Freedmen Project--MILLER APP.# 3932
Frank Keys, Brown, Page, Dotson, Warner, Ross, Rowe, Chuculate,
PLEASE NOTE ALL RESPONSES TO QUESTION ARE IN CAPS.
Below are the questions asked on the Miller Applications I have sent you
info on in the Freedmen Project work. I hope to get at least one a week
submitted.
For those of you who cannot afford these NARA applications, I would advise
that after you confirm it is your line, that you send for the packet, for
source proof. Remember geneology is nothing without documentation.
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Application #--3932
Action Taken--REJECT
Name of applicant--FRANK KEYS
No. of children--2
Residence--REDLAND,OKLA.
Reason---APPLICANT IS ENROLLED BY THE DAWES COMMISSION AS A CHEROKEE FREEDMEN
# 3133.
ANCESTERS DO NOT APPEAR ON ROLLS.
FATHER WAS A SLAVE.
MISC.TEST.P.3022
Add.page remarks;--
# 3932
OKLA
FRANK KEYS
SALLISAW
22770-1
CANNOT FIND ANY ANCESTORS ON THE ROLLS
REDLAND/ FIELD OKLA.
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SPECIAL COMMISSIONER of the COURT of CLAIMS,601 Ouray Building, Washington
D.C.
Sir,I hereby make application for such share as may be due me of the fund
appropriated by the ACT of CONGRESS, appoved June 30, 1906, in accordance
with the decrees of the COURT of CLAIMS of May 18,1905, and May28, 1906, in
favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith
subjoined.
Question # 1)State full name:
English name--FRANK KEYS
Indian name--CHU-STOO
#2)Residence--SEQUOYAH DIST. CHEROKEE NATION
#3Town and Post Office--ROLAND
#4)County--NORTHERN DISTRICT
#5)State--INDIAN TERRITORY
#6)Date and place of birth?--AGE 44, 14 MILE CREEK TAH-LE-QUAH DIST.
#7)By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more then one
relative living in 1851,set forth each seperately:--
ON MY MOTHER JUNER BROWN
ON MY GRANDMOTHER RACHEL BROWN, ON MY BROTHER GEORGE.
SIE ON MY SISTERS RACHEL AND JUNER, OR SUCH OF THEM AS ARE FOUND TO BE
EMIGRANT CHEROKEES.
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#8)Are you married?--YES
#9)Name and age of wife or husband---LEUVENA KEYS, AGE 24
#10)Give names of your father and mother, and your mothers maiden name before
marriage.
Father- english name---ELI KEYS
Indian name--UNKNOWN
Mother- english name--JUNER BROWN
Indian name---UNKNOWN
Maiden name--JUNER PAGE
#11)Where were they born?
Father--ALSO UNKNOWN
Mother--ALSO UNKNOWN
#12)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father--ALSO UNKNOWN
Mother--I AM INFORMED IN TAH-LE-QUAH DIST.CHER NAT.
#13)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father--ABOUT 1870
Mother--ABOUT 1880
Page 3)
#14)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.--MOTHER WAS IN 1851 & 1875
#15)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.
Name--ABBIE sis
Born--BEFORE THE WAR
Died--LIVING
Name--RACHEL sis
Born--UNKNOWN
Died--UNKNOWN
Name--JUNER sis
Born--UNKNOWN
Died--UNKNOWN
Name--GEORGE bro
Born--UNKNOWN
Died--UNKNOWN
Name--SIE
Born--UNKNOWN
Died--UNKNOWN
Name--PERRY
Born--NEXT TO ABBIE
Died--LIVING
#16)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's
and mother's side, if possible.
Fathers side:--
TOM PAGE
LUCINDA PAGE
Mothers side:--
GRANDMOTHER WAS RACHEL BROWN
GRANDFATHER UNKNOWN
#17)Where were they born?
OLD CHEROKEE NATION EAST AS FAR AS I KNOW
#18)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--
JUNER, MOTHER IN THE TAH LE QUAH-- CHER NAT.
#19)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:--ABBIE
Indian Name:--
Residence:--
English Name:--RACHEL
Indian Name:--
Residence:--
English Name:--JUNER
Indian Name:--
Residence:--
English Name:--GEORGE
Indian Name:--
Residence:--
English Name:--SIE
Indian Name:--
Residence:--
English Name:--PERRY
Indian Name:--
Residence:--
#20)Have you ever been enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other
benifits?--1875, 1880, 1883, 1886, 1894,& 1900 DAWES ROLL
Page 4)
#21)To assist in identification, claiment should give the full English and
Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents back to
1835,----
Remarks- Section)
Under this head the applicant may give any additional facts which will assist
in providing his
claim.--
Note: Answers should be brief but explicit;"yes", "no".
"unknown". etc.,may
be used in casers where applicable. Read the questions carefully.
