Life History

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  Leo Earl Merryman and Oda N. Reynolds
  
  My Great-Grandfather Leo Merryman, born in Kully Chaha (Kulli Cha ha), Sugar Loaf Co., Moshulatubbee Dist., Choctaw Nation, Ind.Ter., (near present Poteau, LeFlore Co., Oklahoma) and later married Oda N. Reynolds.  I have put numerous postings on the Internet in my search for some long lost elder who may know a bit of family tree information about relatives to my great-grandfather or descendants of his siblings or those of his aunts and uncles with not much success with contacts.
  
  My Great-Grandfather (Leo) was born in 1891 and his father before him was David C. Merryman born also in the Choctaw Nation in 1853; while his grandmother Anny Scott-Merryman (and David's mother) was born in Mississippi before the 'Trail of Tears' removal to the new Choctaw Nation there in what of course became Oklahoma (aka land of the "red people").  Other spellings in past generations on Merryman - Merriman.
  --  Russ Merryman choctawSonaol.com, Oklahoma Chahta Clan of California, accessed 19 January 2015, http://www.oklachahta.org/Smoke%20Signals.htm
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  U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  Annie Scott
  Birth Place MS
  Spouse Name William P Merryman born TN
  Marriage 1843
  
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  William P. Merryman
  He was born in 1820, in Tennessee. His ancestry is not known, but he is thought to have been mostly French. He lived in Kentucky and Georgia for a time, came to Indian Territory in 1844. Following the death of his first wife, Anny Scott, William Merryman married Caroline Krebs, a daughter of Stephen (Etienne) Krebs, brother of Placide Krebs. He died at Skullyville, Choctaw Nation, January 27, 1881, and was buried in Skullyville Cemetery
  
  Anny Scott Merryman
  She was born in the Choctaw lands in Mississippi in 1821. She was the daughter of John Scott, a white man, and a Choctaw woman, whose name is not known. Family tradition has it that Anny's Choctaw mother died during the trek to Indian territory, in 1832, when Anny was but 10. Anny Scott Merryman died Dec. 19, 1866, and was buried in Skullyville Cemetery.
  
  Anny Scott and William Merryman were married in Parson, Texas, and moved to Indian territory in 1844.
  
  Their children were:
  1. James Monroe
  2. Francis Jane
  3. Julia Ann
  4. Mary Caroline
  5. Martha S. (she died young)
  6. David C.
  7. John S. Merryman (Buried in Skullyville Cemetery, #117)
  8. Leathiann Amanda
  --  Skullyville, http://www.skullyville.com/239.html
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  There is a slight discrepancy in the time and date of Anny's birth, in regard to the death of her mother.  The above Skullyville story says she was born in 1821, but then comments that her mother died in 1832 when Anny was 10 years old, on the trek to Indian Territory.  Also, her parents' marriage record says they married in May 1821.  So her birth was probably in about February 1822.  I guess there is a slight possiblity that her mother was already pregnant nad they married close to the time she was born.  Anny's Birth and death entries in her Bible do not inlcude her birth date.  Also it would be interesting to hear the story of how her family was involved in the trek to Indian Territory and yet Anny married her husband in Texas and they did not move to India Territory until 1844.
  
  Anny Scott's Bible Death Entries
  "From Anny Scott Merryman's Family Bible  Later dates kept up by Family Members"
  Anny Merryman  Dec 19th, 1866
  Martha Merryman  Jan 17, 1863
  Floradena Iona Merryman  Dec 28, 1874
  James M Merryman   Dec 16th, 1876
  William P Merryman  January 27th, 1881
  Loyd Eric Cromwell  Aug 2nd, 1900
  LeRoy Merryman  June 27, 1957
  Leonidus E Merryman  February 5, 1952 [a line links Leonidus and Sarah Ellen]
  Sarah Ellen Merryman  July 9, 1951
  Vernon Merryman  Jan 9, 1952
  Amos Bert Merryman  March 2, 1941
  Theodore Roosevelt Merryman  September 6, 1962
  Veta Evlyn Sinisgalli (Merryman)  April 15, 1977
  Carl Ocy Merryman  June 21, 1983
  
  Anny Scott's Bible Birth Entries
  [Smeary broad-nib pen makes some entries uncertain]
  James Monroe Merryman   Dec 16th, 1876
  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
  
  Keete Giovanni, who had created Anny's memorial on Find a Grave, added details from my research to the memorial.  Note that the date of death is reproted here as 1821.  There is no date of birth on Anny's gravestone.  Her parents married in May 1821.  So it is not likley Anny was born in 1821.  It would have been about February or later in 1822.   Descendant Russell Merryman, cited above, reports that her mother died on the Trail of Tear in 1832, when Anny wsd 10 years old, matching birth in 1822.
  
  Anny Scott Merryman
  Birth 1821 [1822] Mississippi
  Death Dec. 19, 1866 Skullyville, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  Spouse William P Merryman (1821 - 1881)
  Children:
  Julia Ann Beard (1847 - 1912)
  Lethi Ann Amanda Merryman Daggs (1854 - 1886)
  John Scott Merryman (1855 - 1914)
  Inscription:  TRAILS OF TEARS SURVIVOR
  Note: Born before the 'Trail of Tears' removal to the new Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory; Daughter of John Scott, a white man, and a Choctaw woman, whose name is not known.
  She died in Skullyville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, which later became LeFlore County, Oklahoma
  Burial Skullyville Cemetery, Skullyville, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  Maintained by Keete (Clark) Giovanazzi, Originally Created by jeff edwards Feb 23, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #24844646, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24844646

Sources

• 1. Oklahoma Chahta Clan of California
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 3. Skullyville
• 4. History of Indian Territory, by D C Gideon
• 5. Ancestry Discussion Boards
• 6. Anny Scott's Bible Death Entries
• 7. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
• 8. Anny Scott's Bible Birth Entries
• 9. 1860 Federal Census, Skullyville County, Choctaw Nation
  • 29 October, P O Skullyville, page 20, Hse #229, Fam #227
• 10. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 11. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 7 June, Township 4, District 94, Page 16B, House/Family #4
• 12. Kinard Choctaw Marriage Records 1890-1907
• 13. Lawmen and Outlaws, RootsWeb
  • Name: Name: http://marti.rootsweb,com/law/pic/lterry.htm;;
• 14. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 15. U.S., Native American Citizens and Freedmen of Five Civilized Tribes, 1895-1914