim of any and all persons claiming or to claim the same by through or under me or my heirs. In testimony whereof I hereunto sign my name this 16th day of November A.D. 1860. F. W. Bridges (seal) NOTE: Per "Webster's Dictionary, "vara" is any of various Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American units of length equal to between 31 and 34 inches (Texas unit equal to 33.33 inches). Ellison Walker Bridges entered the service during the Civil War from Dallas, Texas, 25 February 1862. He served in Johnson's Brigade. Ellison Walker Bridges was killed during the Civil War. Some family members say that he was killed in the "Last battle", other information from the family says that Ellison was taking the horses home and was "Bush Whacked" and killed before he reached Van Zandt County. No one knows where he died. Ellison W. Bridges' death left Elizabeth (Self) Bridges a widow with four little girls to raise. She must have had some help from Ellison's family. Elizabeth and the girls lived close to Ellison's family and Elizabeth's sister, Lucinda, who married Ellison's brother, Jefferson Bridges. Elizabeth (Self) Bridges died in Van Zandt County, Texas, in 1871, leaving her four little girls orphans. The youngest, Lucy, was to become the mother of my dad, Jesse James Nolen. While I was growing up, Lucy lived with us. She talked of her mother's illness and death a lot, but I don't recall her saying what caused Elizabeth's death. Lucy talked of an aunt who moved into the house with them while Elizabeth, her mother, was sick. Lucy also talked about the aunt Fanny who raised Elizabeth's daughters, after Elizabeth's death. This was Talithia Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson. Lucy talked of her cousin Felix and her cousin Lydia, and the things they did growing up. She talked of her girl cousin, Willie. Felix was Felix Walker Anderson, son of "Aunt Fanny" Talithia Frances (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson. Lydia was Mary Lydia Bridges and Willie was Willie Bridges, both daughters of Jefferson and Lucinda (Self) Bridges. The one hundred acres that Ellison Walker Bridges bought from his father, Felix Walker Bridges, was inherited by Ellison's and Elizabeth's daughters after Elizabeth's death. I have found only the document of Louisa's one fourth share when she sold it after her marriage. LOUISA "LOU" BRIDGES Louisa "Lou" (Bridges) Lasater L ouisa "Lou" Bridges was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, 15 July 1856. Louisa grew up in Van Zandt County, Texas, near Wills Point. Her father, Ellison Walker Bridges, died when Lou was about eight years old. Her mother died when she was fourteen years old. After her mother, Elizabeth, died, Louisa was raised by her Aunt Fanny Johnson, sister to her father, Ellison Walker Bridges. Louisa married Frances Marion Lasater in about 1873. Marion was born in Tennessee on 1 June 1854. He was the son of William F. and Mary (Evans) Lasater. Marion left Tennessee when he was about seventeen and went to Texas. Louisa Bridges had inherited a quarter interest in the hundred acres of land from her father, Ellison Walker Bridges. In 1875, after she married Marion Lasater, Louisa sold her interest in the land to her uncle, Jefferson Bridges. Following is a copy of this document: State of Texas County of Van Zandt Know all men by these presents! That we F. M. LASATER and wife LOUISA LASATER, citizens of the said County of Van Zandt for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to us in hand paid by T. J. BRIDGES, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and do by these presents grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said T. J. Bridges his heirs and assigns the one fourth interest of one hundred acres of land. The same being the separate interest of Louisa Lasater. She having inherited the same from the Estate of her father E. W. BRIDGES, said land lying in Van Zandt County and State of Texas, described as follows: said land taken of a tract of land 385 acres deeded from John Blair to Thos Shockley on the 24 day of February 1847, beginning at the South East corner of a tract of land 80 acres deeded by F. W. BRIDGES to John F. Sartin; Thence East 620 varas to a stake and mound; Thence North 7 deg. East 420 vrs. to a post oak tree two feet in diameter marked X; Thence West 120 varas to a stake and mound; Thence North 7 deg. East to the Bank of McBees Creek an ash 20 in. diameter marked X; Thence up said creek with its meandering to the North East corner of said Sartins eighty acre Survey; Thence South 70 (?) with the East boundary line of said 80 acre Survey to the beginning. Together with all and singular rights, members and appurtenances to the same in any manner belonging, to have and to hold the said bargained premises unto him the said T. J. BRIDGES his heirs and assignes forever in fee simple and we the said F. M. LASATER and LOUISA LASATER will and our heirs, executors and administrators shall the right and title of the said property to the said T. J. BRIDGES his heirs assigns forever warrant and defend against the claims of ourselves and the lawful claims of any person or persons whatever, Witness our hands on this the 5 day of February A.D. 1875. his F. M. X Lasater mark Louisa Lasater * * * * * State of Texas County of Van Zandt Before me, J. C. Wright, Justice of Peace, Precinct No. 3 and Ex-officio Notary Public in and for said County and State duly qualified and commissioned in terms of the law, personally appeared F. M. LASATER and LOUISA LASATER, wife of said F. M. Lasater, parties to the foregoing attached - bearing date the 3 day of February A.D. 1875 both of whom are well known to me who acknowlledged severally that they had signed, sealed and delivered the same for all the uses, purposes and consideration therein stated; and the said LOUISA LASATER wife of the said F. M. Lasater having been examined by me privily and apart from her said husband and having the same fully explained to her, she the said Louisa Lasater acknowledged the same to be her act and deed and declared to me that she had willingly signed, sealed and delivered the same of her own free will and accord without fear or compulsion on the part of her said husband and that she wished not to retract it. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the impress of the seal of said Court at office in the town of Wills Point in said County this 3rd day of February A.D. 1875. J. C. Wright, J.P. Precinct No 3 and Ex-offico Notary Public Van Zandt County. Marion and Louisa Lasater lived in Wills Point, Texas, and raised their children there. In 1880 they were living in Cooke County, Texas, where Louisa's uncle, John B. Self, lived. They probably didn't stay in Cooke County long and moved back to Wills Point. Marion and Louisa raised a large family. Life was very hard in those days, and it was hard for Marion and Louisa with their large family. Louisa (Bridges) Lasater didn't go to the Creek Nation with her sisters, Betty McCaughan and Lucy McCoy, and apply for Creek Nation citizenship. Louisa and Marion, and their children who were still living at home, did go to Checotah, Creek Nation, about 1904, but they didn't like the cold weather, so they returned to Wills Point, Texas. Marion and Louisa (Bridges) Lasater's children were: 1. Mary Eliza Lasater. 2. Rose Ella Lasater. 3. William Francis Lasater. 4. Bessie Lasater. 5. Lilly May Lasater. 6. Thomas Ellison Lasater. 7. John Wesley Lasater. 8. Ruey C. Lasater. 9. Gracie Lasater. 10. Lucy Viola Lasater. 11. Charlie Samuel Lasater. 