A sharp distinction is to be drawn between the Indians in Mississippi and the so-called Mississippi Choctaw “claimants.” The former are few in numbers and easily ascertainable, while the latter are numerous and scattered from Bayou Labatre, Alabama on the east to Mesa City, Arizona on the west. A number of these claimants are banded […]
Early Location, Character, and Numbers of Indians of the Southern States
Charles von Weise Attorney at Law Tishomingo (Muskogee is crossed out) Ind. Ter. July 12, 1903 I was Principal Law Clerk of the Mississippi Choctaw Legal Department at the time the case of Scott S. Dumas et al. as MCR 4006 was decided and at that time I directed Charles M. Wrigley, one of the
Choctaw Tribe: Meaning unknown, though Halbert (1901) has suggested that they received their name from Pearl River, “Hachha”. Also called: Ani’-Tsa’ta, Cherokee name. Flat Heads, from their custom of flattening the heads of infants. Henne’sb, Arapaho name. Nabuggindebaig, probably the Chippewa name for this tribe, signifying “flat heads.” Pans falaya, “Long Hairs,” given by Adair.
Natchitoches Indians, Natchitoches tribe. The word “Natchitoches” is generally supposed to be derived from “nashitosh”, the native word for pawpaw but an early Spanish writer, Jose Antonio Pichardo, was told that it was from a native word “nacicit” signifying “a place where the soil is the color of red ochre,” and that it was applied
The Cooper Rolls are a Census Roll of Choctaw Families residing East of the Mississippi River and in the States of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama made by Douglas H. Cooper, US Agent for Choctaws, in conformity with Order of Commissioner of Indian Affairs dated May the 23rd, 1855.
The remnants of the Caddo confederacies of northwestern Louisiana and northeastern Texas settled in Oklahoma in 1859. After the Louisiana Purchase when Louisiana bands joined their tribesmen in Texas all lived there peaceably until some White Texans determined upon an indiscriminate massacre of raiding Comanche and of all Reservation Indians. The Caddo escaped by a forced
The following is a list of Tribes that have been recognized by their respective states, but not by the Federal Government. Alabama Recognized Tribes Cherokees of SE Alabama P.O. Box 717 Dothan, AL 36302-0717 334-671-3658 Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (North Alabama Cherokees) P.O. Box 1227 Scottsboro, AL 35768 205-228-4778 Echota Cherokee of Alabama P.O. Box
Louisiana Civil War Battlefield Map – Map depicting the battles fought within the state of Louisiana during the Civil War.
The first white settlers of Louisiana were French, usually the second born sons of aristocrats who left France to seek adventure in the New World. They brought their traditional style of cooking from the continent, and being rich aristocrats, they also brought along their chefs as well! These Frenchmen came to be called Creoles, and
Consolidated Crescent Regiment LA Infantry – DeSoto & Various Parishes, Louisiana Surnames A – F Surnames G – M Surnames N – Z 28th Thomas Louisiana Infantry Regiment aka 29th Louisiana Infantry Regiment 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (hosted at USGenWeb Archives Military ) 28th Texas Calvary (hosted at USGenWeb Archives Military ) Black Soldiers in
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Invalid Application & Misc. Anderson County Albert K. Bevers McCurtain County William O. Carter Monroe County Jeremiah Burnett Parish County John Anty Talbot County John Caldwell Johnston Telfair County Johnathan Musslewhite Unknown County Thomas Robinson Carroll Charles Derosier Dosita Doucet William Domingue Bennett Elender Volmont Fall Thomas Sanders Horton W. H. K. Martin Isaac
Discharge Records Following hosted at Louisiana USGenWeb Project unless otherwise noted ) Letters from Crit Rogers, 1918 Draft Registrations Desoto Parish DeSoto Parish Draft Registrations , Part 1 – Black DeSoto Parish Draft Registrations , Part 2 – White Other Towns – Black – (A-B) Other Towns – Black – (C-D) Other Towns – Black –
Louisiana Census online research should begin with what is available online for free. If this proves fruitful then congratulations! If not, then I would suggest signing up for the online census images (links to the right) where you can access all the available online Louisiana census information directly from your computer at home. Louisiana 1860
Louisiana Census online research should begin with what is available online for free. If this proves fruitful then congratulations! If not, then I would suggest signing up for the online census images (links to the right) where you can access all the available online Louisiana census information directly from your computer at home. Louisiana 1810
Louisiana Cemetery records are listed by parish then name of cemetery within the Louisiana parish. Most of these are complete indices at the time of transcription, however, in some cases we list the listing when it is only a partial listing. Orleans Parish New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries, Louisiana New Orleans is located on the Mississippi
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