Columbus Berryhill - Creek Nation (Dawes)

Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org

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Columbus Dewey Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in May 1865. He 
went to the Creek Nation before 1885 with his parents, George W. and Arianna 
Berryhill. Columbus married his cousin, Emma Catherine Smith, in the Creek 
Nation about 1889. Emma Catherine was born in the Creek Nation in June 1866. She 
was the daughter of Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. Columbus D. Berryhill 
was a grandson of John Dallas Berryhill and Emma Catherine Smith was a great 
granddaughter of John Dallas' sister, Nancy (Berryhill) Posey.  Emma
C. (Smith) Berryhill attended the Weleetka Mission and graduated from there.

Columbus and Emma Catherine lived at Stone Bluff, Indian Territory, close to 
Emma Catherine's family. In 1910, Columbus and Emma were living at Moore 
township, Muskogee, Oklahoma. Emma had given birth to fourteen children by 1910, 
but only eleven were living by that time.

Columbus Dewey Berryhill died 2 January 1936 and is buried in the Haskell 
Cemetery at Haskell, Oklahoma. I don't know when Emma Catherine died, but it is 
believed 1948.

Following are the Creek Indian Records of Columbus D. Berryhill and Emma 
Catherine (Smith) Berryhill. Since they are both 1/8th degree Creek Indian 
blood, their children have the same degree of Indian blood.

1895 Creek Payroll
Broken Arrow

		1. Columbus Berryhill
		2. Emma Berryhill		By father
		3. John H. Berryhill	  G. W. Berryhill
		4. William Berryhill
		5. David Berryhill
		6. Albert Berryhill
			"New Born Daniel Berryhill"


Dawes	Name		age	sex	DIB	Father	Mother
No.
	  Card No. 637  P.O. Stone Bluff  3 Aug 1899
2101	Berryhill, Columbus	33	M	1/8	G. W. Berryhill	Ari
2102	Emma	wife	32	F	1/8	Shelton smith	Lucinda
2103	John H.	son	 9	M	1/8	No. 1	No. 2
2104	David	son	 8	M	1/8	No. 1	No .2
2105	William	son	 6	M	1/8	No. 1	No. 2
2106	Abert [Albert]son	 5	M	1/8	No. 1	No. 2
2107	Daniel B.	son	 3	M	1/8	No. 1	No. 2
2108	Columbus D.	son	 1	M	1/8	No. 1	No. 2
2109	Ara Ann	dau	 1	F	1/8	No. 1	No. 2
	  No. 9 enrolled the 22 May 1901
	
	  New Born Card No. 893  P.O. Stone Bluff
838	Berryhill, Charlie S.	 3	M	1/8	Columbus Berryhill	Emma
839	Emma C.		 1	F	1/8	Columbus Berryhill	Emma

	  Minor Creek Card No. 282  P.O. Stone Bluff
269	Berryhill, Faith	 1	F	1/8	Columbus Berryhill	Emma

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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.

David Morgan