DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR COMMISSION TO THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES WISTER, I.T., DECEMBER 18th, 1902. -------------------------------------- Submitted by Sue Hearon earl@intcon.net ---------------------------------------- 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 ot the contributor, 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Choctaw 2778 Intermarried In the matter of the application of Mary Darneal for enrollment as an intermarried citizen of the Choctaw Nation. Mary Darneal being first duly sworn testified as follows: Examination by the Commission Q What is your name? A Mary Darneal. Q How old are you? A Thirty-five. Q What is your post office address? A Whitefield. Q Is that in the Choctaw Nation? A Yes sir. Q How long have you been a resident of the Choctaw Nation? A Twenty Years. Q Have you live here continuously for the past twenty years A yes sir. Q Never made your home anywhere else during that time? A No sir. Q Do you claim intermarried rights in the Choctaw Nation? A Yes sir. Q What is the name of your Choctaw husband through who you claim these rights? A Stephen Darneal. Q Is he a recognized and enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation? A Yes sir. Q Have his rights as such ever been disputed? A No Sir. Q When were you married to Stephen Darneal? A December 24, 1882 Q Where was this marriage ceremony performed? A Greenhill Church House, Skullyville County. Q At that time were both you and your husband bona fide residents of the Choctaw Nation? A Yes Sir. Q Who performed the marriage ceremony? A Judge Thompson. Q Minister of the gospel? A No sir, Judge. Q Judge of what county? A Skullyville county. Q Were you married under a license? A No sir. Q Were you ever married previous to your marriage to Stephen Darneal? A No Sir. Q Was he ever married previous to his marriage to you? A No Sir. Q Since that marriage have you lived together continuously as husband and wife up to the present time? A Yes Sir. Q There has been no separation of any kind whatsoever? A No Sir Q Are you at present living together as actual and bona fide residents of the Choctaw Nation? A Yes Sir. Q Did you ever get a marriage certificate? A No Sir. Q Didn't the judge give you one at the time of your marriage? A No Sir. Q Was your marriage recorded? A Yes Sir, I think it was. Q Who was present at that marriage? A It was in the time of church; there was a good many present. Q Is the judge still living: A Yes sir, I think so. Albert G. McMillan being first duly sworn states that as stenographer to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes he reported the proceedings had in the above entitled cause on the 18th day of December, 1902 and that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct transcript of his stenographic notes taken in said cause on said date. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of January, 1903.