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 Co. MS The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996.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/ *********************************************************************** ELIZABETH MARGARET WILLS Elizabeth Margaret (Wills) Estes E lizabeth Margaret Wills was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1835. She was the first child born to William, Jr., and Mary "Polly" (Phillips) Wills. When Elizabeth was about thirteen years old, her parents left Tennessee and went to the Creek Lands West. Elizabeth's parents didn't like living in the Creek Nation, and finding that her father's parents had left the Nation, her family went to Texas and settled in Kaufman County. After 1850, Elizabeth's parents moved the family to Van Zandt County. Elizabeth married (-?-) Estes. Mr. Estes was a cattle rancher in Texas. Elizabeth later moved to the Creek Nation, and she and her sons formed a cattle ranch. I don't know when Mr. Estes died. Elizabeth applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation but was denied citizenship. I don't know where Elizabeth Margaret (Wills) Estes, or her children, died or where they are buried. They are not buried in the "Wills Family Plot" in the White Rose Cemetery in Van Zandt County, Texas. (-?-) Estes and Elizabeth Margaret (Wills) Estes' children: 1. J. H. Estes (son) was born in Texas. 2. W. D. Estes (son) was born in Texas. 3. Sallie L. Estes was born in Texas. I have no other records or information on Elizabeth Margaret (Wills) Estes and her children. MARY JANE WILLS Mary Jane (Wills) O'Neal Mary Jane (Wills) O'Neal, Creswell M ary Jane Wills was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, 14 April 1838. She was the second child born to William, Jr., and Mary "Polly" (Phillips) Wills. When Mary Jane was ten years old, her parents left Tennessee and went to the Creek Lands West. Not liking it there, Mary Jane's parents went to Texas and settled in Kaufman County. Then after 1850, they moved to Van Zandt County, Texas. Mary Jane wills married John A. O'Neal in Van Zandt County, Texas. John was born 12 September 1834. John O'Neal was a cattleman and built the first house in the town of Iola. That area later became Wills Point. John A. O'Neal died 10 December 1882 and is buried in the "Wills Family Plot" in the White Rose Cemetery at Van Zandt County, Texas. Mary Jane and John O'Neal had no children. Mary Jane helped to raise her brother, William E. H. Wills, III's, children. Mary Jane went to the Creek Nation and applied for Creek Nation citizenship for herself and her brother, William, and his children. Mary Jane (Wills) O'Neal and her brother, William H. Wills, III, and William's children were granted citizenship. Mary Jane remarried to W. G. Creswell, whose sisters had married two of Mary Jane's brothers. Mary Jane (Wills) O'Neal, Creswell's Creek Census Card follows: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 663 P.O. Mounds 13 Sept 1899 2190 Creswell, Mary J. 56 F 1/4 Wm. Wills Mary A. Reported dead Mary Jane (Wills) O'Neal, Creswell died 23 March 1912 and is buried next to her first husband, John A. O'Neal, in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas. W. G. Creswell, Mary Jane's second husband, died 1 September 1930 and is buried in the Wills Family Plot, next to Mary Jane. WILLIAM E. H. WILLS, III W illiam E. H. Wills, III, was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, in 1844. He was the third child born to William, Jr., and Mary "Polly" (Phillips) Wills. William was four years old when his parents left Tennessee and went to the Creek Lands West. The family didn't stay in the Nation long and went on to Texas and settled in Kaufman County. After 1850, William's family moved to Van Zandt County, Texas, where William grew up. William married Narcissa J. Creswell in Van Zandt County, Texas, 9 August 1866. Narcissa Creswell was born in Alabama in November 1846. William and Narcissa and their children went to the Creek Nation, with William's sister, Mary Jane O'Neal, and applied for and were granted citizenship into the Creek Nation. Following is the Creek Census Card for William and his children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card 800 P.O. Mounds 13 Sept. 1899 2598 Wills, William H. 53 M 1/4 Wm. Wills Mary A. 2599 Albert G. son 16 M 1/8 No. 1 N J 2600 Bonnie dau 13 F 1/8 No. 1 N J 2601 Joe B. son 11 M 1/8 No. 1 N J Card No. 1227 P.O. Mounds 5 Dec. 1899 3951 Wills, John S. 29 M 1/8 Wm. H. Wills Narcessa New Born Card No. 727 P.O. Mounds 746 Wills, Arthur Rex 1 M 1/16 John S. Wills Eunice May Date of birth June 5, 1904 Card No. 826 P.O. Phoenix, Az 18 Sept. 1899 2687 White, Tennessee 21 F 1/8 Wm. H. Wills Narcessa 2688 Everett H. son 1 M 1/16 W. E. White No. 1 Card No. 664 P.O. Mounds 11 Aug. 1899 2191 Wills, Henry F. 27 M 1/8 Wm H Wills N J 2192 Lottie Ruth dau 1 F 1/16 No. 1 Mary A. Card No. 3686 P.O. Mounds 15 Nov 1902 9682 Wills, Buck H. 2 M 1/16 Henry F Wills Mary A. New Born Card No. 532 P.O. Mounds 522 Wills, Hazel Irene 1 F 1/16 Henry F Wills Mary A. Date of birth Aug 31, 1901 Minor Card No. 170 P.O. Mounds 125 Wills, Jack Harbert 2 M 1/16 Henry F Wills Mary A. Date of birth Sept 16 - 1905 William E. H. Wills, III, and Narcissa had ten children, but only seven were still living in 1900. I don't know when William E. H. or Narcissa (Creswell) Wills died or where they are buried. They are not buried in the Wills Family Plot of the White Rose Cemetery in Van Zandt County, Texas. In 1900 William and Narcissa were living in Sapulpa, Indian Territory. Jacob Biddle, a cousin and grandson of John Dallas Berryhill, was living with them as a boarder. William E. H. and Narcissa (Creswell) Wills' children: 1. William Wills, IV, was born in Wills Point, Texas, 22 May 1867. Billie died in Wills Point 14 October 1878. He is buried in the family plot at White Rose Cemetery. 2. John S. Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in January 1870. John married Eunice May. I have a record of only one child: A. Arthur Rex Wills was born at Mounds, Indian Territory, 5 June 1904. 3. Henry F. Wills was born at Wills Point, Texas, in March 1872. Henry married Mary A. in the Creek Nation in 1898. Their Children: A. Lottie Ruth Wills was born at Mounds, Indian Territory, in 1899. B. William H. "Buck" Wills was born at Mounds, Indian Territory, in 1900. C. Hazel Ruth Wills was born at Mounds, Indian Territory, 31 August 1901. D. Jack Herbert Wills was born at Mounds, Indian Territory, 16 September 1905. 4. Andrew B. Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, 4 March 1874. Andrew died in Wills Point 22 May 1875 and is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 5. Wiggie "Little Wiggie" Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, 10 March 1876. Wiggie died in Wills Point 10 July 1877. She is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 6. Tennessee "Tennie" Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in May 1878. Tennie married W. B. White in 1897. They were living in Sapulpa in 1900. I have only one child for Tennessee and W. B. White: A. Everett White was born in Indian Territory in February 1897. 7. Jud "Juddy" Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, 25 September 1880. Juddy died in Wills Point 18 August 1881. He is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 8. Albert G. Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in January 1883. 9. Bonnie Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in January 1886. 10. Joe Borlin Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in April 1889. FINNIS "FINE" C. WILLS F innis C. Wills was born in Robertson County, Tennessee, 25 April 1874. He was the fourth child born to William, Jr., and Mary "Polly" (Phillips) Wills. Finnis was one year old when his parents left Tennessee and went to the Creek Lands West. Finnis' parents stayed only a short while in the Creek Nation, then went to Texas. Finnis grew up in Van Zandt County, Texas. He married Bethena A. Creswell in Van Zandt County, Texas, 28 February 1871. Bethena A. Creswell was born in Texas 12 September 1853. Finnis and his family went to the Creek Nation in the 1890s and applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation. He was denied citizenship. Finnis and his family stayed in Sapulpa, Indian Territory, for a while, then returned to Wills Point, Texas. Finnis C. Wills died in Wills Point, Texas, 29 June 1924. Bethena A. (Creswell) Wills died in Wills Point, Texas, 29 August 1940. Both are buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. Finnis C. and Bethena A. (Creswell) Wills' children: 1. Mary "Polly" Wills, II, was born in Wills Point, Texas, in April 1872. Mary married (-?-) Pierson. Mary (Wills) Pierson died in 1948 and is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 2. Wiley K. Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in July 1874. 3. Alice Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in 1877. Alice married George H. Goodwin. Alice died in Wills Point, Texas, in 1949. George H. Goodwin died in 1911. Both are buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. I know of only one daughter: A. Mozelle Goodwin was born 6 May 1903. She died 14 January 1967 and is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. Mozelle Goodwin never married. 4. Triplets born and died 27 June 1879 and are buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 5. Silas Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, 30 September 1880. Silas died in Wills Point 10 July 1881 and is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 6. Forrest Z. Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in April 1883. Forrest died in 1948 and is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 7. Jean Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas. Jean was still living in 1900. 8. Willie V. Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, in September 1887. Willie was still living in 1900. 9. Daisy May Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, 9 May 1892. Daisy married John Benton Brandon who was born 6 February 1892. John Benton Brandon died 18 April 1967. He served in World War II as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Infantry. Daisy May (Wills) Brandon died 18 January 1972. Both are buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery. 10. Lester Leon Wills was born in Wills Point, Texas, 11 June 1894. He died in the Base Hospital in Oklahoma 10 November 1948. He is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas. MARTHA TENNESSEE "TENNIE" WILLS Martha Tennessee "Tennie" (Wills) Williams M artha Tennessee "Tennie" Wills was born in Kaufman County, Texas, 2 June 1849. She was the fifth child born to William, Jr., and Mary "Polly" (Phillips) Wills. Tennie grew up in Van Zandt County, Texas, and she married H. N. Williams in Van Zandt County, Texas. Martha Tennessee (Wills) Williams died 18 July 1877. I have record of only two children: 1. Finnis "Fine" C. Williams was born in 1870 and died in 1950. He is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas. 2. Marcissa G. Williams was born 16 December 1872. Marcissa died 4 August 1877. Marcissa is buried in the Wills Family Plot in the White Rose Cemetery in Van Zandt County, Texas. Chapter Five JOHN DALLAS "DALLY" BERRYHILL J ohn Dallas "Dally" Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, about 1789. He was the fifth child born to John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. John grew up in the Creek Nation but, as a youngster, he probably spent a lot of time in the State of Georgia. John Dallas Berryhill married Mary Rutledge in Morgan County, Georgia. