Absentee Wyandots

Date: 1896 [unknown]
Location: Indian Territory, United States
Surnames/tags: Wyandot Native_Americans Wyandotte

Contents 1 Background 2 The 1896 'Olive Roll' 3 WikiTree Profiles 4 Sources

Background

Wyandots who took land allotments in Kansas under provisions of Ratified Indian Treaty 285: Wyandot - Washington, DC, January 31, 1855, became known as "Citizen or Absentee Wyandotte Indians." ^[1] Subsequent acts of Congress (Act of August 15, 1894, 28 Stat. 266, 301; Act of June 10, 1896, 29 Stat. 321) were intended to rectify challenges many of the Wyandots encountered in trying to secure their land allotments. ^[2]

The 1896 'Olive Roll'

The Census of the Absentee or Citizen Wyandotte Indians, taken by Joel T. Olive, special and disbursing United States Indian agent, November 18, 1896, also known as the 'Olive Roll,' was prepared under the provisions of the Act of June 10, 1896, 29 Stat. 321. ^[2]

Under the Act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. 519, Ch. 1767), persons included on the Olive Roll were entitled to take allotments of 80 acres of public lands to satisfy previous treaty obligations. The Olive Roll was published in a 1904 Circular from the Department of the Interior, General Land Office, that provided the names of Wyandotte Indians entitled to selection of allotments, and the rules governing the applications.

In 1982 the U.S. Congress passed Statute at Large 96 Stat. 1813 - Public Law 97-371, which provided for a distribution of funds to "the absentee Wyandotte descendants...lineally descended from persons on, the "Census of Absentee or Citizen Wyandotte Indians" compiled by Joel T. Olive, dated November 18, 1896, as corrected in circular of October 28,1904, by W. A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office...." ^[3]

Although the actual "Olive Roll" is purportedly held at the National Archives, I have not been able to locate it in the NARA Catalog or holdings. C. A. Buser's research notes suggest it may be held at NARA Kansas City. ^[4]

The "circular of October 28,1904, by W. A. Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office" is available at the National Archives in Washington, DC. ^[5] Per the transmittal from the NARA Research Archivist, "The circular reprints the 1896 census of the Wyandot taken by Joel T. Olive."

Agent Olive's certification appears on the last page:

QUAWPAW AGENCY, IND. T., November 20 1896
I certify, on honor, that the foregoing list of Absentee Wyandotte Indians was made by me, in conformity with instructions in writing, and given me personally by the Honorable Commissioner of Indian Affairs, "Land 38155, 1896," and dated November 5, 1896; and that it is, pages 1 to 8, inclusive, a correct roll of all Absentee Wyandotte Indians who are entitled to the benefits of the said act of Congress of June 10, 1896.
JOEL T. OLIVE,
United States Special Indian and Disbursing Agent

WikiTree Profiles

For existing profiles of persons appearing on the Olive Roll, see the Absentee Wyandotte Indians category.

Persons listed below need individual profiles identified on WikiTree, or created if there currently is not one. They appear in the numerical order they are listed on the 1904 GLO Circular. Names and ages (when given) are transcribed as listed. Relationships, when given, are transcribed as listed; additional information for reference is noted in italics.

18. Barnett, William; Nephew (no age given; nephew of Silas A. Barnett)

22. Blood, Mary Constantia

23. Blood, Cathleen; Daughter

24. Balz, Eleanor

55. Gilliford, Fred; son; age 4 mos. (son of Charles Forrest Gilliford)

64. Harding, Emma; age 33

77. Long, Martha M.; age 63

78. Megley, George.; age 26 (believed to be son of Hannah (Zane) Emmons)

88. Moore, Charles W.; age 34

89. Moore, Bertha B.; daughter; age 6

90. Moore, Nellie; daughter; age 4

91. Nichols, Kate; age 29

92. Nichols, Helen; age 30

106. Prindle, Roy; son (son of Elizabeth (Armstrong) Prindle)

107. Ray, Charles; age 19 (son of Emma (Ray) Harding

114. Sharp, James A.; age 15 (son of Julia C. (Zane) Sharp)

143. Walker, Kariho Martha; no age given

145. Weakley, Jordania H.; age 53

166. Zane, Hannah; age 60

167. Zane, Otho; son; age 20

A footnote on the last page of the Circular states, "Nos. 188 to 201 added by Acting Secretary Oct. 12, 1904, 71517-1904. No. 202 added by Secretary Apr. 22, 1905."

188. Jackson, James D.

195. Jackson, M. Lee

202. Gilliford, May K.

Sources

1. ↑ "Ratified Indian Treaty 285: Wyandot - Washington, DC, January 31, 1855," Indian Treaties, 1789 - 1869, General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006, Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006; National Archives Identifier: 176910960; National Archives Building at Washington, D.C.; online version on 11 July 2022 available through the NARA online catalog at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/176910960.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs. S. 2823, S. 2824, S. 2862: Hearing Before the Select Committee on Indian Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2823 to Provide for the Use and Distribution of Funds Appropriated in Satisfaction of Judgments Awarded to the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Michigan ... S. 2824 to Provide for the Use and Distribution of Certain Funds Awarded the Wyandotte Tribe, S. 2862 to Declare that the United States Holds Certain Lands in Trust for the Cocopah Indian Tribe, August 6, 1984, Washington, DC, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1984), 131-32; digital images, Google Books (https://www.google.com/books/edition/S_2823_S_2824_S_2862/5QQnriia-1QC : accessed 11 August 2022).
3. ↑ Congress.gov. "Text - H.R.6403 - 97th Congress (1981-1982): An act to provide for the use and distribution of funds to the Wyandot Tribe of Indians in docket 139 before the Indian Claims Commission and docket 141 before the United States Court of Claims, and for other purposes." December 20, 1982. http://www.congress.gov/.
4. ↑ See the Buser Collection Finding Aid at OSU Library website, Box 1: Folders "Abenaki through DeWeese" > Folder: Armstrong > 12. "pages of handwritten notes regarding absentee Wyandots."
5. ↑ Circular, Department of Interior, General Land Office. Names of Absentee Wyandotte Indians Entitled to Selections, and Rules Governing Applications. Entry 906 in the "Preliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs," (PI-163). Annuity Payment Rolls, 1841 - 1949 (National Archives Identifier: 1949676). Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1793 - 1999. National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual Reference (RDT1). Photocopy provided 02 September 2022 by email to Teague-1504 from NARA RDT-1, Washington, D.C.