CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW-Citizenship Court Records

Description

Compiled by Marion Traer Downs, one of our volunteers, this book contains an index of Application & Dockets of Citizenship Court 1902-1904.  The Citizenship Court vacated all of the judgements rendered by the U. S. Courts on December 17, 1902.  Applicants for citizenship who had been admitted or rejected by the U. S. Courts were required to institute proceedings in the Citizenship Court. It does list all their children, their ages and their degree of Indian blood.  There is separate list for Choctaws and Chickasaws.  Court held for Choctaws were in McAlester and Chickasaws in Tishomingo. 276 indexed pages.