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- Morgan County These are to authorize and permit you to join together in the holy State of Matrimony according to the rites and ceremonies of your church: JOHN BERRYHILL and MARY RUTLEDGE and for so doing this shall be your sufficiant warrant--- Given under my hand this 3rd day of January 1809 To an ordained minister of the Gospiel Judge Justice of this Inferior Court or Justice of the Peace to celebrate-- Th. Nesbit, Clk P. Tem * * * * * I do hereby certify that JOHN BERRYHILL & MARY RUTLEDGE were joined together in the holy bonds of matrimony by me on this 11th day of January 1809. Edw'd Brantley, J.P. Recorded this 25th day of January 1809 J W Nesbit for J L Fannin[?] ----*** <*> ***---- After their marriage, John Dallas and his wife, Mary, settled in the Creek Nation until the McIntosh Party of Creeks moved to the West. John Dallas and Mary had eight children born in the Old Creek Nation. In 1827, John Dallas Berryhill, and his wife and children, emigrated to the Western Creek Lands with the McIntosh Party. I believe John helped with this emigration and took his family with the first party who arrived in the Western Creek Lands in February 1828. John Dallas Berryhill settled his wife and children, with John's parents and brothers and sisters, in the fork between the Arkansas and Verdigris Rivers near the Creek Agency. John returned to the Creek Nation in Georgia with Colonel Brearley, and the others who were helping with the emigration, for the second Party of McIntosh Creeks, which arrived in the Western Lands in November 1828. Following is a letter, written by the Creeks who were helping with the second emigration, which includes John Dallas Berryhill's signature: Indian Camp near Fort Bainbridge Creek Nation June 3rd 1828 Colo. D. Brearley Sir We the undersigned persons being acquainted with the Indian language and having a better oppertunity of knowing the extent of the opposition to the emigration than those who may not understand the tongue-- We do without hesitation say that every exertion is used by the Chiefs and those under their influence to prevent the people from emigrating. Chiefs has visited the camp and applied every argument in their power to get them to return and not go-- and have resorted to the creation of the most foul falsehoods about the country on the Arkansaw and even stated that the people has not got the country they started for-- they now as we are informed in Council not far from hear -- and what may be the delibrations of their Council we know not - but not be surprised if they were of a more serious character than ever-- the time for emigration has as they think expired and they now think they will be at liberty to do allmost anything-they have come to the camp and arrested the child from the mother and bare it off- two horses has been taken from the camp last night- Kindal Lewis gray horse and Powes Harjo riding horse and a number of K. Lewis out horses driven off or at least missing so that they can not be found- we have been told by Indians repeatedly that the Public Interpreter Paddy Carr has used continual opposition and advised to the people not to go- and some of us knows that to be the fact from his own statement. We are yours with sentiments &c High respects &c POWES HARJO X his mark JAMES RANDALL X his mark SAMUEL SELLS X his mark JOHN BERRYHILL X his mark BEN'J LOTT K. LEWIS JNO HAMBLY JOHN WINSLETT TUSKENE HARJO X his mark [Notation on envelope] THLATH LO HARJO X his mark "In case Colo LIF TIFF HARJO X his mark Brearley should COT CHEE FIXICO X his mark not be their To FRANCIS LOVETT X his mark the Secretary of TALLON HAR CHEE X his mark War who is authorized HOS PI TOCK HARJO X his mark to open it" [Address on the envelope:] COL DAVID BREARLEY WASHINGTON CITY On letters and documents from the Creek Indians, the clerk who wrote them usually signed the Indian's name, then the Indian made his mark. In some of these cases the Indian could read and write, or at least sign his own name. I feel quite sure that John Dallas Berryhill was educated and could read and write. John Dallas Berryhill and his family settled into the Western Creek Lands. John signed as a witness to the Creeks West Memorial that was dated 7 March 1829. He is listed below his father as "John Berryhill, Jr." (See Pages 12-14.) John Dallas Berryhill and his family stayed in the Creek Lands West until about 1833. There had been a lot of sickness in the western lands and John's parents had both died there. Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill was expecting their ninth child, so John took his family to Jackson County, Missouri, and settled there. John Dallas kept active in the Creek Nation affairs. Once each year he would ride his horse to the Agency in Missouri, pick up the Creek Annuity, and deliver it to the Creek Agent, in the Creek Nation West. This was the yearly payment from the United States, for the lands in Georgia, sold to the U.S., according to the old treaties, signed from the time of the American Revolution. This money was paid in gold coin and John Berryhill carried a money belt, that has been preserved and is now on display in the Creek Council House Museum in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. When John Dallas Berryhill left the Western Creek Nation and moved to Missouri, he first settled his family in Jackson County, Missouri. Following is an article from a book, Jackson County Pioneers by Pearl G. Wilcox. BLUE MILLS - The story of Blue Mills is a rich chapter of Jackson County, and all that remains of the once busy place are a few stones still intact in the river that marks the damsite and a few foundation stones. The bluffs, hills and valleys are the same as when Robert Aull, Samuel C. Owens and Isaac Peace selected this location for their mill in the 1830s. Several hundred acres of land were acquired. The first deed recorded in October 1837, followed by three more deeds for land. THE LAST PURCHASE WAS AN ISLAND AT THE MOUTH OF LITTLE BLUE AND THE MISSOURI RIVER OWNED BY JOHN BERRYHILL FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A BARREL OF FLOUR FOR PAYMENT. John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill had another child, a son, born in Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill may have died at the birth of this child. Some of John's and Mary's children married in Jackson County, Missouri. In 1838, John Dallas Berryhill, and his children who were still living at home, moved to Buchanan County, Missouri, and settled in a place that was called "Platt Township." An article from the "Daily News" History of Buchanan County & St. Joseph, Missouri, from the time of the Platt Purchase. The following are the names of some of the Pioneers and the dates of their comming. . . John Berryhill settled in the Forks of Malden Creek in Platt Township in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1838. John Dallas Berryhill stayed in Buchanan County, Missouri, until about 1849. He then moved back to the Creek Nation at this time, and I believe John Dallas took with him, his youngest child, George W. Berryhill, who had been born in Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. John made some trips back to Missouri and continued picking up the Creek Annuity for the Nation. The United States government decided to make an Old Settlers Creek Payment that had been promised to the Creeks who had emigrated West before the 1832 Creek Treaty East. This payment was the Creeks West's portion of the land given up in Georgia by the 1832 Treaty. Each living emigrant, and each living descendant of an emigrant, were entitled to a portion of the amount of the lump sum of money allotted to the Creeks West, called the "Old Settlers". John Dallas Berryhill placed his children and grandchildren, with himself as head of the family, on this Old Settlers Roll. There were forty persons in all. Following is a copy of this list, on the Roll and Payment: It is very hard to place all of these people because of John Dallas Berryhill using initials instead of names. I am putting John's children in caps, and the rest are his grandchildren, but he may have gotten some of the names of the grandchildren wrong. Old Settlers Roll, 1856 Broken Arrow Town Family No. 2 John Berryhill WILLIAM; E. M. BERRYHILL, P. Berryhill, A. BERRYHILL F. Berryhill, J. Berryhill, L. Berryhill, J. D. Berryhill, Alex Berryhill, E. J. Berryhill, S. Berryhill, M. Berryhill, R. Berryhill, O. P. Berryhill, A. J. Berryhill, M. A. Berryhill, Jane Berryhill, JNO. BERRYHILL, Thos. Berryhill, Frank Berryhill, E. J. Berryhill, Peggy Berryhill, S. J. Berryhill, MARTHA BERRYHILL, W. G. Berryhill, S. A. Berryhill, Francis Berryhill, Eliz. Berryhill, RUSSELL BERRYHILL, John Berryhill, M. J. Berryhill, S. A. Berryhill, M. BERRYHILL, A. R. Berryhill, Susan Berryhill, T. J. Berryhill, G. W. BERRYHILL, W. Berryhill, Sarah Berryhill These are hard to determine which are John's children and which are his grandchildren, and to which child the grandchildren belonged. Also, John didn't list his daughters by their married names but listed them all as "Berryhill". This Old Settlers Roll was referred to several times by John Dallas Berryhill's grandchildren, who went to the Creek Nation in the 1880s and 1890s and applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation. On the Old Settlers Payment in 1857, John only listed his children. 1857 Old Settlers Payment No. 201 John Berryhill E. M. Parker, A. Berryhill, A. J. Berryhill, M. Copeland, R. Berryhill, M. Biddle, G. W. Berryhill, John Berryhill & William. 10 at $20.10 each $201.00 I am going to break these down as to the identification of these people: John Dallas Berryhill - Head of the family Children: Elizabeth Morris (Berryhill) Parker; Azariah Berryhill; Andrew Jack-son Berryhill; Martha (Berryhill) Copeland; Russell B. Berryhill; Mary Marina (Berryhill) Bittle; George W. Berryhill; John Rutledge Berryhill; and William Berryhill. John Dallas Berryhill left the Creek Nation after the 1858 Old Settlers Creek Payment, to take the money home to his children and grandchildren in Missouri. John never went back to the Creek Nation. He died in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1859. I don't know where John Dallas Berryhill is buried, but it is probably where Center Township in Buchanan County, Missouri, was located in 1860. There was an Elizabeth Berryhill who married Thomas Huntsucker in Buchanan County, Missouri, 27 January 1850, whom I have never been able to connect with John Dallas Berryhill as his daughter. I didn't find her on the Buchanan County, Missouri, Census. If she was John's daughter, I would believe she had died by the time of the 1857 Old Settlers Payment, as John did not list her on that. John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill's children: 1. Azariah Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, about 1810. Azariah married Mecca Ann Lane. 2. Elizabeth Morris Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation about 1811. Elizabeth married James Parker. 3. William Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1813. William never married. 4. Andrew Jackson Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1817. Jack married Mariah Beckett. 5. John Rutledge Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1819. John married America Beckett. 6. Martha Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1823. Martha married James Copeland. 7. Russell B. Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1825. Russell married Martha Johnson. 8. Mary Marina Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1827. Mary married Jacob Bittle. 