Israel Folsom (1802-1870) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Reverend Israel Folsom

Born 1 May 1802 in Choctaw Nation, Mississippi Territory, United States

Ancestors

Son of Nathaniel Israel Folsom and Ai Ne Chi (Choctaw) Folsom

Brother of Emily Folsom, Robert Folsom [half], Mary (Folsom) Mitchell, Isaac Folsom [half], David Folsom, Nathaniel Folsom Jr. [half], Lucretia Minerva (Folsom) Wall, Edmond Folsom, Samuel Folsom [half], McKee Folsom, Polly Folsom, John Folsom [half], Amziah Folsom, Adam Folsom, Rebecca (Folsom) Krebs, Rhoda (Folsom) Pitchlynn, Solomon Folsom, George Folsom [half], Jerry Folsom and Elizabeth Folsom

Husband of Lovica Dovie (Nail) Folsom — married 11 Apr 1824 (to 1870) in Choctaw Nation, Mississippi Territory

Descendants

Father of Outim-a-hoya (Folsom) King, Julius Caesar Folsom, Czarina (Folsom) Robb, Athenius Madeline (Folsom) Colbert and Israel Wellington Folsom

Died 24 Apr 1870 at age 67 in Perryville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lucinda Hawkes

[send private message]

Profile last modified 27 Jan 2024 | Created 20 May 2011

This page has been accessed 1,644 times.

1 Biography
2 Sources

Biography

Israel was Choctaw.

About Rev. Israel Folsom, (CSA) Chief to the Choctaw Nation

He was a Cumberland Presbyterian minister who came to what is now Oklahoma during the resettlement of the Choctaw tribes from Mississippi Tribal lands.

Rev. Israel Folsom was born on 1 May 1802 to Ai Ne Chi (Choctaw) Folsom) and Nathaniel Israel Folsom in Choctaw Nation, Mississippi Territory, USA. He died on 24 Apr 1870 in Perryville, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma. He was buried in Old Boggy Depot, Choctaw Nation. He was a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher.

He appeared on the Census in 1831 in Sukenatakpa, Nosholi-Tubbi, MS, with 8 in his family. He resided in 1835 in Blue Co., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory (I.T.) later to become Oklahoma.

It is said that he was a handsome man, standing over six feet tall and muscled accordingly, a type of man found in those days among the Choctaws, especially those of white extraction.

He was a leader of the Choctaw Nation, and a delegate several times for his people in Washington. He was also President of the Grand Council of the Sixth Confederate Indian Nation in 1864, which communicated with President Jefferson Davis and pledged their loyalty to the "Stars and Bars."

His Father

This is his father, Nathaniel Isreal Folsom. Concerning Nathaniel Isreal Folsom's children, many of their birth dates are not known or are only guesses. It is not really known the order in which they were born, nor the mother to whom they were born. We know that I-Ah-Ne-Cha had 1 girl and 7 boys and that I-Ne-Chi-Hoyo had 10 boys and 7 girls. These two wifes were sisters from the same family when they married. Plural marriage was common in the culture of the Choctaw tribes at this time.

**Register of Choctaw Emigrants to the West 1831 and 1832**^[1]
Page	No	Name	Years of age	Feet	Inches	Male	Female	Slaves
119	6	Israel Folsom	29	5	8	Do
119	7	Louisa Folsom	25	5	6		Do
119	8	Lorinda Folsom	6	3	6		Do
119	9	Amelia Folsom	4	3	3		Do
119	10	Ellis Folsom	3	2	10	Do
119	11	Julia Ann Folsom	1	2	3		Do
119	12	Agnes	17	5			Do	Do
119	13	Matilda	13	4	6		Do	Do
119	14	Ned	13	4	6	Do		Do
119	15	Elsey	13	4	6		Do	Do

Slave

A biographical sketch of Christine Folsom Benton Bates that her father Reverend Isreal Folsom "owned one old slave who was called Aunt Lindy Butler. She was one of twenty-one children, one who is now living. His name is Ed Butler and lives in Tushka." ^[2]

Place of Burial

24 Apr 1870 - Boggy Depot Cemetery, Atoka Co., Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory - later to become Oklahoma.

Sources

↑ Wiltshire, Betty Couch, Register of Choctaw Emigrants to the West 1831 and 1832 Pioneer Publishing Co. Carrollton, MS 1993
↑ A biographical Sketch from personal interviews with the subject 214 North 5th St, Durant, OK, 27 March 1957, Lula Austin, Field Worker, Indian-Pioneer History, S-149, DOB Christine Folsom 20 OCt 1849, Minteral Bayoo, near Colbert, Choctaw Nation Mississippi

Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com

DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Israel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Israel: