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GARVIN COUNTY PIONEERS
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ADDIE ELIZABETH BEACH (School Teacher)
HAZEL AMELIA BEACH BALES (School Teacher)
NETTIE SARAH (SHAWBELL) CALDWELL
CAREY - BLACK - VEACH - GALAMORE
CARTER/CURRY
COURTNEY-DECOURTNEY
ELISHA JOHN & MARY ETHEL CURRENT
CURRY FAMILY
DAVIS - BLACKWELL - MALICOAT
DAVIS - MALICOAT
THOMAS MARION DOAKE
JAMES DULIN
GEORGE WASHINGTON & SUSAN FLETCHER
MALISSA JANE CROW FOSTER
FREEMAN FAMILY OF STRATFORD OK
THOMAS JOSHUA & VIRGINIA FROST
BIOGRAPHIES OF ISAAC AND SAMUEL
GARVIN
SAMUEL & SUSAN GARVIN
GARVIN - MAYS
GEORGE WYATT GIBSON
GIBSON-BANDY
WILLIAM RILEY & ELIZABETH GRAY
EVERETT HALL | THOMAS C HALL | WILLIAM HENRY HALL | TIP PARKER HALL
LEVINE HUBERT & BERTHA JACKSON
JOHN MARION & MARTHA ELMIRE JAYE
MARVIN ELMER JOHNSON
KIMBERLIN-WILLIAMS-GARVIN
LAMAR & ELLA FRANCES DOAKE GREEN
AARON & HARRIET MANTOOTH
JAMES WYLEY MARTIN
Mays-Henson
MCKEE-FLETCHER
Mitchem-Cox
FAMILIES
FRANK & ALZIRA MURRAY
JOE THOMAS PILGRIM
THE HISTORIC PITCHLYNN FAMILY
GEORGE PITCHLYNN
RYCROFT - SIMPSON FAMILY
SHAWBELL - SENEY
SCOTT FAMILY
EDWARD HENRY SCRIVNER
LEROY PRESTON & SARAH ELIZABETH SMITH
JOHN ELIAS SUMPTER
THOMPSON - HUGHES -
BLANKENSHIP - PRATER
MARTHA ELIZABETH HART VAUT
DR. WILLIAM M. WALNER
ALFORD PAUL & MAUDE MAE WELCHER
CRAVEN CARL WILSON
CHARLES WINTER
Sarah Francis (Howard) WINTERS
Charles WINTER was born July
27, 1835 in Ohio and
died near Pernell, Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, I.T. September 16,
1900. Charles
Winter married the Choctaw, Sophia MONCRIEF MARTIN, sister of Susan
MONCRIEF GARVIN, July
1863 at Ft. Washita. Shortly after the Civil War, Charles, Sophia and
her son by Willis
Martin, Sam Martin, followed her father, William Moncrief to Ft. Arbuckle.
In 1872, Charles Winter employed the freighter, Patrick Hennessey. By
1878, he had
purchased a place known as the Stinn on Rush Creek in Grady County.
By 1889, Charles Winter had lost two sons, Joseph Egbert and William
Henry Winter, and his
wife, Sophia. Joseph and Sophia are buried in the Moncrief Cemetery at
Fred.
On October 18, 1890, Charles Winter married Elizabeth "Lizzie" CRAIG of
Texas.
Before or after this time, Charles moved to a ranch near Pernell with
his Choctaw son,
Clifton Elmer and Lizzie's son, Henry Nathan. Charles ranched a good
piece of land down to
the Wild Horse Creek. Charles would father three more children with
Lizzie: Walter T.,
Margaret, and Dewey.
Charles Winter left Pickens County (Garvin County) in 1900 to visit his
sister Elizabeth
Bangle at East Oakland, Alameda County, California. Shortly after his
return Charles died.
Lizzie died in 1914. Both Charles and Elizabeth Winter are buried in
the Winter Cemetery
also known as the Sandy Bear Cemetery in Stephens County. Charles' son
Clifton's and his
son, Charles Thomas Winter, Choctaw
allotments are located over the county line in
Stephens County.
