William Doak

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: Between 1781 and 1782, North Carolina
• Census: 1790, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Will: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina; written

Notes:

Other-Begin:
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Connie Ardrey n/a September 17, 2009, 11:45 am

Source: Colonial Records Of North Carolina
Written: No date

Petition from Adam Smith concerning a robbery
Smith, Adam
Volume 19, Page 929

AMAM SMITH TO GOVERNOR BURKE.

To his Excellency Thomas Burke, Esq., Governor, &c., in & over the State of North Carolina.

The Petition of Adam Smith humbleth sheweth, that on the Sixteenth day of this present Instant, six armed men, one of which was named William Doak, & five others who your Petitioner did not know, came to his house and demanded three horses, & on your Petitioner informing them that he had no horses such as they required, they drew their swords & said they were liberty men & that he was a dam?d Tory & if he would not give them horses that he shou?d give them a
hundred pounds hard money or they wou?d immediately kill him; and on your Petitioner also informg. them that he had no hard Money they replyed, then dam your Soul, you Tory villain, Your bond with security for that sum; and Your
Petitioner being apprehensive of the Consiquencies sho?d he refuse complying, apply?d to his Father-in-Law who became his security for that sum, to be paid the 26th of this Inst.

Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays that he may be redressed in such manner as your Excellency shall deem best, as he is very Ignorant himself & knows not the manner of applying for redress, but humbly conceiving that your Excellency will contrive some method of redressing the grievances of a poor old distressed man. And your Petitioner in duty bound will ever pray.

ADAM SMITH.

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Census:
pg 5
Name: John Doak
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Guilford, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Household Members: 6

next to Robert Hannah (mother is Martha Doak sis to John Jr, Wm & Robert)
Name: Robert Hannah
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Guilford, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females: 2
Number of Household Members: 8

next to Roddy Hannah (bro of Robert Hannah)
Name: Roddy Hannah 
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Guilford, North Carolina 
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4 
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1 
Free White Persons - Females: 1 
Number of Household Members: 6 

same page:
William Doak
Name: William Doak
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Guilford, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 3
Number of Slaves : 2
Number of Household Members: 11

pg 7
Name: Robert Doake
[Robert Deake]
Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Guilford, North Carolina
Free White Persons - Males - Under 16: 4
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 2
Free White Persons - Females: 6
Number of Household Members: 12


Will:
Will proved (written) September 5, 1807 Guilford County, North Carolina Robert Oakley's "NOTES FROM THE WILL OF WILLIAM DOAK" (HUSBAND OF ANN) recorded in Greensboro, Guilford County, NC, dated 9-1-1807 (File #0103, re corded in Will Book A, at Page 103) and proven at the November 1807 term of court. The will left 120 acres to his wife, Ann, for life, with the remainder to "my youngest son Jonathan." The will also made reference by name to Roddy, Josiah, and Jonathan as his their youngest sons. The children named in the will are John (he got $2), William, Robert (he got 200 acres), Mary, Martha, Roddy, Josiah, and Jonathan.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyties&id=I25405


William Doak, son of immigrant John Doak and Mary Wilson, died in Guilford Co NC before November 1807. His LWT is found in Will Book A:103, proved in November 1807. He named wife Ann and eight children:
John Doak, William Doak, Robert Doak, Mary Doak [who married her cousin Roddy Hanna], Martha Doak, Roddy Doak, Josiah Doak, and Jonathan Doak.
http://wild-type.com/tng/tngtest/getperson.php?personID=I151&tree=doak

William married Ann Stuart about 1767. Ann was born before 1755; died about 1835 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1797, north side, Cumberland River, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Residence: 1797, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina; father's will
• Other-Begin: 21 Sep 1813, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Possessions: 8 Nov 1815, Wilson Co, Tennessee; Inventory

Notes:

In letter, A.H. (Alfred H.) Foster claims that the only son of John Doak, the eldest brother of Roddy, is John F Doak. The following is the transcription I made of the letter.

