Frances (Crowder) Brown (1880 - 1951)

Born 1880 in Choctaw, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Thomas Brown — married 6 Apr 1899 in Kiamichi, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Died 21 Feb 1951 at about age 71 in Antlers, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, United States

Biography

In the 1900 US Federal Census for Township 7 of the Choctaw Nation (Ft. Towson, Choctaw County, Oklahoma), we find Thomas Brown and his wife Francis and they both list their birth dates as unknown. Francis lists herself as born in Indian Territory as well as her parents. Their daughter is Ella born March, 1900 and she is listed as three months old born in Indian Territory.^[1]

The Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes shows the allotment of land to Francis Brown, Choctaw Roll by Blood No. 4222. In the application, dated 3 November 1903, Francis states she is a resident of Crowder which was located in Tobucksy County, Choctaw Nation in the Indian Territory later known as Pittsburg County. She received a total of 305.5 acres with an appraised value of $1023.92.^[2]

In the 1910 US Federal Census, Francis Brown age 29 and her husband John T. Brown age 43 are living in Hunter, Choctaw County, Oklahoma. The children listed are Ella M. age ten, Horace age seven, Ollie D. age five, Howard J. age two and Norman age 11 months. All these children show Oklahoma as their place of birth. John T. Brown is listed as White and the rest of the family are listed as Indians.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Year: 1900; Census Place: Township 7, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory; Roll: 1852; Page: 40; Enumeration District: 0116; FHL microfilm: 1241852. Source Information, Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Ancestry Record 7602 #75095728
2. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: Q2HS-9QQN FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XS37-6Z : 10 March 2018), Francis Brown, 1899-1907; citing Oklahoma, United States, tribe or clan Choctaws by Blood Roll, file Pacific County Probate Estate Files., National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: MLQG-Y6F FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRVV-54Z : accessed 24 October 2022), Francis Brown in household of John T Brown, Hunter, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 60, sheet 23B, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1247; FHL microfilm 1,375,260.