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 Co. MS The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996.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/ *********************************************************************** Little Alexander Foshee died in Hitchita, Oklahoma, 21 July 1928. Mary Ann "Marty" (Berryhill) Foshee died in Hitchita, Oklahoma, 18 May 1945. Both are buried in the Beers Family Cemetery in Hitchita. Little Alexander and Mary Ann (Berryhill) Foshee's children: 1. Martha Jane "Mattie" Foshee was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, September 19, 1876. Mattie married Joseph Calvin Morton in Kirby, Pike County, Arkansas, 3 September 1891. Joseph c. Morton was born in Sheridan, Grant County, Arkansas, 8 October 1866, the son of Dr. William Daniel Morton and Mary May Morton. Joseph and Mattie went to the Creek Nation with Mattie's parents and Mattie received Creek citizenship for herself and her children. Mattie and each of her children received 160 acres for their Creek Nation Land Allotment. Joseph Calvin Morton was the first Post Master of Hitchita. Joseph died in Hitchita, Oklahoma, 5 August 1929. Martha Jane "Mattie" (Foshee) Morton died in a hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma, 5 November 1968. Both Joseph and Mattie are buried in the Lackey Cemetery at Hitchita, Oklahoma. Joseph Calvin and Martha Jane "Mattie" (Foshee) Morton's children: A. William Arthur Morton was born in Choska, Indian Territory, 8 June 1892. William's Creek Land Allotment was near Hitchita. William married Maude Alice Rains in Council Hill, Muskogee County, Oklahoma, 10 February 1914. Maude was born in McClain County, Indian Territory 7 November 1897, the daughter of William R. and Lena Rose Rains. William Arthur and Maude Alice (Rains) Morton's children: a. Bernice Morton was born in Hitchita, Oklahoma, August 15, 1915. Bernice married Clyde Lackey Archer in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, 7 February 1932. Clyde was born in Hitchita 4 May 1911, the son of Phillip Clay and Nora Maude (Lackey) Archer. Clyde and Bernice (Morton) Archer's children: aa. Clyde Morton Archer (twin) was born 17 November 1932. Clyde married Essie Ashley. They have five children: Clyde Marshall, twins Roni and Doni, Martin and Mark Archer. bb. Claude Morton Archer (twin) was born 17 November 1932. Claude married Betty Parks. They have three children: Kenny, Rodney and Cynthia Archer. cc. Doris Jean Archer was born 3 January 1934. Doris married William Edward Landis in Park Hill, Oklahoma, 27 April 1957. They have one son: William Edward "Ned" Landis, II. William and Doris live in Jonesboro, Arkansas. dd. Jacqueline Archer was born 25 September 1935. Jacqueline married Robert Martin. They have three children: Pamela Sue, Robert and Rodney Martin. ee. Jerry Dale Archer was born 10 August 1938. Jerry married, first Wanda Turnbull, second Hiawatha, third Pearline. Jerry and Wanda have a son, Jerry Wayne Archer. Jerry and Hiawatha have a daughter, Jennifer Archer. ff. Terry Gale Archer was born 25 June 1942. Terry married Mary Ann Emmerson. They have two children: Karen Archer and Steve Archer. gg. Patricia Ann Archer was born 18 April 1952. Patricia married Michael Edward Lester in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 16 March 1984. b. Vivian Morton was born 17 November 1916. c. Lillian Hazel Morton was born 24 August 1918. Hazel married Buddy A. Lackey 19 April 1935. d. William Howard Morton was born 6 January 1920. William married Pauline. They had one son: Allen Morton. e. Joseph Clifton Morton was born 1 May 1921. Joseph died March 25, 1922. f. Ohland Morton was born 24 August 1922. Ohland married Beuladene Allison. g. Mary Katherine Morton was born 26 March 1924. Mary Katherine married Harry Mandeville. h. Minnie Lois Morton was born 3 March 1926. Minnie married John Rock. i. Benjamin Robert Morton was born 13 August 1928, and married Loyce. j. Richard Ronald Morton was born 22 May 1930, and married Martha. Richard died 27 November 1979. k. Marthalena Morton was born 1 February 1932. Marthalena married Wayne Allen. B. Benjamin H. Morton was born in Indian Territory 15 April 1894. Benjamin married Mattie Constance Walls. Benjamin Morton died 18 November 1926, and Mattie Constance (Walls) Morton died 10 March 1964. Benjamin and Mattie had two children: Charlene Morton and Bob Anderson Morton. C. Joseph L. Morton was born in Indian Territory in February 1896. Joseph married Beulah Viola Sessions. They had no children. D. Minnie May Morton was born in Indian Territory in 1898 and died by 1900. E. Austin Anthony "Tony" Morton was born in Indian Territory in February 1900. Tony married Allie Jenkins. They had two children: Walter Morton and Don Morton. F. Ohland Morton was born in Hitchita, Indian Territory, May 14, 1902. He first married May, second Hazel Catherina Bartheld. Hazel was born in Nicholas, Iowa, 22 June 1903. Ohland Morton was president of Wilburton Junior College at Wilburton, Oklahoma. In 1930 he was Dean of Men at Edenburg Texas State Teacher's college (now Pan American University). Superintendent of Edenburg Schools, Edenburg, Texas, from 1955 until his death in 1960. Dr. Ohland Morton died in Edenburg, Texas, 17 April 1960. Dr. Ohland and Hazel Catherina (Bartheld) Morton had one son: a. William Thomas "Bill" Morton was born in Columbus, Missouri, 28 July 1930. Bill married Jerry Lee Johnson in Sinton, Texas, 9 June 1962. Jerry Lee was born in Beeville, Texas, 10 December 1930, the daughter of Percy Lee and Lillian Jerrine (Bergman) Johnson. Bill and Jerry Lee have three children: Catherine Jerrine, Rebecca Suzanne and William Thomas, Jr., Morton. 2. William Riley Foshee, II, was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 23 March 1878. William's parents, Little Alexander and Mary Ann "Marty" (Berryhill) Foshee moved to Arkansas in about 1883, then before 1895, they moved to the Creek Nation, Indian Territory. Riley Foshee married Lillian Fruellen Walls in January 1899. Lillian was born in Kirby, Arkansas, 2 October 1879. Lillian was called "Aunt Tom" by her nieces and nephews. William Riley and Lillian Fruellen (Walls) Foshee's children: A. Dewey McKinley Walls Foshee was born in Arkansas 1 January 1901. Dewey died 18 January 1971. B. Henry Chester Foshee was born in Arkansas 27 December 1902. Henry married Delma W. Smith on 24 September 1928. C. Homer Lester Foshee was born 16 May 1905. Homer died 8 July 1908. D. Kenneth Foshee was born in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, 8 April 1910. Kenneth died 7 June 1911. 