Descendants of John Dallas Berryhill & Creek Nation rolls (Dawes) Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org ************************************************************************ 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/ *********************************************************************** In the 1880s and the 1890s, two of John Dallas Berryhill's children -- Mary Marina (Berryhill) Bittle and George W. Berryhill -- with their mates, and several of John Dallas' grandchildren, went to the Creek Nation and applied for citizenship into that Nation. Those who went in the 1880s were granted citizenship in 1890. Of those who went after 1890, some were granted citizenship and some were denied citizenship. Following are applications and statements made by and for these descendants of John Dallas Berryhill: Citizenship Committee Room Okmulgee, M.N. Oct. 22" 85 (1885) To the National Council Gentlemen: Your Committee to whom was referred the petitioners GEORGE W. BERRYHILL and BENJ. F. BERRYHILL and others from the State of Missouri, claiming a right to Citizenship in this Nation, by reason of their decendence from the Creek Tribe, have had the same under consideration and beg leave to remark as follows: After a careful examination of all affidavits, and the testimony of one MRS MARY BITTLE, who declares, on oath that George W Berryhill is her own brother &c. The law regulating such cases, requires a responsible and disinterested native witness, the law further requires that to be entitled to Citizenship the person applying must not be removed from the Creek bloods further than the fourth degree. The petitioners also claim that John Berryhill, the father of Mrs Bittle, George Berryhill and Andrew J. Berryhill came here in 1857 and received money for himself and descendants. This fact is no evidence, for the payment was made to pure White blooded as well as Indians, who immigrated to the Country with the Indians. The payment referred to was no National payment, nor a National Act authorizing to whom the payment should be made, but was controlled by only a certain Party of immigrants to the Country at a certain time. We the Committee therefore render an adverse report upon this case. A. P. McKellop G. W. Stidham Clk Chairman Com. T. J. Adams Speaker of the H of W Henry Thompson Pres H of K Approved Oct 23-86 J. M. Perryman Prin. Chief M.N. The above descendants of John Dallas Berryhill did receive their Citizenship Certificates in October 1890. The following was an application for Mary Ann (Berryhill) Snyder and Theodore Berryhill, children of John Rutledge Berryhill and brother and sister to the above Benjamin Franklin Berryhill. It consists of 22 pages of questions by the attorneys, and answers from the applicants and witnesses. Because it is too lengthy, I have had to condense it and am printing only the highlights that tie the families together and show their descent from John Dallas Berryhill. The other grandchildren of John Dallas Berryhill were admitted to Citizenship in 1890. I have never found any of their statements to prove their Creek Indian blood. Department of the Interior Commissioner to the Five Civilized Tribes Muskogee, Indian Territory Nov 15, 1905 In the matter of the application for the enrollment of Peter Snyder, et al - Mary Ann Snyder, et al, and Theodore Berryhill, et al - as Citizens by Blood. THOMAS H BERRYHILL first being duly sworn. Examination by the Commissioner: What is your name? Thomas H. Berryhill. How old are you? Sixty. What is your Post Office address? Red Fork. EXAMINATION BY ATTORNEY BROOKS: Did you know Mr. Berryhill (John Rutledge Berryhill)? Yes sir. Who is he? He was a son of John Dallas Berryhill. Do you know Theodore Berryhill? Yes sir. Do you know or did you know the father of Theodore Berryhill here and Mrs. Snyder? Yes sir. Who was the father of these applicants? John Rutledge Berryhill. Who was the father of John Rutledge Berryhill? John Dallas Berryhill. Is John Dallas Berryhill still alive? No sir. When did he die? I couldn't tell you. Was John Dallas Berryhill a Citizen of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. Do you know whether he was on the Old Settlers Roll as a Creek Citizen? I will answer the question like old Judge Moore "and I guess he was on the roll, all of the old citizens were". Do you know when John Dallas Berryhill died? No sir, I don't know what year he died, I know when he died but what year I couldn't tell you. Do you know whether or not John Rutledge Berryhill was on the roll? Yes sir he was on the roll. What percent of Indian blood did John Rutledge have? One quarter. Are Theodore Berryhill and Mrs. Snyder citizens of the Creek Nation? Yes sir. What percent have they? One eighth. What kin is Theodore and (Mrs. Snyder) to you? Brother and sister. In what year did they make application to be enrolled as citizens? 1884. What year were you admitted? 