Life History

Notes

• Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
  W H Cochran
  Carrie E Hill
  License issued 1 September 1894
  Marriage 09 September 1894 Cooke County, Texas
  Ceremony by Rev J C Scinally, Minister of the Gospel
  Recorded 11 September 1894 Cooke County Marriage Book, page 166
  Source FamilySearch
  
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  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  Choctaw Nation Roll, 3 Oct 1898, Chickasaw Nation, Marietta, Indian Territory (Chickasaws were originally on the Choctaw List), This card was canceled and transferred to Chickasaw Card #1617 on 14 Oct 1902
  
  1 William Hunter Cochran, Age 30, Birth Abt 1868, 1/4 Chickasaw, Father Samuel T Cochran non-citizen, Mother Frances East Choctaw citizen residing in Chickasaw
  District
  2 Cochran, Willie Dau Age 3, Birth Abt 1895, 1/8 Chickasaw, Father No 1, Mother Carrie Cochran white woman
  3 Cochran, Vertis Dau Age 8 mos, Birth Abt 1898, 1/8 Chickasaw, Father No 1, Mother Carrie Cochran white woman
  4 Cochran, Samuel T Son (enrolled 2 July 1901) Age 9 mos, Birth Abt 1900, 1/8 Chickasaw, Father No 1, Mother Carrie Cochran white womanTribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood
  
  Nos 1 and 2 on Chickasaw roll, Pickens Co, Page 26; transferred to Choctaw roll by Dawes Com.
  No 1 on Chickasaw roll as Hunter Cochran
  Evidence of marriage between No 1 and Carrie E Hill a non-citizen filed July 2, 1901
  No 4 Enrolled 2 July 1901
  See letter D G Bartlett as to given name of No 4; filed this day July 16, 1901
  Evidence of birth of No 3 received and filed Feby 13, 1902
  No 1 husband of Carrie Cochran on Choc Card #D62
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  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #1
  Cochran, Hunter Wm  Head Indian (3/4 Choctaw)  Male Aug 1844  32 Married 6 years Ind Territory Mississippi Ind Territory Farmer  Owns Farm  Can read and write
  Cochran, Carrie A  Wife White Female Aug 1877  22  Married 6 years 3 children/3 living Alabama Alabama Alabama Can read and write
  Cochran, Wilie D  Dau Indian (7/8 Choctaw)  Female Aug 1894  5 Single Ind Territory Ind Territory Alabama
  Cochran, Verda  Dau Indian (7/8 Choctaw)  Female April 1898  2 Single Ind Territory Ind Territory Alabama
  Wood, William Boarder White Male Aug 1871  28 Married 0 yrs Ind Territory Kentucky Missouri Farm Laborer  Can read and write
  Wood, Allie Servant  White Female Sept 1881  18 Married 0 yrs Ind Territory Kentucky Missouri Farm Laborer  Can read and write
  
  Note that William is reported as 3/4 Indian (Choctaw, though in reality he is Chickasaw), even though his father was White!  He should be no more tha 1/2 Indian.  But the report on his Chickasaw registration informs us his mother was also half white, so William is actually only 1/4 Chickasaw.  Even more surprising is that his children are reported with an even higher percentage, at 7/8, even though their mother also is White!  Someone did not understand math.  A similar error occurs in the report for William's half brothers in the house next door.  William is living next door to his widowed mother Fannie Colbert and two of her sons.  Math was not the strong suit of the enumerators!
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #2
  East, Francis J  Head Indian (1/2 Choctaw)  Female Aug 1844  55 Widow  Ind Territory Mississippi Mississippi Farmer  Owns Farm  Can read and write
  Adams, Oliver L  Son Indian (3/4 Choctaw)  Male Dec 1881  18 Single Ind Territory Texas Ind Territory Farm Laborer  Cannot read and write
  Green, Dan  Son Indian Indian (3/4 Choctaw)  Male April 1872  28 Widow  Ind Territory Georgia Ind Territory Farm Laborer  Cannot read and write
  William and his children were listed in the 1902 Indian Census.
  
