Pauls Valley Oklahoma Genealogy

Biographical Sketch of A. B. Allcott

(See Ward and Ghigau) Henrietta Evaline Nidiffer, born January 10, 1883 near Nudmore, Delaware District. She was educated in the Cherokee National schools, and graduated from St. Johns Training School of Nursing in 1915. Married July 26, 1920 A. B . Allcott son of Jonathan P. and Anna Allcott. A. B. Allcott was born May 27th, 1886, in McDowell, Barry County, Missouri. He is an expert electrician and has been Superintendent of the electric light plant at Afton and has recently accepted a like position at Pauls Valley. George Ward was born March 17, 1787. Had a splendid education and … Read more

Affidavit of W. J. Thompson, Exhibit A½

William J. Thompson’s affidavit, dated November 21, 1908, provides a detailed account of his father, Giles Thompson, and his family’s history in the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations. Thompson asserts that his father, a recognized Choctaw citizen, was listed on the 1830 tribal roll and the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. Despite evidence of his lineage and residency, William J. Thompson’s application for enrollment was denied, while his father’s former slaves were enrolled as Choctaw freedmen.