1890. When did John Dallas Berryhill come to Indian Territory? There were two different times he came here. Did he come here during '28 and '38? Yes sir he emigrated here. Then again between 1850 and 1860 did he come to Indian Territory? Yes sir. How long did he remain here? Lived here about six years. Do you know how much money he received from the Creek Nation at that time (Old Settlers Payment)? Towards sixteen hundred dollars is what he brought back. State whether Theodore Berryhill and Mrs Snyder were placed on the roll by their grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill? Yes sir. Do you know Stanford Berryhill? Yes sir? State what relationship exists between him and the applicants (Theodore Berryhill and Mary Ann Snyder)? First cousins. What relations between applicants and Andrew (Jackson) Berryhill? Double first cousins. What relation exists between applicants and Perry Berryhill? Cousins. Who is Ara Ann Berryhill? She was my uncle's wife. You may state the name of your uncle. G W Berryhill. What percent of Indian blood did he have? One quarter. What kin was he to the applicants? A blood uncle. What kin was George W Berryhill to Stanford? Father. Do you know Zera Lloyd Berryhill? No sir. Do you know A J Berryhill? Yes sir. Is he related to Mrs Snyder or Theodore Berryhill? He is their cousin. Do you know John Pleasant Berryhill - what relation is he to Mrs Snyder? Nephew. Cora Frances Berryhill is Mrs Snyders niece. Littleton Berryhill is Mrs Snyders brother. Name A J Berryhills children (A. J., Jr.). Buford, Altie - and then there is Walter and Dude. Do you know Mary Ann Berryhill who was admitted at the same time as you? She is my daughter. Theodore Franklin Berryhill is my son. Is your daughter Mary Ann Berryhill still living? Yes sir. Was her name Russell then? It was Mary Ann Berryhill. OLIVER PERRY BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: What is your name? O P Berryhill or Oliver P Berryhill. I am fifty years old. I was born in '49. My Post Office is Bixby. I am a citizen of the Creek Nation. I was admitted to citizenship in 1890. G W Berryhill, Stanford Berryhill, Columbus Berryhill, Martha Lee Berryhill known as Martha Kiefer, Jo Shelby (Berryhill), Billy Berryhill, Theodore Berryhill, Franklin Berryhill, Thomas H Berryhill, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, Littleton Berryhill, A J Berryhill and Lizzie Berryhill was admitted at the same time. Lizzie Berryhill was Elizabeth America Berryhill and Belle Berryhill now Belle Smith. Was she called Mamie Isabelle. Yes sir. Lucy and Azie. Was that the same person as Rhoda Adeline Berryhill? Yes sir. The father of Mary Ann Berryhill and Theodore Berryhill, the Applicants, was John Rutledge Berryhill. The father of John Rutledge Berryhill was John Dallas Berryhill. From what State did he (John Dallas Berryhill) come to Indian Territory? He emigrated from Alabama here with the Indians - with the McIntosh Party. What relation are you to the applicants? Double first cousins. Note! John Rutledge Berryhill married America Beckett. John R.'s brother, Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Sr., married America Beckett's sister, Mariah Beckett, so their children were double first cousins. TNC. OLIVER PERRY BERRYHILL ALSO STATED: Oliver Perry Berryhill also stated. When we came from Missouri, Uncle George and I went to Okmulgee and on the way we met Judge [G. W.] Stidham, not knowing us, said that we didn't have enough Creek Blood. Uncle George asked Stidham how much blood he had and Stidham said a little over one half. Uncle George asked Stidham which side he got his blood from. Stidham said "my mother". and Uncle George said "but the blood she got she got from the Berryhills". Note! George W. Stidham was the son of Deliliah Stidham and I believe Deliliah's husband was G. W. Stidham, the U.S. Interpreter on the Old Settler's Roll. TNC. WHO WAS GEORGE W BERRYHILL? HE WAS A SON OF JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. He was my uncle. George W Berryhill was an uncle to Theodore and Mary Ann Berryhill (Snyder). George W. Berryhill has a son Theodore Berryhill. John Rutledge Berryhill had the following children: Thomas Henry Belton, Benjamin Franklin, Mary Ann or Peggy Berryhill later Snyder, Theodore Berryhill and Littleton Berryhill. They may have had one that died when it was little. ARRIE ANN BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Arie Ann Berryhill. I am sixty-nine years old. I live at Mounds. I am the widow of George W Berryhill. My husband has been dead seven years. We have been here twenty years. MY HUSBAND, GEORGE W BERRYHILL, WAS A BROTHER TO JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS A SON OF JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. I remember both John Dallas Berryhill and John Rutledge Berryhill and saw them many times. John Dallas Berryhill drew the Old Settler's money. He "fetched" the money and brought it to me and I put it away - between fourteen and fifteen hundred dollars. I was living in Buchanan County, Missouri at that time. He had the money in a sack. It was all in gold pieces. John Dallas Berryhill came alone home - John Dallas Berryhill was dead long before the war. He said he drew the money for his children. Stanford Berryhill is my son.; Perry Berryhill is O P and is a cousin to Theodore Berryhill the applicant. My family arrived in the Creek Nation the day before Christmas, I don't know the year. THEODORE BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: (son of John Rutledge Berryhill) My name is Theodore Berryhill. I am fifty-six years old. I live at Red Fork. I am one of the applicants in this case. I have a child, Isadora Berryhill, she is twenty two years old. I have a child, Flora Elizabeth Berryhill, she is about nineteen years old. I have a child Thomas G Berryhill, he is fifteen. I was born in Buchanan County, Missouri. I lived there forty two years. I was born in 1849. I left Missouri and came here in 1891. I have been a resident continuously since I came here. The name of the mother of my children is Mary L. Berryhill. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS MY FATHER. HIS FATHER WAS JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. He came to this country from Alabama with the McIntosh party. My grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill participated in the Old Settlers Payment. I have applied for citizenship for my children whose names are, Isadora, Flora Elizabeth and Thomas G Berryhill. They are 1/8 Creek Indian. Perry Berryhill is my cousin. Thomas H. Berryhill is my brother. Stanford Berryhill is a cousin. Andrew J Berryhill (Jr.) is my cousin. Arrie Ann Berryhill is my aunt, the wife of my uncle George W Berryhill. John Rutledge Berryhill was my father. John Dallas Berryhill was my grandfather. Peter Snyder is my nephew. His mother is Mary Ann Berryhill, my sister. MARY ANN SNYDER BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Mary Ann Snyder now. I was formerly Mary Ann Berryhill. I have a child named Lizzie Snyder about twenty four, a child Thomas Franklin Snyder about twenty five, a child Henry Twenty one, a child Katie eighteen, a child Emma sixteen, a child Nellie fourteen, a child Joseph twelve. I am fifty eight years old. I live at Red Fork. I was born in Missouri. I left Missouri about sixteen years ago and went to Texas. I was called Peggy as a nick name. Theodore, the applicant is my brother. Peter Snyder is a son of mine. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS MY FATHER. He was a Creek Indian. He was 1/4 - I am 1/8. JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL WAS MY GRANDFATHER. I last saw him in 1859 in Missouri. He was at my AUNT MARTHA COPELAND's house. Aunt Martha Copeland is dead. I remember when my grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill, brought the Old Settlers money home. He told me that it was the Old Settlers money. He told me that I participated in the money and that my name was on the roll and that my brother Theodore was on the roll. George W Berryhill was my uncle. He is dead. Arrie Ann Berryhill was my uncle George W Berryhill's wife. My grandfather, John Dallas Berryhill came to the Indian Territory from Alabama with the McIntosh Party. John Dallas Berryhill belonged to Broken Arrow Town. My father, John Rutledge Berryhill, belonged to Broken Arrow Tribal Town. My husband is Stephen Snyder. We were married in 1867. I had fourteen children, thirteen are still living. Thomas H Berryhill is a brother of mine. Andrew J Berryhill is a cousin of mine. Stanford Berryhill is a cousin of mine. Perry Berryhill is a cousin of mine. MARTHA LEE KIEFER IS A SISTER TO STANFORD BERRYHILL and is a cousin of mine. PETER SNYDER BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Peter Snyder. I am thirty six years old. I live at Red Fork. I have a daughter Mary Ann Snyder, a daughter Lena Adaline Snyder. My daughter Mary Ann was born in 1890. Lena Adaline was born in 1891. I have a son Stephen O Snyder - he was born in 1893 or 1894. Their mother is Emma Snyder. I came here in 1891 from St. Joseph, Missouri. MY MOTHER IS MARY ANN SNYDER OR PEGGY SNYDER. ANDREW J. BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: I am fifty years old. I live at Bixby. I am a citizen of the Creek Nation. MY FATHER WAS ANDREW J BERRYHILL. He was an uncle to Theodore Berryhill and Mary Ann Snyder. I knew John Rutledge Berryhill and he was the father of Theodore and Mary Ann Snyder. John Rutledge Berryhill is dead. He was a citizen of the Creek Nation. John Dallas Berryhill was his father. I can read and write and I saw the Old Settlers Roll myself. George Stidham had it. STANFORD BERRYHILL BEING DULY SWORN: My name is Stanford Berryhill. I am forty eight years old. I live at Mounds. MY FATHER WAS GEORGE W BERRYHILL. He has been dead for four or five years. MY MOTHER IS ARIE ANN BERRYHILL. JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL WAS MY GRANDFATHER. JOHN RUTLEDGE BERRYHILL WAS A BROTHER TO GEORGE W BERRYHILL. I saw the Old Settlers Roll. My father had it at his home. Even after all of the sworn statements, Mary Ann (Berryhill) Snyder, Peter Snyder and Theodore Berryhill, were denied citizenship into the Creek Nation. It may have been the lateness of their bringing their case to court. --- The children of Jackson and Mariah went to the Creek Nation and applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation. Oliver Perry and Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Jr., went to the Creek Nation early and they were granted citizenship in 1890. Their two sisters, Theodocia (Berryhill) Berryhill and Charlotte Mariah (Berryhill) Quarles, didn't go to the Nation until later. They were denied citizenship. I have never found the early statements for Oliver P. and A. J. Berryhill for themselves. Following are applications and statements given for Theodocia and Mariah to support their claim to citizenship. Okmulgee, I.T. July 29, 1896 SWORN STATEMENT OF THEODOCIA BERRYHILL: I made an application in 1885 and also in 1890 for Citizenship by JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL, MY GRANDFATHER, a Creek by blood and a member of Broken Arrow Town. Was he your grandfather? Yes. What was your father's name? A J BERRYHILL, a Creek citizen, claimed to be a half breed Indian. When your application was made in 1885 who was your lawyer. I could not tell you. It was my grandfather claimed to be a half breed Creek instead of my father. Where was your father born? In Alabama. Where were you born? In Missouri. How long have you been in the Creek Nation? Six years. Are you a married woman? Yes. How many children have you? I have three. How long has your father lived in the Creek Nation? He never was here that I know of. And your father were never on the rolls of Broken Arrow Town? No. TESTIMONY OF G W BERRYHILL: THEODOCIA BERRYHILL is a niece of mine and A GRANDDAUGHTER OF JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL. JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL WAS A SON OF JOHN BERRYHILL AND HIS WIFE WAS A CREEK WOMAN - so I have proven by Stidham and I brought the case here in 1885 when Stidham was chairman of the Committee. Was the application filed in Council or not? I think it was to the Committee and Stidham taken it to the Council and it went through both Houses and they are Indians by blood. Mrs Theodocia Berryhill is a niece of mine and on her mother's side an Indian by blood. Was John Dallas Berryhill and Indian? Yes. Was his wife an Indian? No. Dally Berryhill ever live here? Yes he emigrated here from Missouri (Alabama) in 1828 and draw the Old Settlers money. HOW MUCH INDIAN BLOOD IN JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL? HIS MOTHER WAS A FULL BLOOD AND MAKES HIM A HALF BREED. I am 1/4 Indian and HER FATHER WAS A BROTHER OF MINE. How old are you? I am 62 going on 63. Who represented her case? When she made her application in 1885, my lawyer. A WITNESS STATED HER GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A WHITE MAN, WHAT WAS HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER? I THINK A DERRISAW. Note! I believe a mistake was made by the clerk in writing "on her MOTHER'S SIDE AN INDIAN". TNC. TESTIMONY OF A J (Andrew Jackson, Jr.) BERRYHILL: THEODOCIA IS MY SISTER. I don't know anything more than she is my sister and I am a citizen and she is my sister; same mother and same father raised both of us. You have been recognized? Yes. Why did you not put your sisters' names on the roll? I was advised not to do it as they were in Missouri. Where were they born? In Missouri. Did they ever come here and apply for citizenship? I don't know. They being your sisters you feel interested? Yes. I never was a witness before the Committee or Council. Did I understand you to say that you never was a witness for these people in this court before? Yes. I dont know they made any application as I did not see them, but they told me they did. Are you a citizen of this Nation? Yes sir. These ladies who made applications are they your sisters? Yes sir, they are both my sisters. Who was your great grandfather? I don't know. Was he a white man? Was he an Indian? I think he was a white man. Who did Theodocia Berryhill marry? She married a cousin of mine, James Berryhill. Is James Berryhill and Indian? I think so, yes. When did you make application for citizenship? About ten years ago. TESTIMONY OF JOE MINGO - for the Nation During my administration I had the roll and there were several Berryhills and since the rolls got destroyed I don't know one from the other and I have not seen the new roll and I know all of the George Berryhill family that lived North of here. GEORGE STIDHAM, JACKSON DOYLE, CHAS. SMITH, SELFS, WILLS AND BERRYHILLS and I had their names on our new roll as I was Dist. Judge - but since that time the rolls got destroyed and I have not seen the new rolls. I don't know of any other Berryhill. G. W. Berryhill's daughter - her name appeared before me on the omitted roll. Only what the older people told me I don't know any of them but G. W. Berryhill. TESTIMONY OF T J ADAMS - for the Nation: What is your name? Thomas Adams. Did you ever know JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL? No, I don't know him. I never heard that name until today. You have been a Council member for a long time? Yes, I used to know some Berryhills. I used to see them before the war. I did not know but one Berryhill before the war and he went by the name of WHISKY HARJO OR PLEASANT BERRYHILL and he had many children by his first wife; he had small boys and after