  The percentage reports in 1900 are accurate.
  
  A transcription summary has the date of WIlliam's new Chickasaw Enrollment Census card as 25 September 1902.  But his original Choctaw card reports it was cancelled and the information transferred to the new Chickasaw card on 14 October 1902  The actual enrollment date stamped on the Chickasaw card has two dates, 6 Mar 1903 for William and the children and 16 Nov 1904 for Carrie, when her file was transferred from her separate Choctaw registration as an intrermarried white card #529.
  
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  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  Chickasaw Nation Roll, Card #1617 on 14 Oct 1902, Chickasaw Nation, Marietta, Indian Territory
  
  1 #1323 William Hunter Cochran, Age 30, Birth Abt 1868, 1/4 Chickasaw, Enrolled 1896 {Pickens Co p 26,  Father Samuel T Cochran non-citizen, Mother Frances East Choctaw citizen residing in Chickasaw
  District
  2 #1324 Cochran, Willie Dau Age 7 (Enrolled at age 3), Birth Abt 1895, 1/8 Chickasaw, Enrolled 1896 {Pickens Co p 26,  Father No 1, Mother Carrie Cochran white woman
  3 #1325 Cochran, Vertis Dau Age 4 (Enrolled at 8 mos), Birth Abt 1898, 1/8 Chickasaw, Father No 1, Mother Carrie Cochran white woman
  4 #1326 Cochran, Samuel T Son (enrolled 2 July 1901) Age 9 mos, Birth Abt (Sept) 1900, 1/8 Chickasaw, Father No 1, Mother Carrie Cochran white woman
  5 Intermarried White #529 Cochran, Carrie Age 25, Birth Abt 1977, IW, Father J W Hill non-citizen, Mother Julie Hill non-citizen
  
  No 1 on Chickasaw Roll as Hunter Cochran
  Evidence of marriage between No 1 and Carrie E Hill, a non-citizen, filed July 2nd, 1901
  No 3 Evidence of birth received and filed Feb 13th, 1902
  No 4 Enrolled July 2nd 1901;  See letter D G Bartlett as to given name of No 4; filed this day July 16th, 1901
  Nos 1 to 4 inclusive originally enrolled on Choctaw card #341 and transferred to theis card Oct 14, 1902
  No 1 husband of Carrie Cochran on Choc Card #D62
  
  Enrollment of Nos 1,2,3 & 4 hereon approved by the Secretary of the Interior Mar 6, 1903.
  Enrollment of No5 hereon approved by the Secretary of the Interior Nov 16, 1904.
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  William and his family, in a line with his sister Minnie Lee Thompson and his mother Frances Colbert Green East, was listed in the final Chickasaw roll of citizens by blood.  This list was compiled from the information on the 1902 census cards for each family.  The broader list has additional hand notes from later dates giving information on cancellations, deaths, modifications, etc.  None of those annotations appear on this page.
  
  1903 Chickasaw Roll, Citizens By Blood
  Roll #4315  East, Frances 71 F  1/2  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4316  Green, Daniel 26 M  1/4  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4317  Adams, Charles 22 M  1/4  Census Card #1615
  
  Roll #4318 Thompson, Minnie Lee 28 F  1/4  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4319 Thompson, Mamie Frances 11 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4320 Thompson, Robert Lee 9 M  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4321 Thompson, Emma Augusta 5 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4322 Thompson, Jessie May 3 F  1/8  Census Card #1616 [b abt 1899]
  
  Roll #4323 Chochran, William Hunter 34 M  1/4  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4324 Chochran, Willie 7 F  1/8  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4325 Chochran, Vertis 7 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4326 Chochran, Samuel T 2 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  
  In the 1910 census, the Cochrans are now correctly identified as Chickasaw.  Willie, who was reported as 7 years old in 1902-1903, is missing from, the 1910 census, so we may presume she died in the interim.  A new child named Vaughn is reported in 1910 as age 7, so he must have been born later in 1903 after the publication of the 1903 final roll based on the 1902 census cards.  A separate card approved in 1905 reported Vaughn born 10 February 1903.
  
