The Creek Indian papers of Robert T. Barber show that Eliza Berryhill was the daughter of Thomas Berryhill, and that Benjamin Posey was the son of Nancy (Berryhill) Posey.
According to the late Mrs. Pearl Barber Howard, Nancy (Berryhill) was the daughter of John Berryhill, born 1754, and his Indian wife. Thomas Berryhill is believed to have been a brother to Nancy, which would make Benjamin Posey and his wife Eliza Berryhill first cousins.
According to the testimony of Nathan Berryhill, the son of William Berryhill and the grandson of John Berryhill, his grandfather John had a brother named Joseph Berryhill who was also a recognized member of the Creek Nation of Georgia.
New information from Ken Berryhill a descendant of Alexander Berryhill, brother of John and Joseph, points to Joseph Berryhill and his wife Hanna as the parents of these brothers. Joseph and Hanna lived and died in North Carolina, probably Mecklenberg County. The parents of Joseph were John Berryhill and Mary Bigness and grandparents were Alexander Berryhill and Lady Jane Cartwright.
Berryhill Family Research, by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld
The following is an outline of the John Berryhill family.
John Berryhill, born ca. 1754, Georgia, married Elizabeth Durouzeaux about 1781. Elizabeth was born about 1768, died 1833. They both went to Oklahoma in 1828 with the Chilly McIntosh Party, and that is where they died, John in 1831. 1. Thomas S. Berryhill, born 7 December 1782, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, married Sarah Deacle 25 October 1804, Georgia. A. Eli Berryhill, born in Montgomery Co. GA, 1805, married Ellender "Ellen" Hudson 14 Oct 1830, Troup County, GA. Eli died in Linn Flat, Nacogdoches County, Texas in 1861. Ellen lived with her son Thomas B. Berryhill for years, died in Upshur County, Texas in 1910. a. Missouri Ann Berryhill, born 1834, Chambers County, AL, married Levi Harris about 1852 in Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL. Levi died in Rusk County, TX June 1869. Missouri died in Upshur County, Texas in 1879. aa. Mary A. Harris, born 1854, Rusk County, TX bb. Nancy C. Harris, born in Texas 1855, married David Coffman. Nancy died in Morris County, Texas. aaa. Thomas David Coffman bbb. Emma Coffman married Tom Rumsey. Emma died in Morris County, Texas. aaaa. Lena (Lila?) Rumsey married ___ Robinson bbbb. Lula Rumsey cccc. Lona Rumsey cc. Susan Ellen Harris, born in Texas 1857, married (1)Winston T. Banks about 1881, (2) Thomas Brogane Susan died in McAlester, OK in 1915. aaa. Malissa Lelia Banks bbb. Ellen Portia Banks, born in Texas Sep 1885, married Will McBride in 1898. ccc. Winston Banks, Jr., born in Texas Apr 1888 ddd. Albert Frederick Banks, born in Texas Feb 1890 eee. Ada Rosalind Banks, born in Texas, March 1891 dd. Emily M. Harris, born in Texas Apr 1860. ee. Levi Harris Jr., born in Texas in 1862, married Alice Wilson. aaa. Jessie Harris II, married Gussie Harrell bbb. Pearl Harris married Burt Martin II ff. Pearl Harris, born in Texas 1864, died in Dangerfield Texas 1864. gg. Jessie Lee Harris, born in Texas 3 Oct 1865, married Susan Phildelia Smith about 1888, died in Dangerfield 8 May 1946. aaa. Annie Belle Harris, born in Gilmore, Upshur County, Texas, 10 Sep 1889, married Robert Franklin Greer 5 Sep 1905. Annie died in Wichita Falls, Texas 20 Nov 1947. bbb. General Neute Harris born 12 Jan 1894, Forrest, Cherokee County, Texas, married Annie Irene Everella Collins. He died in Tulare, CA 26 Jan 1953. One known child aaaa. Edith Ozell Harris was born 29 Sep 1919 in Bridgeport, Texas, married Herman Arleigh Ward. One daughter aaaaa. Virginia Maxine Ward, born 14 Sep 1944, Gilmore, Texas, married Michael Allen Denton 28 Nov 1963 ccc. William Thomas Harris, born 4 Nov 1898, Cherokee County, Texas, married Myrtle Melissa Smith 28 Apr 1917. He died in Houston, TX 2 June 1976. ddd. Ruby Harris, born 1900 in Upshur County, Texas, died in 1902. hh. Jasper Newton Harris, born in Texas 30 Apr 1867, married (1) Ada Belle Coffman, (2) Ida Belle Coody Feb 1902. He died in Upshur County, Texas 24 May 1957. aaa. son Harris, stillborn on 8 Dec 1902 bbb. Winnie Lou Harris, born Cass County, Texas, 8 Sep 1904. ccc. son Harris (twin) stillborn 3 July 1906 ddd. son Harris (twin) stillborn 3 July 1906 eee. Charles Eschal Harris born 2 Aug 1907, Upshur County, Texas. fff. Ebbie Nell Harris, born 26 Sep 1909 Upshur County, Texas ggg. Henry Clifton Harris, born 18 March 1912, Upshur County, Texas hhh. Coy Juanita Harris, born 30 July 1914, Cass County, Texas iii. Clyde Lee Harris, born 17 June 1917, Cass County Texas jjj. Glenn Houston Harris, born 22 Oct 1919, Morris County, Texas kkk. James Earl Harris, born 7 Jan 1924, Morris Co. TX b. Caroline Berryhill, born in Chambers County, AL in 1836, married Andrew Jackson Hyde 20 Sep 1856, Nacogdoches County, Texas. aa. Melissa A. Hyde, bor 1859, Texas bb. James H. Hyde, born 1861, Texas cc. Eli Hyde, born 1862, Texas. dd. Mary T. Hyde, born 1864, Texas ee. Jackson T. Hyde, born 1867, Texas c. child Berryhill, died young d. Thomas B. Berryhill, born 11 March 1840, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County AL, married (1) Rutha Barnes in Nacogdoches County, TX (2) Lydia Ann Traywick 17 Dec 1874 Rutha died, leaving an infant son, Christopher Columbus Berryhill. Thomas served as a private in the Confederate Army, Company B, 12th Regiment (Youngs) 8th Texas Infantry Thomas died 9 Dec 1910, Nacogdoches County, Texas. aa. Christopher Columbus Berryhill, died at age 2. bb. Nettie Jane Berryhill, born 18 March 1876, Nacogdoches County, Texas, married David Daniel Kirkley 21 Dec 1892 Nettie died 18 Nov 1893, Linn Flat, Nacogdoches CO. TX aaa. Nettie Ann Kirkley, born 1893, Linn Flat, TX, married Julian Henry Sanders. Nettie died 8 Sep 1919. cc. Idonia "Dona" Berryhill,born 25 June 1877, Nacogdoches County, TX married Benjamin Venson Hamilton 4 May 1896 aaa. Robert Preston Hamilton, born 29 Aug 1897, Appleby, Texas, married Velma Biddie Coats 1 June 1924. bbb. Ula Ethel Hamilton, born 25 Aug 1901, Texas ccc. Lee Roy Hamilton, born 8 Nov 1906 ddd. Jennie Oleta Hamilton, born 8 Sep 1912, married Emmett Koonce. eee. Thomas Ross Hamilton, born 9 Aug 1916, married Iva Lee Russell. fff. Myrtle "Mertie" May Berryhill, born in Linn Flat, Texas, 26 May 1879, married Robert Noel Kirkley 1 Sep 1895, Nacogdoches Co. TX aaaa. Ernest Kirkley, born 9 Oct 1898, died 28 Oct 1898. bbbb. Infant Kirkley, born and died 1900. cccc. Frenchie? Kirkley dddd. Violet Belle Kirkley, born 26 June 1909, Oklahoma, married Charlie Dollard. eeee. Robert Thomas Kirkley, born 23 Nov 1912, died 27 June 1913. ffff. Lydia Kirkley, born 24 June 1914, married George Stender. ggg. Elbert Berryhill, born 25 Oct 1881, Linn Flat, Tx married Lydia Karen Nooner 28 Jan 1906. Elbert died 2 June 1974. aaaa. Donnie M. Berryhill, born 16 Apr 1907. hhh. Emma Berryhill, born 7 May 1883, Linn Flat, TX, died 15 June 1954 iii. Margie Ann Berryhill, born Linn Flat, TX, 18 Feb 1886, married William M. Randall, 24 April 1904. jjj. son Berryhill, born and died 18 Aug 1888. kkk. Winfield Berryhill, born 25 Dec 1890, Linn Flat, TX, married (1) Minnie Ola Clifton 10 Sep 1911, (2) Jimmie Crawford 12 March 1933. Winfield died 24 Apr 1977. lll. Thomas Richard Berryhill, born 4 Sept 1893, Linn Flat, TX, died in World War I, in France, 12 Sep 1918. e. Simon "Sim" Berryhill, born Tallapoosa County, AL 1841. f. Bethenia "Betheny" C. Berryhill, born Tallapoosa County, AL 1843, married Francis M. Nichols 4 Sep 1866. aa. William H. Nichols, born 1867, Linn Flat TX bb. Gilbert Nichols, born Linn Flat TX 1869 cc. Francis Nichols, Jr., born Linn Flat TX 1870 g. Eliza P. Berryhill, born 1845, Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Co. AL, married William A. Baggett 18 April 1872. h. Amanda M. A. Berryhill, born 1847, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, AL, married Alva Quich (Quick?) 