Elizabeth Emaline (Sigmon) Coker (1839 - 1922)

Born 17 Nov 1839 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Dempsey Fields Coker — married after 1860 in Arkansas, United States [uncertain]

Died 9 Aug 1922 at age 82 in Oklahoma, United States, United States

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Biography

Zion Lutheran Church Records, Lincoln County, North Carolina: To Isreal Sigmon and his wife, a daughter Elizabeth Emaline born 17 November 1839, baptized 2 May 1841.

Elizabeth Sigmon, age 9 [born circa 1841], enumerated in the 1850 census household of Israel Sigmon.^[1] Elizabeth E. Sigmon, age 17 [born circa 1843], enumerated in the 1860 census household of Israel Sigmon.^[2]

Spouse: Dempsey F. Coker
Married after the 1860 census.

The following 1880 transcript was used by the Dawes Commission for verification of citizenship in the Cherokee Nation for purposes of allotment of land. Notations made by the Dawes Commission include Dawes enrollment card numbers, Dawes denied card numbers. The notation “DEAD” stamped beside the names of individuals was added later for those who were deceased at the time of enrollment for land allotment.

1880 Schedule 1, Cherokee Census, Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, p. 87.

Persons Entitled To And Exercising Citizenship

DEAD. D. F. Coker age 55. Male. Race prior to Nationality: Cherokee. Minister. Married.

E. E. Coker age 39 [born circa 1841]. Female. White. Married. No. 4764

L. R. Coker age 20 [born circa 1860]. Female. Cherokee. Married. No. 4723

DEAD. M. L. A. Coker age 17 [born circa 1863]. Female. Cherokee. Unmarried.

M. E. Coker age 15 [born circa 1865]. Female. Cherokee. Unmarried, No. 4686

D. N. Coker age 12 [born circa 1868]. Female [sic Male]. Cherokee. Unmarried. No. 4785

J. R. Coker age 10 [born circa 1870]. Male. Cherokee. Unmarried. o. 4850

S. J. Coker age 8 [born circa 1872]. Female. Cherokee. Unmarried. No. 4852

J. A. Coker age 4 [born circa 1876]. Female. Cherokee. Unmarried. No. 4765^[3]

"My wife Elizabeth" receives bequests in Dempsey F. Coker's 1881 Oklahoma will.^[4]

Schedule 1. Census of Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, 1890. Persons Entitled to and Exercising Citizenship.
line 29. E. E. Coker. Nativity or Adopted: A. White. Age 48 [born circa 1842]. Female. Farmer.
line 30. John X R. Coker. N. Cherokee. Age 20 [born circa 1870]. Male. Farmer.
line 31. [crossed through:] Cynthia J. Coker. N. Cherokee. Age 19 [born circa 1871]. Female. Farmer.
line 32. Josephine X Coker. N. Cherokee. Age 13 [born circa 1877]. Female. Farmer.^[5]

“Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959,” Cherokee Census, 1893.
Census of White Citizens residing in Cooweescoowee District, Cherokee Nation, authorized by an Act of the National Council, approved April 15, 1893, 523. Elizebeth Coker age 52 [born circa 1841]. Female.^[6]

23 October 1900, Josephine A. Fults, age 24, residing at Chouteau, Cooweescoowee District, made application for enrollment of her mother Elizabeth E. Coker in the Five Civilized Tribes. The application was approved. Josephine's affidavit states her mother Elizabeth E. Coker, white, age 60, widow of Dempsey F. Coker (Cherokee by blood), resides with Josephine. [The application has space for naming children but it was left blank.]^[7]

Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (As approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before March 4, 1907, with supplements dated September 25, 1914). Roll 2 Cherokee Rolls. The National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1961.
Cherokee Roll, Citizens by Intermarriage
No. 96. Elizabeth E. Coker age 62. Census Card No. 4764.
“Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Feb 25 1907 Approved.”^[8]

1910 U.S. Census, Township 4, Rogers County, Oklahoma, population schedule, ED 173, p. 9B, dwelling 21, family 8; NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 1273.
Elizabeth E. Coker age 68 born [circa 1842] North Carolina. Both parents born North Carolina. White. Widow. Married once. Five children born; four now living.

Thursday, 10 August 1922, The Mayes County Democrat (Pryor, Oklahoma), p. 3, col. 4; Newspapers.com.
Mrs. E. E. Coker, age 81, died Tuesday, 8 August 1922 in Tiawah at her son's home. She was the mother of Mrs. E. F. Fults [Josephine] of Pryor. Burial at Claremore.

Children of Dempsey F. and Elizabeth Emaline (Sigmon) Coker

Elizabeth E. Coker's 1910 census reports her as having birthed five children with four still alive in 1910.