his first wife died he went and married to WINNIE and he had TOBY BERRYHILL and a small GIRL by Winnie. He also had a brother, I don't know exactly what his name was but I think it was ALEX. He lived near the Old Council House grounds and he had a wife but no children. I heard he had a brother living out on Little River but did not know him and there was another by the name of SAM BERRYHILL lived across the Arkansas River and he was DOCK (Dick) BERRYHILL's father. I knew that SAM BERRYHILL myself but I was told by older people that SAM BERRYHILL was no relation to these other BERRYHILLS at all. This man that I make statement of were white men, did not have any Indian blood about them. The other BERRYHILLS that I speak of, not including SAM BERRYHILL came from the Old Country - they had married Creek women. WHISKY HARJO had several boys, I can't think of all their names. I was asked by the attorney if these Berryhills made any applications to the council for citizenship. They did but I can't say who they were. JUDGE - JUDGE! How old are you? I was born in 1838 making me 58 yrs. Do you remember when these people came from Alabama? I don't remember. Do you know John Dallas Berryhill? No. Do you know the applicants, who they were offspring of? I don't know. Could you swear that these parties are not Indian at all? No, I don't know these parties. Was Whiskey Harjo's wifes ever Indians? I don't know whether they belong to Tuckabatchee Town or not. You and I were Council members together for a long time - do you know any Berryhills making application and passing both Houses - was it the applicnts, or who was it? One of them is G W BERRYHILL. Do you know that Theodocia Berryhill passed through the Council? I don't know. Did you ever hear of a man named JOHN BERRYHILL? Yes, I only heard of John Berryhill, but didn't know him. Note! I don't know how Pleasant Berryhill came by the name of "Whiskey Harjo". Several years ago I found in some records of Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Pleasant Berryhill had a few barrels of whiskey taken from him. It was against the law to take whiskey into the Indian Nation, although it was done by both Indians and white men. TNC. Children of Mariah Quearles Children of Theodocia Berryhill Bessie M. Quearles Luvina Berryhill Nora N. Quearles Edna Berryhill Bennie N. Quearles Marion Berryhill Ina E. Quearles Oliver P. Quearles * * * * * Okmulgee I.T. July 30, 1896 Citizenship Commission Muskogee Nation Know all men by these presents that we Theodocia Berryhill as principal, G. W. Berryhill and A. J. Berryhill as surities, are held and firmly bond (bound), unto the Muskogee Nation in the full and just sum of Seventy-five ($75.00) dollars the payment of which well and truely be made - we bind ourselves and each of us and each of our administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents, signed with our hands this 30th day of July 1896. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bond THEODOCIA BERRYHILL, JAMES R. BERRYHILL and it has been this day filed a claim before the Citizenship (Commission) in the Muskogee Nation, Now if the said Theodocia Berryhill, G. W. Berryhill and A. J. Berryhill, shall pay to any and all witnesses subpoened by the Commission in behalf of the same mileage and perdiem paid to witnesses appearing before the District Court in Criminal cases this bond to be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and effect. ( signed) Principal: Theodocia Berryhill Surities: G. W. Berryhill A. J. Berryhill * * * * * Okmulgee, I.T. July 31, 1896 SWORN STATEMENT OF MARIAH QUEARLES: My uncles and my brothers are all citizens and I think I ought to be a citizen too. My father was A. J. BERRYHILL and my grandfather was JOHN DALLAS BERRYHILL and my great grandfather was JOHN BERRYHILL and we also have a list from Washington showing that my father and grandfather were Indian by blood. We have been here ever since 1890 applying for a right and they have never given us a fair trial yet. Where were you born? Missouri. How old are you? Will be 37 in December. What year did you come here? In 1890. Who is your father? A. J. Berryhill. Did you ever make application in person for citizenship? Yes, have been here every Council until last year. Is your father dead? Yes. What year did he die? Been dead seven years in November. Did your father ever live in this country? No. How many children have you? I have five. What became of application you made in 1890? It was lost and we had to get another one the next Fall. Was you here in 1885? No. TESTIMONY OF G W BERRYHILL: I put in application before the Committee myself. She is a niece of mine and a grandaughter of JOHN D. BERRYHILL and she is an Indian by blood. She applied in 1880 I think it was when I put her application in. John Berryhill drawed money for her - the Old Settlers money. She inherited her Indian blood from her great grandmother. Who represented you, the Citizenship Commission? No one sir. Did your niece apply the same time for citizenship you did? Yes, I put her papers in the same time I did mine. What became of the application you made for your