Cherokee County Oklahoma Indian Roll Application for: Mollie Fiield Submitted by: Melissa Ogle, meden2@mindspring.com Copyright Date: 12/31/2002 http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/cherokee/cherokee.html Bill Cook, Co. Archivist, billcook44@aol.com ******************************************************************************** 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 ******************************************************************************** Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. Sir: I hereby make application for such share as may be due me of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28, 1906; in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith subjoined. 1. State full name- English name: Mollie Fields Indian name: ---- 2. Residence: Tahlequah Dist. 3. Town and post office: Moody 4. County: District 6 5. State: Indian Territory 6. Date and Place of Birth: about 1856 Cherokee Nation Ind. Ty. 7. By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each claim separately: (1) Ned Lowrey (2) Rosa Lowrey (3) Switchler Lowrey (4) Rachel Lowrey (5) Samuel Lowrey (6) Nancy Roach (7) Jim Lowrey (8) Chu lick see Welch (9) Alsie Welch 8. Are you married? Widow 9. Name and age of wife or husband: Johnson Fields, died 10 yrs ago 10. Give the names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage. Father - English Name: Ned Lowrey Indian name: nede Mother- English name: Rosa Lowrey Indian Name: Lossa Maiden name: Rosa Welch 11. Where were they born? Father: Cherokee Nation East Mother: Cherokee Nation East 12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Father: Saline Dist. Cherokee Nation, Ind. Ty. Mother: Tahlequah Dist. Cherokee Nation, Ind. Ty. 13. Date of death of your father and mother - Father: 1880 Mother: 1876 14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where: 1852 Cherokee Payment Tahlequah Dist. Cherokee Nation Ind. Ty. 15. Name all of your brothers and sisters, giving age, and if not living, the date of death: 1) John Lowrey 1854 1886 2) Sallie Lowrey 1860 1863 3) Hattie Lowrey unknown 1863 4) Nannie Lowrey unknown 1896 5) Jennie Murphy 1862 Living 6) Rachel Collins 1878 Living 16. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's and mother's side, if possible: Father's side Mother's side Switchler Lowrey Chu Lick se Welch Garnsta ti chi yah Chu lick se Rachel Lowrey Elsie Welch Lechile Alse 17. Where were they born? Cherokee Nation East. 18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Tahlequah Dist., Cherokee Nation, I.T. 19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths: 1) Peggie Hicks unknown her death 2) Daniel Lowrey he died 1839 3) Betsy Lowrey she died about 1840-42 4) Mary Foreman Lowrey, I.T. 5) Nancy Roach she died 1865 6) Jim Lowrey he died 1865 7) Eliza Batt she died 1906 8) Moria Lowrey she died about 1865-6 9) Samuel Lowrey he died about 1862-3 10) Sarah Youngs she died 1894 11) Annie Spears she died 1866 20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where. 1854 Cherokee payment, 1902 enrolled by the Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes Tahlequah Dist. 21. To expedite identification, claimants should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835: I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief: (Witnesses to her mark) Nellie Smith X Mollie Fields' mark J. T. Carroll Subscribed and sworn to me this 29 day of October, 1906. My commission expires July 2 1910: David E. Smallwood, Notary Public AFFIDAVIT Personally appeared before me David O. Fields and Cornelius Whittington, who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with Mollie Fields, who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known her for 30 years and 15 years respectively, and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that the statements made by her are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief and they have no interest whatever in her claim. ss signed witnessed & sealed 29 October, 1906 Note: Guion-Miller requested Mollie identify how she was enrolled in the Dawes Roll and she responded 26 March 1909 from Moody, Okla. as being enrolled under the Dawes Commisioner as Mollie Sunday.