| Deptartment of the Interior Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes Atoka, T.T.June 12, 1901 #2624 In the matter of the application of Bettie Willingham for the identification of herself alone as a Mississippi Choctaw. Bettie Willingham having been first duly sworn testified as follows: Q. What is your name? A. Bettie Willingham Q. What is your age? A. Nineteen Q. What is your post-office? A. Nosheim, Texas Q. How long have you lived there? A. One year Q. Where did you live before that? A. Henderson County Texas Q. How long have you lived in Texas? A. Nineteen years Q. Born there and lived there all your life? A. Yes Q. What is your fathers name? A. George Davis Q. Is he still living? A. Yes Q. What is your mothers name? A. Sarah A. Davis Q. Is she still living? A. Yes Q. Through which one of your parents do you drive your your Choctaw blood? A.My father Q. How much Choctaw blood do you claim? A. One sixteenth Q. Has your father through whom you claim your right to identification as a Mississippi Choctaw ever been recognized in any manner or enrolled as a member of the Choctaw tribe of Indians by either the Choctaw Tribal authorities or the United States? A. I don't know Q. Are you married? A. Yes Q.What is your husbands name? A.W.H.Willingham Q. Is he living? A. Yes Q. Do you make this claim for him? A. No Q. Have you any children? A. None Q. You are making this application for yourself alone? A. Yes Q. Is your name on any of the tribal rolls of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory? A. I don't know Q. Have you any reason to think that it is on any of the tribal rolls in Indian Territory? A. No Q. Have you ever made application to the Choctaw Tribal Authorities in Indian Territory to be enrolled as a member of that tribe? A. No Q. Did you or any one for you, in 1896, make application to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes for citizenship in the Choctaw Nation under the Act of Congress of June 10. 1896? A. No Q. Have you ever been admitted to citizenship in the Choctaw Nation by either the Choctaw tribal Authorities or the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, or by judgment of the United States Court in Indian Territory? A. No Q. Have you ever made application prior to this time to either the Choctaw tribal authorities or to the authorities of the United States to be admitted or enrolled as a member of that tribe? A. No Q. Is this the first application of any description you have ever made? A. Yes Q. Is it now your purpose to make application for indentification as a Mississippi Choctaw? A. Yes, I guess so Q. Do you claim your right as a beneficiary under the provisions of the fourthteenth article of the treat of 1830? A. I don't know, I guess so Q. I read the article a little while ago-do you claim under that article? A.Well, I heard it read but I don't remember now. |
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