William Washington (1900 - 1901)

Born Mar 1900 in Okmulgee, Indian Territory, United States

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Biography

William Washington is a part of US Black heritage.

William was Creek.

William Washington died young.

William Washington was born in Mar 1900 in Okmulgee, Indian Territory, United States, son of Martha Adams. Family Search reports his father to be Dixon Washington,^[1] but that paternity is not documented.

He was a citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Roll Number 2149.^[2] On 7 Jun 1900, his mother applied on his behalf for his land allotment.^[3]

The 1900 Census,^[4] enumerated on 21 Jun 1900, shows him at age 3 months with his mother in the home of his maternal grandmother in Township 16, Muscogee Creek Nation, Indian Territory. (Now Oklahoma.)

He died before his mother's marriage to Peter Boon, which occurred about 1902.^[5] The death date recorded in this profile was found on Family Search, but there is no documentation for it.^[1]

He is buried at the Adams Family Cemetery #2 in Beggs, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} FamilySearch profile for William Washington (1900–1901), accessed 7 Apr 2023.
2. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H9-SBX1 : 9 March 2018), William Washington, 1899-1907; citing Oklahoma, United States, tribe or clan Creeks by Blood Roll, file Pacific County Probate Estate Files., National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
3. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H9-S1F1 : 9 March 2018), William Washington, 1899-1907; citing Oklahoma, United States, tribe or clan Creeks by Blood Roll, file Pacific County Probate Estate Files., National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 8; FHL microfilm: 1241853; Record number: 34142;
   FamilySearch Record: MST9-VJZ (accessed 7 April 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-XX6W-9R1 Image number 00869
   William Adams (0), single grandchild, in household of Mahala Adams (58) in Township 16, Muscogee Creek Nation, Indian Territory, United States. Born in Indian Territory.
5. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2H9-SYTT : 9 March 2018), William Washington, 1899-1907; citing Oklahoma, United States, tribe or clan Creeks by Blood Roll, file Pacific County Probate Estate Files., National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #166287831 page for William Washington (unknown–unknown), citing Adams Family Cemetery #2, Beggs, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA; accessed 9 April 2023; Maintained by Nathan Vaughan Marks (contributor 47582756).