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Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ==================================================================== Chapter 19 Berryhill Family The Creek Indian [1]papers of Robert T. Barber show that Eliza Berryhill was the daughter of Thomas Berryhill, and that Benjamin Posey was the son of Nancy (Berryhill) Posey. According to the late Mrs. Pearl Barber Howard, Nancy (Berryhill) was the daughter of John Berryhill, born 1754, and his Indian wife. Thomas Berryhill is believed to have been a brother to Nancy, which would make Benjamin Posey and his wife Eliza Berryhill first cousins. According to the testimony of [2]Nathan Berryhill, the son of William Berryhill and the grandson of John Berryhill, his grandfather John had a brother named Joseph Berryhill who was also a recognized member of the Creek Nation of Georgia. New information from [3]Ken Berryhill a descendant of Alexander Berryhill, brother of John and Joseph, points to Joseph Berryhill and his wife Hanna as the parents of these brothers. Joseph and Hanna lived and died in North Carolina, probably Mecklenberg County. The parents of Joseph were John Berryhill and Mary Bigness and grandparents were Alexander Berryhill and Lady Jane Cartwright. The following is an outline of the John Berryhill family. John Berryhill, born ca. 1754, Georgia, married Elizabeth Durouzeaux about 1781. Elizabeth was born about 1768, died 1833. They both went to Oklahoma in 1828 with the Chilly McIntosh Party, and that is where they died, John in 1831. 1. Thomas S. Berryhill, born 7 December 1782, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, married Sarah Deacle 24 October 1804, Georgia. A. Eliza Berryhill, born 1807, married Benjamin Posey 30 December 1824 Pike County, Georgia. (see [4]chapter 17) (More info about [5]Benjamin Posey) 2. Nancy Berryhill, born 28 March 1784, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, married who? Bennett Posey Jr.? Thomas Posey? A. Sarah Posey, born 4 December 1801, married Samuel Hopwood. B. Thomas B. Posey, born 21 April 1802 C. Benjamin Posey, born 10 September 1807, married Eliza Berryhill 30 December 1824, Pike County, Georgia. (see [6]chapter 17) D. William Posey, born 12 January 1812, married Harriet? a. Lewis Henderson (Hense) Posey, born 1841, married Nancy Phillips/Phillios, daughter of Pahosa Phillios. aa. [7]Alexander Posey, the poet. E. A. J. Posey, born 10 June 1818. 3. Martha "Patsy" Berryhill, born 26 October 1785, old Creek Nation, Georgia, married Benjamin McGaha. 4. Betsy Berryhill married William I. Wills. 5. Alexander Berryhill married Huldey Wilson 17 May 1819, Jasper Co. Ga. 6. John Dallas Berryhill, born 1790, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 1859, Buchanan County, Missouri, married Mary Rutledge 11 January 1809, Morgan Co. Georgia. A. Elizabeth Morris Berryhill married James Parker B. George W. Berryhill, born in Buchanan County, Missouri, moved to the Creek Nation, Oklahoma, 1884, died there in 1898. a. Theodore Berryhill, born 1874, Buchanan County, Missouri 7. William Berryhill, born 1791, Georgia, died 1864, Rusk Co. Tx, married Elizabeth Nixon 7 March 1809, Montgomery Co. Ga A. William Berryhill married Jane Sales (new info from [8]Sharon Kellogg) a. Mary Berryhill married Little Alexander Foshee b. Jerusha Berryhill married Joseph C. Gibson c. Thomas Berryhill married Lucinda Hix d. Silas Berryhill married Elizabeth Jane Norred e. Syntha Caroline Berryhill married Joshua Thornton Clayton (great - grandparents of [9]Sharon Kellogg) f. Martha J. (Mattie) Berryhill married Joseph Foshee g. Frances (Frankie) Berryhill married Franklin (Frank) Mann B. Nathan Berryhill, born 1830, Georgia. C. Theresa Berryhill married James Monroe Rodgers 18 November 1855 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, by Marmaduke Hornsby, J.P. a. William Washington Rodgers, born about 1859, died 1940, married Susan Thomas Wood, who was born 1873, died 1923. aa. Charlie Mack Rodgers, born 1900, died 1995, married Lillie Belle Ray, who was born 1907, died 1995. (grandparents of [10]Richard M. Rodgers) b. James C. Rodgers 8. Catherine Berryhill, born about 1795, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 1871, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, married John Self 9 November 1820, Jasper County, Georgia. A. Eli Alfred Self married Martha Ann Lester a. Cordelia Ann Self married Ezra Abraham Freeman (great grandparents of [11]Cherie Gordon-Pike 9. Samuel Berryhill, born 11 February 1798, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 22 November 1867, Choctaw County, Mississippi, married Margaret Portman 27 February 1821, Columbus, Mississippi(?) A. Samuel Newton Berryhill B. George W. Berryhill, born in Mississippi 10. Pleasant Luther Berryhill, born about 1800, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, married Martha Wright 28 December 1823, Fayette County, Georgia. 