daughter? Why did Mariah not go through the same time you did? She was not here. Did Mariah's father die in this country? No sir. Did he ever live here? Yes sir, came from Alabama here. TESTIMONY OF A J BERRYHILL: She is my sister. We were both raised together. Same mother - same father and claimed to be Indian by blood because her grandfather was an Indian. Was your application and G W Berryhill application both made at the same time? Yes sir. Was Mariah's then? Yes. When we came from Missouri here we brought a list and they were all filed at the same time. Why was she rejected? Because she was not here. How old is Mariah? I don't know exactly. How long has she been in the Creek Nation? Six years, I think. Have you any idea how much Indian blood in your sister? Are you interested in this case? Yes, of course I am. Mariah Querles and children, Theodocia Berryhill and children -- Rejected. OLIVER PERRY BERRYHILL O liver Perry Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in 1848. He was the first child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. He grew up in Missouri. Oliver Berryhill married Laurilla Johnson in Missouri. They were living in De Kalb County, Missouri, in 1880. I believe Laurilla died in Missouri. Oliver Perry Berryhill went to the Creek Nation with his brother and cousins and they applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation. Oliver P. was granted Creek Nation citizenship in 1890. Following is information from his Creek Census Card. Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 854 P.O. Bixby 26 Sept. 1899 2766 Berryhill, Oliver Perry 51 M 1/8 A. J. Berryhill Mariah Beckett Oliver married a second time to Nome (-?-). Nome Berryhill died in Oklahoma at the age of 38, on 17 August 1907, and is buried in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool, Oklahoma. Oliver Perry Berryhill married a third time to Ida M. (-?-), who had six living children. I don't believe Oliver had any children of his own. He died in Bixby, Oklahoma, 20 April 1910. Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Jr., was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, in September 1855. He was the third child born to Andrew Jackson, Sr., and Mariah (Beckett) Berryhill. By 1870, his parents had moved to De Kalb County. In 1885, Andrew J. went to the Creek Nation and applied for citizenship, which was granted to him in 1890. Andrew J. married Lula Snuffer about 1886. Lula was born in Kentucky in July 1867. Andrew J. and Lula settled in Mounds, Indian Territory. Following is information from Andrew J.'s Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 532 P.O. Mounds 23 June 1899 1731 Berryhill, Andrew J. 43 M 1/8 A J Berryhill Mariah 1732 Bluford O. son 12 M 1/16 No. 1 Lula 1733 Altie May dau 4 F 1/16 No. 1 Lula 1734 Walter Ray son 2 M 1/16 No. 1 Lula Card No. 3457 P.O. Mounds 13 Aug. 1902 9434 Berryhill, Mildred E. 2 F 1/16 Andrew J. Berryhill Lula New Born Card 270 P.O. Bixby 277 Berryhill, Charles Perry 3 M 1/16 Andrew J Berryhill Lula By 1900, Andrew J. and Lula had seven children, but only four were living. They had two more children after 1900. Andrew and Lula separated before 1910. Three of their children were living with Andrew in 1910: Altie May, Walter R. and Mildred E. Bluford O. was married. I believe Lula was living in Dawson, Oklahoma. --- Thomas Henry Belton Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, 20 August 1842. He was the first child born to John Rutledge and America (Beckett) Berryhill. Tom grew up in the Platt and Center Township area. After Tom's father went to California, Tom lived with his Uncle William Berryhill. Thomas H. Berryhill married Sarah H. Johnson in Missouri about 1872. Sarah was born in Tennessee 24 August 1855. In about 1889, Tom took his wife and children and went to the Creek Nation. They settled in Red Fork and Tom was granted citizenship for himself and his children. Following is information from Thomas H. Berryhill's Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 797 P.O. Red Fork 12 Sept. 1899 2582 Berryhill, Thomas H. 56 M 1/8 John Berryhill America 2583 Theodore F. son 23 M 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2584 John P. son 20 M 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2585 Cora F. dau 15 F 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2586 William T. son 11 M 1/16 No. 1 Sarah 2587 Della I. dau 7 F 1/16 No. 1 Sarah Card No. 3912 P.O. Red Fork 16 June 1905 9933 Berryhill, Rosa Lee 2 F 1/16 Thomas H. Berryhill Sarah Card 375 P.O. Red Fork 18 May 1899 1221 Russell, Mary A. 25 F 1/16 Thomas H. Berryhill Sarah 1222 Earl C. son 3 M 1/32 James W. Russell No. 1 1223 Estle I. dau 2 F 1/32 James W. Russell No. 1 1224 Leva dau 6 mo F 1/32 James W. Russell No. 1 Thomas H. Berryhill's Creek Land allotment was in the Red Fork area, near Tulsa. Oil was discovered on his land during the Oklahoma oil boom. Tom first built a log home for his family. A community grew up around Tom's land. It was first named "Lost City", then later called "Happy Holler", then in 1928, this community was named "Berryhill." In 1913 the family erected a two-story home. Tom Berryhill gave the land for a junior high school. This lies southwest of Tulsa. Thomas' wife was a midwife and delivered the babies in the little community. Thomas Henry Belton Berryhill died in the community near Tulsa, Oklahoma, 24 March 1915. Sarah A. (Johnson) Berryhill died there 25 November 1926. They both are buried in the Clinton Oaks Cemetery at Tulsa, Oklahoma. --- Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill died in Missouri on 4 October 1882. About 1885, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill took his four young daughters and moved to Indian Territory. Franklin applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation and it was granted in 1890. 