Charles Winter (1835-1900), Indian Territory
Submitted by Christopher T. Winter
I have rewritten the information on the Mays/Henson clan to
reflect only information
that came from family documents, rather than family
oral tradition. I made contact with Raymond Mays, who has done a
marvelous job
tracing the Mays' back to the 1660's in VA. He has published his
information on
Ancestory.com and it is quite well done.
The Mays clan and the Henson clan came to the Garvin County area many
years before
statehood.
John Henry Mays operated a Dry Goods store in Beef Creek, IT in the
late 1860's to the turn
of the century. He came to IT with two of his
brothers, David and William. There were several other brothers and
sisters living
in Arkansas and Texas. All three fought for the Confederacy with
the
Arkansas 2nd and 4th Infantry. All three survived the war and came home
to IT. David and
William were ranchers who homes were the center of many social
activities. William Mays was married to Georgia Ann Thornton, who
walked the Trail of
Tears as a child and was crippled by frostbite from the trip.
William and Ann had
three daughters, Susie, who was my grandmother, was the youngest.
The Mays pedigree
has been traced back to the1660�€™s starting in Charles City
County, VA. Susie married Joseph Marion Henson. Joe and Susie
Henson were residents
and prominent citizens of Maysville. Susie was quite a
civic-minded person during
the 20's-40's. She was in many clubs, wrote poetry which was published
in the Maysville
News. She as also known for her many folk medicine remedies in a time
when there were few
doctors in the area. They had five children -Juanita, Anita,
Billie Mays, John, &
Cherry. Susie died in 1947 from complications of a Black Widow spider
bite. Joe Henson
died in the early1980'safter being mugged in Maysville. He was 90 years
old at the time.
John Henry Mays was my great-great uncle and married Ella Burnley from
Grand Cane, LA in
the 1890's. She taught piano and was very active in the Baptist Church
in Maysville.
"Aunt Ella", as she was called by the whole town died in1956. Her house
was just
off Main Street and it was in front of her house that the Potts murder
took place in 1944.
The home is still standing. The Henson home was just behind the
old croquet court,
and was torn down during the 70's. I would be interested in hearing
from anyone with
additional information about the Mays, Henson, and Thornton families. I
would be
especially interested in confirming any information about Georgia Ann
Thornton's parents
and ancestors her siblings.
Joseph Boatman
The information below is what Joe has corrected.
The Mays clan and the Henson clan came to the Garvin County area many years before statehood.
John Henry Mays operated a Dry Goods store in Beef
Creek, IT in the early
1860's. He had two brothers, David and William. All three fought for
the Confederacy with
the Arkansas 2nd and 4th Infantry. All three survived the war and came
home to IT.
William Mays was married to Ann Thornton, who walked the Trail of Tears
as a child and was
cripple with frostbite from the trip. William and Ann had two
daughters, Susie, who was my
grandmother, and Hanna. William and Ann were both killed by renegade
Comanches, circa 1890
and both daughters were taken hostage and raised by the Comanches.
As teenagers, they were given to Quanah Parker, had his fifth wife
raise the sisters and
re-educate them in the white man's school. They both married white men.
Susie married Joseph Marion Henson, who was born in the back of a
covered wagon just after
the gun fired to open the Strip, April 22, 1889. Grandpa Joe and Susie
Henson were
resident's and prominent citizens of Maysville.
It is my understanding that John Henry Mays is who Maysville was named
for. I have always
been told so in my families oral history.
Susie was quite a civic minded person during the 20's-40's. She was in
many clubs, wrote
poetry which was published in the Maysville News, and was a staunch
Baptist. (as were the
Mays') They had five children - Juanita, Anita, Billie Mays, John,
& Cherry. Susie
died in 1947 from complications of a Black Widow spider bite. Joe
Henson died in the early
1980's after being mugged in Maysville. He was 90 years old at the time.
John Henry Mays was my great-great uncle and married Ella Burnley from
Grand Cane, LA in
the 1890's. She came from Louisiana by oxen cart and taught piano and
was very active in
the Baptist Church in Maysville. "Aunt Ella" as the whole town called
her died
in 1956, and was over 100 years old. Her house was just off Main Street
and it was in
front of her house that the Potts murder took place in 1944. The Henson
home was next to
the railroad tracks where the old croquet court stood.
