Andrew Griffin Cookson (1853 - 1913)

Born 6 Feb 1853 in Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States

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Died 15 Mar 1913 at age 60 in Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States

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Andrew was Cherokee.

Dawes Enrollee

Cherokee by Blood

Dawes Card Number 8957

Andrew Cookson was born in the Cherokee Nation in 1853. He was the son of John Cookson and Elizabeth "Betsy" Adair, both Cherokee. ^[1] He married Mary Jane Carlile, also Cherokee, in 1876. They were the parents of Elizabeth "Lizzie", Henrietta (died in infancy), John (died in infancy), Geneva Lila (died in infancy),^[2] Maggie, Levi, Mary Ada, and Annie. ^[3]

Andrew was enrolled by the Dawes Commission in 1902 ^[4] and was approved for a share of the Eastern Cherokee (Guion Miller) payment in 1907. ^[5] Mary died in 1894; Andrew married Lydia Lovett in 1908. ^[6] He passed away in 1913 and is buried at the Levi Cookson Cemetery, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration, Eastern Cherokee Applications of the Court of Claims. Application #26927, Andrew Cookson.
2. ↑ The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number: 75; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series Number: 7RA-56; NARA Series Title: Cherokee Census, 1883
3. ↑ Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1186, 93 rolls); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C. Cherokee by Blood, Card #8957
4. ↑ Cherokee by Blood, Card #8957
5. ↑ Eastern Cherokee Application #26927, Andrew Cookson. digitized at Fold3, images begin at Andrew
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch accessed 13 March 2022, Andrew G Cookson, Cookson, Cherokee, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 7A, family 52, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1244; FHL microfilm 1,375,257.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6012995/andrew-griffin-cookson : accessed 13 March 2022), memorial page for Andrew Griffin Cookson (6 Feb 1852–15 Mar 1913), Find A Grave: Memorial #6012995, citing Levi Cookson Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by R Burnett (contributor 47445819) .