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Legal- Section )
I solemnly swear that the forgoing statements made by me are true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
Signature---FRANK HIS X MARK KEYS
Witnesses: PINK TAYLOR
READUS MOORE
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29TH day,of OCT,1906.
Notary Public- signature; READUS MOORE
My commission expires:APRIL 22ND, 1908
Affidavit)
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses, who are
well acquainted with the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me JACK FOREMAN and ISAAC CROSSLIN, who being duly
sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with FRANK KEYS who
makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known him for 30
years
and 30 years, respectively, and know HIM to be the identical person HE
represents- HIMSELF to be, and that the statements made by HIM are true, to
the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in
HIS claim.
Witnesses to mark--J H GIBSON
EDMOND STAMP
Signatures of witnesses--JACK HIS X MARK FOREMAN
ISAAC HIS X MARK CROSSLIN
Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 29TH day ofOCT,1906.
Notary signature---READUS MOORE
Notary commission expires---APRIL 22, 1908
NOTE: Affidavits should be made, whenever practicable, before a notary
public,or clerk of the court, if sworn to before an Indian agent or
disbursing agent of the Indian service, it need not be before a notary,
etc. .-----------------
MY PERSONAL NOTE:
Pages after
that include letters written to the BIA about their claim. Some have
additional papers, others do not.
ADDITIONAL PAPERS WITH THIS APPLICATION ARE;
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SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATION FOR MINOR CHILDREN
Special Commissioner of the Court of Claims,
601 Ouray Building, Washington D.C.
Sir,
I hereby make application for such share as may be due my minor
children of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress appoved June 30,1906, in
accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28,
1906 in favor of the Eastern Cherokees, and I ask that this be made part of my
original application No.3932
1) State your full name:--FRANK KEYS
2) Residence and Post Office:--REDLAND, CHEROKEE NATION INDIAN TERRY.
3) County:--CHEROKEE NATION
4) State:--INDIAN TERRITORY
5) Date and place of birth:--MARCH 26-1861, FORT GIBSON I.T.
6) Are you married?--YES
7) Name and age of wife or huband:--LUVENIA KEYS
8) To what tribe of Indians, if any, does he or she belong?--CHEROKEE
9) Names of all your children who were living on May 28, 1906:
Name--CLARENCE KEYS
Age--4 YRS.
Born--OCT. 23-1902
Name--WATIE KEYS
Age--2 YRS.
Born--OCT.23-1905
10) Were you ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benefits? If
so, state when and where, and with what tribe of Indians:---NONE
REMARKS--
(Under this head the applicant may give any additional facts which will
assist in providing his
claim.)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature--FRANK HIS X MARK KEYS
Witness:-- J H PLANK
GIDEON CREWS
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18TH day of MAY, 1907.
Notary Signature--M G SLAUGHTER
My Commission expires--MARCH, 1909.
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2ND Letter Attached;
Witness in Re;
App. No. 22770-3932
Susie Dotson
Frank Keys,-- being duly sworn, deposes and says:
MY NAME IS FRANK KEYS. MY AGE IS 40 SOME YEARS.I LIVE IN SEQUOYAH COUNTY. WAS
BORN ON 14 MILE CREEK. SUSIE DOTSON IS MY DAUGHTER.
SHE GETS HER INDIAN BLOOD FROM ME.SHE WAS ENROLLED BY THE DAWES COMMISSION AS
CHEROKEE FREEDMEN NO. 3134.
I WAS ENROLLED BY THE DAWES COMMISSION AS CHEROKEE FREEDMEN. I WAS NEVER A
SLAVE THAT I KNOW OF. I GOT THE STRIP MONEY. I GET MY BLOOD FROM MY MOTHER. I
SUPPOSE MY FATHER WAS A SLAVE. MY MOTHER WAS A CHEROKEE WOMAN. MY MOTHER WAS
PART COLORED TOO BUT HAD SOME INDIAN BLOOD.
SHE WAS NEVER A SLAVE I HAVE BEEN TOLD.HER NAME WAS JULIA WARNER; SHE MARRIED
WESLEY WARNER AFTER I WAS BORN. SHE DIED WHEN I WAS QUITE SMALL.
SHE ONLY HAD 2 CHILDREN, AND COULD NOT HAVE BEEN VERY OLD.
JUDGE KEYS TOLD ME THAT MY MOTHER, JULIA WAS ENROLLED IN 1851.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT NAME SHE WENT BY IN 1851.
I THINK HER NAME MAY HAVE BEEN ROSS, AS HER BROTHER AND UNCLE WERE NAMED
ROSS. SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN BY THE NAME JULIA. PERRY ROSS IS MY UNCLE.ABBIE ROSS WAS
MY MOTHERS SISTER. MY MOTHER GOT HER BLOOD FROM HER MOTHER, I THINK HER NAME
WAS RACHEL BROWN AS MR. JIM KEYS KNEW HER NAME.