If any one has additional information about the Henson's or the Mays I
would like to hear
from them.
Penquin46@aol.com
Sylvia McCarty Potts ( Sept 24, 1901 - Dec 6, 1943)
was the victim in the
Potts murder mentioned above. She was my Grandmother and I
submitt this in honor of
her, the Grandmother I never knew. See
Dripping
Springs Cemetery
See
news article - see
photo
Mary Ann COURTNEY (b1832
Arkansas d1911
Arbuckle) was married to Henry C. DECOURTNEY (prob b 1820s d1873 prob
OK) and they
raised 11 children to be full-grown. Mary Ann was part Chickasaw and
came to the Arbuckle
area in 1840. According to her obituary, she lived 1 1/2 miles west of
Arbuckle and was
buried in Walnut Cemetery, but I have been unable to find this.
Henry C. DECOURTNEY was born in Virginia and it is uncertain just when
he came to
Oklahoma. At some point, he shortened his name to COURTNEY.
If what one of his daughter's claim, he was part Chickasaw. He served
in the Mexican War
in Walker's Company 6th US Infantry as a Sergeant and was wounded.
Relatives recall that
Henry ran a ferry where Mud Creek and the Red River converge. I am not
sure exactly where
this is, but could be in Arkansas. He also raised pigs.
In my research, I have found that Mary Ann and Henry had to make at
least three visits to
the judge in Fort Smith, Arkansas. On October 20, 1872, Henry visited
the judge and was
accused of selling liquor in the Indian Territory. He was let off,
probably because of a
statement by witness, Martin D. Sandefur who stated "I live above the
mouth of Mud
Creek in the Chickasaw Nation. The only time I know anything about the
defendant having any
liquor in the nation was about 3 years ago, just after he was shot, the
doctor gave him a
bottle of bitters." In 1881, Henry had to visit the judge again for
"introducing
spirituous liquors into Indian Country."
Mary Ann was called to the judge for contempt of court in 1871. She
wrote an interesting
letter to the judge, dated august 18, 1871 from Fort Arbuckle, Indian
Territory where she
told the judge that she had been sick and unable to come.
View Picture of Mary Ann COURTNEY
http://www.okgenweb.net/~photogallery/Pioneers/okpics3.html
Read Obituary of Mary Ann COURTNEY http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okbits/clippings.htm
January 13, 1911.
Contributed by: Candace Gregory
DAVIS - MALICOAT
Joseph Sanford DAVIS
Field Worker: Maurice N. Anderson March 30, 1937
Biography of Mr. Joe Davis (white)
Parents: James Robert Finley DAVIS, Ala. (deceased) Millie BLACKWELL,
Ala.
(deceased)
Story Told By: Mr. Joe Davis, born March 21,1881, Alabama
I came to the Indian Territory with my father and mother in 1892. I was
11 years old, we
came through on the Santa Fe train from Texas to Pauls Valley, Indaian
Territory.
On arriving at Pauls Valley, my father bought 2 horses and a wagon, we
loaded up our
household things, that my father has shipped through. It was not much,
we had 4 chairs,
table, homemade bedstead and a few other household things.
My father moved to Purdy, a little place about 25 miles southwest of
Pauls Valley. There
was a store, lone schoolhouse, Blacksmith shop and a Grist Mill. This
mill was ran by
steam and owned by Mr. PARK (HARP). The Blacksmith Shop was owned by
Jim WELCH.
I do not remember who owned the store. I went to school at this Log
School house. A white
woman was my teacher, I do not remember her name. My father had to pay
her one dollar a
month for me. Us kids that went to school did not have desks, we used
slates and set on
the hued down logs for seats. I had a blue back speller and a reader. I
think there was
about 25 or 30 children went to this school, the year I went. I did not
go much the second
term, only on the days we could not work in the fields. I had to help
my father on the
farm.
My father had about 100 acres leased, he raised lots of corn and
cotton. He would haul the
cotton to Pauls Valley on the Washita river. I believe this mill and
gin went out of
business.