9. George Washington Berryhill was born in Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. George married Arianna Strickland. In the 1880s and the 1890s, two of John Dallas Berryhill's children -- Mary Marina (Berryhill) Bittle and George W. Berryhill -- with their mates, and several of John Dallas' grandchildren, went to the Creek Nation and applied for citizenship into that Nation. Those who went in the 1880s were granted citizenship in 1890. Of those who went after 1890, some were granted citizenship and some were denied citizenship. Following are applications and statements made by and for these descendants of John Dallas Berryhill: Citizenship Committee Room Okmulgee, M.N. Oct. 22" 85 (1885) To the National Council Gentlemen: Your Committee to whom was referred the petitioners GEORGE W. BERRYHILL and BENJ. F. BERRYHILL and others from the State of Missouri, claiming a right to Citizenship in this Nation, by reason of their decendence from the Creek Tribe, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to remark as follows: After a careful examination of all affidavits, and the testimony of one MRS MARY BITTLE, who declares, on oath that George W Berryhill is her own brother &c. The law regulating such cases, requires a responsible and disinterested native witness, the law further requires that to be entitled to Citizenship the person applying must not be removed from the Creek bloods further than the fourth degree. The petitioners also claim that John Berryhill, the father of Mrs Bittle, George Berryhill and Andrew J. Berryhill came here in 1857 and received money for himself and descendants. This fact is no evidence, for the payment was made to pure White blooded as well as Indians, who immigrated to the Country with the Indians. The payment referred to was no National payment, nor a National Act authorizing to whom the payment should be made, but was controlled by only a certain Party of immigrants to the Country at a certain time. We the Committee therefore render an adverse report upon this case. A. P. McKellop G. W. Stidham Clk Chairman Com. T. J. Adams Speaker of the H of W Henry Thompson Pres H of K Approved Oct 23-86 J. M. Perryman Prin. Chief M.N. The above descendants of John Dallas Berryhill did receive their Citizenship Certificates in October 1890. The following was an application for Mary Ann (Berryhill) Snyder and Theodore Berryhill, children of John Rutledge Berryhill and brother and sister to the above Benjamin Franklin Berryhill. It consists of 22 pages of questions by the attorneys, and answers from the applicants and witnesses. Because it is too lengthy, I have had to condense it and am printing only the highlights that tie the families together and show their descent from John Dallas Berryhill. The other grandchildren of John Dallas Berryhill were admitted to Citizenship in 1890. I have never found any of their statements to prove their Creek Indian blood. Department of the Interior Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes Muskogee, Indian Territory Nov 15, 1905 In the matter of the application for the enrollment of Peter Snyder, et al - Mary Ann Snyder, et al, and Theodore Berryhill, et al - as Citizens by Blood. THOMAS H BERRYHILL first being duly sworn. Examination by the Commissioner: What is your name? Thomas H. Berryhill. How old are you? Sixty. What is your Post Office address? Red Fork. EXAMINATION BY ATTORNEY BROOKS: Did you know Mr. Berryhill (John Rutledge Berryhill)? Yes sir. Who is he? He was a son of John Dallas Berryhill. Do you know Theodore Berryhill? Yes sir. Do you know or did you know the father of Theodore Berryhill here and Mrs. Snyder? Yes sir. Who was the father of these applicants? John Rutledge Berryhill. Who was the father of John Rutledge Berryhill? John Dallas Berryhill. Is John Dallas Berryhill still alive? No sir. When did he die? I couldn't tell you. Was John Dallas Berryhill a Citizen of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Do you know whether he was on the Old Settlers Roll as a Creek Citizen? I will answer the question like old Judge Moore "and I guess he was on the roll, all of the old citizens were". Do you know when John Dallas Berryhill died? No sir, I don't know what year he died, I know when he died but what year I couldn't tell you. Do you know whether or not John Rutledge Berryhill was on the roll? Yes sir he was on the roll. What percent of Indian blood did John Rutledge have? One quarter. Are Theodore Berryhill and Mrs. Snyder citizens of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. What percent have they? One eighth. What kin is Theodore and (Mrs. Snyder) to you? Brother and sister. In what year did they make application to be enrolled as citizens? 1884. What year were you admitted? 1890. When did John Dallas Berryhill come to Indian Territory? There were two different times he came here. Did he come here during '28 and '38? Yes sir he emigrated here. Then again between 1850 and 1860 did he come to Indian Territory? Yes sir. How long did he remain here? Lived here about six years. Do you know how much money he received from the Creek Nation at that time (Old Settlers Payment)? Towards sixteen hundred dollars is what he brought back. State whether Theodore Berryhill and Mrs Snyder were placed on the roll by their grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill? Yes sir. Do you know Stanford Berryhill? Yes sir? State what relationship exists between him and the applicants (Theodore Berryhill and Mary Ann Snyder)? First cousins. What relations between applicants and Andrew (Jackson) Berryhill? Double first cousins. What relation exists between applicants and Perry Berryhill? Cousins. Who is Ara Ann Berryhill? She was my uncle's wife. You may state the name of your uncle. G W Berryhill. What percent of Indian blood did he have? One quarter. What kin was he to the applicants? A blood uncle. What kin was George W Berryhill to Stanford? Father. Do you know Zera Lloyd Berryhill? No sir. Do you know A J Berryhill? Yes sir. Is he related to Mrs Snyder or Theodore Berryhill? He is their cousin. Do you know John Pleasant Berryhill - what relation is he to Mrs Snyder? Nephew. Cora Frances Berryhill is Mrs Snyders niece. Littleton Berryhill is Mrs Snyders brother. Name A J Berryhills children (A. J., Jr.). Buford, Altie - and then there is Walter and Dude. Do you know Mary Ann Berryhill who was admitted at the same time as you? She is my daughter. Theodore Franklin Berryhill is my son. Is your daughter Mary Ann Berryhill still living? Yes sir. Was her name Russell then? It was Mary Ann Berryhill. OLIVER PERRY BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: What is your name? O P Berryhill or Oliver P Berryhill. I am fifty years old. I was born in '49. My Post Office is Bixby. I am a citizen of the Creek Nation. I was admitted to citizenship in 1890. G W Berryhill, Stanford Berryhill, Columbus Berryhill, Martha Lee Berryhill known as Martha Kiefer, Jo Shelby (Berryhill), Billy Berryhill, Theodore Berryhill, Franklin Berryhill, Thomas H Berryhill, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, Littleton Berryhill, A J Berryhill and Lizzie Berryhill was admitted at the same time. Lizzie Berryhill was Elizabeth America Berryhill and Belle Berryhill now Belle Smith. Was she called Mamie Isabelle. Yes sir. Lucy and Azie. Was that the same person as Rhoda Adeline Berryhill? Yes sir. The father of Mary Ann Berryhill and Theodore Berryhill, the Applicants, was John Rutledge Berryhill. The father of John Rutledge Berryhill was John Dallas Berryhill. From what State did he (John Dallas Berryhill) come to Indian Territory? He emigrated from Alabama here with the Indians - with the McIntosh Party. What relation are you to the applicants? Double first cousins. Note! John Rutledge Berryhill married America Beckett. John R.'s brother, Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Sr., married America Beckett's sister, Mariah Beckett, so their children were double first cousins. TNC. OLIVER PERRY BERRYHILL ALSO STATED: Oliver Perry Berryhill also stated. When we came from Missouri, Uncle George and I went to Okmulgee and on the way we met Judge [G. W.] Stidham, not knowing us, said that we didn't have enough Creek Blood. Uncle George asked Stidham how much blood he had and Stidham said a little over one half. Uncle George asked Stidham which side he got his blood from. Stidham said "my mother". and Uncle George said "but the blood she got she got from the Berryhills". Note! George W. Stidham was the son of Deliliah Stidham and I believe Deliliah's husband was G. W. Stidham, the U.S. Interpreter on the Old Settler's Roll. TNC. WHO WAS GEORGE W BERRYHILL? HE WAS A SON OF JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. He was my uncle. George W Berryhill was an uncle to Theodore and Mary Ann Berryhill (Snyder). George W. Berryhill has a son Theodore Berryhill. John Rutledge Berryhill had the following children: Thomas Henry Belton, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Ann or Peggy Berryhill later Snyder, Theodore Berryhill and Littleton Berryhill. They may have had one that died when it was little. ARRIE ANN BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Arie Ann Berryhill. I am sixty-nine years old. I live at Mounds. I am the widow of George W Berryhill. My husband has been dead seven years. We have been here twenty years. MY HUSBAND, GEORGE W BERRYHILL, WAS A BROTHER TO JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS A SON OF JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. I remember both John Dallas Berryhill and John Rutledge Berryhill and saw them many times. John Dallas Berryhill drew the Old Settler's money. He "fetched" the money and brought it to me and I put it away - between fourteen and fifteen hundred dollars. I was living in Buchanan County, Missouri at that time. He had the money in a sack. It was all in gold pieces. John Dallas Berryhill came alone home - John Dallas Berryhill was dead long before the war. He said he drew the money for his children. Stanford Berryhill is my son.; Perry Berryhill is O P and is a cousin to Theodore Berryhill the applicant. My family arrived in the Creek Nation the day before Christmas, I don't know the year. THEODORE BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: (son of John Rutledge Berryhill) My name is Theodore Berryhill. I am fifty-six years old. I live at Red Fork. I am one of the applicants in this case. I have a child, Isadora Berryhill, she is twenty two years old. I have a child, Flora Elizabeth Berryhill, she is about nineteen years old. I have a child Thomas G Berryhill, he is fifteen. I was born in Buchanan County, Missouri. I lived there forty two years. I was born in 1849. I left Missouri and came here in 1891. I have been a resident continuously since I came here. The name of the mother of my children is Mary L. Berryhill. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS MY FATHER. HIS FATHER WAS JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. He came to this country from Alabama with the McIntosh party. My grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill participated in the Old Settlers Payment. I have applied for citizenship for my children whose names are, Isadora, Flora Elizabeth and Thomas G Berryhill. They are 1/8 Creek Indian. Perry Berryhill is my cousin. Thomas H. Berryhill is my brother. Stanford Berryhill is a cousin. Andrew J Berryhill (Jr.) is my cousin. Arrie Ann Berryhill is my aunt, the wife of my uncle George W Berryhill. John Rutledge Berryhill was my father. John Dallas Berryhill was my grandfather. Peter Snyder is my nephew. His mother is Mary Ann Berryhill, my sister. MARY ANN SNYDER BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Mary Ann Snyder now. I was formerly Mary Ann Berryhill. I have a child named Lizzie Snyder about twenty four, a child Thomas Franklin Snyder about twenty five, a child Henry Twenty one, a child Katie eighteen, a child Emma sixteen, a child Nellie fourteen, a child Joseph twelve. I am fifty eight years old. I live at Red Fork. I was born in Missouri. I left Missouri about sixteen years ago and went to Texas. I was called Peggy as a nick name. Theodore, the applicant is my brother. Peter Snyder is a son of mine. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS MY FATHER. He was a Creek Indian. He was 1/4 - I am 1/8. JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL WAS MY GRANDFATHER. I last saw him in 1859 in Missouri. He was at my AUNT MARTHA COPELAND's house. Aunt Martha Copeland is dead. I remember when my grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill, brought the Old Settlers money home. He told me that it was the Old Settlers money. He told me that I participated in the money and that my name was on the roll and that my brother Theodore was on the roll. George W Berryhill was my uncle. He is dead. Arrie Ann Berryhill was my uncle George W Berryhill's wife. My grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill came to the Indian Territory from Alabama with the McIntosh Party. John Dallas Berryhill belonged to Broken Arrow Town. My father, John Rutledge Berryhill, belonged to Broken Arrow Tribal Town. My husband is Stephen Snyder. We were married in 1867. I had fourteen children, thirteen are still living. Thomas H Berryhill is a brother of mine. Andrew J Berryhill is a cousin of mine. Stanford Berryhill is a cousin of mine. Perry Berryhill is a cousin of mine. MARTHA LEE KIEFER IS A SISTER TO STANFORD BERRYHILL and is a cousin of mine. PETER SNYDER BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Peter Snyder. I am thirty six years old. I live at Red Fork. I have a daughter Mary Ann Snyder, a daughter Lena Adaline Snyder. My daughter Mary Ann was born in 1890. Lena Adaline was born in 1891. I have a son Stephen O Snyder - he was born in 1893 or 1894. Their mother is Emma Snyder. I came here in 1891 from St. Joseph, Missouri. MY MOTHER IS MARY ANN SNYDER OR PEGGY SNYDER. ANDREW J. BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: I am fifty years old. I live at Bixby. I am a citizen of the Creek Nation. MY FATHER WAS ANDREW J BERRYHILL. He was an uncle to Theodore Berryhill and Mary Ann Snyder. I knew John Rutledge Berryhill and he was the father of Theodore and Mary Ann Snyder. John Rutledge Berryhill is dead. He was a citizen of the Creek Nation. John Dallas Berryhill was his father. I can read and write and I saw the Old Settlers Roll myself. George Stidham had it. STANFORD BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Stanford Berryhill. I am forty eight years old. I live at Mounds. MY FATHER WAS GEORGE W BERRYHILL. He has been dead for four or five years. MY MOTHER IS ARIE ANN BERRYHILL. JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL WAS MY GRANDFATHER. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS A BROTHER TO GEORGE W BERRYHILL. I saw the Old Settlers Roll. My father had it at his home. Even after all of the sworn statements, Mary Ann (Berryhill) Snyder, Peter Snyder and Theodore Berryhill, were denied citizenship into the Creek Nation. It may have been the lateness of their bringing their case to court. AZARIAH BERRYHILL A zariah Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1810. He was the first child born to John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill. Azariah was about seventeen years old when his parents moved their family to the Creek Lands West. Azariah moved with his father and mother to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. Azariah Berryhill married Mecca Ann Lane in Jackson County, Missouri, 3 July 1837. He and Mecca Ann moved to Buchanan County before 1840. They were living next to Azariah's father in 1840, with one male child under five years old. After 1840, I have not been able to find Azariah and Mecca Ann, except John Dallas Berryhill listed him in the Old Settlers Rolls and Payments. Azariah would have had to have been living at that time. He and Mecca Ann may have gone to the Creek Nation about 1849, when his father, John Dallas Berryhill, did, or he may have gone to California with his brother, John Rutledge Berryhill. Mecca Ann may have died by 1860, as I find who I believe is their child, living in Azariah's brother, William Berryhill's, house. Azariah and Mecca Ann (Lane) Berryhill's children: (?) 1. A son born about 1838 and may have died by 1850. 2. Leonard Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1842. Leonard, I believe, was raised by his Uncle William Berryhill. He married a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Duffy, in about 1865. Elizabeth had several children by her first husband. In 1871, they were living in Easton, Washington County, Missouri. In 1880, Leonard and Elizabeth were living in Washington Township in Buchanan County, Missouri. Sometime before 1900, Leonard and Elizabeth Berryhill went to the Creek Nation. I don't find any records of Leonard applying for citizenship into the Creek Nation. In 1900 and 1910, Leonard and Elizabeth were living in Sapulpa, next door to his cousin, Theodore Berryhill, son of John Rutledge Berryhill. On the 1900 Census, Elizabeth stated that she had ten live births, but only three were living in 1900. I don't know how many of these children were by Leonard Berryhill. I find only the one child of Leonard and Elizabeth Berryhill: A. Charles Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1877. ELIZABETH MORRIS BERRYHILL Elizabeth Morris (Berryhill) Parker E lizabeth Morris Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1811. She was the second child born to John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill. She grew up in the Creek Nation. Elizabeth didn't go to the Western Creek Lands with the First Party of McIntosh Creeks, when her parents did. She may have stayed with one of her uncles, who stayed in the Old Creek Nation. Elizabeth married James Parker in St. Clair County, Alabama, 22 September 1828. James and Elizabeth probably went to the western lands with the second party of Creeks when Elizabeth's father was helping with the emigration. James Parker signed the Western Creek Memorial, dated 7 March 1829, as a witness. (See Pages 12-14.) I have very little information on Elizabeth Morris (Berryhill) and James Parker. Elizabeth's father, John Dallas Berryhill, listed her on the Old Settlers Roll and Payments, 1856, 1857 and 1858, so we know she was still living at that time. I don't find any information on them after the Old Settlers Roll. I didn't find them in Missouri or in Alabama. I believe Elizabeth is the same person named in Virginia Brittain's book, "The Berryhill Family in America." She was thought to be the daughter of William Berryhill and Margaret Weeks, but I believe the Elizabeth M. (Berryhill) Parker, in Virginia's book, is the daughter of John Dallas Berryhill. I haven't located a record of any children born to James and Elizabeth Morris (Berryhill) Parker, but they probably had children. WILLIAM BERRYHILL W illiam Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1813. He was the third child born to John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill. William was about fourteen years old when his parents moved to the Western Creek Lands. In 1833, his parents moved him and his brothers and sisters to Jackson County, Missouri. In 1850, William was living with his sister, Martha (Berryhill) Copeland, and her children, in Buchanan County, Missouri. In 1860 William was head of household in Buchanan County, with his youngest brother, George W. Berryhill, and George's family, living with him. In 1870, William was living in George's and Arianna's home. I believe William Berryhill died in Buchanan County, Missouri, between 1870 and 1880. ANDREW JACKSON "JACK" BERRYHILL, SR. A ndrew Jackson "Jack" Berryhill, Sr., was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1817. He was the fourth child born to John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill. Jack was about ten years old when his parents moved to the Creek Lands West. Jack moved with his parents to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1833. In 1838, Jack's father, John Dallas Berryhill, moved the family to Buchanan County, Missouri. In 1844, Andrew Jackson Berryhill married Mariah Beckett. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----**** <:> ****---- State of Missouri County of Buchanan I, T. L. Lasater, a Justice of the Peace within the County aforesaid do certify that the rites of Matrimony were soleminized by me on the 14th of April 1844, between JACKSON BERRYHILL and MARIAH BECKETT both of this Country. Given under my hand this August the 6th day AD 1844. T. L. Lasater, J.P. The foregoing was deposited for record on the 6th of August AD 1844 William Fowler, Recorder, by John A. Fowler, Deputy Recorder ----*** <*> ***---- Jack and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill settled in Center Township, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, and raised their children there. I don't know if Jackson fought in the Civil War. Andrew Jackson Berryhill died in Buchanan County, Missouri, in November 1889. I don't know when Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill died. Andrew Jackson and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill's children: 1. Oliver Perry Berryhill was born in Missouri in 1848. He married Laurilla Johnson. 2. Eliza Ann Berryhill was born in Missouri in 1850. 3. Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Jr., was born in Missouri in 1855. Andrew J. married Lula Snuffer. 4. Theodocia Berryhill was born in Missouri in 1856. Theodocia married her cousin, James R. Berryhill. 5. Charolette Mariah Berryhill was born in Missouri in 1859. Mariah married Henry Quarles. 6. Jefferson Davis Berryhill was born in Missouri in 1863. The children of Jackson and Mariah went to the Creek Nation and applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation. Oliver Perry and Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Jr., went to the Creek Nation early and they were granted citizenship in 1890. Their two sisters, Theodocia (Berryhill) Berryhill and Charlotte Mariah (Berryhill) Quarles, didn't go to the Nation until later. They were denied citizenship. I have never found the early statements for Oliver P. and A. J. Berryhill for themselves. Following are applications and statements given for Theodocia and Mariah to support their claim to citizenship. Okmulgee, I.T. July 29, 1896 SWORN STATEMENT OF THEODOCIA BERRYHILL: I made an application in 1885 and also in 1890 for Citizenship by JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL, MY GRANDFATHER, a Creek by blood and a member of Broken Arrow Town. Was he your grandfather? Yes. What was your father's name? A J BERRYHILL, a Creek citizen, claimed to be a half breed Indian. When your application was made in 1885 who was your lawyer. I could not tell you. It was my grandfather claimed to be a half breed Creek instead of my father. Where was your father born? In Alabama. Where were you born? In Missouri. How long have you been in the Creek Nation? Six years. Are you a married woman? Yes. How many children have you? I have three. How long has your father lived in the Creek Nation? He never was here that I know of. And your father were never on the rolls of Broken Arrow Town? No. TESTIMONY OF G W BERRYHILL: THEODOCIA BERRYHILL is a niece of mine and A GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL WAS A SON OF JOHN BERRYHILL AND HIS WIFE WAS A CREEK WOMAN - so I have proven by Stidham and I brought the case here in 1885 when Stidham was chairman of the Committee. Was the application filed in Council or not? I think it was to the Committee and Stidham taken it to the Council and it went