Supreme Court Decision on the Removal from Dawes Rolls -- 4 March 1907

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Chickasaw By Blood

Roll Number Name Suit No Court
4984 Goldsby, John E. 248 U.S.S.C.
4985 Goldsby, Linniel E. 50033 S.C.D.C.
4986 Goldsby, Bessie 50033 S.C.D.C.
4987 Goldsby, Murray M. 50033 S.C.D.C.
4969 Vaughan, Edward A. 372 U.S.S.C.
4970 Vaughan, Grover C. 371 U.S.S.C.
4971 Vaughan, Oscar S. 371 S.C.D.C.

Chickasaws by Intermarriage

Roll Number Name Suit No Court
621 Adams, John Quincy 50033 S.C.D.C.
621 Lancaster, William T. 50033 S.C.D.C.
606 McCoy, Clay 49358 S.C.D.C.
631 Ragland, James W. 51025 S.C.D.C.
596 St. John, Thomas 50353 S.C.D.C.
605 Vaughan, Benjamin E. (or F.) 373 U.S.S.C.

Choctaws by Blood

Roll Number Name Suit No Court
15027 Adams, Wiley 50033 S.C.D.C.
16048 Autrey, Columbus S. 49722 S.C.D.C.
16040 Beaver, Gertrude 50033 S.C.D.C.
16041 Beaver, Clarance 50033 S.C.D.C.
16042 Beaver, Nellie 50033 S.C.D.C.
15909 Crowder, Belzooi 50033 S.C.D.C.
16043 Beaver, Myrtle 50033 S.C.D.C.
15917 Beagles, Nellie F. 50033 S.C.D.C.
15911 Crowder, Van 50033 S.C.D.C.
15910 Crowder, Willie 50033 S.C.D.C.
15908 Crowder, Joe 50033 S.C.D.C.
15907 Crowder, Louisa 50033 S.C.D.C.
15906 Crowder, George (?.) 50033 S.C.D.C.
16050 Green, Teddy 49724 S.C.D.C.
16049 Green, Lenora 49724 S.C.D.C.
16033 Howard, Thomas J. 50033 S.C.D.C.
16034 Howard, Horace 50033 S.C.D.C.
16035 Howard, Lonnie 50033 S.C.D.C.
16036 Howard, Emery 50033 S.C.D.C.
16037 Howard, Elmer 50033 S.C.D.C.
16038 Howard, Bettie Perney 50033 S.C.D.C.
16039 Howard, Dora Lee 50033 S.C.D.C.
15451 James (or Richardson), Maggie 50033 S.C.D.C.
15452 James, Ellis E. 50033 S.C.D.C.
15453 James, Analaurie 50033 S.C.D.C.
15454 James, Evalina 50033 S.C.D.C.
15961 James, Agnes 50033 S.C.D.C.
15394 Kirk, Gabriella 50355 S.C.D.C.
15393 Kirk, Sarah 50355 S.C.D.C.
15953 Shelton, Emma 51240 S.C.D.C.
15952 Shelton, Frank 51240 S.C.D.C.
15645 Sumpter, John 50033 S.C.D.C.
15646 Sumpter, Amanda Isabella 50033 S.C.D.C.
15647 Sumpter, Jim Andy 50033 & 51240 S.C.D.C.
15648 Sumpter, Scott Taylor 50033 & 51240 S.C.D.C.
15649 Sumpter, Dixon D. 51240 S.C.D.C.
15912 Wright, Betsy 50033 S.C.D.C.
15913 Wright, Thomas E. 50033 S.C.D.C.
15914 Wright, Mary M. 50033 S.C.D.C.
15915 Wright, Lenard D. 50033 S.C.D.C.