There was lots of deer around Purdy, when we moved there, I have seen
as high as 15 deer
in one drove, around the foot of the Table Mountains, south of Purdy.
Wild turkey's I have
shelled corn and feather, about one mile from our house was a big
turkey roast, they would
come around our corn crib early of a morning. We could have turkey
anytime to eat we
wanted to. I have gone hunting and would not even shoot at a turkey. I
like rabbits
better, there was lots of coon, possum and skunks around Purdy.
I have broke wild horses for my father when I was 14 years old. Sunday,
that was our
"fun day". After Sunday school a group of boys that lived around Purdy,
would
meet at my house, nearly all owned saddle horses. We would go out on
the prairie, there
was not very many fences then. We would rope calves and have our rodeo,
riding these
calves on Sunday was when I learned to ride. When I was at the age of
15, I was not afraid
to try any wild broncos or did I not care how big the steers were. We
boys would make up
$5.00 purses for the best rider for that day. I have won several times.
My father raised some cattle and hogs, but his main crop was corn. Corn
was cheap then, I
have seen my father sell corn for fifteen cents a bushel. My father
sold about 20 acres of
corn for ten cents a bushel in the filed. I do not know how much corn
the man he sold that
year gathered, but we usually made forty to fifty bushels an acre.
I lived with my father and mother around Purdy, until I was married in
1900. I married
Lisa Sarah Malecoat, daughter of F. L. Malecoat, who was a big cattle
man around Purdy,
when my father moved there. My wife was born in Purdy, I do not know
how long her people
has been in the Indian Territory, before my father and mother came
there.
After getting married I moved on a farm and went to farming for myself.
In later years I
have raised as high as 75 bales of cotton a year. My wife and I have
reared 10 children. I
now live 3 miles west of Pauls Valley. I have lived around in what is
now Garvin county
for 45 year.
Submitters Note: A copy of this interview was sent
by Walter Malicoat
January 20, 1994. The third child born of Joe and Sally Daivs died at
the age of 3 from a
spider bit. Sarah Elizabeth (Malicoat) Davis wasn't born at Purdy,
Okla., she was born in
Tx.
Submitted by Jean Brand
SHAWBELL - SENEY
Lewis Evans SHAWBELL b. 17 Mar 1851 PA d. 29 May 1915 OK m. Katherine
Susan SENEY.
b. 16 Sep 1869 MO d. 17 Dec 1927 OK. Married: 22 Sept 1889, Ottumwa,
Coffey Co.,KS
Lewis Evans Shawbell came to Kansas from Pennsylvania with his parents
at age five. His
father John G. Shawbell with four other men founded the town of Ottumwa
in Coffey County,
KS in 1856.
Lewis was a carpenter and in 1877 built and opened a carpentry, wagon
and harness shop in
Ottumwa. In the late 1880's while he was employed by the
Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR building
a Line through Burlington, KS.
He met his future wife, working on a women's cooking crew for the
railroad, Katherine
Susan 'Kate' Seney. They were married 22 Sept 1889. Lewis was in the
Oklahoma Land Run
(Certificate Number #2002 Application #2793 in 1896 for 160 acres
Signed by President
Grover Cleveland). He traded his first claim, Claim One for a better
claim (Claim Two)
near 50th and May Streets in today's modern Oklahoma City.
Lewis built a home there and seven of eight of their children were born there.
In 1909, Lewis traded Claim Two for a 160 acre farm near Pauls Valley, Garvin
Co., OK. Katherine and her four daughter's took the train to their new
home, while Lewis and his three sons transported the family belongings and stock
by wagon. Their eighth, and last child, a daughter, was born in Pauls Valley.
Lewis was among many who donated to the survivors of the 26 May 1910
tornado that wiped
out McCarty, OK.
Lewis and 'Kate' lived in Paul's Valley the rest of their lives.
Children of Lewis Evans Shawbell and Katherine Susan 'Kate' Seney:
John Roy b.1891 m KRAHL
Claude Marion, Sr. b. 1894, m. COVINGTON.
Clem Lewis b. 1895, m. JOHNSON
Laura Maria b. 1897, m. WORLEY.
