Mollie Posey Vance, enrollment in Creek Nation (Dawes Commission) 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/ *********************************************************************** Mary Eliza "Mollie" Posey was born in Limestone County, Texas, 29 January 1864. She was the third child born to Eli and Mary Frances (Neill) Posey. Mary Eliza married William Vance in Hill County, Texas, 23 August1879. William Vance was born in Tennessee 16 November 1853. William and Mary Eliza went to Indian Territory and Mary applied for citizenship into the Creek Nation for herself and her children. They were in the group of one hundred and four descendants of Benjamin and Eliza (Berryhill) Posey. Mary Eliza (Posey) Vance is the only child of Eli Posey who is on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation. Following is the information from her Creek Census Card: Dawes Name age sex DIB Father Mother No. Card No. 714 P.O. Redfork 18 Aug. 1899 2340 Vance, Mary E. 35 F 1/4 Eli Posey Mary E. 2341 Joseph son 18 M 1/8 William Vance No. 1 2342 George William son 4 M 1/8 William Vance No. 1 2343 Samuel E. son 11 M 1/8 William Vance No. 1 2344 Florence A. dau 8 F 1/8 William Vance No. 1 2345 Benjamin son 5 M 1/8 William Vance No. 1 2346 Ollie May dau 1 F 1/8 William Vance No. 1 William Vance died in Colorado Springs, Colorado, 27 August 1927. Mary Eliza "Mollie" (Posey) Vance died in Brownsville, Texas, 11 July 1934. William and Mary Eliza Vance are buried in the Oaklawn Cemetery at Tulsa, Oklahoma. --- The Story of John Berryhill and Elizabeth Derrisaw and Their Descendants This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before her death in 1996.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