Joseph Wesley Smith (1903 - 1993)

Born 14 May 1903 in Purcell, Pontotoc, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Ancestors

Died 19 Apr 1993 at age 89 in Orange, Orange, California, United States

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Biography

Joseph was Choctaw.

Joseph was born 14 May 1903 at Purcell, Pontotoc, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory^[2], the son of Joseph Smith and Elizabeth Hazel. Joseph passed away 19 Apr 1993 at Orange, Orange, California.

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

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card New Born 15, line 1
2. ↑ Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, compiled 1898 – 1914, Publication Number: M1301, Content Source: NARA, Nara Catalog Id: 617283, Footnote Job: 08-003, Footnote Publication Year: 2008, Place: Oklahoma, Record Group: 75, Rg: 75, Roll: 0050 - https://www.fold3.com/image/54577059
3. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9RG-77?cc=1390101&wc=MXHR-H68%3A967438801%2C967438802 : 17 October 2016), New Born Choctaws by Blood > No. 1-20 > image 384 of 479; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
4. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9RG-9S?cc=1390101&wc=MXHR-H68%3A967438801%2C967438802 : 17 October 2016), New Born Choctaws by Blood > No. 1-20 > image 385 of 479; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9RL-Q2?cc=1390101&wc=MXHR-H68%3A967438801%2C967438802 : 17 October 2016), New Born Choctaws by Blood > No. 1-20 > image 398 of 479; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPS6-X66 : 26 November 2014), Joseph Wesley Smith, 19 Apr 1993; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQB-2T9 : accessed 14 November 2022), Jos W Smith in household of Jos P Smith, Purcell Ward 2, McClain, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 187, sheet 31A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1261; FHL microfilm 1,375,274.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7T-HN1 : 31 January 2021), Joseph Smith in entry for Joseph P Smith, 1920.