| 4. | Trader William Doak, (of Doaks Stand) was born in 1784 in Guilford Co, North Carolina (son of William Doak and Ann Stuart); died on 6 Oct 1832 in Doaks, Madison Co, Mississippi. Other Events and Attributes:
- Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina
- Property: 1812, Doaks Stand, Madison Co, Mississippi; established
- Other-Begin: 20 Oct 1820, Doaks, Madison Co, Mississippi
- Other-Begin: 24 Dec 2003; parentage
Notes:
Note regarding marital status of Trader William Doak.
William Doak, born 1794 in Guilford County, North Carolina, married Mary Polly McMurray October 16, 1802 in Lincoln County, Tennessee (sic. they're marriage record is in Guildford Co, North Carolina). She passed away on October 26, 1824 after having eight children from this union. Polly was white and had no connection to the Choctaw Indians, nor did the Doak family whose ancestry was Scot.
Sometime between 1807 and 1810 when he started trading with the Choctaw's he took a Choctaw wife, thereby making him a kinsman of the Choctaw' s. This was a very common custom among traders during the period of all southeastern tribes, which is why there are so many English, Scot, Irish and French surnames among the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Cherokee. To make the situation better, he needed to take the wife of a leader of the Choctaw. According to the research of the late Dr. Edmund King Doak (a descendant of William & Polly) he took a wife who was the daughter of Mingo Apukshunnubbee. Mingo or Mikko in Choctaw is translated King, so Apukshunnubbee was one of the three great Kings of the Choctaw Indians prior to removal from their ancient homeland. With this union, Doak became one, if not t he strongest trader among the Okla Falaya division of the Choctaw Nation. It needs to be noted however, that he was still married to Polly when t his happened. Polygamy was common as the second marriage was under Choctaw law only. From this union, one daughter was born and she was named Sarah Doak.
Around the time of the Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820 William sent Sarah ( Sally) back to Lincoln County, Tennessee to get an education that was not available to her in that part of Mississippi. This was met with rage by Sallys maternal uncle Pumpkinhead, who threatend to kill William Do ak if he sent his niece away, (a niece who by Choctaw tradition was Pumpki nhead's responsibility). There was another run in between the two men wh en Pumpkinhead learned that Sally had married a whiteman named Thomas Fann ing from Lincoln County. According to Mayme Britt some years ago, a story Dr. Irv May of Texas A & M confirmed in the summer of 1999, the last that was heard from Pumkinhead was around the time that William Doak drown ed in a creek near Doak's Stand. While it was Fall of 1832, it was not believed that the creek was that swollen with Fall rains that William could n ot cross without difficulty. Therefore, the rumor always floated around th at Pumpkinhead actually murdered William Doak and made it look like an acc ident. In any case Pumpkinhead was not seen again in Madison County, Mississippi. JCT 11/2/02
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyties&id=I06019
Property:
Doaks Stand - About 1812 William Doak established his stand, or tavern, on the Natchez Trace which is five miles north of the Parkway at this point. The Treaty of Doaks Stand was signed there in 1820 because, "He conducted himself respectfully toward those who called at his house and made considerable improvement on the land." Doak was given sole right to purchase his land after it was opened for settlement. When the Robinson Road took traffic from the Natchez Trace, the stand was moved to the crossing of the Choctaw Boundary and the new road about 1/2 mile north of here.
http://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/canton-jackson-ms/169-upper-choctaw-boundary.html
Other-Begin:
The Treaty of Doak's Stand Oct 20, 1820
Doak's Stand [Mile Marker 108] - In 1820, Andrew Jackson met with leaders of the Choctaw Indians at Doak's Tavern, which had been established in 1812 by William Doak. After spending several days trying to convince the Indians to willingly give up their land and move west, Jackson finally threatened to issue an order that would force Indian resettlement. Faced with enforced resettlement, the Indians finally gave up 1/3 of their land, and, on October 20, 1820, signed the Treaty of Doak's Stand. Ten years later, the Choctaws were forced to relinquish the remaining land. [The actual location of Doak's Tavern was west of the present Trace, and is no longer in existance.]