Letter to James Sloan (located in Guilford Co. NC) from A.H. Foster (located in Hermitage, Hickory Co., MO)
(In a previous letter to Sloan from Foster dated Sept 5, 1850, A.H. Foster has written in the margin that "Martha Foster is my step mother")

(punctuation,annotation, and paragraphing added by me (~ss) for clarity of reading)

Hermitage April 20th 1851
Mr. James Sloan,
Sir
I am in receipt of yours of the 24th January last in which you speak of a former Communication which I have never received but I suppose it was in answer to my first transmitting the Power of att of Martha Foster and
Mary Doak in which I requested you to acknowledge the receipt of said Power of Att and whether you accepted the appointment or not. I infer from what you say in your last that you have accepted. You state that you cannot get a hearing unless you can get the names of those entitled to distribution in the estate of the Decd Roddy Doak. to this
end I have taken some pains to learn their names but cannot get all their names (that is) the names of those to whom some of the girls are married, but I will give you the best account that I have been able to get but the where abouts of a good many of them I am not able to give.

John Doak [b Jan 1773] was the eldest brother who is dead.
His heirs are the heirs of Benjamin T [or L or S] Mottley Decd who married the only daughter [Martha b 1795] of John Doak. Mrs. Mottley and her Mother are both dead.

John F [Foster] Doak [b 1801] the only Son of John Doak these live in Wilson Co Tenn.
[note by ~ss: no son named William is listed here]

William Doak [of Doak's Stand] heirs the next brother of Roddy Doak as follows:
Ann [Sarah Ann] who married Ira Mullins
John M [McMurray] Doak
Boyd M [McMurray] Doak
Jonathan Doak and Martha Jane who is married but to whom I am not able to state they all lived in Missippi when last heard from Wm Doak & wife both Dead.

Robert Doak heirs next brother:
to wit Minerva M Williams (widow)
Alanson F Doak
Martha Ann Foster (widow)
Green H Hancock who married Prudence R Doak and
Robert S Doak - the widow of Robert Doak is yet living but I suppose not entitled some of them live in MO & some in Tenn.

Josiah Doak is the next brother who was living when last heard of some where in the State of Texas

Jonathan Doak was the next brother who died leaving one only daughter who married a man by the name of Jones her name is Martha Ann the first name of Jones not known, living in the western part of Tenn.

Martha [Doak, m Alexander] Foster and Mary Doak are the only sisters of Roddy Doak

The names of Mottleys (Martha Doak, heirs who are entitled to one half of John Doaks interest I am not able to give entire if it is necessary that they should be known by name that you can get by writing to John F [Foster] Doak who is the brother of Mrs. Mottley & who lives in Wilson Co Tenn. address him at Lebanon Tenn. [Martha Doak Mottley and John Foster children of John Doak & Mary Foster]


The forgoing I believe comprises the information sought for as near as I am able to give it - Perhaps the interest of Martha Foster & Mary Doak could be sold in anticipation of a decree of sale if so will you (if you can learn what can be had for it) write what can be had for it - or what you think would best for them to do, to wait a final decree & sale or dispose of their interest.
I nothing more at present but remain yours
AH Foster
[see Alfred H. Foster]

note by Laura: Surely the sisters of John Doak would have remembered their oldest brother's first born son, born before he even left NC, and would have shared this with AH Foster who wrote to the administrator of Roddy Doak's estate on behalf of them.



Residence:
In 1797, after living for 31 years in North Carolina, John and his family, in company with several of his wife's family, the Donnells, and the families of his sons-in-law, William McClain and John Doak left Guilford County, North Carolina and pioneered to Wilson County, Tennessee. Together with their associates, they achieved the first permanent settlement in Wilson County, which was then part of Sumner County.

Upon their arrival in this area they first settled in an area on the south bank of the Cumberland River in an area referred to as Drake's Lick which was near the mouth of Spencer's Lick Creek. They would later move on to Spring Creek, and it is this area that today is referred to as, "Doak's Crossroads".
http://www.wisecountytexas.info/families/foster.htm

Other-Begin:
Tennessee Records, Bible Records and Marriage Bonds
Sep 21 1813 John Foster to Elizabeth Rogers
Surety by John Doak
(John Foster his brother-in-law)


Possessions:
John Doak Inventory - 16 September 1815.
W. H. Doak, Administrator.
Recorded 08 November 1815, Wilson Co., TN.
John Doak Sale - 17 September 1815.
Among Buyers: Mary Doak (was this his wife or son William's wife?); Patsy Doak, William H. Doak.
William H. Doak, administrator.
Recorded 20 January 1816, Wilson Co., TN


Died:
John DOAK died in service the 16th of Feb. 1815.

