Minerva was born in 1882 at Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, the daughter of Henry Austin and Luvicey Garland.
John Williams was the father of Nellie Austin. No marriage record has been found between John Williams and Minerva Austin.[2]
The sources listed from the “Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907” show the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, application for allotment affidavit, Choctaw Citizenship Certificate. [3][4][5]
Sources
↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card 535, line 2
↑ Dawes Enrollment Cards, Publication Title: Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, Content Source: The National Archives, Publication Number: M1186, Content Source: NARA, Content Partner: ACPL, Source Publication Year: 1982, Nara Catalog Id: 251747, Nara Catalog Title: Enrollment Cards, compiled 1898 – 1914, Language: English, Country: United States, Footnote Job: 09-014, Footnote Publication Year: 2009, Record Group: 75, Roll: 0039 - https://www.fold3.com/image/225804014?terms=535 see line 3, John is listed as father.
Power of Attorney assigned to Isaac G. Harkins. "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-X929-JFS?cc=1390101&wc=MXHP-YWL%3A967441301%2C967502701 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 1138-1157 > image 133 of 598; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSR1-LKB : accessed 10 June 2021), Manerva Austin in household of Tom Lucas, Township 6 S. Range 21. E. Oak Hill, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 9B, family 78, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,853.
U.S., Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 Year: 1885; Roll: M595_623; Page: 14; Line: 16; Agency: Union
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