12. Norma O. Lasater. Frances Marion Lasater died in Wills Point, Texas, of Cancer, 5 May 1939. He was buried at Rocky Point Cemetery in Wills Point, Van Zandt County, Texas. Marion was almost eighty five years old. Louisa (Bridges) Lasater died in Wills Point, Texas, 8 November 1947. Louisa was buried at Rocky Point Cemetery, Wills Point. Louisa was ninety one years old. Frances Marion and Louisa "Lou" (Bridges) Lasater's children: 1. Mary Eliza Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 27 October 1874. Her niece, Alice (Phipps) Todd, says that Mary Eliza was married before she died. I haven't found a marriage record. Mary Eliza died in Wills Point (?) 21 January 1895. 2. Rose Ella Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 21 January 1877. Rose Ella grew up in the Wills Point area. She married John Hill in Van Zandt County, Texas, 18 September 1907. Rose Ella (Lasater) Hill died 20 November 1944 and is buried at Rocky Point Cemetery in Wills Point, Texas. Ella and John had two children. A daughter Fannie Mae Hill married Johnny Massey. They had a daughter. A son, B. F. Hill "Bee" Hill, was born in August 1913. He married Frances (-?-). 3. William Francis Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 20 January 1897. William grew up in the Wills Point area. He married Tennie Hill in Wills Point on 21 May 1915. I have no more information on William Francis Lasater and his family. 4. Bessie Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 16 October 1881. Bessie Lasater died 2 April 1930. I don't know if she ever married. 5. Lillie May Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 8 September 1884. Lillie May married Charlie Phipps in Van Zandt County, Texas, 10 August 1902. Charlie Phipps was born in Alton, Illinois, 11 November 1877. He was the son of Alvie and Malinda (Dikes) Phipps. Lillie May (Lasater) Phipps died in Wills Point, Texas, 5 June 1960. She was buried in the White Rose Cemetery at Van Zandt County, Texas. Charlie Phipps died in Wills Point, Texas, 26 November 1961. He was buried in the White Rose Cemetery. Charlie and Lillie May (Lasater) Phipps' children: A. Alice Phipps was born in Wills Point, Texas, 23 August 1903. Alice first married Alton "Shug" Kellis on 25 June 1929. Alton died and Alice then married Grady "Buck" Todd on 5 April 1931. Alice was widowed again and lives alone in Canton, Texas. She still works as a hair dresser. Alice had no children by either marriage. B. Baby, stillborn - born and died in Wills Point, Texas, 25 September 1905. C. Ollen Phipps was born in Wills Point, Texas, 27 November 1907. Ollen Phipps died in 1910. D. Jack Phipps was born in Wills Point, Texas, 1 January 1910. Jack married Connie Langley. Jack Phipps died 20 August 1957. Jack and Connie Phipps had the only grandchildren of Charlie and Lillie May (Lasater) Phipps. Jack and Connie (Langley) Phipps' children: a. Jane Phipps was born 1 March 1934. Jane married Billie Preston Williams. Their children are: Billie Jack Williams, born 31 October 1955; Kimberley Williams, born 10 April 1963; John P. Williams, born 29 May 1967; Jim H. Williams, born 19 May 1969. b. Jack "Bud" Phipps was born 27 February 1936. Jack Phipps married Bernice Peace. E. Louie Leon Phipps was born in Wills Point, Texas, 24 February 1913. Louie Phipps died 15 February 1936. F. James "Jim" W. Phipps was born 28 July 1915. Jim Phipps died 7 August 1982. Jim was ill several years before his death. He spent his last several years living with his sister, Alice Todd, in Canton, Texas. G. Thomas Phipps was born in Wills Point, Texas, 9 January 1919. Thomas Phipps died 9 October 1921. 6. Thomas Ellison "Else" Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 14 September 1886. He grew up in the Wills Point area. Thomas married Jewell Via. Thomas Ellison Lasater died in 1954. Else and Jewell had one daughter, Elsie. She married (-?-) Lamb. 7. John Wesley Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 22 October 1888. John Grew up in the Wills Point area. John Lasater married Hattie Myrtle Clay in Wills Point, Texas, 19 December 1915. Hattie Myrtle Clay was born in Antlers, Indian Territory, 14 December 1898. She was the daughter of William Henry and Martha Lucinda (Harwell) Clay. John Wesley Lasater died in Plainview, Texas, 22 October 1963. He was buried at the Old Plainview Cemetery. Hattie Myrtle (Clay) Lasater died in Plainview, Texas, 21 December 1969. She is buried in the Old Plainview Cemetery. John Wesley and Hattie Myrtle (Clay) Lasater's children: A. Lester Leon Lasater was born 23 April 1917. Chester Lasater married, first, Mae Wilson; and second, Dorothy Gooch Tucker. B. Mamie Lucille Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 26 June 1919. Mamie Lasater married Owen Roland Whitsett on 12 May 1934. Mamie Lucille (Lasater) Whitsett died 10 June 1987. C. Orda Faye Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 13 December 1921. Orda Faye Lasater married William Cleon "Doc" Roberts 23 October 1941. D. James "Jim" Edward Lasater was born in Roscoe, Texas, 30 January 1925. James Lasater married, first Mary Elizabeth Berryman, and second, Loretta Stone- Justice. James Lasater died 1 May 1974. E. Della Mae Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 8 May 1927. Della Mae Lasater married Royce T. Bailey. F. Bettye Frances Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 10 August 1931. Bettye Lasater married Gene Trueman Johnson in Dickins, Texas, 14 February 1960. Gene Trueman Johnson was born in Floydada, Texas, 15 May 1928. He is the son of Ewell Samuel and Eunice Eula (Steen) Johnson. Gene T. and Bettye Frances (Lasater) Johnson's children: a. David Mark Johnson was born in Plainview, Texas, 11 February 1961. b. Melissa Diane Johnson was born in Plainview, Texas, 6 September 1965. Melissa Diane died 8 September 1965. c. Lisa Nanette Johnson was born in Dallas, Texas, 11 December 1966. G. Donald Trueman Lasater was born 23 March 1936. Donald Lasater married Glenda Florence Hannby. 8. Ruey C. Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 23 March 1891. Ruey grew up in the Wills Point area. Ruey Lasater married Grover Cleveland "Cleve" Clark on 11 March 1908 in Van Zandt County, Texas. Grover Cleveland Clark was born in McKinney, Texas, 9 February 1885. He was the son of Andrew Franklin and Hanna Elizabeth (McGraw) Clark. Grover Cleveland Clark died in San Antonio, Texas, 23 August 1950. He is buried in the Roselawn Cemetery in San Antonio. Ruey C. (Lasater) Clark died in San Antonio, Texas, 13 April 1982. She is buried in the Roselawn Cemetery in San Antonio. Grover Cleveland and Ruey C. (Lasater) Clark's children: A. Jessie Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 12 April 1909. Jessie Clark married Carmen Cruse on 25 November 1929. B. Lula E. Clark was born in Fruitvale, Texas, 20 December 1910. Lula Clark married Christopher C. Porter on 12 March 1936. Lula (Clark) Porter died 21 September 1987. C. Thelma Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 19 February 1913. Thelma Clark married Edward D. Davis in February 1941. Thelma (Clark) Davis died 14 March 1982. D. Ordia May Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 14 September 1915. Ordie Mae Clark married Carson Cunningham on 29 May 1931. Ordie Mae (Clark) Cunningham died in San Antonio, Texas, 2 February 1981. E. Raymond Francis Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 23 April 1918. Raymond Clark died in Wills Point, Texas, 3 September 1938. He is buried in the Rocky Point Cemetery in Wills Point, Texas. F. Willard Hugh Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 17 May 1920. G. Andrew Gordon Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 2 October 1922. Andrew Clark was married to Joan Dixon on 22 June 1944. H. Winnie Grenell Clark was born in Roscoe, Nolen County, Texas, 21 November 1924. Winnie Clark married A. J. McManus on 1 April 1915. Winnie Grenell (Clark) McManus died in Mesquite, Texas, 7 April 1982. I. Hazel Maxine Clark was born in Roscoe, Nolen County, Texas, 3 February 1926. Hazel Clark married Ollen Scott on 26 July 1946. J. Bobby Glen Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 26 July 1930. Bobby married Kay. Bobby Glen Clark died 30 May 1981. K. Anita Joyce Clark was born in Wills Point, Texas, 18 July 1934. Anita Clark married H. Cameron Holson on 12 October 1950. 