through both Houses and they are Indians by blood. Mrs Theodocia Berryhill is a niece of mine and on her mother's side an Indian by blood. Was John Dallas Berryhill and Indian? Yes. Was his wife an Indian? No. Dally Berryhill ever live here? Yes he emigrated here from Missouri (Alabama) in 1828 and draw the Old Settlers money. HOW MUCH INDIAN BLOOD IN JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL? HIS MOTHER WAS A FULL BLOOD AND MAKES HIM A HALF BREED. I am 1/4 Indian and HER FATHER WAS A BROTHER OF MINE. How old are you? I am 62 going on 63. Who represented her case? When she made her application in 1885, my lawyer. A WITNESS STATED HER GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A WHITE MAN, WHAT WAS HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER? I THINK A DERRISAW. Note! I believe a mistake was made by the clerk in writing "on her MOTHER'S SIDE AN INDIAN". TNC. TESTIMONY OF A J (Andrew Jackson, Jr.) BERRYHILL: THEODOCIA IS MY SISTER. I don't know anything more than she is my sister and I am a citizen and she is my sister; same mother and same father raised both of us. You have been recognized? Yes. Why did you not put your sisters' names on the roll? I was advised not to do it as they were in Missouri. Where were they born? In Missouri. Did they ever come here and apply for citizenship? I don't know. They being your sisters you feel interested? Yes. I never was a witness before the Committee or Council. Did I understand you to say that you never was a witness for these people in this court before? Yes. I dont know they made any application as I did not see them, but they told me they did. Are you a citizen of this Nation? Yes sir. These ladies who made applications are they your sisters? Yes sir, they are both my sisters. Who was your great grandfather? I don't know. Was he a white man? Was he an Indian? I think he was a white man. Who did Theodocia Berryhill marry? She married a cousin of mine, James Berryhill. Is James Berryhill and Indian? I think so, yes. When did you make application for citizenship? About ten years ago. TESTIMONY OF JOE MINGO - for the Nation During my administration I had the roll and there were several Berryhills and since the rolls got destroyed I don't know one from the other and I have not seen the new roll and I know all of the George Berryhill family that lived North of here. GEORGE STIDHAM, JACKSON DOYLE, CHAS. SMITH, SELFS, WILLS AND BERRYHILLS and I had their names on our new roll as I was Dist. Judge - but since that time the rolls got destroyed and I have not seen the new rolls. I don't know of any other Berryhill. G. W. Berryhill's daughter - her name appeared before me on the omitted roll. Only what the older people told me I don't know any of them but G. W. Berryhill. TESTIMONY OF T J ADAMS - for the Nation: What is your name? Thomas Adams. Did you ever know JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL? No, I don't know him. I never heard that name until today. You have been a Council member for a long time? Yes, I used to know some Berryhills. I used to see them before the war. I did not know but one Berryhill before the war and he went by the name of WHISKY HARJO OR PLEASANT BERRYHILL and he had many children by his first wife; he had small boys and after his first wife died he went and married to WINNIE and he had TOBY BERRYHILL and a small GIRL by Winnie. He also had a brother, I don't know exactly what his name was but I think it was ALEX. He lived near the Old Council House grounds and he had a wife but no children. I heard he had a brother living out on Little River but did not know him and there was another by the name of SAM BERRYHILL lived across the Arkansas River and he was DOCK (Dick) BERRYHILL's father. I knew that SAM BERRYHILL myself but I was told by older people that SAM BERRYHILL was no relation to these other BERRYHILLS at all. This man that I make statement of were white men, did not have any Indian blood about them. The other BERRYHILLS that I speak of, not including SAM BERRYHILL came from the Old Country - they had married Creek women. WHISKY HARJO had several boys, I can't think of all their names. I was asked by the attorney if these Berryhills made any applications to the council for citizenship. They did but I can't say who they were. JUDGE - JUDGE! How old are you? I was born in 1838 making me 58 yrs. Do you remember when these people came from Alabama? I don't remember. Do you know John Dallas Berryhill? No. Do you know the applicants, who they were offspring of? I don't know. Could you swear that these parties are not Indian at all? No, I don't know these parties. Was Whiskey Harjo's wifes ever Indians? I don't know whether they belong to Tuckabatchee Town or not. You and I were Council members together for a long time - do you know any Berryhills making application and passing both Houses - was it the applicnts, or who was it? One of them is G W BERRYHILL. Do you know that Theodocia Berryhill passed through the Council? I don't know. Did you ever hear of a man named JOHN BERRYHILL? Yes, I only heard of John Berryhill, but didn't know him. Note! I don't know how Pleasant Berryhill came by the name of "Whiskey Harjo". Several years ago I found in some records of Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Pleasant Berryhill had a few barrels of whiskey taken from him. It was against the law to take whiskey into the Indian Nation, although it was done by both Indians and white men. TNC. Children of Mariah Quearles Children of Theodocia Berryhill Bessie M. Quearles Luvina Berryhill Nora N. Quearles Edna Berryhill Bennie N. Quearles Marion Berryhill Ina E. Quearles Oliver P. Quearles * * * * * Okmulgee I.T. July 30, 1896 Citizenship Commission Muskogee Nation Know all men by these presents that we Theodocia Berryhill as principal, G. W. Berryhill and A. J. Berryhill as surities, are held and firmly bond (bound), unto the Muskogee Nation in the full and just sum of Seventy-five ($75.00) dollars the payment of which well and truely be made - we bind ourselves and each of us and each of our administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents, signed with our hands this 30th day of July 1896. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bond THEODOCIA BERRYHILL, JAMES R. BERRYHILL and it has been this day filed a claim before the Citizenship (Commission) in the Muskogee Nation, Now if the said Theodocia Berryhill, G. W. Berryhill and A. J. Berryhill, shall pay to any and all witnesses subpoened by the Commission in behalf of the same mileage and perdiem paid to witnesses appearing before the District Court in Criminal cases this bond to be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. ( signed) Principal: Theodocia Berryhill Surities: G. W. Berryhill A. J. Berryhill * * * * * Okmulgee, I.T. July 31, 1896 SWORN STATEMENT OF MARIAH QUEARLES: My uncles and my brothers are all citizens and I think I ought to be a citizen too. My father was A. J. BERRYHILL and my grandfather was JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL and my great grandfather was JOHN BERRYHILL and we also have a list from Washington showing that my father and grandfather were Indian by blood. We have been here ever since 1890 applying for a right and they have never given us a fair trial yet. Where were you born? Missouri. How old are you? Will be 37 in December. What year did you come here? In 1890. Who is your father? A. J. Berryhill. Did you ever make application in person for citizenship? Yes, have been here every Council until last year. Is your father dead? Yes. What year did he die? Been dead seven years in November. Did your father ever live in this country? No. How many children have you? I have five. What became of application you made in 1890? It was lost and we had to get another one the next Fall. Was you here in 1885? No. TESTIMONY OF G W BERRYHILL: I put in application before the Committee myself. She is a niece of mine and a grandaughter of JOHN D. BERRYHILL and she is an Indian by blood. She applied in 1880 I think it was when I put her application in. John Berryhill drawed money for her - the Old Settlers money. She inherited her Indian blood from her great grandmother. Who represented you, the Citizenship Commission? No one sir. Did your niece apply the same time for citizenship you did? Yes, I put her papers in the same time I did mine. What became of the application you made for your daughter? Why did Mariah not go through the same time you did? She was not here. Did Mariah's father die in this country? No sir. Did he ever live here? Yes sir, came from Alabama here. TESTIMONY OF A J BERRYHILL: She is my sister. We were both raised together. Same mother - same father and claimed to be Indian by blood because her grandfather was an Indian. Was your application and G W Berryhill application both made at the same time? Yes sir. Was Mariah's then? Yes. When we came from Missouri here we brought a list and they were all filed at the same time. Why was she rejected? Because she was not here. How old is Mariah? I don't know exactly. How long has she been in the Creek Nation? Six years, I think. Have you any idea how much Indian blood in your sister? Are you interested in this case? Yes, of course I am. Mariah Querles and children, Theodocia Berryhill and children -- Rejected. OLIVER PERRY BERRYHILL O liver Perry Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1848. He was the first child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. He grew up in Missouri. Oliver Berryhill married Laurilla Johnson in Missouri. They were living in De Kalb County, Missouri, in 1880. I believe Laurilla died in Missouri. Oliver Perry Berryhill went to the Creek Nation with his brother and cousins and they applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation. Oliver P. was granted Creek Nation citizenship in 1890. Following is information from his Creek Census Card. Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 854 P.O. Bixby 26 Sept. 1899 2766 Berryhill, Oliver Perry 51 M 1/8 A. J. Berryhill Mariah Beckett Oliver married a second time to Nome (-?-). Nome Berryhill died in Oklahoma at the age of 38, on 17 August 1907, and is buried in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool, Oklahoma. Oliver Perry Berryhill married a third time to Ida M. (-?-), who had six living children. I don't believe Oliver had any children of his own. He died in Bixby, Oklahoma, 20 April 1910. ELIZA ANN BERRYHILL E liza Ann Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1850. Her parents were Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. On the 1850 Census it shows that Oliver P. Berryhill had a twin, Eliza. Later Census' shows a difference in their ages. This must be the same Eliza, unless the twin died and the next child was named Eliza. In 1870, Eliza Ann was age 19, living at home, in De Kalb County, Missouri, with her parents. She was still living at home, unmarried, at age 27 in 1880. I don't know when she died or if she ever married. I have found nothing to indicate that Eliza Ann Berryhill went to the Creek Nation with her brothers and sisters. ANDREW JACKSON BERRYHILL, JR. A ndrew Jackson Berryhill, Jr., was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in September 1855. He was the third child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. By 1870, his parents had moved to De Kalb County. In 1885, Andrew J. went to the Creek Nation and applied for citizenship, which was granted to him in 1890. Andrew J. married Lula Snuffer about 1886. Lula was born in Kentucky in July 1867. Andrew J. and Lula settled in Mounds, Indian Territory. Following is information from Andrew J.'s Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 532 P.O. Mounds 23 June 1899 1731 Berryhill, Andrew J. 43 M 1/8 A J Berryhill Mariah 1732 Bluford O. son 12 M 1/16 No. 1 Lula 1733 Altie May dau 4 F 1/16 No. 1 Lula 1734 Walter Ray son 2 M 1/16 No. 1 Lula Card No. 3457 P.O. Mounds 13 Aug. 1902 9434 Berryhill, Mildred E. 2 F 1/16 Andrew J. Berryhill Lula New Born Card 270 P.O. Bixby 277 Berryhill, Charles Perry 3 M 1/16 Andrew J Berryhill Lula By 1900, Andrew J. and Lula had seven children, but only four were living. They had two more children after 1900. Andrew and Lula separated before 1910. Three of their children were living with Andrew in 1910: Altie May, Walter R. and Mildred E. Bluford O. was married. I believe Lula was living in Dawson, Oklahoma. Andrew Jackson, Jr., and Lula (Snuffer) Berryhill's children: 1. Bluford O. Berryhill was born in Indian Territory in February 1889. Bluford married May (-?