11. Susannah "Suky" Berryhill, born about 1802, old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 1853, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, married Baxter Self ca 1819, Georgia. A. William Baxter (Buck) Self, born 9 December 1820, died 2 June 1904, Mounds, I.T. (Tombstone in Twin Mounds Cemetery says he was born Jan 9, 1822, died Jan 9, 1904) married Mary E. Boswell 20 Oct 1848 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of John Boswell and Louise Johnson. Witnesses to the wedding were John B. Self and Thomas S. Alford. Buck was a Texas Ranger in the 1850s. (On Final Rolls of Creeks, Dawes Commission, along with his children and grandchildren listed below) a. Mary Self married ______ Herrick aa. Leo Herrick bb. Juanita Herrick b. daughter Self married ___ March. aa. Willie March c. Buck? Self, died winter 1895/96 aa. Buck Self Jr d. Louisa Self, married ____ Leath aa. J. H. Leath bb. T. J. Leath cc. W. B. Leath e. Dolly Self, married (1) Spire Scott, (2) Jim Lynch A great grandson of Spire and Dolly (Self) Scott is James Fornaro of Baltimore Maryland. James is also a descendant of William McIntosh, the Creek Chief that was murdered in 1825 after signing the Treaty of Indian Springs. f. Middleton T. Self B. Mahala Self was born in the Old Creek Nation in 1822. Mahala died in the Creek Lands West by 1837. C. Sarah "Sallie" Self was born in the Old Creek Nation In 1824. Sally died in the Creek Lands West before 1837. D. John B. Self was born in the Old Creek Nation on July 11, 1826. He died in Mounds, OK Feb 14, 1945. He married first, Samantha (Alford) Elam: second, Elizabeth Welch on October 17, 1854 in Cook Co. TX. (New information from [12]Candace Mullins) E. Susanna Self (Jr.) was born in the Old Creek Nation in 1827. She married John Johnson December 11, 1842 (or Dec 2?) in Natchitoches Parish, LA. a. John Johnson b. Martha Johnson c. Jesse Johnson, born 2 April 1850 in Natchitoches Parish, LA married Louisia Alabam Nance on April 19, 1867. aa. John William Alexander Johnson, born Feb. 14,1871, married Virginia Dixon on Dec. 25, 1888 in Montague Ct. Texas. aaa. Claude D. Johnson, born 1889 bbb. Jessie Kirk Johnson, born 5 Oct. 1891 ccc. Georgia Mae Johnson, born 18 May 1893 ddd. Keith Johnson, born 1895 eee. Frank Bruce Johnson, born 1898 fff. Glen "Buck" Johnson, born 1899 ggg. Floy Josephene Johnson, born 26 March 1901 hhh. Lalah Rookh Johnson, born 17 Nov. 1903 married Henry Cadury Mullins Oct. 10, 1921 in Duncan OK aaaa. Jack Mullins, born 2 Aug 1922 bbbb. Harold Dean Mullins, born 29 Nov. 1925 married Lavene Lamvert on May 24, 1947 in San Antonio,TX aaaaa. [13]Candace Ann Mullins, born 27 Dec. 1949 bbbbb. Cynthia Sue Mullins, born 25 Oct. 1951 cccc. Melba Ruth Mullins, born 31 Dec. 1930 iii. Faye Johnson, born 1906 jjj. Paulene Johnson, born 1909 bb. Nancy or Susan Johnson, born 1874 cc. Margaret E. Johnson, born Sept. 1880 dd. Edgar J. Johnson, born Feb. 1886 ee. Serena "Allie" Johnson, born Dec. 1890 ff. Tina V. Johnson, born July 1893 F. Martha? Self was born in the Creek Lands West between 1830 and 1835. She died in Natchitoches Parish, LA after 1840 and before 1850. G. Elizabeth Self was born in the Creek Lands West where Muskogee, Oklahoma now stands, on January 18, 1837. She died in 1871 in Van Zandt Co. TX. Elizabeth married Ellison Walker Bridges February 14, 1854 in Kaufman Co. TX. a. Lucy Bridges married General "Lee" Nolen aa. Jesse J. Nolen married Flora May Boss aaa. Thelma Marie Nolen, born 3 May 1924, Preston, OK, died 5 June 1996 Redlands, CA, married David "Danny" Goodman Cornfeld 23 November 1944, OKC. ( thanks for the info to [14]Rita Helwig) aaaa. Samuel Aaron Cornfeld, born 23 August 1945, died 16 March 1993. bbbb. Barbara A. Cornfeld H. Lucinda Self was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana in 1840. She died April 14, 1905 in Wills Point, TX. She married Thomas Jefferson Bridges January 20, 1859 in Van Zandt Co. TX. ********* Here are some [15]letters written or witnessed by some of our family members, concerning threats against them by Creek Chiefs from the Upper Creeks, for the move from Georgia to the west in 1828, and their treatment at the hands of the Indian Agent after they got to Creek Nation West (Oklahoma). The letter written by John Berryhill was John Dallas Berryhill, son of John. The old John Berryhill mentioned in the Creek Memorial is the husband of Martha Elizabeth Derrisaw. Here is some information from Keith Hudson concerning his [16]Hudson-Berryhill family. ********** Statement for Creek Citizenship of William Baxter "Buck" Self (This research was compiled