9. Gracie Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 25 January 1893. Gracie Lasater died in Wills Point, Texas, in 1909 at the age of sixteen. 10. Lucy Viola Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 3 February 1895. Lucy grew up in the Wills Point area. Lucy Lasater married William McGinnis Hill in Wills Point, Texas, on 3 February 1912. William McGinnis Hill was born in Belton, Texas, 19 June 1888. He was the son of William Kirkendall and Amanda (McGinnis) Hill. Lucy Viola (Lasater) Hill died in Comanche, Texas, 23 June 1961. She was buried in the Pendergrass Cemetery at Sidney, Texas. William McGinnis Hill died in Comanche, Texas, 3 October 1976. He is buried in the Pendergrass Cemetery at Sidney, Texas. William McGinnis and Lucy Viola (Lasater) Hill's children: A. Gracie Clementine Hill was born in Wills Point, Texas, 20 November 1912. Gracie Hill married Marvin Wilkerson. B. Ola Mae Hill was born in Wills Point, Texas, 3 October 1914. Ola Mae married Riley. C. Lorene E. Hill was born in Eldorado, Oklahoma, 2 February 1916. Lorene Hill married Fred P. Blanton on 19 June 1934. D. Willie L. Hill was born in Quinton, Oklahoma, 24 March 1918. Willie Hill married William R. Blanton on 6 October 1934. E. Perry Dean Hill was born in Myrtle Springs, Texas, 11 April 1920. Perry Dean Hill married Lenora Lutz. F. Jackson M. Hill was born in Myrtle Springs, Texas, 30 March 1922. Jackson Hill married Frances Stone. G. Dorothy F. Hill was born in Myrtle Springs, Texas, 24 June 1923. Dorothy Hill married Luddis L. Williams. H. Arthur L. Hill was born in Hollis, Oklahoma, 18 June 1925. Arthur Hill married Dorothy Cathy. I. Lucy P. Hill was born in Woden, Texas, 24 September 1927. J. William L. Hill was born in Woden, Texas, 25 November 1929. William Hill married Cathy Coats. K. C. Stanley Hill was born in Woden, Texas, 7 June 1931. Stanley Hill died 16 August 1946. L. Bobby D. Hill was born 31 August 1933. Bobby D. Hill died 1 June 1934. M. Mary L. Hill was born in Cherno, Texas, 8 August 1935. Mary L. Hill died 30 May 1963. I don't know if she married. 11. Charlie Samuel Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 14 January 1897. Charlie grew up in the Wills Point area and lived there all his life. Charlie Lasater married Bessie Mae Clay in Wills Point, Texas, 24 December 1916. Bessie Mae Clay was born in Victoria, Texas, 29 June 1897. She was the daughter of William Henry and Martha Lucinda (Harwell) Clay and a sister to Hattie Myrtle Clay, who married Charlie's brother, John Wesley Lasater. Bessie Mae. (Clay) Lasater died in Wills Point, Texas, 20 December 1973. She was buried in the White Rose Cemetery. Charlie Lasater worked until he was in his 80s. Charlie Lasater died in Wills Point, Texas, 11 June 1987. He was buried in the White Rose Cemetery. Charlie Samuel and Bessie Mae (Clay) Lasater's children: A. Edna Maurine Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 30 September 1917. Maurine Lasater, first married Howard Jarman on 28 January 1935. She then married Robert A. White on 26 June 1982. Robert "Bob" White died in Wills Point, Texas, 6 January 1986. B. Haskell Perry Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 27 May 1919. Haskell Lasater married Frances Katherine Odem. Haskell Perry Lasater was killed in World War II, 10 May 1944. C. Mattie Lou Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 30 January 1921. Mattie Lou Lasater married Milton Earl Hurley. D. Clarence Edward Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 7 October 1922. Clarence Edward Lasater died 28 November 1922. E. Marion Henry Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 10 October 1923. Marion Lasater married Mary Louise Young. F. Billy Eugene Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 12 August 1925. Billy Lasater married first, Peggy Burch. He then married Ginger Ann. G. Mildred Louise Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 8 June 1928. Mildred Lasater married Marshall Milton Evans. H. Charlie Samuel Lasater, Jr., was born in Wills Point, Texas, 13 June 1931. Charlie Lasater, Jr., died in Wills Point 24 April 1934. 12. Norma O. Lasater was born in Wills Point, Texas, 28 September 1900. Norma O. Lasater died in Wills Point, Texas, in 1914 at the age of fourteen, of typhoid fever. TENNESSEE "TENNIE" BRIDGES Tennessee "Tennie" (Bridges) Swigart T ennessee "Tennie" Bridges was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, 6 March 1858. She was the third child born to Ellison Walker and Elizabeth (Self) Bridges. She grew up in the Wills Point area. When Tennie was about six years old, her father, Ellison Walker Bridges, died in the Civil War. Her mother, Elizabeth (Self) Bridges, died when Tennie was thirteen years old. After Elizabeth's death, Tennie lived with her Aunt Fannie (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson. Tennessee Bridges married W. A. Swigart when she was fifteen years old. Following is their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- THE STATE OF TEXAS * * COUNTY OF VAN ZANDT ----- <*> <*> ----- To All Who Shall See These Presents, GREETINGS: KNOW YE, That Any Person Legally Authorized to Celebrate the Rites of Matrimony, is hereby Licensed to Join in Marriage, as Husband and Wife, W. A. SWIGART and TENNESSEE BRIDGES and for so doing, this shall be his sufficient authority. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, F. M. Hobbs, Clerk of the District Court of Van Zandt County, hereunto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of my Office, this 12 day of April A.D., 1873 F. M. Hobbs, Clerk <*> <*> <*> <*> TEXAS, TO WHIT *** VAN ZANDT COUNTY ----- <*> <*> ----- THIS IS TO CERTIFY, That I Joined in Marriage, as Husband and Wife, W. A. SWIGART and TENNESSEE BRIDGES on the 27 day of April, A.D., 1873. Lewis P. Lively Elder ----*** <*> ***---- This Marriage Certificate is the last record that I have found on Tennessee (Bridges) Swigart. I didn't find Tennie or her husband on the 1880 Census in Van Zandt County, Texas. If Tennessee was still living in 1880, she and her husband may have moved elsewhere, but I believe she had died by then. LUCINDA ELIZABETH "BETTIE" BRIDGES Lucinda Elizabeth "Bettie" (Bridges) McCaughan L ucinda Elizabeth "Bettie" Bridges was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, 21 August 1859. Betty grew up in the Wills Point area. When Bettie was about four years old her father, Ellison Walker Bridges, died in the Civil War. Bettie's mother, Elizabeth (Self) Bridges, died when Bettie was eleven years old. Bettie lived with her Aunt Fannie (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson after her mother's death. One day, while Bettie was sitting on her Aunt Fannie's front porch, a young man came riding by on his horse. This young man was John McCaughan. He had just come from a cattle drive down the Old Chisolm Trail. Lucinda Elizabeth "Bettie" Bridges married this young man. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- The State of Texas Van Zandt County To all who shall see these presents: GREETINGS: KNOW YE, That Any Person Legally Authorized to Celebrate, <*> RITES OF MATRIMONY <*> is hereby Licensed to Join in Marriage, as Husband and Wife, JOHN MCCAUGHAN and MISS L. E. BRIDGES and so doing, this shall be his sufficient authority. (Seal) In Testimony whereof, I, T. J. Foster, of Van Zandt County, hereinto subscribe my name, and affix the Seal of said Court this 25 day of September A.D. 1879 T. J. Foster, Clerk <*> <*> <*> <*> The State of Texas Van Zandt County - This is to Certify, that I, Joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife MR. JOHN MCCAUGHAN and MISS L. E. BRIDGES on the 25 day of October 1879 W. L. HAYNES, J.P. ----*** <*> ***---- John McCaughan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 15 December 1851. His father was a seaman and was gone from home a lot. John had an uncle who was an engineer on a train. John used to run away, when things weren't of his liking at home, and go see this uncle and ride on the train with him. John McCaughan was of Scottish descent. His father was from Northern Ireland and his mother was from Scotland. I don't know their names. When John McCaughan was fifteen years old he left home and went to Texas and never went home to Philadelphia again. After their marriage, John and Bettie (Bridges) McCaughan settled in Wills Point, Texas, for a while. John and Bettie had three children while living in Wills Point. Two of these children died in Wills Point. Sometime between July 1884 and December 1885, John and Bettie McCaughan moved to Greenville, Texas. In 1886 John and Bettie moved to Indian Territory and settled in the Creek Nation. John McCaughan was a Deputy U.S. Marshal in Indian Territory. When John would come home after being gone from home on his Marshal's duties, he would throw his hat in the door and let Bettie know that he was home. My dad, Jess Nolen, said that "Uncle John said that if Aunt Bet didn't shoot at his hat he knew she wasn't mad at him and that he was welcome." John McCaughan had a lot of influence on Bettie's sister, Lucy's children, after their father died. John took care of Lucy's and her boy's legal affairs and was their attorney. My Dad always talked fondly of Uncle John McCaughan. John and Bettie McCaughan had a son born to them in Greenville, Texas, and four more children born in Indian Territory. Only three of their eight children lived to their teens and adulthood. John McCaughan died in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, 15 November 1913. Betty McCaughan, after John McCaughan's death, went to Wills Point, Texas, and stayed a few months. She took her daughter, Ninon with her. I don't know if they intended to settle in Wills Point, but they went back to Checotah, Oklahoma. Lucinda Elizabeth "Bettie" (Bridges) McCaughan died in Checotah, Oklahoma, 1 March 1936. Following is information from Bettie (Bridges) McCaughan's Bible: Cora McCaughan was born July 23 1882 died January 21 1883 Ellsey McCaughan was born Dec. 7th 1883 died July the 5th 1884 Thomas McCaughan was born Dec. 10th 1885 Nora McCaughan July 18th 1880 died October 23rd 188 [faded] Nellie McCaughan was born 10 January 1889 Mamie McCaughan Baxter McCaughan was born August 18 1897 died 20 July 1898 Ninon McCaughan was born August 17th 1889 Bettie McCaughan applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation, for herself and her three living children in 1896. Following is her application for this citizenship: Okmulgee, I.T. August 1896 To the Citizenship Commission of Indian Territory; We the undersigned petitioners respectfully make application by blood and make the following statement, to wit: We are direct descendants of ELIZABETH SELF who was a recognized citizen of the Muscogee Nation and a member of the Broken Arrow Town. The said ELIZABETH SELF was a full sister to W. B. SELF and was born in the Creek Nation about 5 or 6 miles from Muskogee, I.T. in the year 1837. We propose to establish to the above facts by reliable witnesses to the satisfaction of your Honorable Commission. Witnesses Respectfully submitted; W. B. Self Bettie McCaughan Dollie Lynch Thomas Mrs. M. J. O'Neal Nellie Mamie Bond for seventy five dollars signed by Bettie McCaughan as principal and J. H. Lynch as surity filed and approved. J. N. McIn. James Colbert Clk. Pres. Commission [Notation by the Citizenship Commission on the back of Bettie McCaughans application and bond.] "This case is an application for citizenship in the Muscogee Nation and the applicants set forth their allegations that they are entitled to citizenship in Muscogee Nation by blood. After a careful investigation of the evidence addressed in this case we are of the opinion that applicants by evidence produced before the Commission is entitled to citizenship therefore." * * * * * Okmulgee, Indian Territory 1896 Statement of BETTIE MCCAUGHAN after being duly sworn --- What is your name? Bettie McCaughan. Where do you live? Checotah. In what nation is Checotah situated? In the Creek Nation. What was your mother's name? ELIZABETH SELF. Was that her maiden name? Yes sir. My grandmother was a BERRYHILL. What nationality was your father? He was not an Indian. I base my claim to citizenship from my mother. Did your mother have any sisters or brothers? She had two brothers. Who were they? Buck Self and John Self. So you are a descendant of a sister of Buck and John Self? Yes sir. How much Indian blood had your mother? She had 1/4. How much Indian blood do you think you have? 1/8. My mother had two sisters that I know of and don't know whether she had any more or not. Are they live? One is live and other one is dead. Where does your mother's sister live? In Texas. How many children have you. 3. How many sisters have you? I have two, one of them is here and the other one is in Texas. What are their names? LUCY NOLEN and LOUISA LASATER. Which one is present? LUCY NOLEN. Has she any children? SUSAN, BOB, JESSIE, SAM and BILLY. What are the names of your children? TOM, NELLIE and MAMIE. Are you and Lucy full sisters? Yes sir. Have you any grand children? No neither of us have any grand children. W. B. SELF being duly sworn as follows: Do you know BETTY MCCAUGHAN and LUCY NOLEN? They are both nieces of mine. Their mother was born in this nation this side of the Ark. River about 5 or 6 miles from where Muskogee now stands. What was their mother's name? Elizabeth. Were these their only children? No there is another sister in Texas but I have forgotten her name. Is she married and got children? She is married and has children but I don't know how many. Have Lucy and Bettie any children? Yes. How many has each? One has 3 and I wont be positive but I think the other has four or five. How much Indian blood have Lucy and Bettie? They are 1/8. Where is your home? 20 or 20 odd miles from here - 10 miles S.E. of Sapulpa. What is the ages of Bettie and Lucy? One is 35-36 and the other is younger about 32 or 34. Is their mother living? No she is dead. Where are applicants living? Checotah. TOBI BERRYHILL being duly sworn testified as follows: ELIZABETH SELF was a citizen of the Muscogee Nation. She was a Creek on her mother's side. Did you know Elizabeth? I Never saw her. There were BUCK OR W. B. SELF, JOHN SELF AND LUCINDA SELF all brothers and sisters. Do you know these applicants? I know them now. My father used to correspond with these people before he died and I was acquainted with them thru this correspondance when they came here. Did Elizabeth live in