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INFORMATION CHANGE {CAUTIONARY NOTE}: The Information linking William Doak to James Wilson Doak & Elizabeth Paisley as his parents is from the inf ormation cited above.* (genealogical chart of 11/3/1988, as provided by the Doak Descendants Search Committee in a gift from Kristen Straight to D r. Edmond Doak). This was not part of my original research. My original research strongly supported that William Doak of Doak's Stand was the son of William Doak and Ann Stuart. This also made him clearly the brother of Josiah, who took over his business with the Choctaw's following his death and later opened Doaksville as a community in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. It is highly unlikely that the Choctaw's would have been so receptive to William's cousin (which Josiah would have been if William was the son of James Wilson Doak). Wiliam, however, was considered a kinsman by the Choctaw due to the wife or concubine he had taken, who was the daughter or niece of Mingo Apukshunnubbee. Therefore, his brother, although having just one wife who was white, would still be accepted. A cous in is doubtful. Recently Robert Oakley has STRONGLY sought to clarify this as well and I believe he is correct. With this in mind and with my having had time to look over the 1988 documents, I am convinced that my origin al information and Robert Oakley's is correct, so I am making corrections to reflect this in the database as of this date. JCT 12/24/03
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyties&id=I06019
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from another researcher regarding the fact that William Paisley Doak was not the William Doak of Doak's Stand:
This is from an ancestry message board post:
subject:
Sarah(Sallie) Doak and William Paisley Doak (other families: Turner, Fannin, Fanning, Langley)
ruthy19 Posted: 4 Aug 2001 5:23PM
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Jul 2005 5:56AM
Surnames: DOAK
I'm looking for info on Sarah (Sallie) Doak and her father William Paisley Doak. Sarah is the daughter of a Choctaw woman, (name unknown.) She died in 1880 in Grandbury, TX
REPLY:
Re: Sarah(Sallie) Doak and William Paisley Doak
Robert Edward Oakley Posted: 1 Jan 2005 4:56PM
Classification: Query
Edited: 26 Jul 2005 5:59AM
Surnames: DOAK, McMURRY, CARSON
I believe if you check carefully into documented records, you will find that William Paisley Doak died intestate and without issue, prior to ever taking possession of his share of his father's Revolutionary War grant in Rutherford County, Tennessee. His one-eighth (1/8) share was divided among his seven siblings, as was his share of other lands inherited from hs father in Wilson County, Tennessee. If my research is correct, and William Paisley Doak died intestate, and without issue, that also means he was NOT the William Doak who established Doak's Stand in what is now Madison County (and was originally in Yazoo County) in Mississippi around 1810-1812. I believe if you research the extant primary historical records regarding Doak's Stand, the Treaty of Doak's Stand, etc., etc., you will find references only to "William Doak" and "Wm. Doak," and NEVER a reference to a "Willam Paisley Doak" or a "William P. Doak." I presume you also know that Josiah Doak (also referred to as Jo Doak, and Josiah S. Doak), who was at Doak's Stand with William Doak, and who later was instrumental in the establishment of Doaksville in the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma, is commonly referred to--and assumed to have been--the brother of the William Doak at Doak's Stand. If that is the case--and I am convinced that it is--then that is further evidence that William Paisley Doak was not the owner/operator of Doak's Stand, since William Paisley Doak did not have a brother named Josiah. However, Josiah's parents, William and Anne Stuart(?) Doak DID have a son named William (but I've never seen a middle initial or name used for him). Finally, while there is much discussion about William Doak at Doak's Stand having a child named Sally (Sallie) by an Indian woman, I have never seen any documentary evidence supporting such a contention. The William Doak who operated Doak's Stand, and whose first wife Polly McMurry died in Madison County, Mississippi, about 1824, apparently remarried a woman named Sarah Carson. That William Doak died in 1833 in what was then Washington County, Mississippi. A few months later Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, was created, and the administration of William Doak's estate was transferred to that county, where his residence and real property physically were located. Nowhere in the estate proceedings is there ANY mention of a daughter named Sally (Sallie) or who may have been of Indian heritage--which of course doesn't prove that there was not one. But if there was a Sally (Sallie) Doak who had known Indian ancestry through her mother (an Indian princess, I believe the oral tradition suggests?), it is likely that you will have to trace the lineage BACKWARD through Sally (Sallie) to her mother if you are to find documentary evidence to prove your research. Hope this information is helpful.
http://boards.ancestry.com/thread.aspx?mv=flat&m=197&p=surnames.doak
William married Mary "Polly" McMurray on 16 Oct 1802 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Mary was born in 1786 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; died on 26 Oct 1824 in Madison, Madison Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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