John married Mary "Polly" Foster on 10 Jul 1793 in Guilford Co, North Carolina. Mary (daughter of John Alexander Foster and Martha Morrison) was born on 24 Apr 1772 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; died on 24 Oct 1808 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.]


Other-Begin:
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]

William married Tioka "Jane" Apukshunnabbee in 1809 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw, Mississippi (concubine). Tioka was born in 1795 in Okla Falaya, Choctaw, Mississippi; died in 1820 in Madison Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Carson after 1824 in Madison Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina; father's will
• Will: 18 Dec 1821, Madison Co, Tennessee

Notes:

His line is here:

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyties&id=I25408

Will:
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT ABSTRACTS
MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1821-1854
By Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith
COPYRIGHT, Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith, 1995
(Page 2)

MADISON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
WILL BOOK ONE
l-3. ROBERT DOAK, Surveyor's District 10, State of Tennessee. Beloved wife, PATSEY DOAK, 130 acres in Wilson Co., Tenn. on east fork of Spring Creek and 30 acres adjoining same for life or widowhood. Negro woman, Sarah, household and kitchen furniture, bridle, saddle also to her. Son, ALANSON FIELDING DOAK, negro boy Henry; a dark gray horse colt. Dau, MINERVA MILTON DOAK, negro girl Dicy. Dau, DORINDA HARRIET DOAK negro girl Esther. Dau, MARTHA ANN DOAK negro girl Nelly. Dau, PRUDENCE RODDY DOAK negro girl Phillis. Son, ROBERT STEWART DOAK negro boy Andy. At death or remarriage of his widow, Patsey, the 130 acres in Wilson Co., Tenn. to go to his sons Alanson and Robert. The negro woman, Sarah, to be divided among his several hrs. Lands west of Tenn. River to be sold to pay his debts and provide means for educating his "hrs. " Execs Adam R. Alexander, Patsey Doak, wife. Oct. 16, 1821. Wits Thomas Shannon, Robert H. Wynne.

4-5. Inventory and sale of Doak's personalty, March 1822. 26-27. Commissioners' report on Doak's estate, March 1824.

MCCM 1, page 6. Will probated December 18, 1821.

http://www.tngenweb.org/records/madison/wills/smith/will21-3.htm

Robert married Martha "Patsy" Fielding about 1803 in Lincoln Co, Tennessee. Martha was born about 1786 in North Carolina; died after 1850 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Notes:

In letter, A.H. (Alfred H.) Foster claims that the only son of John Doak, the eldest brother of Roddy, is John F Doak. The following is the transcription I made of the letter.

Letter to James Sloan (located in Guilford Co. NC) from A.H. Foster (located in Hermitage, Hickory Co., MO)
(In a previous letter to Sloan from Foster dated Sept 5, 1850, A.H. Foster has written in the margin that "Martha Foster is my step mother")

(punctuation,annotation, and paragraphing added by me (~ss) for clarity of reading)

Hermitage April 20th 1851
Mr. James Sloan,
Sir
I am in receipt of yours of the 24th January last in which you speak of a former Communication which I have never received but I suppose it was in answer to my first transmitting the Power of att of Martha Foster and
Mary Doak in which I requested you to acknowledge the receipt of said Power of Att and whether you accepted the appointment or not. I infer from what you say in your last that you have accepted. You state that you cannot get a hearing unless you can get the names of those entitled to distribution in the estate of the Decd Roddy Doak. to this
end I have taken some pains to learn their names but cannot get all their names (that is) the names of those to whom some of the girls are married, but I will give you the best account that I have been able to get but the where abouts of a good many of them I am not able to give.

John Doak [b Jan 1773] was the eldest brother who is dead.
His heirs are the heirs of Benjamin T [or L or S] Mottley Decd who married the only daughter [Martha b 1795] of John Doak. Mrs. Mottley and her Mother are both dead.

John F [Foster] Doak [b 1801] the only Son of John Doak these live in Wilson Co Tenn.
[note by ~ss: no son named William is listed here]

William Doak [of Doak's Stand] heirs the next brother of Roddy Doak as follows:
Ann [Sarah Ann] who married Ira Mullins
John M [McMurray] Doak
Boyd M [McMurray] Doak
Jonathan Doak and Martha Jane who is married but to whom I am not able to state they all lived in Missippi when last heard from Wm Doak & wife both Dead.