  There was an additional child born after the final 1902 list (which was the basis for the 1903 "final" roll), as reflected int eh 1910 census.  This reproted that Carry (Carrie) had had 5 chioldren but only three were living.  A child named Etta fits that gap, buried in the Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta, Oklahoma, as are many members of this famliy lineage.  THe 1903 list was prepared from the 1902 names.  Etta grave says she was born on 14 July 1902, about the time of the census.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 14 May, Marietta City, District 171, page 24A, Hse/Fam #18
  Cochran, William H Head M Indian (1/4 Chickasaw) 42 Married 15 years [mar abt 1895] OK AL AL US Marshall Owns Farm [b abt 1868]
  Cochran, Carry Wife F White 31 Married 15 years 5 children/3 living AL AL AL No Occupation [b abt 1879]
  Cochran, Verta Dau F Indian (1/8 Chickasaw) 12 Marriage OK OK AL [b abt 1898]
  Cochran, Samuel T Son  M Indian (1/8 Chickasaw) 10 OK OK AL [b abt 1900]
  Cochran, Vaughn Son  M Indian (1/8 Chickasaw) 7 OK OK AL [b abt 1903]
  
  On this census page, their neighbors on one side are Chickasaw and on the other side are Choctaw.  The fourth family on the page is also Choctaw.  All these families are mixed either White or Negro as reported on this census.  As a general pattern, these families graduallly faded into the "White" stream, and are generally reported as White in subsequent censuses, as reflected in the 1920 census following.
  
  In 1920, the Cochrans are all reported as White.  They are no longer in the city, but now in Hickory Township, west of Marietta.  Will is no longer reported as a Marshall, but is now a farmer.
  
  1920 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma, 24 April, Hickory Township, District 129, page 4B, Hse/Fam #70
  Cochran, Will H Head Owns M W 51 OK AL MS Farmer [b abt 1869]
  Cochran, Carie Wife F W 41 AL AL AL [b abt 1879]
  Cochran, Verta Dau F W 21 Single OK OK AL  No Occupation [b abt 1899]
  Cochran, Samuel Son M W 19 Single OK OK AL  No Occupation [b abt 1900]
  Cochran, Vaughn Son M W 16 Single OK OK AL  No Occupation [b abt 1899]

Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 14 May, Marietta City, District 171, page 24A, Hse/Fam #18
• 2. 1920 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 24 April, Hickory Township, District 129, page 4B, Hse/Fam #70
• 3. 1903 Chickasaw Roll, Citizens By Blood
• 4. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 1 June, Township 8, South Range 1 East, District 151, page 1A, Hse #1
• 6. 1930 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 2 April, Marietta City, Washington Township, District 9, page 1A, East 5th Avenue, Hse # 8, Fam #9
• 7. Five Civilized Tribes Records, Chickasaw
• 8. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=:2862548&id=I467&ftm=1
• 9. Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
• 10. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 11. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  • 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4324, Census Card #1617
• 12. Gravestones of Oklahoma
• 13. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  • 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4325, Census Card #1617
• 14. 1930 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 2 April, Marietta City, Washington Township, District 9, page 1A, East 5th avenue, Hse # 8, Fam #9
• 15. 1940 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 11 April, Marietta, District 43-8 Page 9A, Main St, Hse #197, Rents $5
• 16. 1940 Federal Census, Love County, Oklahoma
  • 11 April, Marietta Ward 3, District 43-8 Page 9A, Main St, Hse #197, Rents $5
• 17. 1930 Federal Census, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
  • 9 April, Tulsa, District 72-78, page 15B, 52 North Yorktown St, Hse #28, Fam #339
• 18. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995