I WAS MISTAKEN ABOUT MY MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME AS I NOW REMEMBER THAT IT WAS
JULIA BROWN,AND BEFORE SHE WAS EVER MARRIED JUNIA PAGE.
HAYWARD ROWE WAS MY MOTHERS OTHER SON.ABE KEYS IS MY HALF BROTHER.
NOT THE SAME MOTHER. LUCINDA PAGE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER, AND TOM PAGE WAS MY
GRANDFATHER, ON MY MOTHERS SIDE.
ABBIE AND PERRY ROSS OR PERRY PAGE.I DON'T KNOW ANY FURTHER BACK. I DON'T
KNOW WHETHER ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WERE SLAVES OR NOT.
THEY NEVER ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OTHER TRIBE.
Signature; FRANK X KEYS
Subscribed and sworn to before me at Sallisaw, Oklahoma, this 18th day of
September, 1908.
Signed---A.S.Mamie
Ass't to Special Commission of the Court of Claims.
3022
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(Handwritten Note on same letter)
3932
1907 REDLAND IT
DEAR SIR,
I RECIEVED YOUR CARD AND I WAS GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I HAVE NO OTHER BESSEM ON HAND NOW AND SO I WILL CLOSE.
FRANK KEYS
AFFAIRS WASHINGTON DC
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3RD LETTER ATTACHED:
COSB.
Appl.#3927
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS,
EASTERN CHEROKEE ENROLLMENT
601 OURAY BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
December 24, 1907
Ellis Chucalate
Sallisaw Okla.
Sir:
Relative to your application for participation in the fund arising from
the judgement of the Court of Claims in favor of the Eastern Cherokees, please
state the names as carefully as possible under which you think you, your
parents and grandparents were enrolled, as the names as given in your application
do not appear upon the rolls of 1851.
Very Respectfully,
Guion Miller
Special Commissioner.
(Written in handwriting under this letter is as follows)
HON GUION MILLER
I THINK I MUST HAVE BEEN ENROLLED AS A-NA-LIE-SHI, CHUCKATES, OR CHUCULATE.
AND PERHAPS, ONLY AR-NA-LEE-OKI OR ELLIS CHUCULATE.
THE ... NAME MIGHT HAVE BEEN LET OFF.
MY FATHERS NAME IS MOSES CHUCKULATE. MY MOTHERS NAME WAS AV-YU-KA.
HER NAME AND THAT OF MY FATHER SHOULD APPEAR ON THE
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1851 ROLL. AS THEY BOTH DREW IN THE PAYMENT OF 1851-1852.
MY FATHERS FATHER WAS BENJAMIN CHUCKULATE.
MY MOTHERS MOTHER WAS NAMED EIGLEQUAH, SHE WAS LIVING IN 1851 AND DREW MONEY.
VERY RESPECTFULLY
ELLIS CHUCULATE
OR
AR-NA-LEE-OKI
TO HON GUION MILLER
SPECIAL CLSAIMS WASHINGTON DC
JAN 16/08
Letter stamped by:
Court of Claims
Eastern Cherokees
Rec. Jan 20, 1908
No.
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4TH LETTER ATTACHED:
COSB.
Appl.#3932
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER OF THE COURT OF CLAIMS,
EASTERN CHEROKEE ENROLLMENT
601 OURAY BUILDING,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
December 24, 1907
Frank Keys,
Redland,Okla.
Sir:
Relative to your application for participation in the fund arising from
the judgement of the Court of Claims in favor of the Eastern Cherokees, please
state the names as carefully as possible under which you think you, your
parents and grandparents were enrolled, as the names as given in your application
do not appear upon the rolls of 1851.
Very Respectfully,
Guion Miller
Special Commissioner.
(Written as follows)
I AM PAGE GRANFATH
IM SENDY PAGE GRANPIT
JUNER MY MOTHER
CHB/ALS
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Letter # 5
Attached to application # 3932
General Claim Agency,
John L.Springston
Vian, Oklahoma
Vian, Okla.
July 24th,1909
The Honerable Clerk of the Court,
Sir,
On the emigrant roll reported for the appoval of the Court, I fail to find
the name of one of my clients for whom I made claim for for emigrant
shares---Frank Keys, of Redland Okla--application made Oct 26th,1906---formally---
Can and will the Court give me the status of the case as it now appears
before the Court, supposedly for rejection, as I have no information in the case
since filing same ---
The case as presented to me appeared as valid for shares--as the applicant
satisfied me that he was a blood descendent of one of the emigrant Cherokee
Indian Class--
if his ancestors were found to be of the old settler or Western Cherokee
Class, or he failed to connect with those on whom he based his claim, please
advise me --& oblidge,
Respectfully,
John L. Springston
Bright Star
Freedmen Project
August, 2005