3. Gabriel Foshee was born in Alabama in January 1879. Gabriel died in the late 1880s. 4. Simon Lee Foshee was born in Alabama 16 September 1880. Simon married Susan Emily Nelson in 1903. Simon Lee Foshee died in Hitchita, Oklahoma, 29 August 1963. Simon L. and Emily (Nelson) Foshee's children: A. Ernest Foshee was born in McIntosh County, Indian Territory, in 1905. B. Willie Foshee was born in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, in 1907. C. Lucille Foshee was born in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, in March 1910. 5. Susanna Colesta Foshee was born in Alabama 9 August 1881. Susanna married her distant cousin, Polk Dallas Berryhill, in Indian Territory, in 1896. Polk Dallas Berryhill was a grandson of William and Margaret (Weeks) Berryhill. (See Virginia Thompson Brittain's book "The Berryhill Family in America" for Polk Dallas Berryhill's Ancestry.) Susanna Colesta (Foshee) Berryhill died in Hitchita, Indian Territory, 7 September 1899. She was buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Checotah, Indian Territory, and has since been moved to LeBlance Cemetery West of Council Hill. After Susanna's death, Polk Dallas Berryhill married Cora Jackson in 1901. Polk Dallas and Susanna C. (Foshee) Berryhill had one child: A. Isobenda Berryhill was born in McIntosh County, Indian Territory, 22 November 1897. Isobenda married Waldo Tolliver. Isobenda (Berryhill) Tolliver died 25 June 1974. 6. Sarah "Sally" Ann Foshee was born in Pike County, Arkansas, 8 September 1884. Sarah died 9 August 1899. 7. Walter Alexander Foshee was born in Pike County, Arkansas, in February 1888. Walter married Odie Blaine Laremore in 1909. Odie was born in Arkansas in 1892. Walter Alexander and Odie Blaine (Laremore) Foshee's children: A. Andrell Foshee was born in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, in January 1910. B. Harell Foshee. C. Ercella Foshee, married (-?-) Bynum. Ercella was living in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, in 1984. 8. Andrew Jackson "Jack" Foshee was born in Arkansas in May 1891. Jack married first, Audie Sessions; and second, Ione Berryhill. Ione Berryhill was a distant cousin, the daughter of James Berryhill, the grand daughter of Andrew Jackson "Jake" Berryhill and the great great granddaughter of Pleasant Berryhill, I. (See Chapter 10.) THOMAS BERRYHILL T homas Berryhill was born to William, Jr., and Jane (Sale) Berryhill. I believe he was born in Randolph County, Alabama, about 1857. I don't know the year of his birth or have any other information on Thomas. SILAS BERRYHILL S ilas Berryhill was born to William, Jr., and Jane (Sales) Berryhill. I believe he was born in Randolph County, Alabama, about 1859. I don't know the year of his birth, and I have no more information on him. The following statement was made in the Creek Nation by Nathan Berryhill for his brother, William Berryhill, Jr.'s, children: Okmulgee, Indian Territory 1896 NATHAN BERRYHILL, being sworn, deposes and says:- Q. Where do you live? Living down right by Eufaula, my family is out here by Okmulgee. Q. Where were you born? In the State of Georgia. When? In 1830. Q. That makes you about 67 years old? Going on 67 if I live to see the last day of this month. Q. Where were you born, in the Creek Nation? Yes sir, in the Old Creek Nation. Q. Are you a citizen of this Nation? Yes sir. Q. How long have you been a citizen of this Nation? I couldn't answer that exactly for the fact I sent money here to a cousin of mine to have my rights established and he did so. Q. How long have you lived in this Nation? I have lived here from the 9th of April to now, over seven years. Q. Have you been a citizen ever since you came here? I was here two years before I showed up who I was. You have been a recognized citizen for five years? Yes sir, a little over. Q. What town do you belong to? Broken Arrow Town. Q. Where did you come from to this Nation? Rusk Co. Texas. Q. How long did you live there? A little over forty years. Q. Where did you come from to Rusk Co? Randolph Co. Alabama. Q. How long did you live there? I lived there between 13 and 14 years. Q. You were young when you went from Georgia? Yes sir, small. Q. WHO WAS YOUR FATHER? WILLIAM BERRYHILL. Q. WHO WAS THE FATHER OF WILLIAM BERRYHILL? JOHN BERRYHILL WAS HIS NAME. Q. JOHN DALLAS OR NOT? NO SIR, JOHN DALLAS WAS A SON OF HIS AND A BROTHER TO MY FATHER. Q. WHO WAS JOHN DALLAS? HE WAS A SON OF OLD MAN JOHN BERRYHILL, AND MY FATHER WAS ALSO A SON. JOHN DALLAS AND MY FATHER WERE BROTHERS. Q. YOUR FATHER WAS WILLIAM BERRYHILL? YES SIR. Q. AND WILLIAM BERRYHILL WAS A SON OF JOHN BERRYHILL? YES SIR, OLD MAN JOHN BERRYHILL. Q. AND A BROTHER TO JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL? YES SIR, THAT IS RIGHT. Q. John Dallas Berryhill, was he an enrolled, recognized Creek Indian? Yes sir, his name is on the records in Washington City. Q. Was your father a recognized Citizen? He enrolled there but never came here. [This means with the McIntosh Party. TNC.] Q. Was he on the Rolls of the Creek Indians? I recken so. . What was his name besides William? None, William Berryhill. HE HAD A COUSIN WILLIAM M. Q. Did your father William Berryhill have a son William Berryhill? Yes sir. Q. THEN YOU HAD A BROTHER BY THE NAME OF WILLIAM BERRYHILL? Yes sir. Q. Did he have any other name? No sir. Q. Was he your full brother? Yes sir, from my information he was. He was older than me. Q. DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOUR BROTHER WILLIAM BERRYHILL HAD ANY CHILDREN? YES SIR. Q. GIVE ME THE NAMES! I CANNOT GIVE THEM ALL. Q. HAS HE GOT ANY CHILDREN LIVING IN THE CREEK NATION? YES SIR, MARY FOSHEE AND JERUSHA GIBSON. Q. IS THAT ALL HE HAD? THAT IS ALL HE HAD HERE. HE HAD A SON THOMAS AND SILAS AND A DAUGHTER, I DON'T RECOLLECT HER NAME. WHERE DID YOUR BROTHER LIVE AND DIE? IN ALABAMA, OLD CREEK NATION. Q. Did he leave any children there? He left them all there. Tell me the children he left in Alabama? He left these two, GIBSON and FOSHEE and a son THOMAS and a son SILAS and another daughter, I don't recollect her name. ROBERT N. (Nixon?) BERRYHILL R obert N. Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1826. I believe he was the sixth child born to William and Elizabeth (Nixon) Berryhill. Robert moved with his parents to the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama, then after 1836 they moved to Randolph County, Alabama. Before 1850, Robert's father moved the family to Rusk County, Texas. Robert N. Berryhill worked as a carpenter and builder around Rusk and Panola Counties, Texas. He never married. Robert died in Rusk County, Texas, in February 1853, probably from an illness that was epidemic at that time. His brother, John Berryhill, died about the same time. Robert N. Berryhill's father, William Berryhill, was appointed Administrator of Robert's estate. For some reason, William Berryhill was removed and Robert's brother, Nathan Berryhill, applied to be appointed Administrator of the estate and it was granted. Following are items from Robert N. Berryhill's Estate: 1 Mule - the half of which is R. N. Berryhill the other half is R. J. Epps 1 Buggy - half of which is R. N. Berryhill the other half is R. J. Epps Money in possession of R. J. Epps $25.00 belonging to R. N. Berryhill 1 Fiddle - 2 trunks - 2 boxes of tools jointly belonging to R. N. Berryhill & John Berryhill 1 Tract of land in Rusk County, jointly owned by R. N. Berryhill, containing 200 acres GEORGIANNA BERRYHILL Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills Georgianna Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1828. She was the seventh child born to William and Elizabeth (Nixon) Berryhill. Georgianna's parents moved to the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama, when she was about six years old. About 1836, her parents moved to Randolph County, Alabama, then her father moved the family to Rusk County, Texas, before 1850. Georgianna married Vardy J. Wills in 1850. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- Rusk County Texas Henderson, Texas Marriage License <*> MR VARDY J. WILLS to MISS GEORGIANNA BERRYHILL Issued October 23rd 1850 James McWilliams CCRC -<*>- Return October 24, 1850 Endorsed as follows: The within rites were solomnized By me on the 23rd October 1850 W C Kelly, Justice of the Peace ----*** <*> ***---- Vardy J. Wills was born in the Creek Lands West in 1830. I don't know who his parents were, but he was of Creek Indian blood. I believe he was a grandson of William I. Wills and Betsy (Berryhill) Wills. Betsy was a sister to Georgianna's father, William Berryhill, so this makes Vardy and Georgianna some kind of cousins. Vardy and Georgianna named their first child William I. Wills. Vardy's mother may have been related to Alexander Berryhill, brother to Georgianna's father. Alec signed for Vardy and his children on the Old Settlers Creek Roll. Georgianna Wills was placed on the Old Settlers Rolls by her father. Vardy J. and Georgianna first settled in Rusk County, Texas. In 1856, Vardy J. Wills and his father in law, William Berryhill, went to the Creek Nation and placed their families on the Old Settlers Roll. Vardy probably couldn't stay in the Creek Nation because of his farming, and returned to Texas. Alexander Berryhill signed for Vardy and his children, on the 1857 Old Settler's Payment. Following is their listing on the Old Settlers Creek Payment: Old Settlers Creek Payment 1857 - $20.20 each Coweta Town No. 87 William Berryhill Signed by: William Berryhill Georgeann 2 $40.40 No. 88 V. J. Wills Signed by: Alec Berryhill William I. & Susan Sophronia & Martha 5 $100.50 Sometime after 1860 and before 1870, Vardy and Georgianna moved to Nacogdoches County where they raised their children and lived until Vardy's death. On the Nacogdoches County, Texas, Census of 1870, Vardy and Georgianna and their children were listed as "Indian." In the Fall of 1881, after Vardy Wills had died, Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills, with her children, went to the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, and settled in Eufaula. Georgianna's sister, America Sophronia (Berryhill) Self, and their cousin, who was also America's brother-in-law, Eli Alfred Self, were in the group who went to the Creek Nation. This group, with Eli Alfred Self as their spokesperson, applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation, as their right by Creek Indian Blood. Georgianna Wills and her children received their citizenship into the Creek Nation. Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills died in Eufaula, Creek Nation, Indian Territory about 1884. Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills' children: 1. William I. Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas in 1851. 2. Susan Eveline Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1853. Susan Eveline first married Isaac Burns, second her deceased sister's widower, Zachary Taylor Berryhill, who was also her cousin. 3. Sophronia "Safrona" Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1854. 4. Martha Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1856. Martha married her cousin Zachary Taylor Berryhill. 5. Mary "Mollie" Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1858. Mollie married John W. Sutton. 6. Julia Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1861. Julia married Henry Cornelius. 7. Vardy John "Jack" Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1862. Jack married Ollie Ann. 8. Eurania Adella "Rannie" Wills was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1866. Rannie married, first, John E. Smith; and second, Houston McGirt. 