the Creek Nation? She was born in the Creek Nation and moved to La. [Louisiana]. And where was Buck Self? He also lived here around about the Agency and went away. I think to La. Then you dont know that these are the children of Elizabeth? No I would not say for certain because I was not present when they were born - putting what I have always heard about them in the correspondance I spoke of and what they told me when they came have reason to believe they are the same children and are children of Elizabeth. SOLOMON MCINTOSH being duly sworn: I knew Buck Selfs sister. What was her name? Mahala. Where was she born? She was born in the Old Country. Was she the only sister Buck Self had? There were 3 of them. I don't know their names. Did you know Elizabeth? I believe one of them was name Elizabeth. It has been so long I have forgot their names. There were ELIZABETH, SALLIE AND MAHALA. I knew them. Was Elizabeths mother Indian? She was part Indian. How much Indian blood had Elizabeth? I dont know how much but she was of Creek blood. Did she have any children? No she had none then. Did you ever hear that she had any children? No she went away from here and I never heard. Then you dont know whether these are children of hers or not? No. By the time of the making of the Dawes Roll of the Creek Nation in April of 1899, John and Bettie McCaughan's daughter, Mamie, had died and John and Bettie had two more children born in Indian Territory, a son Baxter and a daughter Ninon. The child Baxter died before 1 April 1899. Bettie McCaughan and her three living children, Tom, Nellie and Ninon, are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation and when the Creek Nation's land was divided up before Oklahoma Statehood, they each received one hundred and sixty acres of land. Following is the Creek Census Card of Betty McCaughan and her children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 926 P.O. Checotah 9 Oct 1899 2999 McCaughan, L Elizabeth 40 F 1/8 Ellis Bridges Elizabeth 3000 Thomas son 13 M 1/16 John McCaughan No. 1 3001 Nellie dau 10 F 1/16 John McCaughan No. 1 3002 Ninon dau 1 F 1/16 John McCaughan No. 1 Bettie McCaughan's land, and Tom's and Nellie's land was in Eufaula and Ninon's land was in Hitchita, Oklahoma. John and Bettie (Bridges) McCaughan's children: 1. Nora McCaughan was born in Wills Point, Texas, 18 July 1880. Nora died 23 October 188?. The year of Nora's death, in Bettie McCaughan's Bible, is faded, but I believe it is 1889. If so, Nora McCaughan died after John and Bettie McCaughan had moved to Indian Territory and she was buried there, probably in the Checotah area. There is no grave stone for her in Wills Point, Texas, as there is for her sisters who died there, so I am sure she died after John and Bettie left Wills Point, Texas. 2. Cora McCaughan was born in Wills Point, Texas, 23 July 1882. Cora died in Wills Point, 21 January 1883. Cora was buried in the Rocky Point Cemetery at Wills Point. 3. Elsie McCaughan was born in Wills Point, Texas, 7 December 1883. Elsie died in Wills Point, 5 July 1884. Elsie was buried next to her sister, Cora, in the Rocky Point Cemetery at Wills Point. There is a double, upstanding grave stone, in the Rocky Point Cemetery, for these two little girls of John and Bettie McCaughan. The inscription reads: ELSIE CORA BORN BORN DEC. 7, 1883 JULY 23, 1882 DIED DIED JULY 5, 1884 JAN. 21, 1883 DAUGHTERS OF J. & L. E. MCCAUGHAN "THO LOST TO SIGHT TO MEMORY DEAR" 4. Thomas McCaughan was born in Greenville, Texas, 10 December 1885. I know very little about Tom. I don't know who he married or how many children he had, or if he had more than one child. Tom and his family lived in Checotah, Oklahoma, for a number of years. Thomas McCaughan's daughter: A. Mildred McCaughan was born in Checotah, Oklahoma. Mildred married a man by the name of Dunagan and she was widowed by 1981. Mildred (McCaughan) Dunagan was living in Paris, Texas, in 1981. Mildred and her husband had some daughters, but I know nothing more about them. Thomas McCaughan was bedridden the last few years of his life and lived with Mildred and her husband in Paris, Texas. Thomas McCaughan died in Paris, Texas, 12 January 1966. I don't know where he is buried. 5. Nellie McCaughan was born in Checotah, Indian Territory, 10 January 1889. Nellie grew up in Checotah and Tuskahoma, Indian Territory. Nellie McCaughan married Milton Bruce in 1808 or 1809, I believe in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. After their marriage, Milt and Nellie Bruce lived in Tuskahoma, then in Checotah, Oklahoma. Milt and Nellie Bruce moved to Bakersfield, California, where Nellie (McCaughan) died 3 December 1956. She is buried in the Green Lawn Cemetery. I believe Milt and Nell had more than one child, but I know of only the one daughter. A. Lola Bruce was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, in February 1910. Lola married Ben McGullivary. Lola died 16 February 1981 and is buried at the Tuskahoma Cemetery. 6. Mamie McCaughan was born in Checotah, Indian Territory, about 1891. Mamie died in Checotah, Indian Territory, between August 1896 and 1 April 1899. Mamie wasn't listed in Bettie McCaughan's Bible, but she is on the Creek Indian papers and had died by the time of the making up of the Creek Dawes Rolls, 1 April 1899. 7. Baxter McCaughan was born in Checotah, Indian Territory, 18 August 1897. Baxter McCaughan was named for Bettie (Bridges) McCaughan's grandfather, Baxter Self, father of Bettie's mother, Elizabeth (Self) Bridges. Baxter McCaughan died in Checotah, Indian Territory, when he was eleven months old, 20 July 1898. 8. Ninon McCaughan was born in Checotah, Indian Territory, 17 August 1899. Ninon grew up in Checotah and attended a little country school four miles from Checotah. When she was older, Ninon attended school in Checotah. Sometime before 1913, Ninon's parents moved to Tuskahoma, Oklahoma. Ninon McCaughan, first, married George A. Cooper in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, 1 August 1916. George and Ninon (McCaughan) Cooper's children: A. Thelma Vivian Cooper was born in Tuskahoma, Oklahoma, 29 May 1917. Thelma Vivian married Houston Cockrum in 1937. Houston Cockrum died in 1939. Houston and Thelma Vivian Cockrum had two children: Vivian Ruth Cockrum and Donald Cockrum. Vivian Ruth (Cooper) Cockrum's second marriage was to Ben Montgomery in 1947. Ben Montgomery died in 1972. Ben and Thelma Vivian Montgomery had a son: Darrell Montgomery who died in 1976. Thelma Vivian (Cooper) Cockrum, Montgomery and her two older children were living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1981. B. Agnes Virginia Cooper was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 17 December 1919. Agnes Virginia married Robert Lawson. Robert and Agnes had one child, a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Lawson. Agnes Virginia (Cooper) Lawson died in California 27 July 1965. C. Maxine "Mickey" Cooper was born in Albion, Oklahoma, 10 January 1924. Mickey married Paul Morgan 25 April 1952. Paul and Mickey (Cooper) Morgan have one child, a son: Gary Paul Morgan, born 9 September 1958. Gary graduated from Pepperdine University at Malibu, California. As of 1980, Paul and Mickey Morgan were living at Hurst, Texas. Ninon and George Cooper were divorced and Ninon married Edward Beck on 11 October 1926. Ninon (McCaughan) Cooper, Beck's son by Edward Beck: D. Delton Beck was born in Oklahoma 14 March 1928. Delton Beck married Mary Sue Hunt on 28 July 1950. They have two children: Ricky Del Beck and Debra Elaine Beck. Delton Beck works for the government and the last