Children of W.A.J. Posey on Creek Nation Rolls (Dawes)

Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org

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William Andrew Jackson Posey was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 16 June 
1846. He was the fourteenth child born to Benjamin and Eliza (Berryhill) Posey. 
In 1846, soon after his birth, Billy's parents took their children and moved to 
Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Bill Posey married Elizabeth E. Wallace in Limestone County, Texas, 18 July 
1865. Bill Posey and his family lived in Waco, Texas. In 1874, Bill Posey was 
arrested and convicted of horse stealing. It is said that the family had an 
overnight visitor and the next morning a stolen horse was found in Bill Posey's 
stable. Bill Posey became embittered over this false arrest and imprisonment. 
He escaped from prison and became an outlaw in Indian Territory. The
Texas governor demanded that Bill Posey be taken "dead or alive." Bill
Posey swore never to be taken alive and about 19 June 1877 he fought it
out with the Creek Nation Light Horsemen and was killed between Okmulgee
and Eufaula, Indian Territory. The Creek Nation made an "Orphans
Payment" to Bill's orphaned children.

I don't know when Bill Posey's wife, Bettie, died. She may have gone to the 
Creek Nation with their children before Bill was killed; or she may have
died in Texas. Bettie had died by 1899. The children were in the Creek
Nation in the 1870s. Two of their sons are on the 1890 Creek Roll and
three are on the Final Rolls of the Creek Nation.

Creek Census Cards of the children of William Andrew Jackson "Bill" Posey:

Dawes	Name		age	sex	DIB	Father	Mother
No.	
	  Card 2224  P.O.  Wagoner  13 April 1901
6806	Posey, M. A. (Matthew)	33	M	1/4	W. A. Posey	Elizabeth

	  Card 2229  P.O.  Wagoner  15 April 1901
6813	Posey, Albert W.	32	M	1/4	W. A. Posey	Elizabeth
6814	Leonard Earl	son	 4	M	1/8	No. 1	Mary Ann
6815	Elmer Carl	son	 1	M	1/8	No. 1	Mary Ann
	
	  Newborn Card No. 847  Basin, Idaho
976	Posey, Mina E.	 1	F	1/8	Albert W. Posey	Mary A.
	  Birthdate May 12, 1904

	  Card No. 736  P.O.  Red Fork & Sapulpa  24 Aug. 1899
2425	Posey, Robert A.	27	M	1/4	William Posey	Bettie
2426	Lee A.		 6	M	1/8	No. 1	Flora
2427	Mary E.		 4	F	1/8	No. 1	Flora
2428	William A.		 2	M	1/8	No. 1	Flora

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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This is an unpublished manuscript done by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld before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