Pushmataha County, Oklahoma - Court: J. F. JORDON, Plaintiff Defendants: Ammizon B. & Thomas Aline Impson & Harriet (Redden) Impson ************************************************************************ 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. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Teresa Young December 24, 2001 ************************************************************************ No. #3589 Endorsed: Filed September 15, 1936, J. C.MOYER, Court Clerk. Recorded by BERTHA BRYAN. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, STATE OF OKLAHOMA J. F. JORDON, Plaintiff VS. Defendants: AMMIZON B. IMPSON, and his wife THOMAS ALINE IMPSON, HARRIET REDDEN nee IMPSON, a widow; if they be living and if they or any of them are dead, then their respective unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote, and the respective unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/ or assigns, immediate and remote of MELVINA IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood Roll No. 13460, and the respective unknown heir, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote of ISAAC J. IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, and the respective unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote of LOUIS IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, as shown by the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory. JOURNAL ENTRY: BE IT REMEMBERED: That on the 21st day of September, 1936, the same being lotted to her exclusive of a homestead and as a homestead leaving surviving her as her sole and of heirs at law, her husband, ISAAC J. IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, her son AMMIZON B. IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13462, her daughter HARRIET IMPSON now REDDEN, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13461, and her daughter by a former marriage IDA JOHN nee ANDERSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13728, and the Court further finds that the said MELVINA IMPSON left surviving her no other child nor the descendant of any deceased child and that on the death of the said MELVINA IMPSON, and by operation of law, her entire estate passed to and become vester one-fourth (1/4) to her said husband, ISAAC J. IMPSON, one-fourth (1/4) to her son, AMMIZON B. IMPSON, one-fourth (1/4) to her daughter, HARRIET IMPSON now REDDEN, and one-fourth (1/4) to her daughter by a former marriage, IDA JOHN nee ANDERSON. The Court further finds: That on or about the 19th day of April, 1911, IDA JOHN nee ANDERSON and her husband PAUL ANDERSON executed a deed, conveying all the right, title and interest of IDA JOHN nee ANDERSON in and to all of the real estate of which the said MELVINA IMPSON died seised, to ISAAC J. IMPSON and on the same day the County Court of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, entered an order approving said deed. The Court further finds: That the W1/2 of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 34, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian was conveyed by ISAAC J. IMPSON, HARRIET REDDEN and her husband WILLIAM REDDEN, AMMIZON B. IMPSON and his wife, CARRIE B. IMPSON, to J. F. JORDON on the 28th day of January, 1915, and that said deed the marital status of ISAAC J. IMPSON was not stated and the Court further finds that at the time of the execution of said deed, that the said ISAAC J. IMPSON was a single man and therefore no homestead right attached to said real estate. The Court further finds: That Lot 1 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, was conveyed by ISAAC J. IMPSON, AMMIZON B. IMPSON and HARRIET IMPSON to WINNIE SELF on the 30th day of October 1911, and in said deed, the marital status of ISAAC J. IMPSON , AMMIZON B. IMPSON and HARRIET IMPSON was not stated but in truth and in fact, the said ISAAC J. IMPSON was a single man, HARRIET IMPSON was a single woman at the time of the execution of said deed and as to them, no homestead rights could be attached to said real estate and that the said AMMIZON B. IMPSON though married, never lived on said land and no homestead right as to him or his wife could be attached to said real estate and that, therefore, it was unnecessary for his wife to join in said deed. The Court further finds: That ISAAC J. IMPSON died on the 19th day of January, 1920, intestate and unmarried in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, leaving him as his sole and only heirs at law, his son, AMMIZON B. IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13462, and his daughter, HARRIET REDDEN nee IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13461, who is now a widow. The Court further finds that this Court has heretofore in Cause No. 3504 determined the heirship of ISAAC J. IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, as shown by the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory but that this plaintiff was not a party to said action. The Court further finds: That the title to the land herein described as being conveyed to WINNIE BUFF by means conveyances vested in the plaintiff, J. F. JORDON. The Court further finds: That on the 9th day of April, 1913, ISAAC J. IMPSON, a single man, HARRIET REDDEN joined by her husband, W. M REDDEN, AMMIZON B. IMPSON, joined by his wife, CARRIE B. IMPSON, executed and delivered to J. F. JORDON, a warranty Deed, conveying the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 and the SE1/4 of the SW1/4, Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East and W1/2 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4 of the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. The Court further finds: That the NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 32, and the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 and W1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, was allotted to LOUIS IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, as shown by the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory, as an allotment Patent. That the N1/4 of the SW1/4 of Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, was allotted to the LOUIS IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, as a homestead and was conveyed to him by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nation by Homestead Patent. The Court further finds: That on or about the 24th day of March, 1923, the said LOUIS IMPSON died intestate in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, seised of the fee simple title to all of said land and that at the time of his death, the said LOUIS IMPSON was a single man and left surviving him neither father or mother, wife nor child nor the issue of any