that I heard he and family were living in Nephi, Utah. The last time that I heard from Ninon (McCaughan) Cooper, Beck was in 1981. Ninon wasn't well. She was eighty two years old and was losing her eyesight. She was living in Clayton, Oklahoma. LUCY ELLISON BRIDGES Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy, Nolen Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy, Nolen, Sividge L ucy Ellison Bridges was born in Van Zandt County, Texas, 10 December 1860. She was the fifth and last child born to Ellison Walker and Elizabeth (Self) Bridges. Lucy grew up in the Wills Point area. When Lucy was three years old her father, Ellison Walker Bridges, died in the Civil War. Lucy's mother, Elizabeth (Self) Bridges, died in Van Zandt County, when Lucy was ten years old. After her mother's death, Lucy lived with her Aunt Fannie Johnson. Aunt Fannie was Lucy's father's youngest sister, Frances Talithia (Bridges) Anderson, Johnson. Lucy Bridges grew up with her three cousins, Felix Walker Anderson (Fannie's son by her first husband) and John Ellison Johnson and Susan Mary Frances Johnson (Fannie's children by her second husband). Lucy, in her older years, lived with her son, Jess Nolen, and his family. Lucy told her grandchildren many stories of her childhood. Lucy talked of her cousin Felix, and her cousin, Lydia, who was the daughter of Fannie's and Ellison's brother, Jefferson Bridges and his wife, Lucinda (Self) Bridges. Since Ellison Bridges and Jefferson Bridges had married sisters, Elizabeth Self and Lucinda Self, this made Jefferson's and Lucinda's children Lucy's double first cousins. Lucy and her sisters, Louisa, Tennessee and Lucinda Elizabeth "Bettie"; and Aunt Fannie's three children, Felix, John E. and Susan Frances; and her Uncle Jefferson's and Aunt Lucinda's children all grew up living near each other in Wills Point, Texas. Lucy told of her mother dying, leaving four little girls and of her Aunt Fannie raising them. Times were very hard for Fannie, as about a year after taking in Ellison's and Elizabeth's four daughters, Fannie's second husband, John B. Johnson, died. This left Fannie with seven children to raise alone, her own three fatherless children and her brother's four daughters. Lucy told of the times that she and her cousin Felix carried water from the river, as in those days there was no water piped into the homes, and they didn't have a well. She and Felix rigged up poles to go across their shoulders, and hung large buckets of water on them to carry to the house. They had sheep and Aunt Fannie did spinning and weaving of the wool and sold her wool to feed her seven charges. There were times that they only had parched corn to eat through the winter as there were no fresh vegetables. Lucy and her sisters loved Aunt Fannie and she was very good to them, and with all of the hard times they were happy and had good times together. These sheep that they raised would jump the rail fence and knock the top rails off, and Lucy and Felix would spend all day finding and rounding them up, then taking them home; then the rails would have to be put up again and the fence repaired. Lucy was very tiny when grown, not even five feet tall. Lucy was very proud, and even in her eighties and nineties, her carriage was very good and her posture straight. She could bend over from a standing position and put her hands flat on the floor. Lucy's hair was long and had never been cut. In her older years she wore it in a bun. Her grandchildren would watch her comb this long hair every morning. Lucy Bridges married Joe McCoy when she was sixteen years old. Lucy Ellison Bridges and David Thomas "Joe" McCoy were married 13 December 1877. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- THE STATE OF TEXAS TO ALL WHO SHALL SEE THESE Van Zandt County PRESENTS - GREETINGS: KNOW YE, That any Person Legally Authorized to Celebrate the -RITES OF MATRIMONY- is Hereby Licensed to Join in Marriage as Husband and Wife D. T. MCCOY and MISS LUCY E. BRIDGES and for doing this shall be his sufficient authority IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, W. A. WILLIAMS, Clerk of the District Court, of Van Zandt County, Texas, hereunto subscribe my name and affix my Seal of said court this 12th Day of Dec. A.D. 1877. W. A. WILLIAMS, Clerk <*> <*> <*> <*> THE STATE OF TEXAS *<* Van Zandt County *>* This Certifies that I Joined in Marriage as Husband and Wife D. T. McCOY AND LUCY E. BRIDGES on the 13 Day of Dec. 1877 Clayton Williams, J.P. ----*** <*>---- David Thomas "Joe" McCoy was born in Texas 17 April 1851. He was the son of Flora A. McCoy, a widow. I don't know the name of Joe's father. After Joe and Lucy were married they lived with Lucy's Aunt Fannie Johnson. Lucy inherited a quarter portion of her father's one hundred acres of land. I don't know if this was the land that Fannie lived on when she took over the raising of Ellison's and Elizabeth's daughters. I have never found the document of Lucy disposing of her portion of this land, but she may have sold her share to her uncle, Jefferson Bridges, as her sister, Louisa Lasater, did. Joe was a cattleman and he was away from home at times, on cattle drives. Joe and Lucy didn't have any children for the first two years of their marriage. In 1880, Joe's and Lucy's daughter, Susan Ellen McCoy, was born. Their son, Robert Ellison McCoy was born in 1882. When Robert "Bob" was two months old, Joe McCoy had been on a cattle drive and was returning home to Wills Point, to his wife and babies. Joe was in the depot at Weatherford, Texas, waiting to board a train to Wills Point, when he was shot and killed by a man. I have never found any of the details of his shooting and even though Lucy talked of it when we, the children of Jess Nolen, were growing up, none of us remember the details that Lucy told us. This death of Joe McCoy happened 17 August 1882. Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy was left a widow at the age of nineteen, with two young fatherless children. After Joe McCoy's death, Lucy and her two children continued living with Aunt Fannie Johnson, in Wills Point, Texas. Her sister, Bettie McCaughan, and Bettie's husband, lived close by on their farm. When Bettie and John McCaughan were moving to Indian Territory, they wanted Lucy and her children to go with them. John McCaughan was going to Indian Territory as a Deputy United States Marshal. Lucy refused at first as she didn't want to leave her Aunt Fannie alone with Fannie's young children, and she didn't look forward to the hardships that they would encounter in the Indian Country. Finally Lucy decided to go with her Uncle Buck Self, and his family. John and Betty McCaughan had already gone to Indian Territory. Lucy and her children stopped in the Choctaw Nation. Lucy met General Lee Nolen there. Mrs. Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy married General Lee Nolen in Indian Territory 9 October 1887. General Lee Nolen was born in Nolensville, Tennessee, 1 March 1842. Lee was the son of William, Jr., and Margaret (McCarroll) Nolen, and he was the grandson of William Nolen, Sr., and Deliliah (Cantrell) Nolen. William Nolen, Sr., and his second wife, Sally (Cantrell) Nolen, had taken their children to Davidson County, Tennessee, in 1796 and established the town of Nolensville, which still stands near Nashville, Tennessee. Lee Nolen had gone to Indian Territory in the 1880s. He was a brick mason and did the brick work on the Choctaw Indian Council House at Tuskahoma, that was erected in 1883 and 1884. Lee and Lucy lived in Tuskahoma. They had the following children: 1. Jesse James Nolen. 