by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld in 1989) To the National Council of the Muscogee Nation Okmulkee Oct. 12th 1891 Gentlemen: Your Petitioner would respectfully represent that he is a legitimate descendant of Creek parents, that his mother was an own sister of Alexander, John and Pleasant Berryhill, who in their lifetime were fully recognized Citizens of the Nation, and who I believe remained with the Creeks up til their death. My parents emigrated to this country about the year 1828 with the Creek Indians, and settled on the Arkansas River, about three (3) miles above the Verdigris River where they remained for about nine (9) years. At the Expiration of which time my parents moved with me to a neighboring State. Your petitioner at that time being twelve years of age. My residence in the States was caused by the removal of my parents from this country where I became of age, where my social relations and property interest has forsed me to remain up to this time. I feel that I must in justice be entitled to the rights and privileges the recognition which I now ask. I ask therefore that your honorable body will do me the favor of granting me a fair hearing and an opportunity of introducing such evidence as will seem needed to establish the justice of my claim to all the rights and privileges of a Citizen of the Nation. I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant W. B. Self Testimony of Solomon McIntosh, a former slave, on behalf of William Baxter "Buck" Self in 1892: Solomon McIntosh is my name. I live in Okmulgee. I am a Creek Citizen. I think I am about 83 or 84 years old. Did you come from Alabama? Yes sir. I belong to Col. McIntosh. Was you acquainted with a good many of the Indians that came from Alabama? Yes Sir. Do you know the Berryhills, was they Creeks? Yes I knew them, they were Creeks. Did you know William B. Self was the offspring of the Berryhills? Yes sir. Did you know his mother's name? Yes. What was it? Suky Berryhill. She was a Cowetah Town. She was of the DEARE SHAW family. Cowetah and Broken Arrow was considered as one. What town did Col. D. N. McIntosh belong? He belong to Cowetah. You was raised in the Town, do you know positively that these people were Creeks? Yes I know them good. Did the Berryhills come to this country with the Creek Indians? Yes they came with the Chilly McIntosh Party. When they emigrated to this country where did they live? On the banks of the Virdigris. This boy must have been small when he came, did you see him? Yes. Do you know that this man is Suky Berryhills son? Yes I knew them well. This Suky Berryhill used to cook for us when we was hauling cord wood, hay and corn. What year was it that Suky Berryhill cooked for you? I can't tell, it has been so long. Was it before the war or after the war? It was long before the war. How long after that did you see that man? I never saw them until a few days ago. How long after Mr. Self came here did he stay here? He was a boy about so high and disappeared from there. You saw this man when he was a boy. How do you know he is the same since he is a man? He had a mark on him and I see the same mark on him. You say he has a mark. What is that mark? He has two thumbs on one hand with two finger nails. Which hand is it on? This one. Did you know Mr. Self in Alabama? No sir. Did you know that Mr. Self came here with that McIntosh Party? Yes sir. Was Mr. Self ever admitted to Citizenship by the Council? The Berryhills were, I don't know about Mr. Self he was too small. You knew Buck Self's mother? Yes sir, Suky Berryhill. Is she living? No sir she is dead. Can you swear that this Buck Self is her child? Yes I know it good. Was he ever enrolled in Cowetah Town? I can't tell. Did you know whether he ever make an application before Council? No sir I don't know. ***** Decision of the Creek Citizenship Commission: To the Hon National Council of the Muscogee Nation Okmulgee I. T. Oct. 21st 1892 We your Committee to whom the petition of W. B. Self and John B. Self was referred to us, is now represented. We have examined their case carefully and find the law of the Muscogee Nation part them from the rights and privileges in the Creek Nation. But we find into their cases, that their MOTHER WAS A FULL BLOOD CREEK WOMAN, but according to law of the Muscogee Nation of page 177 section 1, forbids them from the privileges as Citizens of the Muskogee Nation. Be it enacted by the National Council; that Wm B. Self & John B. Self are parted by the law of the M. N. from the rights and as citizens of the Muscogee Nation. And recomand your adoption of the same. John Wesly Chairman Testimony of William Baxter "Buck" Self in the Courts of the Creek Nation: Okmulgee, M. N. 16 July 1895 My name is Wm B. Self. Where do you live? I live on Duck Creek about twenty four miles north of here. I am a Creek Indian, I get my Creek blood from Mother. Was your mother a fool(sp) or half breed? My mother was a half breed, her mother was a full blood Creek. What town did your mother belong? Broken Arrow. Where was you born? I was born in the Old Creek Nation East of the Mississippi River. What year was you born? 1820. When did you come to this country? In 1828 with the McIntosh Party. Roley McIntosh was Chief at that time. Where did you stoped when you came here? We stopped near the Old Creek Agency about 4 miles above the mouth of the Virdigris River. We lived there about three years then moved 3 or 4 miles across on the Arkansas River and we lived there about nine or ten years, -- we went from there to Texas. It was in the time of the Revolution of Texas. I lived in Texas and Louisiana, but came back here from time to time, probably 8 or 10 times during the time. When did you came back to live after lived in Texas? I think it was eight or nine years ago. Was you a recognized citizen at that time? Yes, I thought I was all the time until the Alfred Self question came up, they one of the same family that I am. What did you do when you found out your right was questioned? I employed Col. D. N. McIntosh and the case came up before the Dist Judge, I was not here I was down in the Nation. Col. D. N. McIntosh wrote me that the Self Family went through alright before the Dist Court and he contended that to me as long as he lived. After I came here I learned that my rights were questioned, that I did not go through when Alfred Self went through. I made Application to the Council. John Wesley was Chairman of the Committee at that time. I don't recollect when it was. It might be 1889, 8 or 7, I don't know, it was after the trial of Alfred Self. I made an application to Council myself once and through my attorney. You said your mother was a Creek Indian? Yes my mother was a Creek Indian. Do you know who your mother was? My mother was a DERRISAW. CROSS EXAM: Mr Self did you draw the $29.00 payment? No sir, I was here but could not do it. Did you ever vote in Broken Arrow? I never did, I was not old enough when I left this country and haven't since I come back. How old were you when you first came to this country? I was eight years old, was born in 1820 and came here in 1828. Were you ever admitted to Council? Never was. Who was Judge of Eufaula Dist. when you made application? I don't know, I never inquired. Did you draw the $4.20 payment that was made in 1882? No sir. You said you made application to Council, what action did the Council take in your Case? (the rest is missing, note by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld) ******** The Citizenship Commission of Muscogee Nation Applicants Mary Herrick W. B. Leath Leo Herrick M. T. Self Juanita Herrick Buck Self, Jr. Louisa Leath Willie March J. H. Leath Dollie Lynch T. J. Leath Okmulgee, Ind. Terr. Sept. 5, 1896 Testimony of William Baxter "Buck" Self, for his children's citizenship into the Creek Nation: My name is Wm. Self. What is your nationality? Muscogee or Creek Indian. Do you know Mary Herrick? Yes sir, I know her to be a daughter of mine. Louisa Leath is a daughter of mine. Leo Herrick is a son of Mrs. Herrick, a grandson of mine, and Mrs. Herrick is my daugter. Juanita is my daughter's baby. J. H. Leath is a son of my daughter Mrs. Leath. Thos Leath is a son of Mrs. Lou Leath, brother to Thomas, Virgil is also a son of Louisa Leath. Dolly Lynch is a daughter of mine. She is Jim Lynches wife. Willie March is a grandson of mine, his mother is dead. M. T. Self is a son of mine, the youngest of all my children. Buck Self is the son of my son who died here last winter. That is all my children and grandchildren. How much Indian blood has Mary Herrick? About 1/8. I am about 1/4. How much Indian blood has these children? I don't know. What town do these applicants belong to? The same town I do, Broken Arrow. You said these applicants belong to Broken Arrow Town, why are they making application? I said I belong to Broken Arow and I suppose a man's family always went with him. These applicants were enrolled on Broken Arrow Town, I saw it done myself. Taylor Chissoe was the Town Chief at that time. They were put on the doubtful list but why I can't say. There were others put on the doubtful list that was afterwards put back on the roll and drew their money. Did National Council admit them as Citizens when they were enrolled? No sir. If the National council did not admit you and your Town Chief enrolled you and you was taken off, you were satisfied that was reason enough? My understanding was they took my name off because through the Alien Act. How many sons and daughters have you? I have four daughters and one son. One is in Texas for her health, but her home