CENSUS CARD PACKET QUESTIONARIE # 7968 NAKIE KINGFISHER ************************************************************************ 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. <> Submitter: Catherine Widener (catz@kcisp.net ************************************************************************ DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Commission to the Five Civilize Tribes Spavinaw, I. T., May 1, 1902 In the matter of the application of NAKIE KINGFISHER for the enrollment of herself as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Polly Kingfisher, being first duly sworn, and being examined testified as follows: Through sworn interpreter, James P. Butler: BY COMMISSION: Q. What is your name? A. Polly Kingfisher Q. How old are you? A. Fifty-one Q.What is your post office address? A. Peggs Q. Who do you want to enroll? A. Nakie Kingfisher Q. What is her post office address? A. Peggs Q.She lives in Saline District, does she? A. Yes, sir Q. Does she live with anybody now? A. Could not tell Q.What family does she live with most of the time? A. Stays at Joe Kingfisher’s house most of the time. Q. Who is Nakie Kingfisher’s mother? A. Cha-go-hi Q.Who is her father? A. John Kingfisher Q.Are they both Cherokees by blood? A. Yes, sir Q.This child, Nakie, is she a full blood Cherokee Indian? A. Yes Q.Did Nakie’s mother once live with a name named Cabin Miller? A.They never lived together, they wer just together awhile. Q.Did Nakie’s mother live in Saline District about 1880? A. Yes, sir Q.What is the name of the child that Nakie’s mother had by Cabin Miller? A. Nail Miller 1880 authenticated roll of citizens of the Cherokee Nation examined and applicant identified as follows: Page 624, # 271, Cho-gah-ni Cabin-Saline District, age 23 1896 census roll of citizens of the Cherokee Nation examined and applicant identified as follows: Page 1001, # 646, Na-kie Kingfisher, Saline District, age 12 Q. Did you know that this child, Nakie, is living at this time A. Yes, I know it just from Tom. Q.When did you see her last? A. Not since last January. She has been away from quite a while, while I have been at the Orphan Asylum. Nakie Kingfisher will be listed for enrollment upon straight card. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th day of May 1902. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes Cherokee Land Office Tahlequah, I. T., November 18, 1903 In the matter of the application for the enrollment of NAKIE KINGFISHER as a citizen by blood of the Cherokee Nation. SUPPLEMENTAL TESTIMONY Tom Kingfisher, being duly sworn and examined by the Commission, testified as follows: (Through official interpreter, Simon R. Walkingstick.) Q.What is your name? A. Tom Kingfisher Q.How old are you? A. About 28 Q.What is your post office address? A. Peggs Q. Are you a full blood Cherokee? A. Yes, sir Q.Do you know Nakie Kingfisher? A. She’s my aunt Q.She’s younger than you are, isn’t she? A. Yes, Nakie is younger than I am, but she’s my father’s sister, nevertheless. Q. How old is she? A. She’s about 16 or 17. Q. What is her post office address? A. Peggs, I think; she lives near there Q.Was she born in the Cherokee Nation? A. Yes sir Q. Has she lived in the Cherokee Nation all her life? A. Yes, sir Q.Has she lived living there now, is she? A. Yes, sir Q.Is she married? A. Not that I know of; I haven’t seen her for some time. Stenographer information……………………………….Mabel J. Maxwell Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of December, 1903. Samuel Foreman Notary Public DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes Cherokee Land Office Tahlequah, I. T., June 1, 1904 In the matter of the application for the enrollment of NAKIE KINGFISHER as a citizen by blood of the Cherokee Nation SUPPLEMENTAL TESTIMONY Isaac Sourjohn, being duly sworn and examined by the Commission, testified, through official interpreter, Simon R, Walkingstick, as follows: Q. What is your name? A. Isaac Sourjohn Q. How old are you? A. 24 Q.What is your post office address? A. Moodys Q.Are you a citizen of the Cherokee Nation? A. Yes, sir Q.Are you married? A. Yes Q.When were you married? A. the 12th of January, this year Q. Whom were you married to? A. Nakie Kingfisher Q.Are you and she living together now? A. Yes,sir Q. Has she got any children? A. Yes, she has one child Q.What it the child’s name? A. Lizzie Dirteater Q.When was that child born? A. the 26th of last March. Stenographer Information…………………Mabel Maxwell Subscribed and sworn to before me on 1st day of June, 1904 Simon R. Walkingstick Notary Public