-). Their son: A. Emory Berryhill was born in Bixby, Oklahoma, in 1910. 2. Zera Lloyd Berryhill was born in Indian Territory about 1890. Zera died in Indian Territory before 1895. 3. Altie May Berryhill was born in Indian Territory in April 1895. Altie May first married (-?-) Hern. Altie May then married Joseph Eizeer Gray. Altie May (Berryhill) Hern, Gray died in San Francisco, California, about 1944. Joseph E. Gray died in Sacramento, California, in 1950. Altie May Berryhill's son by Mr. Hern: A. Lloyd Hern was born in Oklahoma in 1916. Lloyd married Ruth Wilhelm. Their children: a. Joann Hern was born in 1835. She married (-?-) Williams. They had three children. b. Pat Hern was born in 1937. She married Jimmy Wilson. They had three children. Altie May Berryhill's children by Joseph E. Gray: B. Carl Vaughan Gray was born in Oklahoma about 1918. Carl never married. C. James Kenneth Gray was born in Drumwright, Oklahoma, 9 July 1920. James married Lillie May Klohn in El Reno, Oklahoma, 15 November 1937. Lillie May was born in Anadarko, Oklahoma, 29 March 1920, the daughter of Charles Albert Augustus and Katie (Blakley) Klohn. James K. Gray, Sr., died in Pinole, Oklahoma, 2 August 1978. Lillie May (Klohn) Gray died in San Pablo, California, 26 March 1984. James Kenneth and Lillie May (Klohn) Gray's children: a. James Kenneth Gray, Jr., was born in El Reno, Oklahoma, 3 September 1940. Kenny married Helen Lucille "Lucy" Ford in Richmond, California, 4 September 1959. Kenny and Lucy have three children: Timothy Allen, Barbara Michelle and Daniel Stephen Gray. Kenny and Lucy Gray live in Buffalo, Missouri. b. Anthony Eugene Gray was born in San Francisco, California, in 1943. He married Verna May Pruitt in Carson City, Nevada, 26 August 1966. Anthony and Verna May have three children: Michael Eugene, Donna Mae and Douglas Gray. c. Melvin Lee Gray was born in Oakland, California, 26 December 1944. Melvin married Billie Lee Barden in Stevenson, California, 18 March 1971. Melvin and Billie have two children: Elizabeth Kathryn and Jennifer Abigail Gray. 4. Walter Ray Berryhill was born in Indian Territory 7 July 1900. 5. Mildred E. Berryhill was born in Indian Territory about 1901. 6. Charles Perry Berryhill was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 1 August 1902. THEODOCIA BERRYHILL Theodocia (Berryhill) Berryhill T heodocia Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in August 1856. She was the fourth child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. Theodocia married her first cousin, James R. Berryhill in Missouri. James R. Berryhill was born in Missouri in January 1860. I don't know who James' parents were. They may have been Russell B. and Martha (Johnson) Berryhill. Russell B. was a brother to Theodocia's father. James R. Berryhill did apply for citizenship into the Creek Nation but he was also denied citizenship. James and Theodocia stayed in the Creek Nation until after 1900. They were living near Mounds in 1900. Theodocia stated on the 1900 Census that she had four live births but only three were living in 1900. I believe they left that area before 1910, as I didn't find them on the 1910 Oklahoma Census. James R. and Theodocia (Berryhill) Berryhill's children: 1. Laverna E. Berryhill was born in Missouri in August 1887. 2. Marion C. Berryhill was born in Missouri in April 1890. 3. Ada M. Berryhill was born in Indian Territory in August 1893. CHARLOTTE MARIAH BERRYHILL Charolotte Mariah (Berryhill) Quarles C harolette Mariah Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in December 1858. She was the fifth child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. Mariah married Henry Quarles in De Kalb County, Missouri, about 1884. Henry was born in Virginia in November 1856. Henry and Mariah stayed in Indian Territory until after 1900 and lived near Mounds. I don't find them in Oklahoma in 1910, so they may have moved to another state. Henry and Mariah (Berryhill) Quarles' children: 1. Bessie Mae Quarles was born in Missouri in November 1885. 2. Nona M. Quarles was born in Missouri in September 1887. 3. Benjamin N. Quarles was born in Missouri in February 1888. 4. Ina E. Quarles was born in Missouri in October 1890. 5. Oliver Perry Quarles was born in Indian Territory in 1895. JEFFERSON DAVIS BERRYHILL J efferson Davis Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1863. He was the sixth and last child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. Jefferson was with his parents in De Kalb County, Missouri, in 1880 as a seventeen year old. I have found nothing more on him after 1880. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL J ohn Rutledge Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in September 1819. He was the fifth child born to John Dallas and Mary (Rutledge) Berryhill. John was about eight years old when his parents left the Creek Lands East and went to the Western Creek Lands. In 1833, John's parents took their children and moved to Jackson County, Missouri. John moved with his father to Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1838. About 1842, John Rutledge Berryhill married America Beckett, a sister to Mariah Beckett, who married John's brother. John R. and America had settled in Platt Township in Buchanan County. John and America had five children by 1850, all born in Buchanan County, Missouri. John Rutledge Berryhill left his family in Missouri and went to the gold fields in California, sometime between 1850 and 1860. I don't know if America heard from John after he went to California. In 1860, America was alone in Buchanan County, living close to John's brothers and sister. Four of their children were living at home with America. The oldest son, Thomas H., was living with his Uncle William Berryhill. Before 1870, America (Beckett) Berryhill divorced John R. Berryhill and married a man named Malone or Maloney and they had two sons. 1. John H. Malone was born in Missouri in June 1867. He was single, living with his half brother, Theodore Berryhill, in Sapulpa, Indian Territory in 1900. 2. William Malone was born in Missouri in September 1869. He married Malissa and they were living in Sapulpa, Indian Territory, in 1900, close to his half brother, Theodore Berryhill. John Rutledge Berryhill went back to Missouri before 1880. America divorced Mr. Malone and she and John R. Berryhill remarried. Descendants say that after America divorced Mr. Malone, he took their two sons and moved to Colorado. John and America were living in Andrew County, Missouri, in 1880 with two of their grown sons and their families, living with them. John Rutledge and America (Beckett) Berryhill's children: 1. Thomas Henry Belton Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1842. Thomas married Sarah Johnson. 2. Benjamin Franklin Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1843. Franklin married, first Zena Ann Cooper; and second, Martha Alice Ashford. 3. Littleton Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1846. Littleton never married. 4. Mary Ann Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, on 5 February 1848. Mary Ann married Stephen Snyder. 5. Theodore Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in October 1849. Theodore married Mary L. Humphry. John Rutledge Berryhill in California No one knows of John R. Berryhill's early years in California. In 1860, I find him living in a rooming house in Placerville, California, listed as a miner. John Rutledge Berryhill enlisted in the Union Army of the United States at Placerville, California. Following is information from John's Enlistment Certificate: VOLUNTEER ENLISTMENT State of Town of California Placerville I, JOHN R. BERRYHILL born in [unreadable] in the State of Georgia aged FORTY FOUR years, and by occupation a FARMER Do hereby acknowledge to have volunteered this TWENTY NINTH day of MARCH 1864, to serve as a SOLDIER in the ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES, for the period of three years, unless sooner discharged by proper authority: Do also agree to accept such bounty, pay, rations, and clothing, as are, or may be, established by law for volunteers. And I, JOHN R. BERRYHILL do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies or opposers whomsoever; and that I will observe and obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the Rules and Articles of War. Sworn and subscribed to, at PLACERVILLE, CAL. this 29th day of March 1864 JOHN R. X BERRYHILL Before 1st Lieut. JAY H. NAPES 2nd Cav Co. E. I certify, on honor, That I have minutely inspected the volunteer, JOHN R. BERRYHILL previously to his enlistment, and that he was entirely sober when enlisted; that, to the best of my judgement and belief, he is of lawful age; and that, in accepting him as duly qualified to perform the duties of an able-body soldier, I have strictly observed the Regulations which govern the recruiting service. This soldier has GREY eyes, BLACK hair, DARK complexion, is FIVE feet 8 1/2 inches high. Jay H. Napes 1st. Luit. 2nd Regiment of Cav of Cal. Volunteers Recruiting Officer [Alongside of this certificate] Mustered into the service of the United States, in Company "E", SECOND Regiment of Cavalry Cal. Volunteers, on the 9th day of April 1864, at SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. H. B. Flemming Capt 9th Inf. Mustering Officer Civil War Record of John Rutledge Berryhill Declaration of Recruit I, John R. Berryhill desiring to Volunteer as a Soldier in the Army of the United States, for the term of three years, Do Declare, That I am FORTY FOUR years and SIX months of age; that I have never been discharged from the United States service on account of disability, or by sentence of Court-martial, or by order before the expiration of a term of enlistment; and I know of no impediment to my serving honestly and faithfully as a soldier for three years. Given at Placerville, California the 29th of March 1864. Witness John R. X. Berryhill Sergt. J Reynolds Mustered in in San Francisco California, Bounty paid $25.00, assigned to Company "E". November and December 1864 - present January and February 1864 - present Remarks: sick in transit. March and April 1865 - present 4th installment of Bounty ($40) due May and June 1865 - present For the month of September 1865 - on detached service at Sinns[?] Valley. September and October 1865 - present March and April 1866 - present "Appears on returns as Follows" May 1864 - Placerville Mch 29/64 by Lt. Napes Mustered in Apl 9/64 joined company May 11/64 at Camp Babbitt recruit from depot. September 1865 - absent on detached service as teamster to Lynns Valley, Ca. since Sept 27/65 January 1866 - absent on detached service to collect Indians in Owens River Valley since Jan 30/66 Mach 1866 - absent on detached service at San Carlos, Cal. since Mch 22/66 per S. O. No 10 Camp Independence, Cal. Mar 21/66 Following is a copy of the Discharge Paper of John Rutledge Berryhill: TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN KNOW YE, That JOHN R. BERRYHILL a Private of Captain Herman Noble's Company ("E") SECOND REGIMENT OF CAVALRY CALIFORNIA VOLUNTEERS, who was enrolled on the twenty nine day of March one thousand eight hundred and sixty four to serve three years or during the war, is hereby DISCHARGED from the service of the United States, this second day of June, 1866, at San Francisco, California, by reason of Special Order No. six, Head Quarters Department of California, San Francisco, California, March 28, 1866. No objection to his being re-enlisted is known to exist. Said JOHN R. BERRYHILL was born in (faded) in the State of (faded), is Forty Four years of age Five feet Eight 1/2 inches high, Dark complexion, Grey eyes, Black hair, and by occupation, when enrolled; Farmer. Given at San Francisco, this Second day of June 1866. Jack A. Woodruff [title faded] Character: GOOD (-?