Cinda (Hill) Rabbit (1885 - 1976)

Born 19 Apr 1885 in Muscogee Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States

Descendants

Died 31 Dec 1976 at age 91 in Oklahoma, United States

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Biography

Cinda was Muskogee.

Dawes Enrollee

Creek by Blood

Dawes Card number 3151

Cinda Hill was born in the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Indian Territory about 1887, the daughter of George Hill and Jennie (Tiger) King, both Muscogee. She appears with her mother, listed as "Jennie Tiger" on the 1890, 1895, and 1896 Creek Censuses. ^[1] Cinda is listed by herself on her Dawes Card, #3151. ^[2] Her grandfather, Tobe Tiger, filed an application for a land allotment on her behalf in January, 1902. ^[3]

Cinda married Washington Sampson, also Muskogee, about 1903. They were the parents of a son, Wiley, born in 1904. He was enrolled by his mother on the Dawes Roll in April of 1905. ^[4]

By 1910 Cinda was married to Amos Rabbit. Amos, Cinda, Wiley, and their infant son Edmund appear on the 1910 U.S. Census with a surname of Harjo (reason unknown). ^[5]

In 1930 Cinda, listed as a widow, was living in Morris, Oklahoma with her mother, Jennie King, her brother Wiley, and her son Edmond Rabbit. ^[6] In 1940 Cinda is still living with Wiley and his family. ^[7]

In 1945 a question was raised about Amos Rabbit's allotment by an oil and gas company. Their letter stated, "An examination of the title shows the property to be owned by Cinda Rabbit, nee Hill Creek Roll 8863, and Edmond Rabbit, her brother. [actually her son] This land constitutes the homestead allotment of Amos Rabbit, a full-blood Creek Indian... " ^[8]

Cinda died December 31, 1976 ^[9] and is buried at the Graves Creek Cemetery, McIntosh County, Oklahoma. ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, digitized at Ancestry.com as "Oklahoma and Indian Territory Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959." 1890, Tulwarlothco, p. 187
2. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth; Fort Worth, Texas; Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914; NAI Number: 251747; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75 Creek Nation Card, Cinda Hill, #3151
3. ↑ Digitized at FamilySearch allotment
4. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth; Fort Worth, Texas; Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914; NAI Number: 251747; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75 Creek Nation Card, Wiley Sampson, Creek New Born Card #1028.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7S-L3D : accessed 17 October 2021), Cinda Harjo in household of Aamos Harjo, Morris, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 151, sheet 23A, , family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1267; FHL microfilm 1,375,280.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCWY-LZ4 : accessed 17 October 2021), Cinda Hill, Morris, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 21, sheet 2B, line 66, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1921; FHL microfilm 2,341,655.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBK3-FR9 : 5 January 2021), Cindy Hill, Morris Township, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-23, sheet 13B, line 78, family 233, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3318.
8. ↑ Pacific County Probate Estate files, Letter from Ashland Oil and Refining Company, November 7, 1945. Digitized at FamilySearch letter
9. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JRY2-8MD : 10 January 2021), Cinda Hill, Dec 1976; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing)
10. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80261851/cinda-hill : accessed 17 October 2021), memorial page for Cinda Hill (19 Apr 1885–31 Dec 1976), Find a Grave Memorial ID 80261851, citing Graves Creek Cemetery, Hitchita, McIntosh County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Debbie H. (contributor 46560231) .