Choctaws by Marriage

Roll Number Name Suit No Court
1628 Allen, Andrew J. 50033 S.C.D.C.
1409 Atwood, Chester C. 50353 S.C.D.C.
1473 Beal, Andrew 50947 S.C.D.C.
1408 Bowling, Mary M. 51026/50033 S.C.D.C.
1543 Carter, John W. 50534 S.C.D.C.
1464 Cummings, Henry A. 50033 S.C.D.C.
1524 Crowder, Parlee C. 50033 S.C.D.C.
1329 Harris, Calvin Q. 49723 S.C.D.C.
1578 Howard, Carrie 50033 S.C.D.C.
1399 Kirk, J. W. 50354 S.C.D.C.
290 Klugh, August 50033 S.C.D.C.
1027 Perkins, Mattie A. 50353 S.C.D.C.
1491 Reichert, William 50126 S.C.D.C.
1423 Rice, Ambross L. 374 S.C.D.C.
1495 Shelton, John 50946 S.C.D.C.
1469 Sumpter, Jacob D. 50033 S.C.D.C.
340 Travis, Robert A. 50948 S.C.D.C.
1403 White, Angelina 51026 S.C.D.C.
662 Woodard, Charles A. 49494 S.C.D.C.

Minor Choctaws -- Act of Congress
Approved April 26, 1906

Roll Number Name Suit No Court
367 Barnette, Effie 50033 S.C.D.C.
457 Beaver, Hazel Calvin 50033 S.C.D.C.
458 Beaver, Claud D. 50033 S.C.D.C.
459 Herbert, Howard 50033 S.C.D.C.
674 Crowder, Nettie Myrl 50033 S.C.D.C.
685 Green, Lee 49724 S.C.D.C.
253 Wright, Fannie Jane 50033 S.C.D.C.

Cherokees By Blood

Roll Number Name Suit No Court
31910 Allison, John 49434 S.C.D.C.
31960 Allison, Johnnie S. 49436 S.C.D.C.
31961 Allison, Frankie P. 49437 S.C.D.C.
31956 Allison, Ida B. 249 U.S.S.C.
31957 Allison, George A. 250 U.S.S.C.

(The letter continues on at this point)

A careful investigation of those names concerning which no suits were brought, but which, after being upon an approved roll of citizens or freedmen of any of the Five Civilized Tribes, were stricken there from without notice and an opportunity to be heard, has thus far developed a list which undoubtedly falls within the principles expressed by the Supreme Court in the Goldsby decision. All these persons are in the same position as those named in the above list of those who had filed suits prior to that decision. It follows necessarily that, if suits were instituted in these cases, judgment must be allowed as was done in the case of the names on the above list. For this reason I have (habe – typo in original letter) decided that it would be improper to delay the correction of the rolls as far as these persons are concerned. Such delay would continue the rolls in an incorrect condition according to the opinion of the Supreme Court, would bring hardship and expense upon the citizens and freedmen involved, and would delay completion of the work of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.

The correction of the rolls in these cased (cases?) does not add names to the rolls, but merely erases from the rolls interlineations and notations which the court says the Secretary of the Interior has not power to place there. For those reasons you are hereby directed to erase the interlineations and notations which purport to strike any of the following names from the rolls of citizens of the respectable nations of the Five Civilized Tribes:

PERSONS WHO HAD NOT INSTITUTED SUITS PRIOR TO THE GOLDSBY DECISION, BUT WHOSE CASES FALL INDUBITABLY UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF THAT DECISION.

Chickasaws by Blood

Roll No. Name
5013 Perry, Joe
5014 Perry, Dillard

Chickasaws by Marriage

Roll No. Name
622 Archerd, John W.
629 Shanks, Mary A.
626 Hargis, Sallie J.
514 Ramsey, Gustavus A.