9. Olivia "Livia" Wills was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1870. Livia first married Bill Cheek, and second, Allen Smith. I have never found Georgianna's application for Creek Nation citizenship, but I did find the following statements for Georgianna's son, Vardy John "Jack" Wills, and her daughter, Mary "Mollie" (Wills) Sutton: John J. Wills Case No. 184 Okmulgee, I.T. August 5, 1896 To the Honorable Citizenship commission of Indian Territory Gentlemen: The Undersigned petitioners would respectfully make the following representation to wit: That in about 1883 or 1884 the Honorable George Freeman, then Judge of the Eufaula District Court did by virtue of authority in him vested by the laws of the Muscogee Nation relative to persons of doubtful citizenship, recognize as citizens of the Muscogee Nation, E. A. SELF and his children, Z. T. BERRYHILL and his family, HEIRS of GEORGIA ANN WILLS and her children, and that your petitioner is one of the children of MRS GEORGIA ANN WILLS and that he was living with her (his mother) and was present when she was recognized as a citizen of the Creek Nation and that he had neglected to have his name enrolled and wandered off into the state of Texas where he has been living the last 8 or 9 years and would further state that after he was recognized as a citizen, he was married and have four children to wit: LOUIS LEROY age 8, MOLLIE L. 6 years, BUFORD age 4 and BLUFORD age 2. Now that he has returned to his Nation he respectfully asks that your Honorable Body take such action in his case as will cause his name and the names of his children to be placed upon the rolls of Broken Arrow Town of this Nation as he is rightfully a member of said town. Witnesses Very Respectfully, *Richard Berryhill John J. Wills C. S. Smith Z. T. Berryhill *NOTE! Richard "Dick" Berryhill was a grandson of Alexander Berryhill (See Chapter 7), brother of Georgianna Wills' father, William Berryhill. TNC. Bond of Seventy five dollars with John J. Wills as principal and John Self and Z. T. Self as surities. STATEMENT OF J. J. WILLS We came here in the fall of 1881 from Texas. The first winter we came here I worked for Dick Berryhill - made some rails for him on North Fork River. I think it was in 1883 we moved from Old Town to Charlie Smith. It was in 1883 my mother put in her application to the District Court for citizenship. She put in her name, (the name of my mother was Georgia Ann Wills) Old man ALFRED SELF, TOM SELF, SOPHRONIA SELF and Z. T. BERRYHILL. I was only about 19 years old, living at home, working for my mother and these families went through the District Court alright. We was acknowledged to be citizens before the District Court, this continued until the fall of 1887 and they got a dispute as to whether the Act of the District Court was law or not and I left and went to Texas. These people told me that the Supreme Court affirmed the action of the District Court. Q. How many children have you? I have four. What town do you belong? Broken Arrow. Q. Have your names taken off the roll? I don't think they were ever put on. Q. How long did you remain in the Territory? I came here in 1881 - left 1887. *NOTE! "Sophronia Self" was America A. Sophronia (Berryhill) Self, widow of John Clarke Self, son of Catherine (Berryhill) Self. Eli Alfred Self was a brother of John Clarke Self, Tom Self was son of Samuel, brother to John C. & Eli Alfred Self. (See Chapter Eight.) TESTIMONY OF DICK BERRYHILL [grandson of Alexander]: I heard him having a trial for citizenship but don't know how it was disposed of. I don't know exactly when he came but they was stopped near Eufaula somewhere and I think it was somewhere about 1882 when he was working for me. Q. Was you a witness for him before the District Court? No. TESTIMONY OF CHARLES A. SMITH: It was sometime in 1883 or 1884 I don't know exactly when, anyhow it was John Freeman was District Judge. While he was Judge there was some parties came from Texas and claimed they were Creeks and would have him recognize them as such and as well as I can remember, ALFRED SELF was at the head of one family and another of the Selfs of which John Self was a member. I don't know who was the head of that family and there was one by the name of TOMMIE, he seemed to be of another family and there was another family by the name of BERRYHILL and there was MRS. GEORGIA ANN WILLS, a widow lady, she had a family. I know the Wills better than I did the rest for they came to me to rent some land. Mrs Wills when she came there she had three unmarried daughters living with her, their names are MOLLIE, RANIE, LIVIE WILLS and during the time they were on my place they applied for citizenship and I was clerk of the Court at that time and the court set a date to meet them in Eufaula and investigate their citizenship and they met there, and George Stidham and Judge Jackson Doyle were witnesses in the case. They investigated their case that day and were recognized as citizens. At that time JOHN J. WILLS was living with his mother in my place and shortly after John he got married and he left and he was gone a long time and he came back about three weeks ago and said he wanted to get his name on the roll. As to the Supreme Court in action, I know of that but was not there in person, they had my affidavit. It seems as if their rights were disputed and had the case before the Supreme Court and John's two sisters, Ranie and Livie, their names are on the roll. ALBERT (Alfred) SELF was kind of leader for the family. Q. Do you know that Selfs were related? No, MRS SELF was so I am told a BERRYHILL. Q. Was you the clerk when they was recognized as citizens? Yes. Q. You being clerk did you think they was made citizens according to law? Yes. Q. Who was the Witnesses? Judge Stidham and Judge Jackson Doyle. Q. They was made citizens, did they make a record of it? I think so, I intended to anyhow. Q. When the rights were disputed and taken to the Supreme Court were Jackson Doyle and Judge Stidham at Court? I don't know, I think Stidham was. Q. Do you know the Supreme Court affirmed the District Court action? Yes. do you know that JOHN WILLS WAS A SON OF MRS WILLS? I THINK SO, SHE CALLED HIM HER SON AND HE CALLED HER HIS MOTHER. *NOTE! The Doyles were living in Nacogdoches County, Texas, when the 1870 Federal Census was taken and were living close to Vardy J. and Georgianna Wills, and were also listed as "Indians." The Doyles returned to the Creek Nation in the early 1870s. TNC. TESTIMONY OF Z. T. BERRYHILL [Zachary Taylor Berryhill, see Chapter One]: I know John Wills. I have known him ever since he was a boy. He was acknowledged as citizen the same time I and ALFRED SELF was. That is, he was here and left several years ago and has been down in Texas somewhere and came back a short time ago. I don't know anything about his children. I have not been at his home since he