1. Possible child of Elizabeth: Martha Ella Coker born circa 1865. She was in Dempsey Coker's 1880 census household. She received bequests in her father's 1881 will. Her 1900 Cherokee Roll listing states Mattie E. Foster, wife of Samuel C. Foster, is age 35; Father Dempsey Coker; Mother [blank].^[9] Her 1900 U.S. Census listing shows her born July 1865 in Arkansas.^[10]
2. David N. Coker born February 1869. He was in his parents' 1880 census household, born circa 1868. His Dawes card shows him as Dawes Roll No. 11459. David N. Coker age 32. 1/32 Cherokee. Enrolled 1880. Father: D.F. Coker dead. Mother Elizabeth Coker.^[11] His 1900 U.S. Census reports him as born February 1869 in Arkansas.^[12]
3. John R. Coker born about 1870-1871. He was in his parents’ 1880 census household, born circa 1870. His 1900 census reports him as born August 1869 [sic] in Arkansas. Father born Arkansas. Mother born North Carolina.^[13]
4. Cynthia J. Coker was in her parents' 1880 household, born circa 1872. Her 1900 Dawes Census Card reports her as age 28, born circa 1872. Father Dempsy Coker, dead. Mother: Elizabeth E. Coker.^[14] Her 1900 U.S. Census reports her as born April 1871 in Arkansas.^[15] Her death certificate states she was born 9 April 1874 in Arkansas. The informant was Mrs. J. E. Suttle.^[16]
5. Josephine A. Coker was in her parents' 1880 household, born circa 1876. She is named as "my youngest child" in Dempsey F. Coker's 1881 will.^[17] 23 October 1900, Josephine A. Fults, age 24 [born circa 1876], of Chouteau, Cooweescowee District, daughter of Dempsey F. Coker, deceased, and Elizabeth E. Coker his wife, applied for enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes in behalf of herself, her husband Elmer Fults, and her daughter Dorothy. She supplied her marriage application dated 18 December 1885. The application was approved.^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 U.S. Census, Cherokee County, North Carolina, population schedule, p. 50, dwelling/family 658; NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 625; incorrectly indexed at Ancestry as “Ligman.”
2. ↑ 1860 U.S. Census, Carroll County, Arkansas, population schedule, p. 703, Jefferson Township, dwelling/family 107; NARA microfilm publication M653, roll 38.
3. ↑ “Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959,” digital image, Ancestry; citing The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, USA; Record Group Number 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999; NARA Series 7RA-07.
4. ↑ “Oklahoma, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008,” Dempsey F. Coker (17 March 1881), digital image, Ancestry; citing Oklahoma Historical Society, Indian Archives Division; Oklahoma County, District and Probate Courts.
5. ↑ “Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959,” digital image, Ancestry; citing The National Archives at Fort Worth, Texas, Record Group Number 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793-1999, NARA Series Number 7RA-08, Cherokee Census, 1890.
6. ↑ “Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Censuses and Rolls, 1851-1959,” digital image, Ancestry; citing 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-54; NARA Series Cherokee Census, 1893.
7. ↑ “U.S., Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914,” digital image, Ancestry; citing Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898–1914, microfilm M1301, NAI: 617283, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75, he National Archives at Washington, D.C.
8. ↑ ”U.S., Native American Citizens and Freedmen of Five Civilized Tribes, 1895-1914, “ digital image, Ancestry; citing Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory (as Approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or before Mar. 4, 1907, with Supplements Dated Sept. 25, 1914), microfilm publication T529, ARC ID 608958, Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, Record Group 48. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
9. ↑ “Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914,” digital image, Ancestry; citing Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; (National Archives microfilm publication M1186); Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
10. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Township 21, Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation, ED 23, p. 7, dwelling 57, family 60; NARA microfilm publication T623.
11. ↑ 1900 Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Roll. Coosweescoowee District, post office Claremore, Indian Territory. “Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914,” digital image, Ancestry; citing Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, microfilm publication M1186; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
12. ↑ 1900 Cherokee Nation. Cherokee Roll. Cooweescoowee District, Indian Territory, ED 23, p. 21, dwelling 47, family 50; NARA microfilm publication T623.
13. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Township 21, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, ED 23, p.23, dwelling 59, family 62; NARA microfilm publication T623.
14. ↑ “Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914,” digital image, Ancestry; citing The National Archives at Ft Worth; Ft Worth, Texas, USA; Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914; NAI Number 251747; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75.
15. ↑ 1900 U.S. Census, Township 21 North, Range 16 East, Indian Territory, Cherokee Nation, ED 23, Sheet 22A (stamped), dwelling 49, family 52; NARA microfilm publication T623.
16. ↑ “Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982, Cynthia Jane Calvert; digital image, Ancestry; citing Death Certificates 1903-1982, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin. Houston, Harris County, Texas, death certificate 66049.
17. ↑ “Oklahoma, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008,” Dempsey F. Coker (17 March 1881), digital image, Ancestry; citing Oklahoma Historical Society, Indian Archives Division; Oklahoma County, District and Probate Courts.
18. ↑ "U.S., Native American Applications for Enrollment in Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914,” digital image, Ancestry; citing Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898–1914, microfilm M1301, NAI: 617283, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75, The National Archives at Washington, D.C.