-) Webb Capt. 2nd Cav. Cal. Vols. Comd'g Co. "E". I don't know when John Rutledge Berryhill or his wife, America (Beckett) Berryhill, died, but I believe it was in St. Joseph, Missouri, between the years of 1880 and 1890. All of the children of John R. and America, went to the Creek Nation at various times. Thomas H., Benjamin Franklin and Littleton Berryhill, and their children, were given citizenship into the Nation and they appear on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Theodore and Mary Ann, and their children were denied citizenship. The ones who were granted citizenship were allotted one hundred and sixty acres of land, when the Creek Lands were divided up, for themselves and each of their children who were on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Later, oil was found on some of the Berryhill families' land. The daughter of Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, Ida (Ada) Estelle (Berryhill) Glenn had the biggest and most famous oil strike, at Glenpool. THOMAS HENRY BELTON BERRYHILL T homas Henry Belton Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, 20 August 1842. He was the first child born to John Rutledge and America (Beckett) Berryhill. Tom grew up in the Platt and Center Township area. After Tom's father went to California, Tom lived with his Uncle William Berryhill. Thomas H. Berryhill married Sarah H. Johnson in Missouri about 1872. Sarah was born in Tennessee 24 August 1855. In about 1889, Tom took his wife and children and went to the Creek Nation. They settled in Red Fork and Tom was granted citizenship for himself and his children. Following is information from Thomas H. Berryhill's Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 797 P.O. Red Fork 12 Sept. 1899 2582 Berryhill, Thomas H. 56 M 1/8 John Berryhill America 2583 Theodore F. son 23 M 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2584 John P. son 20 M 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2585 Cora F. dau 15 F 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2586 William T. son 11 M 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2587 Della I. dau 7 F 1/16 No. 1 Sarah Card No. 3912 P.O. Red Fork 16 June 1905 9933 Berryhill, Rosa Lee 2 F 1/16 Thomas H. Berryhill Sarah Card 375 P.O. Red Fork 18 May 1899 1221 Russell, Mary A. 25 F 1/16 Thomas H. Berryhill Sarah 1222 Earl C. son 3 M 1/32 James W. Russell No. 1 1223 Estle I. dau 2 F 1/32 James W. Russell No. 1 1224 Leva dau 6 mo F 1/32 James W. Russell No. 1 Thomas H. Berryhill's Creek Land allotment was in the Red Fork area, near Tulsa. Oil was discovered on his land during the Oklahoma oil boom. Tom first built a log home for his family. A community grew up around Tom's land. It was first named "Lost City", then later called "Happy Holler", then in 1928, this community was named "Berryhill." In 1913 the family erected a two-story home. Tom Berryhill gave the land for a junior high school. This lies southwest of Tulsa. Thomas' wife was a midwife and delivered the babies in the little community. Thomas Henry Belton Berryhill died in the community near Tulsa, Oklahoma, 24 March 1915. Sarah A. (Johnson) Berryhill died there 25 November 1926. They both are buried in the Clinton Oaks Cemetery at Tulsa, Oklahoma. Thomas Henry Belton and Sarah H. (Johnson) Berryhill's children: 1. Mary Ann Berryhill was born in Missouri on 27 October 1873. Mary Ann moved with her parents to Indian Territory about 1889. Mary Ann Married James W. Russell in 1895. James was born in Missouri in January 1870. James and Mary Ann were living in Sapulpa, Indian Territory, in 1900. In 1910, they were living in Red Fork, Tulsa County, Oklahoma. James W. Russell died 19 March 1925. Mary Ann (Berryhill) Russell died 15 April 1928. They both are buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. James W. and Mary Ann (Berryhill) Russell's children: A. Earl Cecil Russell was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, in January 1896. B. Estelle I. Russell was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, in January 1897. C. Leva Russell was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, in October 1898. D. Clementine "Clemmie" Russell was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, 8 July 1901. 2. Theodore Franklin Berryhill was born in Missouri in August 1876. Theodore moved with his parents to the Creek Nation about 1889. He married Zella A. (-?- ), who was born in 1899. Theodore Franklin Berryhill died in 1960 and is buried in the Bixby Cemetery at Bixby, Oklahoma. Zella A. Berryhill died in 1966 and is buried next to Theodore. I have no information on any children born to them. 3. Rhoda Adeline Berryhill was born about 1881. Rhoda Adeline went with her parents to the Creek Nation. She is on the 1895 Creek Roll and a notation by the Dawes Commission shows that she died before 1 April 1899. Cemetery records show she was nine years old when she died. Rhoda Adeline Berryhill is buried in the Clinton Oaks Cemetery at Tulsa, Oklahoma. 4. John Pleasant Berryhill was born in Missouri in 1879. He went to the Creek Nation with his parents about 1889. John married his cousin, Christina "Teeny" Snyder. Christina had two children when she and John married. I don't know if she and John had children together. They were living at Manford, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, in 1910, with Christina's two children living with them. 5. Cora Frances Berryhill was born in Missouri in July 1884. Cora went with her parents in about 1889 to the Creek Nation. Cora Frances Berryhill married William F. Applegate (Applegeet?) in Indian Territory in 1900. William and Cora were living in Bixby, Oklahoma, in 1910. William F. and Cora Frances (Berryhill) Applegate's children: A. Orville Applegate was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, in 1901. B. Zelma Fay Applegate was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 14 October 1902. C. A child born about 1905 and died before 1910. D. Catherine Applegate was born in Bixby, Oklahoma, in 1908. 6. William Thomas "Tommy" Berryhill was born in Missouri 24 March 1888. Tommy moved with his parents to the Creek Nation about 1889. Tommy Berryhill married Cora E. Jacobs, a school teacher, in Oklahoma in 1913. William Thomas Berryhill died near Tulsa on 16 April 1979. Cora E. (Jacobs) Berryhill died in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 9 October 1980. William Thomas and Cora E. (Jacobs) Berryhill's son: A. Charles Henry Berryhill. 7. Ellen B. Berryhill was born in Indian Territory in December 1891. Ellen was on the 1895 Creek Roll and the 1900 Federal Census. I don't find her on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. I believe that Ellen B. had died before 1899, and she was mistakenly listed on the 1900 Federal Census, for Della I., who wasn't on that Census. 8. Della I. Berryhill was born in the Creek Nation in 1892. Della married Clarence Fessler in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 19 June 1909. 9. Rosa Lee Berryhill was born in the Creek Nation in 1897. Rosa Lee died in Red Fork at the age of two. She is buried in the Clinton Oaks Cemetery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BERRYHILL B enjamin Franklin "Frank" Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, 1 January 1845. He was the second child born to John Rutledge and America (Beckett) Berryhill. Franklin grew up in Center Township. In 1862, Franklin said he was eighteen years old and entered the Civil War on 14 January 1862 in Green County, Missouri. Franklin was living in Walnut Grove, Missouri, when he enlisted as a Private in Company "G," 3rd Regiment Missouri, Confederate States Army. Franklin was captured at Corinth, Mississippi, in October 1862 and was exchanged at City Point, Virginia, on 8 June 1863. Franklin was again captured on 8 April 1865 at Blakely, Alabama, and was received for exchange at Camp Townsend on 6 May 1865. Benjamin Franklin Berryhill surrendered at Citronville, Alabama, in May 1865 and was paroled at Jackson, Mississippi. During the Civil War, Franklin served with and became friends with a soldier named Jack Cooper. On a visit to Jack's home, Franklin met Cooper's sister, Zena Ann. Franklin courted Zena Ann and they were married in 1865. Zena Ann Cooper was born 4 March 1849, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Love) Cooper. Joseph Cooper is said, by descendants, to be descended from Anthony Ashley Cooper, the Earl of Shaftsbury of England. Franklin and Zena settled close to Zena's family. Some say in Mississippi, but the 1880 Census shows that the children were born in Arkansas. After the birth of their third child, Franklin and Zena Ann went to Andrew County, Missouri, and were living with Franklin's parents, John R. and America Berryhill, in 1880. Zena and Franklin had another child in Missouri. Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill died in Missouri on 4 October 1882. About 1885, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill took his four young daughters and moved to Indian Territory. Franklin applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation and it was granted in 1890. 1895 Creek Payment Broken Arrow Town 1. A. E. Smith [Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith] 2. Nina Smith 3. Daniel B. Smith [son of Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith] 4. John M. Berryhill [don't know who he is] 1. Benjamin Berryhill [dead] 2. Mary I. Berryhill 3. Lucy A. Berryhill [dead] 4. Ada Stella Berryhill This 1890 census was used by the Dawes Commission to make up the rolls. The notations "dead" were added by them. Two of the daughters of Benjamin Franklin and Zena Ann Berryhill married two of the sons of Stephen Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. Franklin Berryhill remarried after his move to the Creek Nation, to Miss Martha Alice Ashford. Following is a copy of the marriage license: ----**** <*> ****---- MARRIAGE LICENSE *--<<< ** >>>--* United States of America Indian Territory First Judicial District To any person authorized by law to solemnize marriage - GREETINGS: You are hereby commanded to solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between MR BEN F BERRYHILL of Red Fork, in the Indian Territory, aged 45 years, and MISS MARTHA A ASHFORD of Red Fork in the Indian Territory, aged 25 years, according to law, and do you officially sign and return this License to the parties therein named. Witness my hand and official seal at 1st Judicial Division, Indian Territory, this 2nd day of October, A.D. 1891. William Nelson Clerk of the U.S. Court -*-*-*-*- CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE *=======* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDIAN TERRITORY FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT I, J. Y. Bryan Jr., a Minister of the Gospel. Do hereby certify that on the 8th day of October A.D. 1891, did duly and according to law