Life History

Notes

• Anny Scott's Bible Birth Entries
  [Smeary broad-nib pen makes some entries uncertain]
  James Monroe Merryman   Jan 14th, 1844
  Francis Jane Merryman Dec 2nd, 1846
  Julia Ann Merryman Jan 12th, 1947
  Mary Caroline Merryman Jan 7, 1849
  Martha Merryman  March 7, 1851
  David Merryman  Feb 15, 1853
  John Scott Merryman  June 14, 1855
  Lathan [sic: Lethiann] Amanda Merryman  July 29, 1856
  William Logan [?] Merryman  Oct 6, 1872
  Floradena Iona Merryman  Dec 28, 1874
  Leonara A Merryman and
  Leondus [sic] Ebenezar Merryman  May 21st, 1875
  Caroline Coleatha (Carrie) Merryman  June 27th, 1872
  Daniel W Merryman 22 July 1897
  Lee Roy Merryman  6 Sept 1900
  Theodore R Merryman 4 Feb 1902 (twin died)
  Carl Ocy Merryman  6 Aug 1904
  Amos B Merryman  6 Jan 1907
  Vernon Merryman  27 Jan 1909
  Veta E Merryman  5 April 1913
  Joana Isabella [?] Pearson [?] Dec 2, 1860
  Victoria Elizabeth Pearson [?] Aug 4, 1862
  
  Her name in a list of children and in her mother's Bible (above) for a family source is Mary Caroline.  On her Choctaw registration card she is Mary E.  On the 1900 census she is named Mary C Gregory.
  
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  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  1899, Skullyville County, Choctaw Nation, P O Bengal
  1 Dawes' Roll #W.520, Gregory, Abraham, 80, Age 78 [in 1896], Male, Birth Abt 1819], Intermarried White, 1896 Skullyville Co #14560;  Fath Hosea Gregory Dead Non Citz, Moth Unknown Dead Non Citz
  2 Dawes' Roll #7546 Gregory, Mary E, 53 Wife, Age 50 [in 1896], Female, Birth Abt 1846, 1/8, 1896 Skullyville Co #4658;  Fath Wm P Merryman Dead Non Citz, Moth Anna Merryman Dead Skullyville
  3 Dawes' Roll #7547, Gregory, Enoch B, 23 Son Age 4, M Birth Abt 1876, 1/16, 1896 Skullyville Co #4659, Fath #1, Moth #2
  4 Dawes' Roll #7548, Gregory, Azalia, 18 Dau Age 15, F Birth Abt 1897, 1/16, 1896 Skullyville Co #4660, Fath #1, Moth #2
  5 Dawes' Roll #7549, Gregory, Willie Lee, 1 Granddau Age 1, F Birth Abt 1901 [see notes], 1/32, [no prior registration] Fath #3, Moth Cordia J Gregory Non-citz (see below)
  6 Dawes' Roll #7550, Gregory, Hazle [sic] Edna, Granddau Age 2mos, F Birth Abt 1889, 1/32, [no prior registration] Fath James F Eanes Non citizen, Moth No 4
  7 IW  821, Gregory, Corda [sic] J, Wife of No 3, Age 22, F Birth Abt 1877, Intermarried White; Fath George A South Non Citz, Moth Mary South Non Citz
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  Notes:  No 2 On 1896 roll as Mary Gregory
  No 1 As to marriage of self to wife, see his testimony
  P O Address of No 5 [?] Stigler [?], Ind Terr
  No 3 is now the husband of Corda [sic] J Gregory [unreadable] on Choctaw
  No 5 born April 16, 1901; Enrolled [unreadable] 11th, 1902
  No 6 illegitimate; Born April 3, 1902; enrolled June 27, 1902
  No 3 is now the husband of Corda [sic] J Gregory on Choctaw card [unreadable] of March 15, 1904
  Nos 1-2 Evidence of marriage filed December 20, 1902
  See Affidavits of Thos D Ainsworth and J E Tibbits relative to authority of James Thompson to solemnize marriage filed April 10, 1903
  Evidence of marriage  None on  file in 7D-801
  No 7 transferred from Choctaw Card D851 April 15, 1904.  See decision of March 15, 1904
  Enrollment of No 7 hereon approved by the Sec of the interior May 21, 1904
  Enrollment of No 1 hereon approved by the Sec of the interior Dec 24, 1903
  Enrollment of Nos 2,3,4,5,6 hereon approved by the Sec of the interior Jan 17, 1903
  Date of application for enrollment 6/13/99
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Sources

• 1. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 2. Anny Scott's Bible Birth Entries
• 3. Skullyville