Osage Nation, Oklahoma, Deeds: Rosa Pearson Allotment Deed Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pamela Elyea Email: PElyea@aol.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9333 Allotment Deed Osage Indian Lands from Peter C. Bigheart to Rosa Pearson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office of Indian Affairs Land Division ________________, 190_ Recorded in Deed Book, Osage Indian Lands, Vol. ____, page _____ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - State of Oklahoma Osage County The within instrument was filed for record on the 10 day of Aug, 1909 at 10 o'clock a.m. and recorded in Book 3AE on page 409 TM Broaddus Register of Deeds. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Homestead Deed Osage Reservation, Oklahoma Allotment No. 1675 To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, The act of Congress approved June 28, 1906, entitled "An Act for the division of the lands and funds of the Osage Indians in Oklahoma Territory, and for other purposes" (34 Stat. L., 539), provides that all the lands belonging to the Osage Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma, except as therein provided, shall be divided among the members of said tribe; and Whereas, Said act of Congress further provides that all lands selected by and allotted to each member (except his homestead) shall be designated "surplus lands"; and Whereas, Rosa Pearson, a duly enrolled and recognized member of the Osage tribe, has selected his homestead in accordance with law, and Whereas, The Osage Allotting Commission, as provided for in the sixth subdivision of section 2 of said act of Congress, has certified that the lands hereinafter described constitute the surplus lands of said Rosa Pearson, as contemplated by said act of Congress; and Whereas, Section 8 of the act provides that all deeds to said Osage lands, or any part thereof, shall be executed by the Principal Chief of the Osages, but no such deed shall be valid until approved by the Secretary of the Interior: Now, Therefore, I the undersigned, Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe of Indians, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the said act of Congress have granted and conveyed, and by these presents do grant and convey, unto the said Rosa Pearson all right, title, and interest of the United States and the Osage Tribe of Indians in and to the following- described lands situated on the Osage Reservation in Oklahoma, to wit: North 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of section Thirty-two (32), Township twenty- eight (28), Range Seven (7); Northeast 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Section Eight (8); Northwest 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 of Section Nine (9), Township Twenty-five (25), Range Nine (9); Northeast 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Twenty-seven (27), Range Eight (8); Southwest 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 of Section Nine (9), Township Twenty-five (25), Range Nine (9); Southeast 1/4 of Northwest 1/4 less .04 acres reserved for right of way for M.V.R.R.Co., Southeast 1/4 of Northwest 1/4 of Section Twenty-one (21), Township Twenty-seven (27), Range Eight (8); Southeast 1/4 of Southwest 1/4 of Section thirty-six (36), Township Twenty-four (24), Range Seven (7); Southeast 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Section Thirty-three (33), Township Twenty-seven (27), Range Eight (8); Northeast 1/4 of Northwest 1/4 of Section Seventeen (17), Township Twenty-five (25), Range Nine (9); Southeast 1/4 of Northeast 1/4 of Section Twenty (20); South 1/2 of Northwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Northwest 1/4, Southwest 1/4 of Southeast 1/4 of Northwest 1/4 of Section Twenty-eight (28), Township Twenty-four (24), Range Twelve (12); all North and East of the Indian Base and Meridian, Containing 494.96 acres, more or less, according to the Untied States survey thereof, to have and to hold the same unto the said Rosa Pearson, her heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, forever; subject, however, to all the conditions, limitations, and provisions of said act of Congress, one of which is that the oil, gas, coal, or other minerals covered by the lands for the selection and division of which provision is herein made are hereby reserved to the Osage Tribe for a period of twenty- five years from and after the eighth day of April, nineteen hundred and six. In Witness Whereof, I, the Principal Chief of the Osage Tribe of Indians, have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day of June, 1909. Peter C. Bigheart Principal Chief of the Osages Witnesses: Woodie Connor Robert C. Block Department of the Interior July 26, 1909 The foregoing is respectfully submitted to the Secretary of Interior with the recommendation that it be approved. FH Abbott Assistant Commissioner Department of the Interior July 30, 1909 The foregoing deed is hereby approved. Frank Pierce Acting Secretary