1895 Creek Payment Broken Arrow Town 1. A. E. Smith [Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith] 2. Nina Smith 3. Daniel B. Smith [son of Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith] 4. John M. Berryhill [don't know who he is] 1. Benjamin Berryhill [dead] 2. Mary I. Berryhill 3. Lucy A. Berryhill [dead] 4. Ada Stella Berryhill This 1890 census was used by the Dawes Commission to make up the rolls. The notations "dead" were added by them. Two of the daughters of Benjamin Franklin and Zena Ann Berryhill married two of the sons of Stephen Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. Franklin Berryhill remarried after his move to the Creek Nation, to Miss Martha Alice Ashford. Following is a copy of the marriage license: ----**** <*> ****---- MARRIAGE LICENSE *--<<< ** >>>--* United States of America Indian Territory First Judicial District To any person authorized by law to solemnize marriage - GREETINGS: You are hereby commanded to solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between MR BEN F BERRYHILL of Red Fork, in the Indian Territory, aged 45 years, and MISS MARTHA A ASHFORD of Red Fork in the Indian Territory, aged 25 years, according to law, and do you officially sign and return this License to the parties therein named. Witness my hand and official seal at 1st Judicial Division, Indian Territory, this 2nd day of October, A.D. 1891. William Nelson Clerk of the U.S. Court -*-*-*-*- CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE *=======* UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDIAN TERRITORY FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT I, J. Y. Bryan Jr., a Minister of the Gospel. Do hereby certify that on the 8th day of October A.D. 1891, did duly and according to law as commanded in the foregoing License, solemnize the Rite and Publish the Banns of Matrimony between the parties therein named. Witness my hand this 8th day of October A.D. 1891. J. Y. Bryan Jr. A Minister of the Gospel ---**** <*> ****--- After their marriage, Franklin and Alice Berryhill settled in Red Fork, Indian Territory. Three children were born to them. Franklin and his children are on the 1895 Creek Payment. Following is their listing, with Franklin's youngest daughter by Zena Ann. 316 Benj F. Berryhill signed: B. F. Berryhill 317 Ada E. A. Berryhill 318 Robie B. Berryhill 319 Walter M. C. Berryhill "minor card" 320 Clem Berryhill "new born" Benjamin Franklin Berryhill died in Red Fork, Indian Territory, on 30 December 1896. He is buried in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool, near Mounds, Oklahoma. Benjamin Franklin and Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill's children: 1. Elizabeth America Berryhill was born in Arkansas in August 1870. Before 1880, her parents moved to Andrew County, Missouri, and lived with Elizabeth's grandparents. Elizabeth was about eleven years old when her mother died. In 1885, Elizabeth's father, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, took her and her sisters to the Creek Nation where Elizabeth met her cousin, Samuel H. Smith. Samuel and Elizabeth were married in the Creek Nation about 1889. Samuel was born in the Creek Nation on 17 April 1861. He was the son of Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. (See Nancy [Berryhill] Posey's descendants; see Samuel H. Smith, Page 48.) Samuel H. Smith died in the Creek Nation about 1891. After Samuel died, Elizabeth (Berryhill) Smith married Charles Ellis Crosby. They were married about 1894. Charles Crosby was born in Kansas on 6 May 1870, the son of Berry Martin and Mary A. (McCann) Crosby. Charles and Elizabeth lived in Bixby, Indian Territory. Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith, Crosby died in Bixby, Oklahoma, 8 September 1932. Charles Ellis Crosby died in Bixby, Oklahoma, 24 November 1957. Both are buried at the Bixby Cemetery. Following is the Creek Census Card of Charles E. and Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Smith, Crosby and their children: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 334 P.O. Okmulgee 5 May 1899 112 Crosby, Charles E. 29 M 1/4 B. M. Crosby Mary A. 113 Elizabeth A. wife 29 F 1/4 B. F. Berryhill Rachel* 114 Mary Elizabeth dau 4 F 1/4 No. 1 No. 2 115 Ellis Charles son 1 M 1/4 No. 1 No. 2 116 Smith, Nina st dau 11 F 1/4 Samuel Smith No. 2 117 Smith, Daniel B.