James William Dunn (1900)

Born 22 Mar 1900 in Featherston, Tobucksy, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

James was Choctaw.

James was born 22 Mar 1900 in Featherston, Tobucksy, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory^[2], the son of William Dunn and Josephine Massey.

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]

Research Notes

Date of birth is as attested to in the Birth Affidavit by his mother Josephine Dunn and the midwife Mary Heywood. This date, 22 Mar 1900 differs from the date 15 July 1900 he provided on his WWI Draft Registration.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card 4457, line 5
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: 0026 - https://www.fold3.com/image/54152914
3. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6GP3-6TL?cc=1390101&wc=MXH5-K38%3A967441301%2C967633701 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 12358-12389 > image 568 of 699; 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:S3HY-6GP3-XZK?cc=1390101&wc=MXH5-K38%3A967441301%2C967633701 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 12358-12389 > image 571 of 699; 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:S3HY-6GP3-FXC?cc=1390101&wc=MXH5-K38%3A967441301%2C967633701 : 17 October 2016), Choctaws by Blood > No. 12358-12389 > image 584 of 699; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
6. ↑ WWII Draft Registration Cards, Publication Title: Selective Service Registration Cards, World War II: Multiple Registrations, Content Source: The National Archives, Content Source: NARA, Content Partner: NARA, Fold3 Publication Year: 2012, Fold3 Job: 12-029, Record Group: 147, Short Description: Draft registration cards compiled from multiple registrations beginning in 1940, for men 18 to 45 years old.,Roll: 44031_03_00011 - https://www.fold3.com/image/612333303?terms=james,dunn,william,oklahoma,united,america,states

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLW3-XNH : accessed 8 March 2023), James Dunn in household of William B Dunn, Quinton, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 242, sheet 20A, family 86, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1270; FHL microfilm 1,375,283.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMC-WW7 : 3 February 2021), James Dunn in entry for Baxter Dunn, 1920.