Choctaws by Blood

Roll No. Name Roll No. Name
16103 Allen, Elizabeth 16110 Crutchfield, Loutitia
16002 Bumgarner, George A. 16106 Crutchfield, Everet
15925 Crowder, John A. 16111 Crutchfield, George W.
15924 Crowder, Pinkie B. 15450 James, Alice E.
15923 Crowder, Katie B. 15972 Jennings, Arthur
15921 Crowder, Eli W. 15973 Jennings, Clyde
15922 Crowder, James 15916 Keifer, Ardella
15905 Crowder, Winnie Gertrude 16003 Long, James S.
15904 Crowder, John E. or F. 16004 Long, Joseph
15903 Crowder, William H. 16005 Long, Forbis
15902 Crowder, Rosa 921 Long, Josephine LeFlore
15901 Crowder, Maggie 922 Long, Jake Laflore (LeFlore)
15900 Crowder, Abigail 9258 Pebworth, Henry
15899 Crowder, William J. 15928 Randall, Grover
16105 Crutchfield, Ida 16104 Ritter, David
16107 Crutchfield, Ima 15856 Robinson, Mary E.
16108 Crutchfield, Louvinia 15951 Shelton, Daisy
16109 Crutchfield, William 15857 Trice, Mary A.

Choctaws by Marriage

Roll No. Name Roll No. Name
1485 Beagles, Allen 1414 McClure, Madell
1537 Buckholts, Jeanetta H. 1614 McGahey, Martha J.
1559 Choate, Amanda 1407 McMurtry, Lucy
1412 Crowder, Lydia Ann 1550 Omo, Julia
1523 Crowder, Josephine 1410 Paxton, William D.
985 Foster, Mary A. 1406 Rabon, Robert L.
1421 Freeny, Mattie 1490 Reding, Ella
1489 Gann, Willia Newton 1478 Rigney, Rosa E.

Choctaws by Marriage

Roll No. Name Roll No. Name
1518 Gray, John Calvin 1219 Roberts, George W.
1216 Gunter, Benjamin B. 1531 (or 1551) Robinson, Frederick R.
1480 Kelly, William F. 1353 Russell, Mattie M.
1476 Lewis, Vicey 1127 Smith, Ira L.
1150 Lindsey, Selden T. 1428 Staton, John T.
1405 Merryman, Sarah 668 Sutherland, Henry
1215 Mitchell, Virginia P. 1470 Tucker, William N.
Mitchell, Mattie S. 1416 (?) Moran, Mary
1468 Vincent, Charlie S.

Minor Choctaw Citizens

Roll No. Name
724 Braudrick, Jennie Louise
791 Kiefer, Eurana
4 Crowder, Rufus Clay
699 Long, Francis
750 Kiefer Odis A.

Cherokee by Blood

Roll No. Name
31958 Allison, Elmer C.
31959 Allison, Jasper P.

In order that the action of erasures may be uniform for all names and upon all rolls, you will make such erasures in the following manner. The lines drawn through and purporting to cancel the names from the rolls shall be lined out by drawing across them short transverse lines in red ink. The notations purporting to cancel the names from the rolls shall be lined out by drawing through each line of said notations red horizontal lines. In addition to lining out the interlineations and notations you will insert a note at the foot of side of each page containing any of these corrections, said note to be indicated by star placed before the names involved. The noted shall read as follows:

"Words and lines purporting cancellation erased by authority of departmental letter of January 19, 1907 (File 5-51)".

You will notify all persons, whose status on the rolls has been recognized as above, of the action taken, and that they have all the rights to allotment and payments enjoyed by other citizens, as though no attempt had ever been made to cancel their names from the rolls.

Except for the Allisons named in above lists, I am not ready to give you a list of the Cherokees and Creeks whose status upon the rolls will be corrected under the principles of the Goldsby decision. Direction concerning them will follow within a week.

There are other names which were upon approved rolls and were erased or stricken therefrom by the Secretary of the Interior without notice. Some of these are already the subject of injunction or mandamus actions against the Secretary of the Interior, and in other cases such action has not be instituted. There are reasons which make it doubtful whether these persons fall indubitably under this principles of the Goldsby decision. Careful consideration of the matter will be given at once, and, according to the decision reached in each case, the persons involved will be left to such court action as they deem wise or will have the rolls corrected by departmental action in the manner indicated for the two lists set forth above.

A sample page is inclosed, showing the method of erasure to be followed by all officers in the correction of the rolls.

Very respectfully,

(Signed) James Rudolph Garfield
Secretary (of the Dept of Interior)


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