8 Dec 1874, Nacogdoches County, Texas. i. Zachary Taylor Berryhill,, born Alabama 1849, married (1) Martha J. Wills, 7 Nov 1872, Nacogdoches Co. TX the daughter of Vardy J. And Georgianna (Berryhill) Wills, the granddaughter of William Berryhill, and the great granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Derrisaw) Berryhill. After Martha died, Zachary married her sister, (2) Susan Evaline (Wills) Burnes. They married in I.T. about 1890. Susan was the widow of Isaac "Ike" Burnes, by whom she had four children. Zachary died between 1900 and 1910. aa. S. Berryhill (son), born 1 Apr 1873, Nacogdoches C. TX died in Indian Territory before 1 Apr 1899. bb. William Taylor Berryhill, born 20 Apr 1875, Nacogdoches Co. TX, married Mrs. Mary Elizabeth (Stuckey) Posey in I.T. in 1904. He is on the Creek rolls. Elizabeth was first married to William Posey, and she had a son, William Edmund Posey, born 1903, died 1975. aaa. Nathaniel Compton Berryhill, born Paden, I.T., 23 Aug 1906, married Bernice Brewer. He died at Elroy, Arizona, 11 Sep 1966. bbb. Alton Parker Berryhill, born at Paden, OK, 19 Feb 1908, married Ada Ina Mills in Wewoka, OK 12 July 1928. aaaa. Richard Arlin Berryhill, born 14 Apr 1930 Seminole, OK, married Agatha Cecilia Hoss in 1952. aaaaa. Teresa Sue Berryhill bbbbb. Laurie Odile Berryhill ccccc. Jennifer Leigh Berryhill ddddd. Dollie Ann Berryhill eeeee. Tobie Vincent Berryhill fffff. Richard Alton Berryhill bbbb. Rosanna Berryhill, born in Seminole, OK 6 Dec 1932, married Anthony Henry Witt II 9 Aug 1952. aaaaa. Deborah Ann Witt bbbbb. Anthony Henry Witt III ccccc. Rebecca Jo Witt ddddd. Julia Lynn Witt eeeee. Stephen Parker Witt cccc. Bonnie May Berryhill, born 6 Nov 1933, Seminole, OK, married Clair B. Pratt 1954 aaaaa. Tyler Parker Pratt bbbbb. Kristie Lynn Pratt ccccc. Douglas B. Pratt ddddd. Morgan Clark Pratt dddd. Judith Karen Berryhill, born 28 Sep 1941, Russell Kansas, married Donald Thomas Lewis in 1962 aaaaa. Donald Thomas Lewis Jr bbbbb. Dawn Michele Lewis ccc. Willie B. Berryhill, born 3 May 1910, Wagoner, OK, married Norma Marie (Finney) Fansler 3 June 1941 in Waynesville, MO aaaa. Kieth Eugene Fansler (Berryhill), born 29 Dec 1938, Russell, Kansas, maried Alice Kimber. bbbb. William Taylor Berryhill II, born 9 May 1942, Richland, MO, died 24 May 1958, Pomona, CA. cccc. Carol Ann Berryhill, born 5 June 1943, Camp Blanding, Starke Co. FL, married (1) Robert Felton, (2) Lloyd Baldger, (3) Rusty Hall dddd. Marlyn Marie Berryhill, born 16 July 1947 Twenty Nine Palms, CA, married Ronald F Bennett. eeee. Margaret Jane Berryhill, born 23 Nov 1950 San Bernardino, CA, married Paul Gant ddd. John Hilliary Berryhill, born 18 Aug 1911, Wagoner, OK, married Marian May Turpin, Oklahoma City, OK 7 Aug 1939. aaaa. John Howard Berryhill, born 10 Dec 1941, Pauls Valley, OK, married Connie Marie Michelson in Thatcher, Arizona. aaaaa. John Hilliary Berryhill III, born 19 Oct 1963, Flagstaff, Arizona. bbbbb. Jeffery Howard Berryhill, born 4 Sep 1965, Stafford, Arizona ccccc. Jana Lynn Berryhill born 6 Dec 1968, Casa Grande, Arizona eee. Ruth Ellen Berryhill, born 13 July 1913, Wagoner, OK, maried (1) Russell Clark, (2) R. G. Douglas, (3) Al Clary fff. Woodrow Berryhill, born 1 May 1915, Wagoner, OK married Letress Hatcher. ggg. Mary Jane Berryhill, born 8 Feb 1917, died 31 Aug 1923, Wetumpka, OK. Her mother died when she was 11 days old. cc. Eli V. "Verdie" Berryhill, born 1876, Nacogdoches CO. Texas, died between 1895 and 1 Apr 1899. He is on the 1890 and 1895 Creek Nation Census. dd. Joseph E. Berryhill, born 1879, Nacogdoches Co. TX is on the 1890 Creek Nation census. ee. Letitia "Tissie" Berryhill, born in Nacogdoches Co. TX died between 1895 and 1 April 1899. Letitia is on the 1890 and 1895 Creek Nation census. ff. Ida Belle Berryhill, born Jan 1892, Eufaula, I.T., married Arthur "Ought" Alton Blankenship in 1909 in Oklahoma. Ida Belle was from the second marriage of Zachary. aaa. child who died in 1910 bbb. Hazel Lula "Sally" Blankenship married William Henry Armour. ccc. Nobel Hector Blankenship j. Ellender Berryhill Jr. born 1853 in Nacogdoches County, TX married Absolom Barnes, 8 dec 1874 in Nacogdoches Co. TX k. Francis Marion Berryhill, born 1856, Nacogdoches Co. TX, married D. F. Hagan 7 Dec 1877, Nacogdoches Co. TX B. Eliza Berryhill, born 1807, married Benjamin Posey 30 December 1824 Pike County, Georgia. (see chapter 17) (More info about Benjamin Posey) C. John Berryhill, born GA 1809, married Rebecca Hudson (sister of Ellender) 11 Nov 1830, Troup County GA. a. Yancy Berryhill, born 1833, Chambers Co. AL b. Alfred Berryhill, born 1835, Chambers CO. AL c. Ellender "Ellen" Berryhill II, born 1837, Chambers Co. AL d. Nancy Berryhill, born 1840, Tallapoosa CO. AL e. John Berryhill, born 1844, Tallapoosa CO. AL f. Sarah Berryhill, born 1847, Tallapoosa County, AL g. Seaborn Berryhill, born 1850, Tallapoosa Co. AL h. James Berryhill, born 1853, Tallapoosa Co. AL i. Mary A. Berryhill, born 1856, Tallapoosa, Co. AL D. Thomas W. Berryhill. E. daughter Berryhill 2. Nancy Berryhill, born 28 March 1784, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, married who? Bennett Posey Jr.? Thomas Posey? A. Sarah Posey, born 4 December 1801, married Samuel H. Hopwood about 1820, Georgia. Sarah and Samuel went to Oklahoma with the first party of McIntosh Creeks in 1827. Sarah died in the Creek Nation 19 Nov 1875. a. Leonard F. Hopwood, born 7 Feb 1823, Old Creek Nation, married Mary Elizabeth ____. aa. George W. Hopwood, born Aug 1865, married Mrs. Jennie Monk about 1898. George died 14 Apr 1903 aaa. Mary L. Hopwood, born 1899, I.T. bb. Kellem F. Hopwood, born about 1872, Creek Naton, married Mollie Monds 3 Feb 1894, Muskogee, I.T. aaa. John L. Hopwood, born about 1896 bbb. Edgar Denton Hopwood, born about 1898 ccc. Ira Homer Hopwood, born at Morris I.T. 1901 ddd. Ora Pearl Hopwood, born 28 July 1903, I.T. eee. Julie Hopwood, born in I.T. b. John H. Hopwood, born 11 Apr 1823, Old Creek Nation, died in the Creek Lands West 29 March 1830 c. Pleasant A. Hopwood, born 8 Feb 1827, Old Creek Nation. d. Robert Faremore Hopwood, born 29 June 1829, married Jennatti Chemalez 1 Jan 1861. Robert died 1 Jan 1867. Robert served in the Civil War, an officer in the Indian Brigade. aa. William Felix Hopwood, born 12 Nov 1863, died 28 July 1865 bb. Robert Faremore Hopwood, Jr., was born 28 Sep 1865, married Susan? e. Louisa Jane Hopwood, born 1 Jan 1831, died 28 Oct 1831. f. Lucinda Ann Hopwood, born 4 August 1832, Creek Lands West, married Stephen Shelton Smith 17 Nov 1856, Creek Nation aa. David "Davey" Crockett Smith, born 18 Sep 1857, married Lizzie Osban 7 Dec 1884. He died 10 March 1885. bb. Sarah Ann Smith, born 22 Feb 1859, married E. Pinbody 16 July 1875. Sarah died 23 Dec 1875. cc. Samuel H. Smith, born 17 Apr 1861, married Elizabeth America Berryhill, daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill, about 1885. Samuel died about 1890. aaa. Nina "Nixey" Smith, born Dec 1887, married Frank Snyder. aaaa. Minnie Snyder bbbb. Robert Snyder cccc. Hazel Snyder bbb. Daniel Boone Smith II, born May 1890, married ____ ???? aaaa. Edgar Smith bbbb. Clarence Smith dd. Daniel Boone Smith, I, born near Dennison, TX, 10 Dec 1862, married Mary Isabelle Berryhill 16 Jan 1891. She was the daughter of Benjamin Frankin and Zena Ann (Cooper) Berryhill. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversay on 16 Jan 1941. Daniel died in Morris, OK 28 Jan 1955, and Mary died at Haskell, OK 1 Jan 1942. aaa. Pearl Smith, born 17 Oct 1891, I.T., married Roy B. Edwards about 1912. Pearl died 5 June 1981 at the age of 89. aaaa. Daniel Bert Edwards, born 25 Jan 1914, Haskell, OK, married Dorothy Glassin about 1932. daniel died 30 March 1973. aaaaa. Joan Edwards (twin) born and died 9 Apr 1934, Haskell, OK bbbbb. Jean Edwards (twin) born and died 9 Apr 1934, Haskell , OK ccccc. Sharon Edwards bbbb. Arthur Lee Edwards, born 21 May 1918, Haskell, OK, married Fern Anthony. aaaaa. Arthur Lee Edwards, Jr, born 25 March 1942, married (1) Bobby June Hall, (2) Jamie Lynn Stevens bbbbb. Nancy Jo Edwards, born 9 June 1944 married John E. Vest, III. ccccc. Diana Jane Edwards, born 1 Oct 1959, married Lewis Pond cccc. Richard Wayne "Buddy" Edwards, born 26 Oct 1919, Haskell, OK, married (1) Margaret Crawford, (2) Thelma Mae (Hewett) Riggs A daughter by first marriage, a son by second marriage. aaaaa. Judith Annette Edwards, born 28 Oct 1941 bbbbb. Richard Wayne Edwards, Jr, born 17 Oct 1960, married Ellen Kaye Marney. bbb. Alfred Clem Smith, born 26 Feb 1893, Creek Nation, married (1) Myrtle Bean, (2) Carrie Downing, (3) Georgiana Paxton Westbrook. Alfred died 26 March 1971, Haskell, OK aaaa. Franklin Smith, died young bbbb. Alfred Clem Smith, Jr. born 10 Sep 1918 married (1) Margaret Ann Walker, (2) Evelyn (Rains) Blankenship. aaaaa. Mary Ann "Rebecca" Smith married Pat Thornton bbbbb. Alfred Clem Smith, III, married Janie ccccc. Michael Lee "Mike" Smith ddddd. Robert Allen "Bobby" Smith, born 12 Oct 1959, died 9 Aug 1979 cccc. Harold Bell "Dink" Smith, born 19 May 1920, married Jessie Christine (Meadows) Miller 17 Aug 1945. aaaaa. Joyce Gale Smith, born 19 Dec 1947, married Larry Walker 23 July 1966 bbbbb. Barbara Pattie Jean Smith born 1 Aug 1951 ccccc. Kathryn Joyce Smith, born 29 Sep 1971 dddd. Elizabeth Pearl "Bettie" Smith born 22 Oct 1922, married (1) William "Bill" Reynolds, (2) ___ Edwards, Bettie died 12 Dec 1988. aaaaa. Sharon "Sherri" Reynolds, married George bbbbb. Roger Reynolds eeee. Clinton Smith, (twin), born 17 June 1925 ffff. Quinton Smith (twin), born 17 June 1925 died at birth Children of Alfred Clem and Carrie gggg. Robert Jackson Smith, born 28 Oct 1927, married Elizabeth Frances Robbers aaaaa. Dennis Lewis Smith, born 5 Apr 1952 bbbbb. Roe Hart Smith, born 14 June 1953 ccccc. Robert Jackson Smith, Jr, born 16 Dec 1962 ddddd. Matthew Lawrence Smith, born 7 Sep 1964 eeeee. Wesley Emmitt Smith, born 4 Aug 1965 ccc. William Shelton Smith, born 15 Sep 1894, married Maude Lillus Westbrook 25 Oct 1917. William died in Gregg County Texas 19 Nov 1969. aaaa. Louise Smith, born 19 July 1918, Muskogee, OK, married James Lee McIntyre 7 June 1936 aaaaa. Barbara Gail McIntyre, born 28 Jan 1939, married (1) Linn Anthony Pescaia, (2) Phillip Lee Black, (3) Clarence Elwin Ray. One son by first marriage, one son by second aaaaaa. Lee Anthony Pescaia bbbbbb. Sean Michael Ray bbbbb. James Lee McIntyre, II, born 28 Oct 1941, died of a heart attack at 29 years of age, in Galveston, Tx bbbb. Mildred Isabelle Smith, born 30 Jan 1920, Haskell, OK, married Truman Woodrow Lassiter 17 aug 1937, Gladewater, TX aaaaa. Truman Leon Lassiter Jr, born 14 Feb 1939, Gregg Co. TX, married (1) Judith Kay ALlison 27 June 1959, (2) Harriett Robinson Miller Two sons by first marriage. aaaaaa. Barry Wayn Lassiter bbbbbb. chris Allen Lassiter cccc. Ernest Franklin Smith, born 14 Dec 1921, Haskell, Ok, married Maxie Bea Burrell in Gladewater, Texas 12 May 1942. He died of a heart attack 7 May 1957. g. William H. Hopwood, born 17 Sep 1835, Creek Lands West, died 8 Dec 1866. h. Alfred Hopwood, born in the Creek Lands West, married Louisa Barnett. B. Thomas B. Posey, born 21 April 1802, Old Creek Nation, GA, married Elenore Mayhew 1827. Thomas and Elenore went to hte Western Creek Lands with the First Party of McIntosh Creeks. C. Benjamin Posey, born 10 September 1807, married Eliza Berryhill 30 December 1824, Pike County, Georgia. (see chapter 17) D. William Posey, born 12 January 1812, married Harriet Martin? 1841 in Alabama. a. Lewis Henderson (Hense) Posey, born April 1843, died 17 Jan 1901, I.T. married (1) ___ Yargee, (2) Nancy Phillips/Phillios Oct 1872, daughter of Pahosa Phillios. aa. Alexander Lawrence Posey, the poet, born in the Creek Nation 3 Aug 1873, married Minnie Harris 9 May 1896. Alex died 27 May 1908. aaa. Yahola Irving Posey, born March 1897, died 1970 in Arizona. aaaa. daughter Posey married A. Lee Moore Jr. bbb. Pachina Kipling Posey, born March 1899, died 17 June 1900. ccc. Wynema Torrans Posey born 6 Feb 1902, married Thomas Bain. bb. Melissa B. Posey, born 1875, married John E. Emery about 1896. aaa. Byron Posey Emery, born 1897 bbb. John Gladstone Emery, born 1898. cc. William Posey, born in Creek Nation Nov 1876. dd. Frank Posey, born in Creek Nation 1877, married (1) Emma Mingo, daughter of Joe and Louisiana (Lovett) Mingo, (2) Carrie Mingo, sister of Emma. One child by Emma, one child by Carrie. aaa. Gertrude Posey, born Creek Nation in 1899. bbb. Eliose Posey, born in Coweta, I.T. 28 June 1904 ee. John Posey was born in the Creek Nation, May 1881. ff. Mattie Posey was born in the Creek Nation in Apr 1883. gg. Connie Posey (son) born in C.N. July 1885. hh. Horace Posey, born in CN in Feb 1887. ii. Darwin Posey, born in CN in Feb 1889. jj. Josephine Ella Posey, born CN in July 1891. kk. Mendum Posey, born in the CN in May 1893. ll. James Posey, born CN in 1894, died before 1 Apr 1899. mm. unknown child E. Andrew Jackson Posey, born 10 June 1818, was on the Old Settlers roll in the Creek Lands west, with no family. 3. Martha "Patsy" Berryhill, born 26 October 1785, old Creek Nation, Georgia, married Benjamin McGaha. 4. Betsy Berryhill married William I. Wills. 5. Alexander Berryhill married Huldey Wilson 17 May 1819, Jasper Co. Ga. 6. John Dallas Berryhill, born 1790, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 1859, Buchanan County, Missouri, married Mary Rutledge 11 January 1809, Morgan Co. Georgia. A. Azariah Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia about 1810, married Mecca Ann Lane 3 July 1837. a. A son born about 1838 and may have died by 1850 b. Leonard Berryhill, born in Buchanan Coun ty MO in 1842, He married Mrs. Elizabeth Duffy about 1865. B. Elizabeth Morris Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation about 1811, married James Parker 22 Sep 1828, St. Clair County AL C. William Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 1813, never married. D. Andrew Jackson Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 1817, married Mariah Beckett. a. Oliver Perry Berryhill, born in MO in 1848, married Laurilla Johnson b. Eliza Ann Berryhill was born in MO in 1850 c. Andrew Jackson Berryhill, Jr., born in MO in 1855, married Lula Snuffer d. Theodocia Berryhill, born MO in 1856, married her cousin, James R. Berryhill e. Charlette Mariah Berryhill, born in MO in 1859, married Henry Quarles f. Jefferson Davis Berryhill, born in MO in 1863. E. John Rutledge Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 1819, married America Beckett 14 April 1844, Buchanan CO. MO a. Thomas Henry Belton Berryhill, born Buchanan Co MO in 1842, married Sarah Johnson b. Benjamin Franklin Berryhill, born Buchanan Co MO in 1843, married (1) Zena Ann Cooper; (2) Martha Alice Ashford The three youngest children are with the second wife aa. Elizabeth America Berryhill, born in Arkansas Aug 1870 married her cousin Samuel H. Smith in 1889. Samuel was the son of Shelton and Lucinda (Hopwood) Smith. bb. Mary Isabelle "Belle" Berryhill was born in Arkansas on 18 March 1874, married her cousin Daniel Boone Smith on 16 Jan 1891, in Muskogee, Indian Territory. cc. Lucy Berryhill was born in Arkansas in 1877, married Howard Snuffer about 1894. dd. Ada "Ida" Estelle Berryhill was born in Andrew Co. MO June 1880, married Robert Jackson Glenn about 1895. On 22 Nov 1905, oil was struck on Ida Glenn's Indian allotment. aaa. Mabel C. Glenn, born in the Creek Nation Aug 1896, married Fritz Camp. bbb. Grace Glenn born in M ounds, I.T. in March 1899, married George Mead. ccc. Elena A. "Winkle" Glenn was born in Mounds, I.T. 19 June 1904, married Phillip Page. ddd. Ralph Glenn was born in Bixby, OK in 1907 eee. June Glenn was born in Bixby, OK, after 1910, married Walter Riley. ee. Roby Aurora Beatrice Berryhill, born in Red Fork, I.T. 12 June 1894, married (1) Percy O. Barton, (2) Claude Oliver Adsit on 22 Nov 1921. ff. Walter M. C. Berryhill, born Red Fork, I.T. about 1895 gg. Clem Berryhill was born in Red Fork, I.T. in 1896. c. Mary Ann (Peggy) Berryhill, born Buchanan Co. MO. on 5 feb 1848, married married Stephen Snyder d. Theodore Berryhill, born 1849, Buchanan County MO, married Mary L. Humphry. He was denied by the Dawes Com. theo1.jpg theo2.jpg theo3.jpg theo4.jpg theo5.jpg theo6.jpg theo7.jpg theo8.jpgtheo9.jpg theo10.jpg theo11.jpg theo12.jpg theo13.jpg theo14.jpg theo15.jpg theo16.jpg theo17.jpg aa. Isadora Berryhill bb. Flora Elizabeth Berryhill cc. Thomas G. Berryhill e. Littleton Berryhill F. Martha Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 1823, married James Copeland. G. Russell B. Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 1825, married Martha Johnson. H. Mary Marina Berryhill, born in the Old Creek Nation, Georgia, 1827, married Jacob Bittle. I. George W. Berryhill, born in Jackson County, Missouri, 1833, moved to the Creek Nation, Oklahoma, 1884, died there in 1898. He married Arianna Strickland. a. Theodore Berryhill, born 1874, Buchanan County, Missouri married Rilla Wilson. Theodore is on the rolls of the Creek Nation. aa. Loney Love Berryhill bb. Jackson Berryhill cc. Sylvester Berryhill dd. Earl Berryhill Theodore Berryhill History of the State of Oklahoma Luther B. Hill, 1909 page 214 Theodore Berryhill was born in Buchanan County, Missouri, October 20, 1874, and is a member of the Berryhill and Glenn families who own the lands in the Glen Pool, from which millions of dollars worth of oil have been taken out. His paternal grandfather was John Dallas Berryhill, a half- blood Creek Indian who emigrated with the Creeks from Alabama to Indian Territory and settled in the Creek Nation. He did not live there long, however, and while retaining his land and right as an Indian citizen removed to Buchanan County, Missouri, which seemed to him a more desirable place of residence, and there he was married and there his son, George W. was born. Several other members of the Berryhill family moved to Missouri and located in Buchanan and Jackson Counties, while still others remained in the Creek Nation, several of them owning valuable lands in Glenn Pool and the surrounding oil territory. Sometime after his marriage John Dallas Berryhill came back to the Creek Nation to live, but later returned again to Buchanan County and died there. George W. Berryhill, his son and the father of Theodore, moved with his family from Buchanan County, the place of his birth, to the Creek Nation in 1884, and located at Stone Bluff, on the Arkansas River. He died there in 1898, but he is still survived by his widow, her home being in Sapulpa. To Theodore Berryhill was given but a limited educational training in his early youth. He attended school only a short time in Buchanan County, and after coming to Stone Bluff his other manifold duties prevented his continuing his attendance. He was ambitious to learn, however and when he was twenty he enterd upon a term of schooling and besides this procured books and studied at home, often pouring over them at night when all the other members of the family had retired. In this way, through self-teaching, he became fairly well educated. In 1891, at the age of seventeen, and with his brother, William Berryhill, then a lad of nineteen, they left the home at Stone Bluff to select homes of their own according to their rights as Creek Indian Citizens, locating where is now the famous Glenn Pool. Theodore selected one hundred and sixty acres for himself lying partly in section 16 and partly in section 9, but at that time there was no hint of the wonderful oil developments to take place later, for they did not begin until the bringing in of oil on the Ida Glenn allotment, in 1905. Mrs. Glenn and Mr. Berryhill are cousins, and his allotment lies to the west of hers and nearly adjoins, and the allotments of his four children are also in the famous Glenn Pool and, and like his own, are rich in oil productions. In the spring of 1907 he moved with his family to Sapulpa. For several years Mr. Berryhill carried on ordinary farming operations. He had selected his land purely from its advantages for agricultural pursuits and location for a home, and recalls that he paid another Indian then occupying the place fifteen dollars to move, the latter being perfectly willing to do so and select another allotment elsewhere. The great wealth that has come to Mr. Berryhill and his family is regarded by him as providential and to be tended sacredly as a trust. He does not have the least wish or inclination to spend money in extravagant ways of living or for luxuries. He is a devoted Christian, and earnest member of the Independent Holiness Church, and his chief aim is to do good and be of assistance to his fellow men through religious work and to extend charity and financial assistance without stint in all worthy cases which, from his personal investigation, are worthy of his help. He married, in the Creek Nation, Miss Rilla Wilson, a native of Kentucky, and their four children are Loney Love, Jackson, Sylvester and Earl. 7. William Berryhill, born 1791, Georgia, died 1864, Rusk Co. Tx, married Elizabeth Nixon 7 March 1809, Montgomery Co. Ga A. William Berryhill married Jane Sales (new info from Sharon Kellogg) a. Mary Berryhill married Little Alexander Foshee b. Jerusha Berryhill married Joseph C. Gibson c. Thomas Berryhill married Lucinda Hix d. Silas Berryhill married Elizabeth Jane Norred e. Syntha Caroline Berryhill married Joshua Thornton Clayton (great - grandparents of Sharon Kellogg) f. Martha J. (Mattie) Berryhill married Joseph Foshee g. Frances (Frankie) Berryhill married Franklin (Frank) Mann B. Nathan Berryhill, born 1830, Georgia. C. Theresa Berryhill married James Monroe Rodgers 18 November 1855 in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, by Marmaduke Hornsby, J.P. a. William Washington Rodgers, born about 1859, died 1940, married Susan Thomas Wood, who was born 1873, died 1923. aa. Charlie Mack Rodgers, born 1900, died 1995, married Lillie Belle Ray, who was born 1907, died 1995. aaa. Charles Malcolm Rodgers aaaa. Richard M. Rodgers b. James C. Rodgers 8. Catherine Berryhill, born 2 Oct 1800, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 8 Aug 1871, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, married John Self 9 November 1820, Jasper County, Georgia. A. Amanda SELF b: 1821 in Old Creek Nation,,Georgia, married Jonathan Mooney 24 Sep 1842. B. Eli Alfred SELF b: 8 JUN 1825 in Old Creek Nation,Jasper,Georgia died Oct 1895 in Eufala, married (1) Minerva 1851, (2) Martha Ann Lester 7 March 1867, Many, LA. a. Mary Jane SELF b: JAN 1852 in ,,Louisiana b. Martha A. "Mattie" SELF b: 1853 in ,,Louisiana c. Sarah E. SELF b: 1856 in ,,Louisiana d. George M. SELF b: 1857 in ,,Louisiana e. William "Bill" SELF b: 1860 in ,,Louisiana f. Franklin Mitchell "Mitt" SELF b: 1862 g. Alice M. SELF b: 13 FEB 1864 in ,,Louisiana h. Emma Arnice SELF b: DEC 1868 in Many,Sabine Parish,Louisiana i. Laura Elane SELF b: 1869 in Many,Sabine Parish,Louisiana j. James Alfred (Jim) SELF b: 27 AUG 1871 in Many,Sabine,Louisiana died 3 May 1946, Bristow, Creek County, OK. married (1) Mary Jennings Dec 1889, (2) Martha Ellen "Mattie" Turner 1 June 1894, (3) Myrtle Biggs aa. Henry Alfred Self, born 12 Oct 1890, Indian Territory died 26 Nov 1973, Selma, Fresno CO. CA., married Maggie Ova Kirk 11 Feb 1915, Bristow, OK. aaa. Audie Lee SELF b: 25 NOV 1911 in Bristow,Oklahoma bbb. Edna Mae SELF b: 14 MAR 1913 in Bristow,,Oklahoma married Robert Johnson. aaaa. John Wayne Johnson Sr, married Patricia Ann Boettcher. aaaaa. John Wayne Johnson Jr., married Carrie Mae Shumaker. aaaaaa. Johnette Nicole June Johnson married Sean Patrick Canty aaaaaaa. Nicholas Sean Canty, born June 11 2008. bb. Louvina L. SELF b: 1892 cc. Ethel Lee SELF b: 5 FEB 1896 in Choteau,Indian Terr,OK dd. Bertha May SELF b: 23 AUG 1898 in Kellyville,,OK ee. Ira Benjamin SELF b: 1 JAN 1901 in Heyburn ff. Ivory Bell SELF b: 20 MAR 1903 in Heyburn,,Oklahoma gg. Living SELF hh. Living SELF ii. Daisy P. SELF b: 10 FEB 1909 in ,,Oklahoma jj. Millie R. SELF b: 5 FEB 1911 in ,,Oklahoma kk. Mittie SELF b: 23 SEP 1912 in ,,Oklahoma ll. Baby SELF b: 13 APR 1913 mm. Mildred Pauline SELF b: 1 JAN 1915 in ,,Oklahoma nn. Living SELF k. John Henry SELF b: 17 APR 1873 in Many,,Louisiana l. Anna Bell SELF b: 15 FEB 1875 in Many,Louisiana m. Lillious Irene SELF b: 30 MAY 1877 in Many,Louisiana n. Lulu