Eva Anna b. 1900, m. DELBRIDGE.
Kathleen Lulu b. 1902, m. WILSON.
Nettie Sarah b. 1905 (Living), m. CALDWELL.
Alice Martha b. 1910, m. SIMMONS.
E-mail Address:
cshawbell@gmail.com
George Pitchlynn/Pytchlyn roll no. 3687 Chickasaw
George Pitchlynn was born in Tishomingo around 1862.
He was the son of Chickasaw Constable Jefferson and Judy Pitchlynn. Jefferson was the son
of Choctaw Senator
Thomas Jefferson Pitchlynn and Mary Susan Allen, a Chickasaw.
Historically, Thomas was the
brother of the great Choctaw Chief Peter P. Pitchlynn. George came to
Fort Arbuckle in
1897 with his first wife: Angeline Kimble and his children: Mawsley,
Isabella, Jeff and
John Pitchlynn. Because of his Indian heritage, George received land
from the Dawes
allotment which was located in the Hennipen community. In all, George
was one of the
largest
land owners in the Garvin County community. George Pitchlynn owned or
controlled
approximately one thousand acres of prime farm land. In 1903, George
married Emma Curry (a
former resident of Montgomery County, Alabama). George was one of the
largest farmers and
cattlemen in the Garvin County community. Later, George father four
children by his second
wife Emma Curry Pitchlynn: (Georgian, Bertha, William and Theodore
Pitchlynn.) In 1912,
Mr. George Pitchlynn was buried at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Pauls
Valley, Oklahoma.
George Pitchlynn is the great-grandfather of Bob
Curry. See photo
of Bertha Pitchlynn, daughter of George Pitchlynn.
Submitted by Bob Curry
BURNETT-WRIGHT
Rufus M. BURNETT, came to the Indian Territory in 1883 from
Arkansas, in 1886 he
married Harriet Fulsom, who was 1/2 Chickasaw. Rufus lived in Garvin
Co. moving onto
Pontotoc Co. By 1890 his brother, Cornelius T. BURNETT with wife,
Ida R. PRESSGROVE,
had also moved to the Indian Territory (first in Garvin Co. moving onto
Pushmataha Co)
along with another brother, John J. BURNETT and wife, Nancy HUTZ. John
participated in the
Oklahoma Land Run with his son, Charles and settled in McClain Co. .
And by 1900 another
brother, my great-grandfather, William H. and wife, Lucinda Ann
(WRIGHT) BURNETT. Lucinda's brother, Andrew J. WRIGHT
also moved to the Indian Territory and descendants of this family still live in
Garvin County.
Sharon Burnett Crawford
(See Obit)
Burnetts http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~burnett/
Wrights
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~burnett/
submitted by BYoung9387@aol.com
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BURNETT, Alonzo F. Submitted by Sharon Crawford
CALDWELL, George Washington Submitted by Deb Schorzman
DABBS, Samuel A. Submitted by David Clay
GIBSON, George Wyatt Submitted by Carolyn Fairall
GOODE,
John W. Submitted by Billie
Goode
GOODE, James Charles Submitted by Billie Goode
GUNTER, Jot Submitted by Paul Beauregard
LACK,
Owen T. Submitted by Rose
Chaney
LOWREY,
Willie Frank Submitted by
Laura B. Stewart
McKINNEY, James Torrance Submitted by Dana K. Hill (More)
TILLERY, Charles Alfred Bunyon Submitted by Christy Tillery
WALLACE,
William Willis Bill Submitted by Terry Sosebee Dixon
WILSON, Craven Carl Submitted by Bob Curry
WOMACK,
James Henry Submitted by Tammy
Thompson
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Jessie & Lydia O'Gwin Funeral Record
Calton/Griffin Family Letter of 1912
James Wyley Martin Family
The Burch Family Information
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Memories from our older residents
Addie Elizabeth Beach 1880 - 1951
Hazel Beach Bales 1908 - Living
Otho Russell's "Lindsay Recollections"
Nettie Sarah Shawbell - Caldwell, 1905 - 2001
Old Wynnewood Pool & Dance Hall
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