(2nd) st son 10 M 1/4 Samuel Smith No. 2 Newborn Card No. 628 P.O Bixby 596 Crosby, Berry Martin 3 M 1/4 Charles E Crosby Elizabeth A 597 Crosby, Ferdinand Wilber 1 M 1/4 Charles E Crosby Elizabeth A. *Campbell's Abstract of the Creek Census Cards, says that Elizabeth America (Berryhill) Crosby's mother was "Rachel Perryman." I know this not to be true and believe it was copied wrong. Her mother was Zena Ann Cooper. Campbell's also says that #1 died August 1903; Charles E. was still living in 1910, and cemetery records show that he died in 1957. Elizabeth America Berryhill's children by Samuel H. Smith: A. Nina Smith was born in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in December 1887. Nina married Frank Snyder. B. Daniel Boone Smith, II, was born in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in May 1890. Daniel B. married (-?-). He died in Bixby 1921 and is buried in the Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, Oklahoma. Elizabeth America Berryhill's children by Charles Ellis Crosby: C. Mary Elizabeth Crosby was born in the Creek Nation, Indian Territory, in November 1894. Mary Elizabeth married Floyd Waymire who was born in 1891. Floyd Waymire died in 1966 and Mary Elizabeth (Crosby) Waymire died in 1982. They both are buried in the Bixby Cemetery at Bixby, Oklahoma. They had two children: Helen and Roberta Waymire. D. Ellis Charles Crosby was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 10 May 1898. Ellis died 8 July 1899. He is buried next to his grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool. E. Berry Martin Crosby was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 27 December 1901. Berry Crosby, when grown, owned a newspaper in Bixby, Oklahoma. F. Ferdinand Wilber Crosby, VI, was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, 21 February 1904. He died in 1918 and is buried in the Bixby Cemetery at Bixby, Oklahoma. G. Birdie Crosby was born in Bixby, Indian Territory, in 1907. H. Erie T. Crosby was born in 1909 and died in 1910. She is buried in the Twin Mounds Cemetery at Glenpool. 2. Mary Isabelle "Belle" Berryhill was born in Arkansas on 18 March 1874. Before 1880, Belle's parents moved to Andrew County, Missouri, and lived with Belle's grandparents. Belle was about eight years old when her mother, Zena Ann, died. In about 1885, Belle's father took her and her sisters to the Creek Nation. Mary Isabelle Berryhill married her cousin, Daniel Boone Smith, in Muskogee, Indian Territory, 16 January 1891. Daniel Boone Smith died in Morris, Oklahoma, 28 January 1955. Mary Isabelle (Berryhill) Smith died in Haskell, Oklahoma, 2 January 1942. See Daniel Boone Smith's and Mary Isabelle Berryhill's marriage license on Pages 48-49. Also their descendants, Pages 48-56. 3. Lucy Berryhill was born in Arkansas in 1877. Her parents moved to Andrew County, Missouri, before 1880 and lived with Lucy's grandparents, John Rutledge and America Berryhill. Lucy was about five years old when her mother, Zena Ann, died. About 1885, her father, Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Berryhill, took Lucy and her sisters to the Creek Nation. Lucy married Howard Snuffer about 1894. Lucy (Berryhill) Snuffer died in Indian Territory before 1899. I find no children born to Howard and Lucy (Berryhill) Snuffer. 4. Ada "Ida" Estelle Berryhill was born in Andrew County, Missouri, in June 1880. When Ida was about two years old, her mother, Zena Ann, died. In 1885, Ida's father, Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, took her and her sisters to the Creek Nation. Ida Estelle Berryhill was educated at the Weleetka Mission in the Creek Nation. Ada Estelle Berryhill married Robert Jackson Glenn in about 1895. Robert was born in Missouri in January 1868, the son of Jackson D. and Elizabeth (Branstetter) Glenn. After their marriage, Robert and Ida (Berryhill) Glenn settled in the area of Mounds, Indian Territory. Following are Ida Glenn's Creek Census Cards: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 916 P.O. Mounds 9 Oct. 1899 2968 Glenn, Ida E. 19 F 1/8 B. F. Berryhill Zena 2969 Mabel C. dau 3 F 1/16 Robert J. Glenn No. 1 2970 Gracie dau 8 mo F 1/16 Robert J. Glenn No. 1 2971 Berryhill, Roby B. sis 5 F 1/8 B. F. Berryhill Alice New Born Card No. 845 P.O. Mounds 808 Glenn, Elena 1 F 1/16 R. J. Glenn Ida Estelle Ida Estelle (Berryhill) Glenn received one hundred and sixty acres of Land for her Creek Indian Land Allotment. Each of her children, who were on the Final Rolls, also received one hundred and sixty acres of land. Ida and Robert built a two-story house on Ida's land. Ida Glenn's Creek land was in the Glenpool area. She leased part of this land to oilmen Robert F. Gilbreath and Frank Chesley. On 22 November 1905, they struck oil on Ida's land. This was called the Glenpool strike and this oil strike put Oklahoma on the oil map. Robert and Ida Glenn moved to Florida in 1915. After a few years, they moved to Portland, Oregon, then to Cayucos, California. Robert Jackson Glenn died in Cayucos, California, about 1964, at the age of 96. Ida Estelle (Berryhill) Glen died in Cayucos, California, in 1865 at the age of 83. --- 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