Teresa SELF b: 6 DEC 1879 in Henderson,,Texas o. Blanche Corine SELF b: 30 MAY 1882 in Eufala,,Oklahoma p. Cordelia Alene SELF b: 26 SEP 1885 in Eufala,,Oklahoma married Ezra Abraham Freeman (great grandparents of Cherie Gordon-Pike) C. Dorinda SELF b: 6 JUN 1826 in Old Creek Nation,Jasper,Georgia married John Newton Manasco, born 15 Aug 1821, TN. a. John Newton MANASCO b: 1 OCT 1843 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana b. Isaac Newton MANASCO b: 1845 in,Natchitoches,Louisiana c. William Jasper MANASCO b: JAN 1847 in Natchitoches,LA d. Joel Clark MANASCO b: 5 MAY 1848 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana e. Mary MANASCO b: ABT 1849 in ,,Louisiana f. Sarah Ann MANASCO b: APR 1852 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana g. Robert R. MANASCO b: SEP 1855 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana h. Martha A "sis" MANASCO b: MAR 1857 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana i. Zelda Anna Ella Nora MANASCO b: ABT 1861 in Natchitoches,LA j. Charles Hamilton MANASCO b: 29 JUL 1864 in Natchitoches,LA k. James H MANASCO b: 18 JUL 1866 in Natchitoches,LA D. John Clarke SELF b: 1828 in Tuscumbia,,Alabama, married America Sophronia Berryhill 25 Jan 1853. She was born 1832 in Old Creek Nation, Jasper CO. GA. a. John R SELF b: 1855 in Rusk,,Texas b. Mary Mollie SELF b: 1858 in Rusk,,Texas c. William J SELF b: 1860 in Rusk,,Texas d. Martha "Mattie" SELF b: 1862 in Rusk,,Texas e. America Ann SELF b: 1864 in Rusk,,Texas f. Amanda SELF b: 1866 in Rusk,,Texas g. Minnie SELF b: 1872 in Rusk,,Texas h. Samuel Clark SELF b: 1874 in Rusk,,Texas E. Samuel C. SELF b: 1830 in ,,Arkansas, died 1880, Vowell's Mills, Natchitoches Parish, LA., married Clarinda Sophronia Berryhill 1 Jan 1852, Rusk County, Texas. Clarinda born in 1838. a. Catherine Elizabeth Self, born in Rusk County TX in 1853, married James Thomas Izgate 15 Jan 1874, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. aa. Calla Izgate born in LA Oct 1874 bb. Nettie Izgate born in LA Nv 1878 cc. son Izgate, born in Sabine Parish, LA April 1881. dd. Lottie Izgate was born in Sabine Parish, LA April 1888. ee. Rosa Izgate was born in Sabine Parish, LA Nov 1888(89?) b. Martha Ann SELF b: 27 Dec 1855 in Cherokee County, Texas, married Hamilton "Hamp" Garmany Vowell 20 Feb 1873. Martha died in Mounds, I.T. 28 Nov 1904. aa. Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Vowell was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana 25 Nov 1873. She married William Lee Gilcrease 21 Feb 1889 in Natchitoches Parish LA. aaa. William Thomas Gilcrease was born at Vowells Mill, Louisiana, 8 Feb 1890. Oil was struck on his Creek Indian allotment when he was 14. By the time he was 22, he was a millionaire. He married (1) Bell Howell, (2) Norma Des Cygne Smallwood in 1928. Norma was Miss America of 1926. Thomas Gilcrease founded the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of Art and History in Tulsa, OK. He died 6 May 1962. Two children by first marriage, one by second. aaaa. Thomas Obed Gilcrease was born in Tulsa 1909 bbbb. Barton Gilcrease was born in Tulsa OK cccc. Des Cygne L'amour Gilcrease ws born in Tulsa in 1928. bbb. Edward Jackson Gilcrease was born in Eufaula, I.T. 15 April 1892, died 10 June 1961. He married Jennie Myles. ccc. C. Ben Everett Gilcrease, was born in Eufaula, I.T. 24 Jan 1894, died 5 Sep 1969. He married Grace Covert. ddd. Wade Hampton Gilcrease, twin of Ben, born 24 Jan 1894, died as an infant in 1894. eee. Lena Viola Gilcrease was born in Eufaula, I.T. 27 Feb 1896, married Frank Burton Logan 30 July 1919. aaaa. Norma Logan Somes lives in Mt. Desert, Maine fff. Florence Elvada Gilcrease was born in Eufaula, I.T. 28 April 1898, married Emmette Croy Pugh 22 Oct 1919. ggg. May Gilcrease was born in Sapulpa, I.T. 28 Feb 1900, died at six months of age. hhh. Elmer Lee Gilcrease (twin) was born in Sapulpa, I.T. 1 April 1903, married (1) Mary McCartney, (2) Sophronia Williams. He died 29 Sep 1980. iii. Mabel Gilcrease (twin) was born in Sapulpa, I.T. 1 April 1903, married James Hilton Craven. She died March 1956. jjj. Bessie Gilcrease was born in Mounds, I.T. 2 July 1904, married Hugh Hawkins. She died in 1961. kkk. Marabel Gilcrease was born in Weleetka, I.T. 4 April 1907, never married. lll. Connie Watson Gilcrease ws born in Weleetka, OK 2 Feb 1909, married (1) Mildred Williams, (2) Hazel Wilcox, (3) Erma. He died 22 Dec 1980. mmm. Perry Hamilton Gilcrease was born in Weleetka, OK 19 Juan 1911, married Mary Ellen Lane on 19 Jan 1970. nnn. Jewell Juanita Gilcrease was born in Weleetka, OK 24 Jan 1913, married James Hurley Page. She died 18 March 1966. bb. Joseph Alexander Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, LA, in 1876. cc. Samuel Tildon Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, LA, 2 July 1878, married Rosa C. Samuel and children are on the Creek rolls. aaa. Floyd Vowell was born in Mounds, I.T. 1898. bbb. Joseph Leroy Vowell was born in Mounds, I.T. in 1900. ccc. Earl LaFayette Vowell was born in Mounds, I.T. 5 Nov 1905. dd. Lydia Ann Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, in Natchitoches Parish, LA in Sep 1879., married Robert O. Withers in 1897. Lydia and her children are on the Creek rolls. aaa. Loney Ethel Withers was born in Mounds, I.T. in 1898. bbb. Joseph A. Withers was born in Mounds,I.T. in 1900. ccc. Oliver Lee Withers was born in Mounds, I.T. 1 Oct 1904. ee. Thomas Jefferson Vowell was born at Vowells Mill Natchitoches Parish, LA 25 Nov 1880, married Ada. ff. Margaret Stella "Maggie" Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, Natchitoches Parish, LA, 18 Jan 1882, married Buck Withers about 1898. aaa. Janetta Withers was born in Tulsa OK in 1907. gg. John Hamilton Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, Natchitoches Parish, LA, April 1886, married Georgia ____. hh. Rena Catherine Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, Natchitoches Parish, LA, 13 Dec 1887, married her 4th cousin Walter Baxter Harwell in Mounds, I.T. on 29 Nov 1905. Walter was the son of Ausburn Brown and Mary Lou (Self) Harwell. ii. William Caswell Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Sep 1890, married Bess jj. Leroy Leo Vowell was born at Vowells Mill, Natchitoches Parish, LA, 14 Feb 1892 kk. Jesse Calvin Vowell was born in Eufaula, I.T. in Oct 1897. c. James Buchanan SELF b: 4 SEP 1857 in Cherokee,,Texas d. Thomas J SELF b: 1853 in Rusk,,Texas F. William SELF b: 1832 in ,,Alabama, married Mary A. G. Alexander Marion SELF b: 1835 in ,,Alabama, married Elizabeth Pantallion 4 Feb 1859, Sabine Parish, LA. H. Tabetha A (Betha) SELF b: 1838 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana married Willis L. Lee 5 March 1854, Natchitoches Parish, LA. I. James M SELF b: 1843 in Natchitoches,,Louisiana 9. Samuel Berryhill, born 11 February 1798, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 22 November 1867, Choctaw County, Mississippi, married Margaret Portman 27 February 1821, Columbus, Mississippi(?) A. Samuel Newton Berryhill B. George W. Berryhill, born in Mississippi 10. Pleasant Luther Berryhill, born about 1800, Old Creek Nation, Georgia, married Martha Wright 28 December 1823, Fayette County, Georgia. A. Harris J. Berryhill married Hulda Gossett (new info from Sharon Barton a. Idella May Berryhill, b. January 30, 1874 in Indian Territory, d. November 30, 1955 in Sapulpa, Creek Co., Oklahoma buried Mounds Cemetery, Mounds, Creek Co., Oklahoma. md. Marion Cicero Stevens, who was born May 26, 1867 in Decatur, Illinois died December 19, 1955 in Sapulpa, Creek Co., Oklahoma buried Mounds Cemetery, Mounds, Creek Co., Oklahoma. He was a farmer and the son of James Marion Stevens and his wife Sarah E. Lee aa. Myrtle Muskogee Stevens b. December 09, 1892 in Mounds, Creek Nation, I.T. d. September 21, 1992 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma buried Mounds Cemetery, Mounds, Creek Co., Oklahoma, md. John Lee Brown, who was b. October 23, 1889 in Mississippi d. April 07, 1977 in Sapulpa, Creek Co., Oklahoma buried Mounds