deceased child but left surviving him as his only heir at law, his brother, ALBERT IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5196, as shown by the Final Rolls of citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, and that on the death of the said LOUIS IMPSON and by operation of law, his entire estate passed to and became vested in his brother, ALBERT IMPSON to the exclusion of every other person. That more than three years has elapsed since the date of the death of the said LOUIS IMPSON Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, to the date of the filing of this suit and that there has been no prior determination of the heirship to his estate in the County Court of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, or by any other court of competent jurisdiction whatsoever within the State of Oklahoma, and that this court has the authority under the laws of the State of Oklahoma and by Act of Congress, Approved April 12, 1926, Public Number Ninety-six of the Twenty-ninth Congress, to determine the heirship of the said LOUIS IMPSON, deceased. The Court further finds: That on the 27th day of March, 1923, ALBERT IMPSON, joined by his wife, SUSIE IMPSON, by Warranty Deed conveyed all of said land, above described as having been allotted to said LOUIS IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, to J. M CORNELIUS, to-wit: The NW1/4 of the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 32, and the SW1/4 of the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 and the W1/2 of the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Section 33, Township, 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, and the N1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, and on the 27th day of March, 1923, the County Judge of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, entered an order approving said deed from the said ALBERT IMPSON and his wife, SUSIE IMPSON, to the said J. M. CORNELIUS. The Court further finds: That on the 13th day of March, 1924, J. M. CORNELIUS and his wife, MINNIE L. CORNELIUS, by Warranty Deed, conveyed all of the land to the plaintiff herein, J. F. JORDON, and the Court further that the said J. F. JORDON is the owner in fee simple and in the actual possession of all of the real estate described as follows, to-wit: The W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and Lot 1 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 32, and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, all in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. IT IS, THEREFORE, CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the title of plaintiff, J. F. JORDON, be quieted to: The W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 34, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and Lot 1 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The W 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 3, Township 2 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and against AMMIZON B. IMPSON and his wife, THOMAS ALINE IMPSON, HARRIET REDDEN nee IMPSON, widow; if they be living and if they or any of them are dead, then their respective unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote, and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/ or assigns, immediate and remote of MELVINA IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood Roll No. 13460, and the unknown heir, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote of ISAAC J. IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, and that ISAAC J. IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, AMMIZON B. IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13462, and HARRIET IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13461, and IDA JOHN nee ANDERSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13728, were the sole and only heirs of MELVINA IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13460, and that AMMIZON B. IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13462, and HARRIET REDDEN nee IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 13461, were the sole and only heirs at law of ISAAC J. IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, and that said defendants, AMMIZON B. IMPSON and his wife, THOMAS ALINE IMPSON, HARRIET REDDEN nee IMPSON, a widow, if they be living and if they or any of them be dead, then their respective unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote, and the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/ or assigns, immediate and remote of MELVINA IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood Roll No. 13460, and the unknown heir, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote of ISAAC J. IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 883, be adjudged to have no interest in said real estate and that said defendants and each of them, and all persons claiming by, through or under them, or either of them, since the commencement of this action be and they are hereby perpetually barred and enjoined and forbidden to claim any right, title or interest in to said real estate. IT IS FURTHER CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED BY THE COURT that the title of plaintiff, J. F. JORDON, be quieted to: The NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 32, and the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 and the S 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, and The N 1/2 of the SW 1/4 of Section 33, Township 1 South, Range 15 East of the Indian Meridian, all in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, against unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote of LOUIS IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, as shown by the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Indian Territory, and that ALBERT IMPSON, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5196, was the sole and only heir at law of the said LOUIS IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, and that the unknown heirs, executor, administrators, devisees, trustees, and/or assigns, immediate and remote of LOUIS IMPSON, deceased, Choctaw Indian by Blood, Roll No. 5197, be adjudged to have no interest in said real estate and that said defendants and each of them, and all persons claiming by, through or under them, or either of them, since the commencement of this action be and they are hereby perpetually barred and enjoined and forbidden to claim any right, title or interest in to said real estate. Signed by: GEO. R. CHILDERS, Judge. ENDORSED: Filed September 21, 1936, J. C. MOYER, Court Clerk. By: BERTHA BRYAN, Deputy. _________________________________________________________________