came back. Q. What was his mother's name? GEORGIA ANN WILLS. Q. Was Mrs Wills and her children admitted the same time you was at the District court? Yes. Q. Have you been recognized as a citizen since the action of that Court? Yes. Q. What relation are you to John Wills? I don't know. TESTIMONY OF JOHN SELF for MOLLIE (WILLS) SUTTON: My name is JOHN SELF. I know Mollie Sutton. She is my first cousin. She has been duly recognized by the Court of Eufaula District as a citizen. She was in a trial there with myself. There were three families and Z. T. Berryhill and Wills represented at the Court House. She was MOLLIE WILLS and was duly recognized in the trial and was acknowledged in the District Court as a citizen by blood about 1887 or 1888. the trial was moved to the Supreme Court here. Roley McIntosh was our attorney. The Supreme Court affirmed the District Court decision of the case. After the trial was over in the Supreme Court our attorney, Roley McIntosh, taken JOHN SELF, E. A. SELF, T. J. SELF, Z. T. BERRYHILL, went before the Chief to have our names placed on the roll and certificate of citizenship granted to us. The Chief said we was not entitled to them, having our names placed on the rolls was Certificate of Citizenship, that we have proved our right by blood, NOT BY ADOPTION, that the rolls and certificates were intended for adopted citizens and not citizens by blood. That is the reason our names were not placed on the rolls. Q. How many children has Mollie? Three. Q. When were you admitted as citizen? 1883. Q. Who was Justice? George Freeman. Q. Who was Chief of the Court? Charles Smith. G. W. Stidham and Jackson Doyle was our witnesses. Q. What was the cause of your case being brought before the Supreme Court? Myself, I moved from Eufaula District to over here and my sisters got married to white men and they were trying to make them pay permits was the reason. I got an affidavit from Charles Smith and he said it would be best for the Supreme Court to decide the case. Q. Is Mollie Sutton own sister to Jack Wills? Yes sir. Q. You say Mollie Sutton is your cousin, on what side? On my mother's, her mother and mine were sisters. *NOTE! This is JOHN ROBERT SELF, son of John Clarke Self and America Sophronia (Berryhill) Self. T .J. SELF, in the first paragraph, was the son of Samuel and Clarinda Sophronia (Berryhill) Self, brother to John Clarke Self. Thomas J. married a daughter of Eli Alfred Self, a brother to Samuel and John C. Self. These three Self brothers, Alfred, John C. and Samuel, were all sons of John and Catherine T. (Berryhill) Self. TNC. These can all be very confusing as, in the Berryhill descendants, there were so many marriages between cousins, some as close as first cousins and some distant cousins. (See Chapter Eight for Catherine [Berryhill] Self and her descendants.) WILLIAM I. WILLS, II W illiam I. Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1851. He was the first child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. William grew up in Rusk and Nacogdoches Counties, Texas. William was still living at home with his parents in 1870 and was eighteen years old on the census. I haven't found him after that date, so I don't know if he died or if he moved away. I didn't find a home in the Creek Nation. SUSAN EVELINE WILLS Susan Eveline (Wills) Burnes Susan Eveline (Wills) Burnes, Berryhill S usan Eveline Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in November 1854. She was the second child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. Eveline married Isaac Burnes in Texas about 1878. Isaac Burnes was also of Creek Indian blood. Ike and Eveline lived in Texas until about 1888, then they went to the Creek Nation and Ike and Eveline were granted citizenship into the Creek Nation, for themselves and their children. Isaac Burnes died in the Creek Nation about 1890. Eveline married her deceased sister's widower, Zachary T. Berryhill. Zachary Berryhill was a cousin to Eveline. He was the grandson of Thomas S. and Sarah (Deacle) Berryhill. (See Chapter One.) Following is the listing on the 1895 Omitted Roll of the Creek Nation: 34. Z. T. Berryhill 35. Billy [Berryhill] 36. Verdie [Berryhill] 37. Tissie [Berryhill] 38. Evie [Eveline] 39. Emma [Burnes] 40. Alvin [Burnes] 41. Isaac [Burnes] 42. Baby [Ida Belle Berryhill] Billy, Verdie and Tissie were children by Zachary's first marriage. The baby was the daughter of Zachary and Eveline. Zachary Berryhill died before 1910. Eveline (Wills) Burnes, Berryhill was living with her youngest daughter, Ida Bell (Berryhill) Blankenship and her husband, near Henryetta, Oklahoma, in 1910. Susan Eveline (Wills) Burns, Berryhill's Creek Census Card for herself and her children by Ike Burnes: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 3289 P.O. Dustin 21 May 1901 9174 Berryhill, Eveline 46 F Full V. J. Wills *G. A. Berryhill 9175 Burns, Alvin son 15 M Full Ike Burns No. 1 9176 Isaac son 13 M Full Ike Burns No. 1 *Georgianna Susan Eveline Wills' children by Isaac Burnes: 1. Emma Burnes was born in Texas in 1879. Emma married Steven F. Nichols about 1897. Emma and her children are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Steven and Emma's children: A. William B. Nichols was born in 1898. B. Grace Alva Nichols was born in 1901. C. Leo Carlton Nichols was born at Paden, Indian Territory, 23 March 1903. 2. George Alvin Burnes was born in Texas in January 1886. 3. Isaac Burnes, Jr., was born in Texas in December 1887. Susan Eveline Wills' child by Zachary Taylor Berryhill: 4. Ida Belle Berryhill was born in the Creek Nation in January 1892. Ida Belle married Arthur W. Blankenship in 1910. (See Zachary Taylor Berryhill in Chapter One - Pages 27-31.) SOPHRONIA "SOFRONA" WILLS S ophronia Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1854. She was the third child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. Sophronia was living with her parents in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1870. She was listed as sixteen years old on the Census. I don't find Sophronia after 1870. She may have married or she may have died. I don't find that she went to the Creek Nation with her mother. MARTHA J. WILLS Martha J. (Wills) Berryhill M artha J. Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1856. She was the fourth child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. Martha married a cousin, Zachary Taylor Berryhill, in Nacogdoches County, Texas. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- The State of Texas Nacogdoches County To any Judge, Justice of the Peace or regularly licensed or ordained Minister of the Gospel. You are hereby authorized to solemnize the rites of Holy Matrimony between MR Z T BERRYHILL and MISS M J WILLS Satisfactory evidence having been adduced of the consent of all parties interested. Due return hereof to me make within sixty days from the time of Solemnization. Witness my hand and official Seal at Nacogdoches this 5 November 1872. L. S. Taylor Clerk Dist Ct. Nacogdoches. *> * <* I Certify that I duly executed the above license 7th of November 1872. In Nacogdoches County, Texas. Filed December 26, 1872 Wm Dawson, M.G. L. S. Taylor CDC by C I Taylor - Deputy ----*** <*> ***---- Zachary and Martha went to the Creek Nation in 1881 with Martha's mother, Georgianna Wills. They settled in Eufaula, Indian Territory. Martha J. (Wills) Berryhill died near Eufaula in 1882. Zachary Berryhill married Martha's widowed sister, Susan Eveline (Wills) Burnes, in the Creek Nation in 1890. Zachary T. and Martha J. (Wills) Berryhill's children: 1. S. Berryhill, a son, was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1873 and died in the Creek Nation before 1895. 2. William Taylor Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, 20 April 1875. William married Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey) Posey. 3. Eli V. "Verdie" Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1876. Verdie died in the Creek Nation between 1895 and 1900. 4. Joseph E. Berryhill was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, about 1879. Joseph died in the Creek Nation between 1890 and 1895. 5. Letitia "Tissie" Berryhill was born in Texas about 1880. Tissie died in the Creek Nation between 1895 and 1899. For more information on Zachary's and Martha's children, see Chapter One, Pages 27-31. MARY "MOLLIE" WILLS Mary "Mollie" (Wills) Sutton M ary "Mollie" Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1858. Mollie was the fifth child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. In the Fall of 1881, Mollie went with her mother, brother and sisters, to the Creek Nation. Mollie Wills married John W. Sutton in the Creek Nation about 1887. Mollie (Wills) Sutton's Creek Citizenship was questioned, so she went to court and was readmitted to citizenship. (See documents, Page 208.) Creek Census Card for Mollie Sutton and her children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 484 P.O. Okmulgee 15 June 1899 1594 Sutton, Mollie 38 F 1/4 V. J. Wills Georgia Ann 1595 James D. son 10 M 1/8 John W. Sutton No. 1 1596 Samuel Jesse son 8 M 1/8 John W. Sutton No. 1 1597 Lorena dau 4 F 1/8 John W. Sutton No. 1 1598 Loretta dau 1 F 1/8 John W. Sutton No. 1 John W. and Mary "Mollie" (Wills) Sutton's children: 1. James D. Sutton was born in Indian Territory in 1889. James was living at home in 1910 and attending Tecumseh College. 2. Samuel Jesse Sutton was born in Indian Territory in 1892. Samuel was living at home in 1910 and attending Tecumseh College. 3. Lorena Sutton was born in Indian Territory in 1894. 4. Loretta Sutton was born in Okmulgee, Indian Territory, in 1896. Loretta died by 1910. 5. Myrtle Sutton was born in Bald Hill, Indian Territory, in 1906. JULIA WILLS Julia (Wills) Cornelius J ulia Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in 1861. She was the sixth child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. Sometime before 1870, Julia's parents moved to Nacogdoches County, Texas. Julia married Henry Cornelius in Nacogdoches County. I don't find records showing that Julia and her husband went to the Creek Nation with Julia's mother. Information is that Henry and Julia lived in San Antonio, Texas, and that they had a daughter, Lillie Cornelius and a son. VARDY JOHN "JACK" WILLS V ardy John "Jack" Wills was born in Rusk County, Texas, in October 1862. He was the seventh child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. Before 1870, his parents moved to Nacogdoches County. In the Fall of 1881, after the death of his father, John went to the Creek Nation with his mother. He stayed in the Creek Nation for a few years, then he returned to Texas. I don't know if he married in Indian Territory or if he married in Texas. Vardy John Wills married Ollie Ann (-?-). Ollie Ann was born in Kansas in September 1871. (See statement for citizenship into the Creek Nation, Pages 206- 209.) Following is the Creek Census Card for Vardy John Wills and his children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 466 P.O. Dustin 13 June 1899 1539 Wills, John J. 36 M 1/4 Vardy J. Wills Georgia Ann 1540 Louis Leroy son 10 M 1/8 No. 1 Ollie Ann 1541 Mollie L. dau 7 F 1/8 No. 1 Ollie Ann 1542 Bluford son 5 M 1/8 No. 1 Ollie Ann 1543 Buford son 5 M 1/8 No. 1 Ollie Ann 1544 Theodore Dewey son 2 M 1/8 No. 1 Ollie Ann Vardy John "Jack" Wills died in Dustin, Indian Territory, 15 August 1905. The family continued to live in Dustin, Oklahoma. When John's and Ollie Ann's oldest son, Louis Leroy Wills, reached his majority he was named guardian of two of his younger brothers, Bluford and Thomas Dewey Wills. Ollie Ann Wills remarried after John's death to John K. Utley. Vardy John and Ollie Ann Wills' children: 1. Louis Leroy Wills was born in Texas in June 1891. 2. Mary Lavata "Mollie" Wills was born in Texas in April 1892. 3. Bluford Wills (twin) was born in Texas in March 1894. 4. Beauford Wills (twin) was born in Texas in March 1894. 5. Thomas Dewey Wills was born in the Creek Nation about 1987. 6. Stansman Wills was born in the Creek Nation in April 1899. Stansman died in Dustin, Oklahoma, before 1910. 7. William H. Wills was born in Dustin, Indian Territory, 11 June 1901. EURANIA "RANNIE" ADELLA WILLS Rannie (Wills) Smith Rannie (Wills) Smith, McGirt E urania Adella Wills was born in Texas in 1866. She was the eighth child born to Vardy J. and Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills. Rannie went with her mother to the Creek Nation in the Fall of 1881. Rannie married John F. Smith in the Creek Nation in 1882. John F. Smith was born in the Creek Nation in 1852, the son of Reverend John G. Smith and Lucinda Yargee. Lucinda (Yargee) Smith was a full blood Creek Indian. Her mother was Nancy McQueen, the daughter of Peter McQueen and Betsy Durant, a granddaughter of Sophie McGillivray who was a sister to the well-known Alexander McGillivray of the old Creek Indian history. On her father's side, Lucinda was the daughter of Captain Checartah Yargee, son of the well-known Menawa who killed General William McIntosh. With all of the intermarriages with white blood and Creek Indians, John E. Smith was still considered a full blood Creek Indian. The same applies to our Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill, who was also considered a full- blood Creek Indian. John F. Smith died near Dustin, Indian Territory, 22 November 1906 and is buried on the Looney Farm at Dustin. After John F. Smith died, Rannie married Houston McGirt. Houston McGirt died about 1929. I don't know when Rannie died. 1895 Creek Payroll Tuckabatchee Town 1. John F. Smith By Brother 2. Rannie C. S. Smith* 3. Lewis 4. Ella 5. Edna 6. Lawrence 7. Guy Smith *Charles S. Smith testified for John Wills, see Pages 207. John F. and Rannie (Wills) Smith's Creek Census Card for themselves and their children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Creek Card No. 613 P.O. Dustin 30 June 1899 1988 Smith, John F. 46 M full John G. Smith Lucinda 1989 Rannie wife 33 F 7/8 Vard Wills Georgiana 1990 Lewis son 16 M 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 1991 Ella dau 14 F 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 1992 Edna dau 12 F 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 1993 Lawrence son 10 M 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 1994 Guy son 8 M 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 1995 Pearl dau 4 F 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 1996 Willis son 9 mo M 7/8 No. 1 No. 2 New Born Card No. 335 P.O. Dustin 698 Smith, Esther 1 F 3/16 John F. Smith Eurania John F. and Eurania "Rannie" (Wills) Smith's children: 1. Lewis Smith was born at the Old Smith Place at Dustin, Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in 1883. Lewis first married Nora Webb; second, Lavina Webb; and third, Lucy Kennedy. He lived at Wetumka, Oklahoma. Lewis is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery at Wetumka. I have no information on any children. 2. Ella Euretta Smith was born at the Old Smith Place, Dustin, Indian Territory, 3 March 1885. Ella married Newton Warren Looney in Indian Territory on 3 December 1900. 3. Edna "Pet" Smith was born in Dustin, Indian Territory, 24 February 1887. Edna married Sylvester "Vester" Pike on 11 July 1903. Edna (Smith) Pike died in Weleaka, Oklahoma, 18 December 1984. Sylvester and Edna (Smith) Pike's children: A. Tom Pike. B. Howard Pike. C. John Pike. D. Jess Pike. E. Florence Pike, married (-?-) Effenbeck. F. Lloyd Pike. G. Linda Pike, married (-?-) Jones. H. Dorothy Pike, married (-?-) Howard. I. Fay Pike, married (-?-) Schenck. J. Bruce Pike. 4. Lawrence Smith was born in Dustin, Indian Territory, in 1890. Lawrence married first Althea McFarland; second, Cloe Dickerson. Lawrence Smith died in Arizona. 5. Guy Smith 6. Pearl Smith was born in Dustin, Indian Territory, in 1895. Pearl married Morgan Gordon on 4 August 1911. 7. Willis Smith was born in Dustin, Indian Territory, 22 September 1898. Willis, first, married Hattie Belle McGee; and second, Ruby Hammond. 8. Ester Lorene Smith was born in Dustin, Indian Territory, 26 February 1905. Ester died 14 October 1905 and is buried in the Dustin Cemetery. OLIVIA "LIVIA" WILLS Olivia "Livia" (Wills) Cheek Olivia "Livia" (Wills) Cheek, Smith O livia "Livia" Wills was born in Nacogdoches County, Texas, in 1870. Olivia married, first, (-?-) Cheek; and second, Allen Smith. By 1910, Livia had no children by either husband. I have found no further information on Olivia (Wills) Cheek, Smith. ANDREW BERRYHILL A ndrew Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1830. He was the eighth child born to William and Elizabeth (Nixon) Berryhill. Andrew's parents moved to the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama. In about 1836, they moved to Randolph County, Alabama. Andrew moved with his father to Rusk County, Texas, before 1850. Andrew Berryhill was listed on the 1850 Rusk County, Texas, Census, living with his father, William Berryhill. Andrew was then twenty years old. I have not found him after 1850. NATHANIEL "NATHAN" BERRYHILL N athaniel "Nathan" Berryhill was born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, in 1832. He was the ninth child born to William and Elizabeth (Nixon) Berryhill. Nathan was about a year old when his parents moved to the Creek Nation Reserve in Chambers County, Alabama. In about 1836, his parents moved to Randolph County, Alabama. Before 1850, Nathan's father moved the family to Rusk County, Texas. Nathan lived around Rusk County, Texas, until after his father, William Berryhill, died in 1865. He was living in Rusk County in 1860, with a family by the name of Yarborough. In 1870, he was living in Henderson, Nacogdoches County, Texas, with his cousin, Caroline (Berryhill) Hyde and her husband. Caroline was the daughter of Eli and Ellender (Hudson) Berryhill. On both the 1860 and 1870 Texas Census, Nathan was listed as a "gun smith." Nathan Berryhill went to the Creek Nation in the 1880s and established his citizenship in the Creek Indian Nation. You will find Nathan testifying for several of his cousins and nieces and nephews, for their Creek Nation citizenship. Nathan knew a lot about his aunts, uncles and his cousins, but I believe that he was in error as to the names of his great grandparents and great uncles. Especially when he said that his grandfather, John Berryhill, had a brother, Joseph Berryhill, as I have found no Joseph Berryhill of that age whom I could connect as a brother to John. I don't know if Nathan Berryhill ever married. He did have a George Berryhill and a Lucinda Berryhill on his application, and they were all granted citizenship 24 August 1896, but I don't know who they were. I didn't find Nathan or this George and Lucinda Berryhill on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Nathan may have died in the Creek Nation before 1 