William Berryhill, Creek Nation

Submitted by David Morgan dmorgan@efn.org

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William Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, 15 June 1871. He moved 
with his parents, George W. and Arianna Berryhill, to the Creek Nation, Indian 
Territory. When William was nineteen years old, he and his younger brother, 
Theodore, left their parents home in Stone Bluff and chose land for their land 
allotments, as citizens of the Creek Nation. They chose land near Mounds in the 
area that later became the Glenpool oil field. Oil was later found on William 
Berryhill's land.

William Berryhill married Alice Emma Self in Indian Territory in 1897. Alice was 
born in Texas in August 1880, the daughter of Joseph Franklin and Margaret E. 
(Kirk) Self. Alice was not a descendant of Susanna (Berryhill) Self or Catherine 
(Berryhill) Self, sisters of John Dallas Berryhill. She was a descendant of 
William B. and Mary "Polly" (Burleson) Self, who went to Texas from Alabama.

William and Alice (Self) Berryhill lived in Sapulpa, Indian Territory. William 
died in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, 15 February 1912. He is buried in the Sapulpa 
Cemetery. After William's death, Alice (Self) Berryhill married Norman Chester, 
and it is said they moved to Florida.

Following are William Berryhill's Creek Census Cards, for himself and his 
children:


Dawes	Name		age	sex	DIB	Father	Mother
No.
	  Card No. 770  P.O. Mounds 31 Aug 1899 & 12 July 1900
2511	Berryhill, William	27	M	1/8	Geo W. Berryhill	Arie
2512	Joseph F.	son	 1	M	1/16	No. 1	Alice
2513	Nevada	dau        5 mo	F	1/16	No. 1	Alice

	  New Born Card No. 886  P.O. Stone Bluff
832	Berryhill, Lum	 3	M	1/16	Wm. Berryhill	Alice
833	Archie		 1	M	1/16	Wm. Berryhill	Alice