Cemetery, Mounds, Creek Co., Oklahoma. His parents were Thomas Josiah Brown and Ina J. Booker aaa. Beryl Beatrice Brown, b. February 25, 1913 in Mounds, Creek Co., Ok., md. William Franklin Barton Sept 5, 1932, Tulsa, OK. He was born December 12, 1911 in Mounds, Creek Co., Ok d. January 04, 1991 in Mounds, Creek Co., Ok buried Mounds Cemetery, Mounds, Creek Co., Ok. He was a banker. His parents were Robert Lee Barton and Emily Eutell Smith aaaa. Carol Ann Barton, b. March 30, 1938 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok., St. John's Hospital, md. Joe Thomas Michno, who was born July 29, 1938 aaaaa. Michael Joseph Michno, b. November 28, 1959, md. Janet Marino aaaaaa. Michael Joseph Michno, Jr. b. September 29, 1990 bbbb. Edward Lee Barton, b. October 17, 1943 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok. St. John's Hospital. He is a plumber and oil producer. He married Sandra Jane Hunter February 19, 1963 in Lawton, Comanche Co. OK. She was born January 12, 1943 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok. St. John's Hospital. Her nickname is Sandy and she is an artist and horse trainer. Her parents are Cecil Murrell Scott Hunter Jane Staples. aaaaa. Teresa Jane Barton,b. October 15, 1963 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok. Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, is a dental assistant and is on the Creek Indian Rolls. Her nickname is T.J. She married Virgil Taylor Flood March 16, 1991, in Tulsa. He was born January 25, 1958 in Tulsa, and is a computer programer. His parents are Hoyle Oran Flood and Flora Marie Adney .......................8 Elisabeth Jane Flood b: July 19, 1992 in Carrolton, Texas Born in: Trinity Medical Center at Carrolton, Tx .......................8 Sean Taylor Flood b: September 08, 1998 in Carrolton, Texas Born in: Trinity Medical Center at Carrolton, Tx ....................7 Edward Scott Barton b: October 07, 1966 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma Born in: Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. Nickname: Scott Occupation: Neon sign construction. Ethnicity: On the Creek Indian Rolls. ..................... +Carmen Michelle Crosby b: June 22, 1968 in Okmulgee, Okmulgee Co., Ok m: March 28, 1987 in Mounds, Creek Co., Ok Occupation: Medical assistant Father: Donald Ray Crosby Mother: Bonnie Marie Ivins ...................... 8 Edward Randell Barton b: September 13, 1987 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok Born: City of Faith Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Nickname: Randell ...................... 8 Rachael Michelle Barton b: October 22, 1990 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok Born: City of Faith Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., .................6 Jean Elaine Barton b: October 11, 1949 in Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok Born: St. John's Hospital, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Ok Occupation: High school counselor and teacher. .................. +Billy Eugene Thomason Father: Eugene Thomason Mother: .......... 4 Pearl Velmer Stevens b: March 23, 1898 in Mounds, Oklahoma d: March 29, 1973 in Haywood, Oklahoma Buried: Mounds Cemetery, Mounds, Creek Co., Oklahoma. .............+Oscar West ..............5 Billy West ..............5 Norma Bea West ............... +Jess Patton .................6 Ruth Patton .................6 Ramona Patton .................6 Robert Patton ..............5 Mary West .......... 4 Stella I. Stevens d: in Scottsdale, Maricopa Co., Arizona .............+W.B. Scott Nickname: Buck ..............5 Joyce Scott b: October 21, 1915 d: Aft. 1932 ............... +Winston R. McCleve Nickname: Ray ................ 6 James McCleve ................... 7 Fawn McCleve ................ 6 Scott McCleve Occupation: Teacher. ................ 6 Michael McCleve Occupation: Metal sculpture. ................ 6 Steven McCleve Occupation: Builder. .......... 4 Clarence O. Stevens b: May 04, 1901 in Mounds, Creek Co., I.T. d: March 02, 1902 in Mounds, Creek Co., I.T. Buried: Twin Mounds, Pioneer Cemetery, north of Mounds, Creek Co., Oklahoma ....... 3 Tom Berryhill ....... 3 A.J. Berryhill Nickname: Ad. Hulda's natural child, adopted by Harris ....... 3 Charley Berryhill Hulda's natural child, adopted by Harris 11. Susannah "Suky" Berryhill, born about 1802, old Creek Nation, Georgia, died 1853, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, married Baxter Self ca 1819, Georgia. A. William Baxter (Buck) Self, born 9 December 1820, died 2 June 1904, Mounds, I.T. (Tombstone in Twin Mounds Cemetery says he was born Jan 9, 1822, died Jan 9, 1904) married Mary E. Boswell 20 Oct 1848 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. She was the daughter of John Boswell and Louise Johnson. Witnesses to the wedding were John B. Self and Thomas S. Alford. Buck was a Texas Ranger in the 1850s. (On Final Rolls of Creeks, Dawes Commission, along with his children and grandchildren listed below) a. Mary Self married ______ Herrick aa. Leo Herrick bb. Juanita Herrick b. daughter Self married ___ March. aa. Willie March c. Buck? Self, died winter 1895/96 aa. Buck Self Jr d. Louisa Self, married ____ Leath aa. J. H. Leath bb. T. J. Leath cc. W. B. Leath e. Dolly Self, married (1) Spire Scott, (2) Jim Lynch A great grandson of Spire and Dolly (Self) Scott is James Fornaro of Baltimore Maryland. James is also a descendant of William McIntosh, the Creek Chief that was murdered in 1825 after signing the Treaty of Indian Springs. f. Middleton T. Self B. Mahala Self was born in the Old Creek Nation in 1822. Mahala died in the Creek Lands West by 1837. C. Sarah "Sallie" Self was born in the Old Creek Nation In 1824. Sally died in the Creek Lands West before 1837. D. John B. Self was born in the Old Creek Nation on July 11, 1826. He died in Mounds, OK Feb 14, 1945. He married first, Samantha (Alford) Elam: second, Elizabeth Welch on October 17, 1854 in Cook Co. TX. (New information from Candace Mullins) E. Susanna Self (Jr.) was born in the Old Creek Nation in 1827. She married John Johnson December 11, 1842 (or Dec 2?) in Natchitoches Parish, LA. a. John Johnson b. Martha Johnson c. Jesse Johnson, born 2 April 1850 in Natchitoches Parish, LA married Louisia Alabam Nance on April 19, 1867. aa. John William Alexander Johnson, born Feb. 14,1871, married Virginia Dixon on Dec. 25, 1888 in Montague Ct. Texas. aaa. Claude D. Johnson, born 1889 bbb. Jessie Kirk Johnson, born 5 Oct. 1891 ccc. Georgia Mae Johnson, born 18 May 1893 ddd. Keith Johnson, born 1895 eee. Frank Bruce Johnson, born 1898 fff. Glen "Buck" Johnson, born 1899 ggg. Floy Josephene Johnson, born 26 March 1901 hhh. Lalah Rookh Johnson, born 17 Nov. 1903 married Henry Cadury Mullins Oct. 10, 1921 in Duncan OK aaaa. Jack Mullins, born 2 Aug 1922 bbbb. Harold Dean Mullins, born 29 Nov. 1925 married Lavene Lamvert on May 24, 1947 in San Antonio,TX aaaaa. Candace Ann Mullins, born 27 Dec. 1949 bbbbb. Cynthia Sue Mullins, born 25 Oct. 1951 cccc. Melba Ruth Mullins, born 31 Dec. 1930 iii. Faye Johnson, born 1906 jjj. Paulene Johnson, born 1909 bb. Nancy or Susan Johnson, born 1874 cc. Margaret E. Johnson, born Sept. 1880 dd. Edgar J. Johnson, born Feb. 1886 ee. Serena "Allie" Johnson, born Dec. 1890 ff. Tina V. Johnson, born July 1893 F. Martha? Self was born in the Creek Lands West between 1830 and 1835. She died in Natchitoches Parish, LA after 1840 and before 1850. G. Elizabeth Self was born in the Creek Lands West where Muskogee, Oklahoma now stands, on January 18, 1837. She died in 1871 in Van Zandt Co. TX. Elizabeth married Ellison Walker Bridges February 14, 1854 in Kaufman Co. TX. a. Lucy Bridges married General "Lee" Nolen aa. Jesse J. Nolen married Flora May Boss aaa. Thelma Marie Nolen, born 3 May 1924, Preston, OK, died 5 June 1996 Redlands, CA, married David "Danny" Goodman Cornfeld 23 November 1944, OKC. ( thanks for the info to Rita Helwig) aaaa. Samuel Aaron Cornfeld, born 23 August 1945, died 16 March 1993. bbbb. Barbara A. Cornfeld H. Lucinda Self was born in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana in 1840. She died April 14, 1905 in Wills Point, TX. She married Thomas Jefferson Bridges January 20, 1859 in Van Zandt Co. TX. *********
