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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
  
  In the 1860 census of Choctaw Nation, WIlliam is enumerated as the sole name in his household.  Only heads of homes were enumerated for this census in Indian Territory.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Skullyville County, Choctaw Nation, 29 October, P O Skullyville, page 20, Hse #229, Fam #227
  William Merriman 39 M Farmer No Real Estate or Personal Rptd b Tennessee [b abt 1821]
  
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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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  U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  William P Merryman
  Gender Male
  Spouse Name Caroline Krebbs
  Marriage State OK
  [No marriage date in this index record]
  
  I submitted additional detail from my research to Wililam's memorial on Find a Grave.  Here is the updated memorial.
  
  William P Merryman
  Birth Jun. 18, 1821 Tennessee
  Death Jan. 27, 1881 Skullyville, Le Flore County, Oklahoma
  Thought to be of French extraction. Died on his farm located three miles from Spiro, LeFlore County, Oklahoma.
  Spouse Anny Scott Merryman (1821 - 1866)
  Children:
  Julia Ann Beard (1847 - 1912)
  Lethi Ann Amanda Merryman Daggs (1854 - 1886)
  John Scott Merryman (1855 - 1914)
  Inscription: PATRIARCH
  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 #24844666, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24844666

Sources

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