is in this country. These five children are they one father and one mother? I never had but one woman. We have been living together 49 years. You say that these five children would follow the father, why did you not prove their rights when you proved yours? I was advised to prove my own Indian blood and then would have to identify them and that would be all that I would have to do. Who advised you? I don't remember now, I will tell you one Agent. Wisdom. Did you say you was a Creek Indian and proved you was Indian? Yes I did. You say that you was Indian, was there any Indians where you lived and did you marry an Indian? My wife is about 1/8 Indian, the last of the HAWKINS family, but never will try to prove her right. Is one of these ladies your daughter? Yes sir, this one is my daughter Mrs. Herrick. You said their names were enrolled and stricken by the Alien Act? That was my understanding, I don't know. You said you had four daughters, where were they born? All four were born in Texas. I don't suppose you want to know the county? No. Where was your son born? In Texas. As you said you had a son dead, where was he born? In Texas. You said you came with the McIntosh Party. You had no children? No. Then these children were all born in Texas? Yes. You was enrolled on the Broken Arrow Town as a member and you say the Alien Act erased your names? No, I didn't say it, I heard that was the reason. Nearly all your children were born in Texas, they have just recently come into the Country? No, it has been almost eight years since we came in or lived in the States. You came back before the Alien Act was passed, why did you not apply before? Well, I first came here in 1883 and employed D. N. McIntosh and paid D. N. McIntosh and he was sick and did not attend himself, but he said that I was represented at the time and went through the same time that Alfred Self, as we were the same family I suppose we was alright and just tell you this to show you that I did make application before the Alien Act. Are you testifying to three women and their children? Yes, I am testifying to three women and their children and one son and two grandchildren. Where does that daughter live? She has a home, a farm about four miles from me. Her husband is a mechanic and when he has a job he takes his wife and children with him. (testimony of John Self, brother of Buck not typed yet) Buck Self recalled to the court: You said your children came from Texas, did they come direct from Texas here? They came from Texas eight years ago, they came to the Choctaw Nation. I started to this Nation and stopped in the Choctaw Nation at those mines, because wages was good. What year did you leave Texas coming to this Territory? I believe it was the latter part of 1887. ******** DECISION Okmulgee, Indian Territory September 10, 1896 This is an Application filed before the Citizenship Commission for admission to citizenship in the Muscogee Nation by right of blood being the children and grand children of W. B. Self. A careful and through investigation of the evidence adduced substantiates the statment of applicants as set forth in their allegation to the satisfaction of the Citizenship Commission of the Muscogee Nation, have decided and hereby declare that Mary Harrick, Leo Herrick, Juanita Herrick, Louisa Leath, J. H. Leath, T. J. Leath, W. B. Leath, M. T. Self, Buck Self, Jr, Willie March and Dollie Lynch are Creek Indians by bloood and entitled to Citizenship in the Muscogee Nation. M. McIntosh James Colbeart Clk. Pres. Commission ******* Testimony of Nathan Berryhill, 1897[17]139 Muskogee, Indian Territory ) in defence of application of ) J. C. Berryhill et al for ) (Nathan) lives at Olaulgee, Okla, citizenship in Creek Nation ) born in Georgia in 1830; age 67 years (1897) citizen of Creek Nation; 5 yrs citizen now; belonged to Broken Arrow Town; came there from Rusk County, Texas; lived there a little over 40 years; came to Rusk Co. Texas from Randolph Co Alabama; very young when came from Georgia; son of William Berryhill; William Berryhill was a son of John Berryhill; father of William, enrolled but never came here (to Creek Nation); no name besides William; William had a cousin William M. Berryhill: Nathan had a brother William. William, brother to Nathan had these children: Mary Berryhill Foshee, Jurisha Berryhill Gibson, Thomas Berryhill, Silas Berryhill, and another daughter; my grandfather, John Berryhill, had a brother nmaed Joseph who lived and died in Georgia, and was a recognized member of the Creek tribe of Indians; my father, William died in Texas at the last of the Civil War; my uncle Joseph Berryhill had a son named William, who was a 1st cousin of mine: this William had a son by the name of William who was a grandson of Joseph Berryhill; I know of personal knowledge