2. Samuel Edgar Nolen. 3. William Walter Nolen. 4. John "Lee" Nolen. In 1896 Lucy Nolen applied for Creek Citizenship for herself and her children. Following is her application: Okmulgee, I.T. Sept 5, 1896 To the Hon. Citizenship Commission of the M.N. Gentlemen We the undersigned petitioners respectfully make an application in the Muscogee Nation by blood and make the following statement in support of our claim to wit: We are direct descendants of ELIZABETH SELF who was a recognized citizen of the Muscogee Nation and a member of Broken Arrow Town. The said ELIZABETH SELF was a full sister to W. B. SELF and was born in the Creek Nation about 5 or 6 miles from Muscogee, I.T. in the year of 1837. We propose to establish the above facts by reliable witnesses to the satisfaction of your honourable body. Witness LUCY NOLEN W. B. SELF SUSAN CAMPBELL DOLLIE LYNCH ROBERT MCCOY JESSIE NOLEN SAM " BILL " Bond for Seventy five dollars in favor of Lucy Nolen as Principal and J. H. Lynch as surety was filed and approved. M. McI James Colbert Clk. Pres. Commission Following is a letter Lucy wrote to her husband, General Lee Nolen a few months before he died: Checotah April 2, '97 [1897] Dear Husband I will write a few lines to let you no that we are all well at present and hope this will find you the same I am out at Sussies now But I will go back to Bets in a day or so Mr hunter Susie and I went over to a nighbor house and as we went over there Sam said By George ant this hy grass and he walked all the way Bill was not feeling well and I had to carying him Jess likes to stay here very well Susans boy is as fat as a pig and the boys thinks he is a grand thing But they dont waunt me to take him I wish you was here they are taking up the land rite smart now and that piece of land west of John that I was talking a bout is not taken up yet I could get 100 acres some timber and some pararie there is a bout 75 or 85 acres that wont do to cultivate if I take it I will have to put a little house on it to hold it I would like to have it for a home place to live on then we could have a place or to put in somewhere else Bob is going to put in a bout 6 acres of corn and a bout that much cotton and he is no account to put out to build a house John, Albert and Mr hunter said they would help you to put up a little house if you was here I waunt you to take care of what things I left that is worth bring and fetch them for we will need them and if you cannot get some money bring some While untill you can strik some work well I will close for this time Write as soon as you get this Your wife Lucy Nolen NOTE: Albert was Albert Campbell, Lucy's daughter, Susan McCoy's husband. Bob was Lucy's son, Robert E. McCoy, by Joe McCoy. John was Lucy's brother-in-law, John McCaughan. Lucy was expecting her fourth child by Lee Nolen. General Lee Nolen died in Tuskahoma, Indian Territory, 28 June 1897. He was buried in the "Old Burying Grounds" at the Choctaw Council House in Tuskahoma. Lucy's and Lee's last child was born five months after Lee's death. After Lucy's and Lee's last child was born, Lucy and the children made several trips to Okmulgee, where the Creek Indian Capital was located, to get their Creek Citizenship settled. Lucy's son-in-law, Albert Campbell, took Lucy and the boys and his wife, Susan, and their child with his team and wagon. The hotel and all of the rooming houses were full, as there was a lot of activity with the Creek Indian's enrollment. The area all around Okmulgee was a city of tents. Lucy and her family set up tents near a stream of water and camped there for several months, while waiting for their citizenship case to be settled. Al and Susan Campbell took Lucy and the boys on several trips and traveled all over Indian Territory. Following is the information on the Old Creek Card, and the Creek Census Cards, of Lucy Nolen and all of her children, except Lucy's daughter, Susan: Family No. 182 OLD CREEK CARD NO. 468 HEADS OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF FAMILY AGE POST OFFICE DISTRICT Nolen, Lucy 36 Tuskahoma Coweta son, Jesse 8 Tuskahoma Coweta son, (twin) Samuel 3 Tuskahoma Coweta son, (twin) William 3 Tuskahoma Coweta son, McCoy, Robert 15 Tuskahoma Coweta son, Nolen, Lee 9 mos Tuskahoma Coweta Born Nov. 15, '97 Remarks: Full sister of Betty McCaughan, (wife of John McCaughan) Broken Arrow Roll. Widow of Lee Nolen, father of first 3 children (Non Citizen). Robert McCoy, son of Lucy Nolen by her first husband, Joe McCoy (dead) Non Citizen. Lee Nolen enrolled Aug 12-'98 Transfered to New Creek Card No. 1022. BL 1 Dawes Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No 1020 P.O. Checotah 20 October 1899 3291 Nolen, Lucy 38 F 1/8 Ellison Bridges Elizabeth Bridges 3292 Nolen, Jesse 10 M 1/16 Lee Nolen No. 1 3293 Nolen, Samuel 5 M 1/16 Lee Nolen No. 1 3294 Nolen, William 5 M 1/16 Lee Nolen No. 1 3295 Nolen, Lee 2 M 1/16 Lee Nolen No. 1 3296 McCoy, Robert 17 M 1/16 Joe McCoy No. 1 Notations on card: Nos. 1,2,3,4 and 6 admitted by Colberts Citizenship Commission, Aug 1896 See Creek Citizenship Record Pages 8 to 12 No. 2 admitted by Colbert Commission as Jessie Nolen No. 3 admitted by said Colbert Commission as Sam Nolen No. 4 admitted by said Colbert Commission as Bill Nolen 3/13/19 For Birthday of No. 5 see Old Creek Card No.468 Enrollment Nos. 3291 - 3296 inc. hereon approved by the Secretary of the Interior March 13, 1902. Citz'p Certif. issued Oct. 20th 1899 Lucy (Bridges) McCoy, Nolen married for the third time. Mrs. Lucy Nolen married John G. Sividge in Indian Territory 4 February 1901. John was born in North Carolina 26 January 1834. John was twenty six years older than Lucy. He was very good to Lucy's and Lee Nolen's boys and they were very fond of him. He was the only father that John Lee Nolen ever knew. John Sividge was sixty six years old when he and Lucy married. He had snow white hair and a long white beard. Lucy and John Sividge continued to live in Tuskahoma, Indian Territory, until after Oklahoma Statehood in 1907, then Lucy and John Sividge moved from Tuskahoma and settled in Checotah. Lucy was again widowed in 1920. John G. Sividge died in Checotah, Oklahoma, 13 August 1920. He was buried in Checotah. After John Sividge's death Lucy lived most of the rest of her life with her son, Jess Nolen, and his family. In Lucy's last years she lived in Checotah, Oklahoma, and her son Bill Nolen lived with her. Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy, Nolen, Sividge died in Checotah, Oklahoma, 18 July 1954. She was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery at Checotah, Oklahoma. Lucy Ellison Bridges' children by David Thomas "Joe" McCoy: 1. Susan Ellen McCoy was born in Wills Point, Texas, 10 April 1880. Susan Ellen was named for Lucy's grandmother, Susanna (Berryhill) Self, and Joe McCoy's sister, Ellen McCoy. Susan was about two and a half years old when her father was killed. Susan was six years old when her mother, Lucy, moved to Indian Territory. They first settled in Checotah, Creek Nation, then her mother, Lucy, remarried when Susan was seven years old. After Lucy's marriage to Susan's step- father, Lee Nolen, they moved to Tuskahoma, Indian Territory, where Susan attended school. Susan Ellen McCoy married Albert Campbell in 1896, when she was sixteen years old. Al and Susan Campbell lived in Checotah, Indian Territory. Al Campbell was born in Arkansas in July 1873. He was a teamster and owned a large wagon with a team of Clydesdale horses. He worked all over Indian Territory with this team and wagon. After Susan's step-father, Lee Nolen, died, Al and Susan moved to