Here are some letters written or witnessed by some of our family members, concerning threats against them by Creek Chiefs from the Upper Creeks, for the move from Georgia to the west in 1828, and their treatment at the hands of the Indian Agent after they got to Creek Nation West (Oklahoma). The letter written by John Berryhill was John Dallas Berryhill, son of John. The old John Berryhill mentioned in the Creek Memorial is the husband of Martha Elizabeth Derrisaw.
Here is some information from Keith Hudson concerning his Hudson-Berryhill family.
********** Statement for Creek Citizenship of William Baxter "Buck" Self (This research was compiled by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld in 1989) To the National Council of the Muscogee Nation Okmulkee Oct. 12th 1891 Gentlemen: Your Petitioner would respectfully represent that he is a legitimate descendant of Creek parents, that his mother was an own sister of Alexander, John and Pleasant Berryhill, who in their lifetime were fully recognized Citizens of the Nation, and who I believe remained with the Creeks up til their death. My parents emigrated to this country about the year 1828 with the Creek Indians, and settled on the Arkansas River, about three (3) miles above the Verdigris River where they remained for about nine (9) years. At the Expiration of which time my parents moved with me to a neighboring State. Your petitioner at that time being twelve years of age. My residence in the States was caused by the removal of my parents from this country where I became of age, where my social relations and property interest has forsed me to remain up to this time. I feel that I must in justice be entitled to the rights and privileges the recognition which I now ask. I ask therefore that your honorable body will do me the favor of granting me a fair hearing and an opportunity of introducing such evidence as will seem needed to establish the justice of my claim to all the rights and privileges of a Citizen of the Nation. I have the honor to be Your Obedient Servant W. B. Self Testimony of Solomon McIntosh, a former slave, on behalf of William Baxter "Buck" Self in 1892: Solomon McIntosh is my name. I live in Okmulgee. I am a Creek Citizen. I think I am about 83 or 84 years old. Did you come from Alabama? Yes sir. I belong to Col. McIntosh. Was you acquainted with a good many of the Indians that came from Alabama? Yes Sir. Do you know the Berryhills, was they Creeks? Yes I knew them, they were Creeks. Did you know William B. Self was the offspring of the Berryhills? Yes sir. Did you know his mother's name? Yes. What was it? Suky Berryhill. She was a Cowetah Town. She was of the DEARE SHAW family. Cowetah and Broken Arrow was considered as one. What town did Col. D. N. McIntosh belong? He belong to Cowetah. You was raised in the Town, do you know positively that these people were Creeks? Yes I know them good. Did the Berryhills come to this country with the Creek Indians? Yes they came with the Chilly McIntosh Party. When they emigrated to this country where did they live? On the banks of the Virdigris. This boy must have been small when he came, did you see him? Yes. Do you know that this man is Suky Berryhills son? Yes I knew them well. This Suky Berryhill used to cook for us when we was hauling cord wood, hay and corn. What year was it that Suky Berryhill cooked for you? I can't tell, it has been so long. Was it before the war or after the war? It was long before the war. How long after that did you see that man? I never saw them until a few days ago. How long after Mr. Self came here did he stay here? He was a boy about so high and disappeared from there. You saw this man when he was a boy. How do you know he is the same since he is a man? He had a mark on him and I see the same mark on him. You say he has a mark. What is that mark? He has two thumbs on one hand with two finger nails. Which hand is it on? This one. Did you know Mr. Self in Alabama? No sir. Did you know that Mr. Self came here with that McIntosh Party? Yes sir. Was Mr. Self ever admitted to Citizenship by the Council? The Berryhills were, I don't know about Mr. Self he was too small. You knew Buck Self's mother? Yes sir, Suky Berryhill. Is she living? No sir she is dead. Can you swear that this Buck Self is her child? Yes I know it good. Was he ever enrolled in Cowetah Town? I can't tell. Did you know whether he ever make an application before Council? No sir I don't know. ***** Decision of the Creek Citizenship Commission: To the Hon National Council of the Muscogee Nation Okmulgee I. T. Oct. 21st 1892 We your Committee to whom the petition of W. B. Self and John B. Self was referred to us, is now represented. We have examined their case carefully and find the law of the Muscogee Nation part them from the rights and privileges in the Creek Nation. But we find into their cases, that their MOTHER WAS A FULL BLOOD CREEK WOMAN, but according to law of the Muscogee Nation of page 177 section 1, forbids them from the privileges as Citizens of the Muskogee Nation. Be it enacted by the National Council; that Wm B. Self & John B. Self are parted by the law of the M. N. from the rights and as citizens of the Muscogee Nation. And recomand your adoption of the same. John Wesly Chairman Testimony of William Baxter "Buck" Self in the Courts of the Creek Nation: Okmulgee, M. N. 16 July 1895 My name is Wm B. Self. Where do you live? I live on Duck Creek about twenty four miles north of here. I am a Creek Indian, I get my Creek blood from Mother. Was your mother a fool(sp) or half breed? My mother was a half breed, her mother was a full blood Creek. What town did your mother belong? Broken Arrow. Where was you born? I was born in the Old Creek Nation East of the Mississippi River. What year was you born? 1820. When did you come to this country? In 1828 with the McIntosh Party. Roley McIntosh was Chief at that time. Where did you stoped when you came here? We stopped near the Old Creek Agency about 4 miles above the mouth of the Virdigris River. We lived there about three years then moved 3 or 4 miles across on the Arkansas River and we lived there about nine or ten years, -- we went from there to Texas. It was in the time of the Revolution of Texas. I lived in Texas and Louisiana, but came back here from time to time, probably 8 or 10 times during the time. When did you came back to live after lived in Texas? I think it was eight or nine years ago. Was you a recognized citizen at that time? Yes, I thought I was all the time until the Alfred Self question came up, they one of the same family that I am. What did you do when you found out your right was questioned? I employed Col. D. N. McIntosh and the case came up before the Dist Judge, I was not here I was down in the Nation. Col. D. N. McIntosh wrote me that the Self Family went through alright before the Dist Court and he contended that to me as long as he lived. After I came here I learned that my rights were questioned, that I did not go through when Alfred Self went through. I made Application to the Council. John Wesley was Chairman of the Committee at that time. I don't recollect when it was. It might be 1889, 8 or 7, I don't know, it was after the trial of Alfred Self. I made an application to Council myself once and through my attorney. You said your mother was a Creek Indian? Yes my mother was a Creek Indian. Do you know who your mother was? My mother was a DERRISAW. CROSS EXAM: Mr Self did you draw the $29.00 payment? No sir, I was here but could not do it. Did you ever vote in Broken Arrow? I never did, I was not old enough when I left this country and haven't since I come back. How old were you when you first came to this country? I was eight years old, was born in 1820 and came here in 1828. Were you ever admitted to Council? Never was. Who was Judge of Eufaula Dist. when you made application? I don't know, I never