that Joseph Berryhill, my great uncle, was a brother of my grandfather, and had son by the name of William Berryhill, who died near the Miss-Ala. line, but I only know from general information that he is the father of these applicants, great grandchildren of Joseph Berryhill. I know applicant George W. Berryhill who was born in Miss. and has lived there all his life. I know that he is the son of Samuel Berryhill, who was a son of John Berryhill and a brother to my father William Berryhill. *********** 1832 Census, Creeks, Thlakalchka Cholockominne (Horse Path Town)[18]140 Coweta Indians (near present-day Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama) Principal Chief, James Islands (Half-blood) Sub. Chiefs, Absolom Islands Charlo Harjo Cocho one Heads of Families males females total Thomas Berryhill 1 2 3 William Berryhill 6 5 11 Eli Berryhill 2 1 3 John Berryhill 1 1 2 Thomas W. Berryhill 2 1 3 Benj Posey 4 4 8 ********** Theodore Berryhill History of the State of Oklahoma Luther B. Hill, 1909 page 214 Theodore Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, October 20, 1874, and is a member of the Berryhill and Glenn families who own the lands in the Glen Pool, from which millions of dollars worth of oil have been taken out. His paternal grandfather was John Dallas Berryhill, a half-blood Creek Indian who emigrated with the Creeks from Alabama to Indian Territory and settled in the Creek Nation. He did not live there long, however, and while retaining his land and right as an Indian citizen removed to Buchanan County, Missouri, which seemed to him a more desirable place of residence, and there he was married and there his son, George W. was born. Several other members of the Berryhill family moved to Missouri and located in Buchanan and Jackson Counties, while still others remained in the Creek Nation, several of them owning valuable lands in Glenn Pool and the surrounding oil territory. Sometime after his marriage John Dallas Berryhill came back to the Creek Nation to live, but later returned again to Buchanan County and died there. George W. Berryhill, his son and the father of Theodore, moved with his family from Buchanan County, the place of his birth, to the Creek Nation in 1884, and located at Stone Bluff, on the Arkansas River. He died there in 1898, but he is still survived by his widow, her home being in Sapulpa. To Theodore Berryhill was given but a limited educational training in his early youth. He attended school only a short time in Buchanan County, and after coming to Stone Bluff his other manifold duties prevented his continuing his attendance. He was ambitious to learn, however and when he was twenty he enterd upon a term of schooling and besides this procured books and studied at home, often pouring over them at night when all the other members of the family had retired. In this way, through self-teaching, he became fairly well educated. In 1891, at the age of seventeen, and with his brother, William Berryhill, then a lad of nineteen, they left the home at Stone Bluff to select homes of their own according to their rights as Creek Indian Citizens, locating where is now the famous Glenn Pool. Theodore selected one hundred and sixty acres for himself lying partly in section 16 and partly in section 9, but at that time there was no hint of the wonderful oil developments to take place later, for they did not begin until the bringing in of oil on the Ida Glenn allotment, in 1905. Mrs. Glenn and Mr. Berryhill are cousins, and his allotment lies to the west of hers and nearly adjoins, and the allotments of his four children are also in the famous Glenn Pool and, and like his own, are rich in oil productions. In the spring of 1907 he moved with his family to Sapulpa. For several years Mr. Berryhill carried on ordinary farming operations. He had selected his land purely from its advantages for agricultural pursuits and location for a home, and recalls that he paid another Indian then occupying the place fifteen dollars to move, the latter being perfectly willing to do so and select another allotment elsewhere. The great wealth that has come to Mr. Berryhill and his family is regarded by him as providential and to be tended sacredly as a trust. He does not have the least wish or inclination to spend money in extravagant ways of living or for luxuries. He is a devoted Christian, and earnest member of the Independent Holiness Church, and his chief aim is to do good and be of assistance to his fellow men through religious work and to extend charity and financial assistance without stint in all worthy cases which, from his personal investigation, are worthy of his help. He married, in the Creek Nation, Miss Rilla Wilson, a native of Kentucky, and their four children are Loney Love, Jackson, Sylvester and Earl.