Tuskahoma, Indian Territory, near Susan's mother, Lucy Nolen. Susan was of Creek (Muscogee) Indian blood. Her mother, Lucy Nolen, had applied for Creek Nation Citizenship for herself and her children. After they were accepted, Susan's children were put on the rolls and Susan and two of her children are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following is the Creek Census Card for Susan Ellen (McCoy) Campbell and her children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 929 P.O. Checotah Oct 10, 1899 3011 Campbell, Susan 19 F 1/16 David T. McCoy Lucy Nolen 3012 Campbell, William 2 M 1/32 Albert Campbell No. 1 3013 Campbell, Fannie 1 F 1/32 Albert Campbell No. 1 The Creek card shows that Susan's father was dead and a non Indian, mother Lucy was living and a Creek Citizen. Albert and Susan Campbell moved back to McIntosh County, near Checotah, by 1910. Susan and her two older children had each received one hundred and sixty acres of land as their Creek Indian Land Allotment. Albert and Susan later moved to Nuyaka, Oklahoma, near Okmulgee. They had a farm and lived there until Albert died. In about 1937, Albert Campbell was run over and killed by a car while he was crossing the highway. Susan continued living at their farm. Susan Ellen (McCoy) Campbell died in a nursing home in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 30 July 1971. Albert and Susan Ellen (McCoy) Campbell's children: A. William Campbell was born in Checotah, Indian Territory, in February 1897. I don't know when or how William died, but it was after 1910. I believe it was before 1920. B. Fannie Campbell was born in Tuskahoma, Indian Territory, in April 1900. Fannie married William Hughes. They had several boys and two girls. For many years they only had boys and I remember that they used to visit us at the Preston Lake, outside Okmulgee. Will and Fannie and their boys lived at Beggs, Oklahoma. They took me home with them a lot when I was a little girl, until they had girls of their own. I can't remember the names of their children and I haven't been able to get information on them. Fannie (Campbell) Hughes died in 1974 in Beggs, Oklahoma. C. Cly Campbell. I know nothing more on her. She did live to adulthood. D. Ada Campbell was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, about 1907. Ada married Dink Carr. E. Bernice Campbell. I know nothing more about her except they called her "Bunny". F. Johnny Campbell married a Mr. Luster. She was living in Beggs, Oklahoma, in 1980 and was a widow. Johnny (Campbell) Luster has Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy, Nolen, Sividge's Bible. 2. Robert "Bob" Ellison McCoy was born in Wills Point, Texas, 18 June 1882. Bob was given his middle name, "Ellison", for his mother's father, Ellison Walker Bridges. When Robert was two months old, his father, Joe McCoy, was killed. Robert was about four years old when his mother, Lucy, moved with him and his sister, Susan, to Indian Territory. When he was five years old his mother married again and the family moved to Tuskahoma, Indian Territory. Robert probably attended school in Tuskahoma. Robert "Bob" Ellison McCoy is on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation as a citizen by blood. Bob received one hundred and sixty acres of land as his Creek Land Allotment. I don't know where Bob's land was located, but it was probably in McIntosh County near Checotah or Eufaula. Bob McCoy was married and divorced by 1910. I don't know his first wife's name, but Bob's cousin, Ninon (McCaughan) Beck, said that Bob had a son, Claude McCoy, and that Claude's mother was almost a full blood Choctaw Indian. The 1910 Census shows that Bob was living with his mother, Lucy Nolen, in Checotah, Oklahoma, and that he was divorced. About 1911, Robert McCoy married Minnie Berry. Minnie was born in Missouri 27 September 1896. She was the daughter of Samuel and Frances (Doyle) Berry, both born in Missouri. Bob and Minnie McCoy settled in Checotah, Oklahoma, after their marriage. Bob farmed in Checotah, Oklahoma, until 1940 when they moved to Glendora, California. Bob McCoy died in Pomona, California, in 1953. He was buried in the Oakdale Memorial Park Cemetery at Glendora, California. Minnie (Berry) McCoy died in 1963. She was buried in the Oakdale Memorial Park Cemetery. Robert Ellison "Bob" and Minnie L. (Berry) McCoy's children: A. Beulah McCoy was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 3 July 1912. Beulah married Roscoe West on 12 December 1931. B. (twin) Pauline M. McCoy was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 25 July 1916. Pauline married Raymond L. Stone 11 June 1933. C. (twin) Irene L. McCoy was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 25 July 1916. Irene married Joe Storm on 28 May 1934. D. Cecil R. McCoy was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 5 December 1918. I don't know who Cecil married. He died in 1970. E. Edith McCoy was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 26 February 1923. Edith married Gene Bartlett on 17 July 1939. F. Betty McCoy was born in Checotah, Oklahoma, 23 January 1931. Betty married (- ?-) Barklow. Lucy Ellison (Bridges) McCoy's children by General Lee Nolen: 3. Jesse James Nolen was born in Tuskahoma, Indian Territory, 25 April 1889. Jess grew up in Tuskahoma and attended the Tuskahoma Girls Academy at Tuskahoma, as a day student. When Jess was eight years old, his father Lee Nolen died. Jess was eleven years old when his mother married John G. Sividge. Jess continued school at the Tuskahoma Academy and when he was a little older he worked at the school before and after classes. Jess continued at the academy until he graduated from the eighth grade. In those days an eighth grade education was equal to a high school education. After graduating from these schools, which only went through the eighth grade, you could receive a teaching certificate. These were Indian schools and only students of Indian blood were accepted. Jess had beautiful handwriting which was the envy of many people, especially his children. Jess Nolen was as much a prankster as any young man in those days. One Halloween Jess and some of his friends dismantled a wagon and took it to the second floor of the academy and reassembled it. Even though this was considered a harmless prank in those days, the academy head master was angry and the boys were punished, and of course, they were made to dismantle the wagon and take it to the school yard and put it together again. Jess Nolen loved to hunt and fish and he had all of the Kiamichi Mountains, in the Choctaw Nation, in which to hunt and fish. Jess Nolen always loved the Kiamichi Mountains and in his older years wanted to return there to die. Jess Nolen received one hundred and sixty acres of land near Eufaula, Oklahoma, as his Creek Indian Land allotment. After 1907, Jess's mother, Lucy, and his stepfather, John Sividge, moved the family to Checotah, Oklahoma. Jess attended school at Bacone University for a while. His mother, Lucy, was appointed guardian of her and Lee Nolen's boys after Lee died. Jess' uncle John McCaughan acted as Lucy's advisor and attorney. John McCaughan had a lot of influence on Jess Nolen while he was growing up. Jess was very fond of his Uncle John and Aunt Bet McCaughan. Lucy leased out the boy's land and received a portion of the crops that was grown on the land. I don't know when Jess sold his land, but I believe it was before he married. Jess owned a shooting gallery, but because of the objection by his wife's mother, of this type of business, Jess sold it either before or just after their marriage.