inquired. Did you draw the $4.20 payment that was made in 1882? No sir. You said you made application to Council, what action did the Council take in your Case? (the rest is missing, note by Thelma Nolen Cornfeld) ******** The Citizenship Commission of Muscogee Nation Applicants Mary Herrick W. B. Leath Leo Herrick M. T. Self Juanita Herrick Buck Self, Jr. Louisa Leath Willie March J. H. Leath Dollie Lynch T. J. Leath Okmulgee, Ind. Terr. Sept. 5, 1896 Testimony of William Baxter "Buck" Self, for his children's citizenship into the Creek Nation: My name is Wm. Self. What is your nationality? Muscogee or Creek Indian. Do you know Mary Herrick? Yes sir, I know her to be a daughter of mine. Louisa Leath is a daughter of mine. Leo Herrick is a son of Mrs. Herrick, a grandson of mine, and Mrs. Herrick is my daugter. Juanita is my daughter's baby. J. H. Leath is a son of my daughter Mrs. Leath. Thos Leath is a son of Mrs. Lou Leath, brother to Thomas, Virgil is also a son of Louisa Leath. Dolly Lynch is a daughter of mine. She is Jim Lynches wife. Willie March is a grandson of mine, his mother is dead. M. T. Self is a son of mine, the youngest of all my children. Buck Self is the son of my son who died here last winter. That is all my children and grandchildren. How much Indian blood has Mary Herrick? About 1/8. I am about 1/4. How much Indian blood has these children? I don't know. What town do these applicants belong to? The same town I do, Broken Arrow. You said these applicants belong to Broken Arrow Town, why are they making application? I said I belong to Broken Arow and I suppose a man's family always went with him. These applicants were enrolled on Broken Arrow Town, I saw it done myself. Taylor Chissoe was the Town Chief at that time. They were put on the doubtful list but why I can't say. There were others put on the doubtful list that was afterwards put back on the roll and drew their money. Did National Council admit them as Citizens when they were enrolled? No sir. If the National council did not admit you and your Town Chief enrolled you and you was taken off, you were satisfied that was reason enough? My understanding was they took my name off because through the Alien Act. How many sons and daughters have you? I have four daughters and one son. One is in Texas for her health, but her home is in this country. These five children are they one father and one mother? I never had but one woman. We have been living together 49 years. You say that these five children would follow the father, why did you not prove their rights when you proved yours? I was advised to prove my own Indian blood and then would have to identify them and that would be all that I would have to do. Who advised you? I don't remember now, I will tell you one Agent. Wisdom. Did you say you was a Creek Indian and proved you was Indian? Yes I did. You say that you was Indian, was there any Indians where you lived and did you marry an Indian? My wife is about 1/8 Indian, the last of the HAWKINS family, but never will try to prove her right. Is one of these ladies your daughter? Yes sir, this one is my daughter Mrs. Herrick. You said their names were enrolled and stricken by the Alien Act? That was my understanding, I don't know. You said you had four daughters, where were they born? All four were born in Texas. I don't suppose you want to know the county? No. Where was your son born? In Texas. As you said you had a son dead, where was he born? In Texas. You said you came with the McIntosh Party. You had no children? No. Then these children were all born in Texas? Yes. You was enrolled on the Broken Arrow Town as a member and you say the Alien Act erased your names? No, I didn't say it, I heard that was the reason. Nearly all your children were born in Texas, they have just recently come into the Country? No, it has been almost eight years since we came in or lived in the States. You came back before the Alien Act was passed, why did you not apply before? Well, I first came here in 1883 and employed D. N. McIntosh and paid D. N. McIntosh and he was sick and did not attend himself, but he said that I was represented at the time and went through the same time that Alfred Self, as we were the same family I suppose we was alright and just tell you this to show you that I did make application before the Alien Act. Are you testifying to three women and their children? Yes, I am testifying to three women and their children and one son and two grandchildren. Where does that daughter live? She has a home, a farm about four miles from me. Her husband is a mechanic and when he has a job he takes his wife and children with him. (testimony of John Self, brother of Buck not typed yet) Buck Self recalled to the court: You said your children came from Texas, did they come direct from Texas here? They came from Texas eight years ago, they came to the Choctaw Nation. I started to this Nation and stopped in the Choctaw Nation at those mines, because wages was good. What year did you leave Texas coming to this Territory? I believe it was the latter part of 1887. ******** DECISION Okmulgee, Indian Territory September 10, 1896 This is an Application filed before the Citizenship Commission for admission to citizenship in the Muscogee Nation by right of blood being the children and grand children of W. B. Self. A careful and through investigation of the evidence adduced substantiates the statment of applicants as set forth in their allegation to the satisfaction of the Citizenship Commission of the Muscogee Nation, have decided and hereby declare that Mary Harrick, Leo Herrick, Juanita Herrick, Louisa Leath, J. H. Leath, T. J. Leath, W. B. Leath, M. T. Self, Buck Self, Jr, Willie March and Dollie Lynch are Creek Indians by bloood and entitled to Citizenship in the Muscogee Nation. M. McIntosh James Colbeart Clk. Pres. Commission ******* Testimony of Nathan Berryhill, 1897139 Muskogee, Indian Territory ) in defence of application of ) J. C. Berryhill et al for ) (Nathan) lives at Olaulgee, Okla, citizenship in Creek Nation ) born in Georgia in 1830; age 67 years (1897) citizen of Creek Nation; 5 yrs citizen now; belonged to Broken Arrow Town; came there from Rusk County, Texas; lived there a little over 40 years; came to Rusk Co. Texas from Randolph Co Alabama; very young when came from Georgia; son of William Berryhill; William Berryhill was a son of John Berryhill; father of William, enrolled but never came here (to Creek Nation); no name besides William; William had a cousin William M. Berryhill: Nathan had a brother William. William, brother to Nathan had these children: Mary Berryhill Foshee, Jurisha Berryhill Gibson, Thomas Berryhill, Silas Berryhill, and another daughter; my grandfather, John Berryhill, had a brother nmaed Joseph who lived and died in Georgia, and was a recognized member of the Creek tribe of Indians; my father, William died in Texas at the last of the Civil War; my uncle Joseph Berryhill had a son named William, who was a 1st cousin of mine: this William had a son by the name of William who was a grandson of Joseph Berryhill; I know of personal knowledge that Joseph Berryhill, my great uncle, was a brother of my grandfather, and had son by the name of William Berryhill, who died near the Miss-Ala. line, but I only know from general information that he is the father of these applicants, great grandchildren of Joseph Berryhill. I know applicant George W. Berryhill who was born in Miss. and has lived there all his life. I know that he is the son of Samuel Berryhill, who was a son of John Berryhill and a brother to my father William Berryhill. *********** 1832 Census, Creeks, Thlakalchka Cholockominne (Horse Path Town)140 Coweta Indians (near present-day Fredonia, Chambers County, Alabama) Principal Chief, James Islands (Half-blood) Sub. Chiefs, Absolom Islands Charlo Harjo Cocho one Heads of Families males females total Thomas Berryhill 1 2 3 William Berryhill 6 5 11 Eli Berryhill 2 1 3 John Berryhill 1 1 2 Thomas W. Berryhill 2 1 3 Benj Posey 4 4 8 **********
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