A recent visitor to a Facebook group devoted to Choctaw and Chickasaw Freedmen, has seen a surge of activity with new visitors asking questions and getting help. One visitor placed some questions about her family that came from Burneyville, Indian Territory. Friend and colleague Terry Ligon responded .
Starting out with a query about the Gaines family, Terry pointed out that one branch of that family lead to his Love ancestors through Simon Love.
We spoke more in-depth about how inter-connected Chickasaw Freedmen families are from southern Oklahoma. Our conversation described how important it is for the family researcher to look beyond the one immediate line, and to study the community. By doing so–an amazing adventure awaits the researcher where so many incredible aspects of the family’s history will be learned.
Here are the cards that started the conversation.
Minor Chickasaw Freedman Card #213*
Chickasaw Freedman Card #546*
Enjoy the conversation between two Oklahoma Freedmen researchers. (Click on the link above to hear our conversation.)
Hmmmm!!! Very interesting!!! I see the Colberts, my family, is a family tributary that flows into that Gaines family!! Terry is correct. It was not uncommon for families to sign up during the Dawes process as a unit. I know here in Fort Coffee, the Eubanks were the original land owners of land that practically engulfed a large portion of Fort Coffee.