April 1899, or he may have moved to one of the States. The following was a "P.S." at the end of a letter that Nathan Berryhill wrote to the Secretary of the Interior, from Checotah, Indian Territory, dated 10 April 1892. This writing is not corrected for spelling or grammatical errors and is printed as Nathan wrote it. The Elotment Mr Secutary I saw & red a recmendation from under your hande to Congress in regarde to the Elotment of [I think] the 5 Sivilized Nations. I saw it in the Natiel Registor, saying inabill you had recomended such and moree at previous times, that article (Iendorse hartely) now Sur, the fullbloods of this cuontry is no good. they donte propse to work, nothing but a little Sofkee patch [sofkee is corn. TNC], they will fish & hunt & lyround, go from one house to a nother & lye about in laysness all the time. there is no energy in them, & they opose any one that tryse to make sompthing. the Whites that are here working on permits, half breeds quarters & on down, is all that tryse to improve their condition. this is a wonderful fine cuontry & to Elot it would fetch in some fine farming lands. this was talked up at council last fall & was endorsed by some prominent men. the full bloods dont like that move, but according to what I can see, that is all that will save this cuontry, they cansidere it as steeling or foursable taking a way their rights & shoving in white peopl on their lande. then they want moore than $1.25 per acre. this will do & if the Government will take some achion in that direction they can get in a fine productive cuontry. let the Government Elot the cuontry. Pay all the Indians that are due. Give to the hed of each family 200 acres as a homsted & to each aditional member 80 acres each & those belonging to no family nor having non 120 acres each & if possable let this cover all their improvements or as near as possable, then make a State of it & pass an act (that no indian sitzan shall under no cansideration sell or dispoze of one acre of his land except it be nessery & that caused by deth only) enforce the laws gradualy, tax every thing light & they wonte be much kicking. So let me close by asking your pardon for so much stuff. Yours truly N. Berryhill *NOTE: This was filed in the Indian Office and the original is in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Was Nathan putting them on? Other letters indicate that he was better educated than this letter reflects, and this letter may have gotten him thrown out of the Creek Nation since I found nothing further about him, even by 1900. TNC. AMERICA M. SOPHRONIA BERRYHILL America M. Sophronia (Berryhill) Self A merica M. Sophronia Berryhill was born in Randolph County, Alabama, in 1836. She was the tenth child born to William and Elizabeth (Nixon) Berryhill. I believe America's mother, Elizabeth, died either at her birth or while America was a young child. Before 1850, America's father moved the family to Rusk County, Texas. America married her first cousin, John Clarke Self, in Rusk County. Following is a copy of their marriage license: ----*** <*> ***---- The State of Texas - County of Rusk -- To any Judge of a court of record, Justice of the Peace, or regularly ordained Minister of the Gospel - GREETINGS: You are hereby authorized to solemnize the rites of Matrimony between JOHN C. SELF and AMERICA M. S. BERRYHILL the consent of all parties interested having been made known to me, in conformity to the law, and make due return known within sixty days from the date of this License, with your indorsement, showing how you have executed the same. given under my hand and seal of the County Court at office in Henderson, this 24th day of Jan, A D 1853 J. S. Swan, Clerk > * < Endorsed: Solemnized the rites of Matrimony between the above named parties Jan 25th A D 1853 Ben[?] Southers, J.P. ----*** <*> ***---- John Clarke Self was the son of John and Catherine T. (Berryhill) Self. (For John's family, see Chapter Eight.) America was called "America" on some records, and "Sophronia" on others. She had a cousin, Clarinda Sophronia Berryhill, who married John C. Self's brother, Samuel Berryhill. Clarinda was also called "Sophronia" on some records. In 1856, America and John went to the Creek Nation, with John's parents and they, with their children are on the Old Settlers Roll. In 1860 John and America were in Polk County, Texas, with John's parents, brothers and sisters. In 1870, John and America were living in Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, near Natchitoches Parish where John's family had lived since 1838. In 1880, America and her children were in Wood County, Texas. America was a widow. America M. Sophronia (Berryhill) self and her children, with America's sister, Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills, and Eli Alfred Self, went to the Creek Nation in the Fall of 1881. America and her children applied for citizenship in the Creek Nation. America Sophronia (Berryhill) Self died in Eufaula, Creek Nation, in the 1880s. Her children were granted citizenship into the Creek Nation and are on the Final Rolls. John Clarke and America Sophronia (Berryhill) Self's children: 1. John Robert Self was born in Rusk County, Texas, in November 1854. John married, first, Jennie L Hittler in Muskogee, Indian Territory, 12 May 1894; and second, Sarah E. about 1898. 2. Mary "Mollie" Self was born in Polk County, Texas, in 1858. Mollie married William H. Province. 3. William J. Self was born in Polk County, Texas, in 1860. William first married Lou Katey; then second, Deliliah; and third, Ivy. 4. Martha "Mattie" Self was born in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, in June 1862. Mattie never married. 5. America Ann Self was born in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, 22 May 1864. America married William H. Stewart in 1887. 6. Amanda Self was born in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, in 1868. 7. Minnie Self was born in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, in 1872. 8. Samuel Clarke Self was born in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, in February 1874. For extended information on the family of John Clarke and America Sophronia (Berryhill) Self and their Creek Indian records, see Chapter Eight, Catherine (Berryhill) Self.