Petition ico Lilly Bohanan (b550) - Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Kathy Pitts 20 Nov 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== STATE OF OKLAHOMA PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SS. IN COUNTY COURT In the matter of the estate of LILLIE BOHANAN, NEE DIXON, deceased. PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF FULL BLOOD DEED. NOW COMES your petitioner MAMIE JEFFERSON, NEE DIXON, and respectfully shows to the Court: That your petitioner is a full blood adult Choctaw Indian duly enrolled on the approved final roll of Choctaw Indians by blood as follows, to-wit: MAMIE DIXON roll no. 7957 That on or about the 18th day of October, 1918 said LILLIE BOHANAN, NEE DIXON, deceased, a full blood Choctaw Indian, duly enrolled opposite number 7956 on the approved final roll of Choctaw Indians by blood, died intestate at her home near Tuskahoma, in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; that said deceased at the time of her death was a resident of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; that this Court has jurisdiction of the settlement of said estate; that deceased at the time of her death was the owner of certain real estate located in Latimer County, Oklahoma, which was allotted to her as a member of the Choctaw Tribe of Indians as follows, to-wit: The N 1/2 of Sec. 29; and the SW 1/4; and the S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 20, Twp. 7 North, Range 22 East of the Indian Base and Meridian. That the said LILLIE BOHANAN, NEE DIXON, left surviving as her sole and only heirs at law the following persons: SIMPSON BOHANAN (spouse), SUSAN BOHANAN (sister), and the petitioner MAMIE JEFFERSON, nee DIXON, (also a sister). That on the 22nd day of April, 1919 for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred Eighty ($280.00) dollars to her cash in hand paid, the receipt of which amount is hereby acknowledged MAMIE JEFFERSON, NEE DIXON, petitioner herein, executed and delivered to A. J. ARMSTRONG warranty deed conveying to the said A. J. ARMSTRONG, all her right, title and interest, being an undivided one-fourth interest, in and to said real estate hereinbefore described; that the consideration in said deed is more than the U. S. Government appraised value, and is reasonable, adequate and in all things satisfactory to your petitioner Wherefore, your petitioner prays that this Court make and enter an order approving said deed. MAMIE JEFFERSON nee DIXON State of Oklahoma Pushmataha County SS. MAMIE JEFFERSON, nee DIXON, being first duly sworn upon oath state that she is the petitioner above named; that the foregoing petition was read to her in full, that she understands the same, and that all the statements made therein are true. Signed: MAMIE JEFFERSON NEE DIXON Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22nd day of April 1919. My commission expires April 19, 1919. Jennie Walker Notary Public. STATE OF OKLAHOMA PUSHMATAHA COUNTY SS. IN COUNTY COURT In the matter of the estate of LILLIE BOHANAN, nee DIXON, deceased ORDER APPROVING FULL BLOOD DEED. Now on this 29th day of April, 1919 same being one of the days heretofore designated by this Court for the approval of deeds by full blood Indians to inherited lands, under the laws of this State, there comes on for hearing the petition of MAMIE JEFFERSON, nee DIXON, and filed in this Court, praying for an order of the Court approving her certain warranty deed, dated 22nd day of April, 1919, wherein she conveyed to A. J. ARMSTRONG all her right, title and interest in and to the following described real estate located in Latimer and Haskell County, Oklahoma, towit: An undivided one-fourth interest in and to The N 1/2 of Sec. 29; and the SW 1/4; and the S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of Sec. 20, Twp. 7 North, Range 22 East of the Indian Base and Meridian. And the Court upon the consideration of said petition, the petitioner appearing in person in open court, and no person appearing in opposition to said petition, from the testimony given in said cause by disinterested persons, and being fully advised in the premises, finds that the presence of the United States Probate Attorney as attorney for grantor is not required; that LILLIE BOHANAN, nee DIXON, a full-blood Choctaw Indian, duly enrolled on the approved final roll of Choctaw Indians by blood, opposite number 7956 died at her home near Tuskahoma, in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, on or about the 18th day of October, 1918, that deceased at the time of her death was a resident of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma; that this Court has jurisdiction of the settlement of said estate; that at the time of her death she was the owner of the lands above described; that the said petitioner is the sister and one of the heirs at hand? of the said LILLIE BOHANAN, nee DIXON, deceased, that on the 22nd day of April, 1919 said petitioner MAMIE JEFFERSON, NEE DIXON executed to A. J. ARMSTRONG her certain warranty deed wherein she conveyed to the said A. J. ARMSTRONG, all her right, title and interest in and to said land, for the consideration of Two Hundred Eighty ($280.00) Dollars, which appears to the Court to be a fair, reasonable and adequate price for said land and wholly satisfactory to the petitioner. IT IS THEREFORE BY THE COURT CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that said deed from the said MAMIE JEFFERSON nee DIXON to the said A. J. ARMSTRONG, his heirs and assigns, be and the same is hereby in all things approved. A. W. Rison Judge of the County Court of Pushmataha county, Oklahoma.