as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between the parties therein named. Witness my hand this 8th day of October A.D. 1891. J. Y. Bryan Jr. A Minister of the Gospel ---**** <*> ****--- After their marriage, Franklin and Alice Berryhill settled in Red Fork, Indian Territory. Three children were born to them. Franklin and his children are on the 1895 Creek Payment. Following is their listing, with Franklin's youngest daughter by Zena Ann. 316 Benj F. Berryhill signed: B. F. Berryhill 317 Ada E. A. Berryhill 318 Robie B. Berryhill 319 Walter M. C. Berryhill "minor card" 320 Clem Berryhill "new born" Benjamin Franklin Berryhill died in Red Fork, Indian Territory, on 30 December 1896. He is buried in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool, near Mounds, Oklahoma. Benjamin Franklin and Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill's children: 1. Elizabeth America Berryhill was born in Arkansas in August 1870. Before 1880, her parents moved to Andrew County, Missouri, and lived with Elizabeth's grandparents. Elizabeth was about eleven years old when her mother died. In 1885, Elizabeth's father, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, took her and her sisters to the Creek Nation where Elizabeth met her cousin, Samuel H. Smith. Samuel and Elizabeth were married in the Creek Nation about 1889. Samuel was born in the Creek Nation on 17 April 1861. He was the son of Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. (See Nancy [Berryhill] Posey's descendants; see Samuel H. Smith, Page 48.) Samuel H. Smith died in the Creek Nation about 1891. After Samuel died, Elizabeth (Berryhill) Smith married Charles Ellis Crosby. They were married about 1894. Charles Crosby was born in Kansas on 6 May 1870, the son of Berry Martin and Mary A. (McCann) Crosby. Charles and Elizabeth lived in Bixby, Indian Territory. Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith, Crosby died in Bixby, Oklahoma, 8 September 1932. Charles Ellis Crosby died in Bixby, Oklahoma, 24 November 1957. Both are buried at the Bixby Cemetery. Following is the Creek Census Card of Charles E. and Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith, Crosby and their children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 334 P.O. Okmulgee 5 May 1899 112 Crosby, Charles E. 29 M 1/4 B. M. Crosby Mary A. 113 Elizabeth A. wife 29 F 1/4 B. F. Berryhill Rachel* 114 Mary Elizabeth dau 4 F 1/4 No. 1 No. 2 115 Ellis Charles son 1 M 1/4 No. 1 No. 2 116 Smith, Nina st dau 11 F 1/4 Samuel Smith No. 2 117 Smith, Daniel B.(2nd) st son 10 M 1/4 Samuel Smith No. 2 Newborn Card No. 628 P.O Bixby 596 Crosby, Berry Martin 3 M 1/4 Charles E Crosby Elizabeth A 597 Crosby, Ferdinand Wilber 1 M 1/4 Charles E Crosby Elizabeth A. *Campbell's Abstract of the Creek Census Cards, says that Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Crosby's mother was "Rachel Perryman." I know this not to be true and believe it was copied wrong. Her mother was Zena Ann Cooper. Campbell's also says that #1 died August 1903; Charles E. was still living in 1910, and cemetery records show that he died in 1957. Elizabeth America Berryhill's children by Samuel H. Smith: A. Nina Smith was born in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in December 1887. Nina married Frank Snyder. B. Daniel Boone Smith, II, was born in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in May 1890. Daniel B. married (-?-). He died in Bixby 1921 and is buried in the Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, Oklahoma. Elizabeth America Berryhill's children by Charles Ellis Crosby: C. Mary Elizabeth Crosby was born in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in November 1894. Mary Elizabeth married Floyd Waymire who was born in 1891. Floyd Waymire died in 1966 and Mary Elizabeth (Crosby) Waymire died in 1982. They both are buried in the Bixby Cemetery at Bixby, Oklahoma. They had two children: Helen and Roberta Waymire. D. Ellis Charles Crosby was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 10 May 1898. Ellis died 8 July 1899. He is buried next to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool. E. Berry Martin Crosby was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 27 December 1901. Berry Crosby, when grown, owned a newspaper in Bixby, Oklahoma. F. Ferdinand Wilber Crosby, VI, was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 21 February 1904. He died in 1918 and is buried in the Bixby Cemetery at Bixby, Oklahoma. G. Birdie Crosby was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, in 1907. H. Erie T. Crosby was born in 1909 and died in 1910. She is buried in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool. 2. Mary Isabelle "Belle" Berryhill was born in Arkansas on 18 March 1874. Before 1880, Belle's parents moved to Andrew County, Missouri, and lived with Belle's grandparents. Belle was about eight years old when her mother, Zena Ann, died. In about 1885, Belle's father took her and her sisters to the Creek Nation. Mary Isabelle Berryhill married her cousin, Daniel Boone Smith, in Muskogee, Indian Territory, 16 January 1891. Daniel Boone Smith died in Morris, Oklahoma, 28 January 1955. Mary Isabelle (Berryhill) Smith died in Haskell, Oklahoma, 2 January 1942. See Daniel Boone Smith's and Mary Isabelle Berryhill's marriage license on Pages 48-49. Also their descendants, Pages 48-56. 3. Lucy Berryhill was born in Arkansas in 1877. Her parents moved to Andrew County, Missouri, before 1880 and lived with Lucy's grandparents, John Rutledge and America Berryhill. Lucy was about five years old when her mother, Zena Ann, died. About 1885, her father, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Berryhill, took Lucy and her sisters to the Creek Nation. Lucy married Howard Snuffer about 1894. Lucy (Berryhill) Snuffer died in Indian Territory before 1899. I find no children born to Howard and Lucy (Berryhill) Snuffer. 4. Ada "Ida" Estelle Berryhill was born in Andrew County, Missouri, in June 1880. When Ida was about two years old, her mother, Zena Ann, died. In 1885, Ida's father, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, took her and her sisters to the Creek Nation. Ida Estelle Berryhill was educated at the Weleetka Mission in the Creek Nation. Ada Estelle Berryhill married Robert Jackson Glenn in about 1895. Robert was born in Missouri in January 1868, the son of Jackson D. and Elizabeth (Branstetter) Glenn. After their marriage, Robert and Ida (Berryhill) Glenn settled in the area of Mounds, Indian Territory. Following are Ida Glenn's Creek Census Cards: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 916 P.O. Mounds 9 Oct. 1899 2968 Glenn, Ida E. 19 F 1/8 B. F. Berryhill Zena 2969 Mabel C. dau 3 F 1/16 Robert J. Glenn No. 1 2970 Gracie dau 8 mo F 1/16 Robert J. Glenn No. 1 2971 Berryhill, Roby B. sis 5 F 1/8 B. F. Berryhill Alice New Born Card No. 845 P.O. Mounds 808 Glenn, Elena 1 F 1/16 R. J. Glenn Ida Estelle Ida Estelle (Berryhill) Glenn received one hundred and sixty acres of Land for her Creek Indian Land Allotment. Each of her children, who were on the Final Rolls, also received one hundred and sixty acres of land. Ida and Robert built a two-story house on Ida's land. Ida Glenn's Creek land was in the Glenpool area. She leased part of this land to oilmen Robert F. Gilbreath and Frank Chesley. On 22 November 1905, they struck oil on Ida's land. This was called the Glenpool strike and this oil strike put Oklahoma on the oil map. Robert and Ida Glenn moved to Florida in 1915. After a few years, they moved to Portland, Oregon, then to Cayucos, California. Robert Jackson Glenn died in Cayucos, California, about 1964, at the age of 96. Ida Estelle (Berryhill) Glen died in Cayucos, California, in 1865 at the age of 83. Robert Jackson and Ida (Berryhill) Glenn's children: A. Mable C. Glenn was born in the Creek Nation in August 1896. Mabel married Fritz Camp. B. Grace Glenn was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, in March 1899. Grace married George Mead. George and Grace (Glenn) Mead's daughter: a. Ellen Mead married Alan Lee Anderson. Alan and Ellen (Mead) Anderson had three children: Allen Lee Jr., David Lee, and Susan Jane Anderson. C. Elena A. "Winkle" Glenn was born in Mounds, Indian Territory, 19 June 1904. Elena married Phillip Page. Phillip and Elena A. (Glenn) Page's daughter: a. Barbara Page married Billy Money. D. Ralph Glenn was born in Bixby, Oklahoma, in 1907. E. June Glenn was born in Bixby, Oklahoma, after 1910. June married Walter Riley. Walter and June (Glenn) Riley's daughter: a. Wilana Riley married Puerta Wendorff. They had three children: Terri Puerta Wendorff married Robert Spear; Mile Puerta Wendorff married Susan Marshall; and Kathleen Wendorff. Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Berryhill's children by Martha Alice Ashford: 5. Roby Aurora Beatrice Berryhill was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, 12 June 1894. Roby's parents both died before she was five years old. She lived for a while with her sister, Ida Glenn. In 1900, she was living with a family named Jack. Roby said she also lived for a time with her Uncle Theodore Berryhill. Roby B. Berryhill first married Percy O. Barton in Ada, Oklahoma, 1918. Percy Barton was a lawyer. He was born in Pauls Valley, Indian Territory, 11 February 1897, the son of Conway O. and Carie (Mosher) Barton. Percy was living with his parents in Pauls Valley, Chickasaw Nation, in 1900. Percy O. Barton died in Ada, Oklahoma, 3 October 1918, after a few months of marriage. Roby gave birth to their only child seven months after Percy's death. Roby B. (Berryhill) Barton's second marriage was to Claude Oliver Adsit on 22 November 1921. Claude Adsit was born in Madison, Kansas, 30 November 1886, the son of William and Lilly Adsit. Claude O. Adsit died in Manford, Oklahoma, 5 September 1980. Roby Aurora Beatrice (Berryhill) Barton, Adsit died in Witchita, Kansas, 9 January 1986. Both Claude and Roby are buried in the Old Mounds Cemetery at Mounds, Oklahoma. Roby B. Berryhill's daughter by Percy O. Barton: A. Barbara Barton was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, 16 April 1919. Barbara married, first, John Harlow Chambers on 15 June 1938. Barbara's second marriage was to Arthur Boyles. John H. and Barbara (Barton) Chambers' children: a. Barton Patrick Chambers was born 10 May 1939 and married Dora Kolbeck Hession on 15 March 1974. b. Barbara Beatrice Chambers was born 9 October 1942 and married Frank Ellis Gutherie on 5 June 1961. Roby B. Berryhill's children by Claude Oliver Adsit: B. Forest Oliver "Frosty" Adsit was born in Ferlton, Oklahoma, 1 December 1921. Forest married Bonnie Jo Cunningham, and had one son: Ronald J. Adsit, who married Novella Ann Banning. C. Billy Ashford Adsit was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 18 March 1923. Billy married Willa Dean Trower and had four children: Fernanda Sue Adsit married Tommie Mendenhall; Billy Dianne Adsit married Roy Lovett; Richard Phipps Adsit married Lynn Brown; and Judith Carol Adsit married Curtis Goddard. D. Lloyd Dale Adsit was born in Ferlton, Oklahoma, 7 January 1925. Lloyd married Vonell Chambers and had two children: a daughter, Della Louise Adsit, married Jerome Riddley; and a son, David Alan Adsit. E. Roby Patricia Adsit was born in Ferlton, Oklahoma, 17 June 1926. Roby married Daniel Frederick Scott and they had two children: Robby Dale Adsit married Bob Rackham; and Daniel Frederick Scott, II, married Linda. 7. Walter M. C. Berryhill was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, about 1895. Walter died in Red Fork before 1 April 1899. 8. Clem Berryhill was born in Red Fork, Indian Territory, in 1896. His name was added to the 1895 Creek Roll as "New Born." Clem died before 1 April 1899.