Robert Doak heirs next brother:
to wit Minerva M Williams (widow)
Alanson F Doak
Martha Ann Foster (widow)
Green H Hancock who married Prudence R Doak and
Robert S Doak - the widow of Robert Doak is yet living but I suppose not entitled some of them live in MO & some in Tenn.

Josiah Doak is the next brother who was living when last heard of some where in the State of Texas

Jonathan Doak was the next brother who died leaving one only daughter who married a man by the name of Jones her name is Martha Ann the first name of Jones not known, living in the western part of Tenn.

Martha [Doak, m Alexander] Foster and Mary Doak are the only sisters of Roddy Doak

The names of Mottleys (Martha Doak, heirs who are entitled to one half of John Doaks interest I am not able to give entire if it is necessary that they should be known by name that you can get by writing to John F [Foster] Doak who is the brother of Mrs. Mottley & who lives in Wilson Co Tenn. address him at Lebanon Tenn. [Martha Doak Mottley and John Foster children of John Doak & Mary Foster]


The forgoing I believe comprises the information sought for as near as I am able to give it - Perhaps the interest of Martha Foster & Mary Doak could be sold in anticipation of a decree of sale if so will you (if you can learn what can be had for it) write what can be had for it - or what you think would best for them to do, to wait a final decree & sale or dispose of their interest.
I nothing more at present but remain yours
AH Foster
[see Alfred H. Foster]

note by Laura: Surely the sisters of John Doak would have remembered their oldest brother's first born son, born before he even left NC, and would have shared this with AH Foster who wrote to the administrator of Roddy Doak's estate on behalf of them.

Roddy married Abbe Wood in 1804. Abbe was born about 1787; died after 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina; father's will
• Residence: 1812, Doaks Stand, Madison Co, Mississippi
• Residence: 1820, Doaksville, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
• Census: 1830, Yazoo Co, Mississippi
• Other-Begin: 7 Feb 1833, Arkansas Weekly Gazette; ad
• Census: Between 1841 and 1845, Marshall Co, Mississippi; state census
• Census: 1850, Nueces Co, Texas
• Census: 1850, Nueces Co, Texas; Slave Schedule
• Other-Begin: Between 1854 and 1858, Nueces Co, Texas
• Census: 1860, Motts, Nueces Co, Texas

Notes:

"Family tree chart of September 3, 1988 of the late Dr. Edmond King Doak li st his middle name as Stuart and that he died in Granbury, Hood County, Te xas, rather than in the Choctaw Nation."
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyties&id=I25413
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"Josiah took over his (Trader William Doak, Doaks Stand) business with the Choctaw's following his death and later opened Doaksville as a community in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory"....
clearly William's brother... "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 cousin is doubtful."
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=familyties&id=I06019
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"Josiah, son of William & Ann and a younger bro of Trader William Doak, is named in his father's will as Josiah (no middle name/initial)
He was also very much involved with the Choctaw.
The Feds paid for him (and family) to accompany the Choctaw on their 'Trail of Tears'
He was 'conductor of the Choctaw delegation' for the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek'
He (co-)founded Doaksville
He fathered the first white child born in Indian Territory
He was almost certainly Josiah S(tuart) Doak
His son, William H Doak, was a Captain in Clarkson's Battalion during the (un)Civil War - the Union regarded him as one of the two most dangerous men operating in Indian Territory on the Confederate side."
(from Ralph Doak)


Census:
Name: Josiah S Doak
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Yazoo, Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 2
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 5
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 5
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 12


Other-Begin:
Arkansas Weekly Gazette March 20, 1833; By May 16, 1833, Ephraim had been sold again, this time to Samuel M. Rutherford?see Arkansas Weekly Gazette, May 29, 1833, p. 4
(ancestry.com)

Census:
Name: Josiah Doak
State: MS
County: Marshall County
Township: Northern Division
Year: 1841
Database: MS 1841 State Census Index

Name: Josiah Doak
State: MS
County: Marshall County
Township: Northern Division
Year: 1845
Database: MS 1845 State Census Index



Census:
1850 Nueces Co, Texas
Joseph L. (Josiah) Doak 1789 North Carolina farmer
William H. Doak 21 Missouri



Census:
Name: Josiah Doak
State: TX
County: Nueces County
Township: No Twp Listed Ss
Year: 1850
Page: 219
Database: TX 1850 Slave Schedule


Other-Begin:
The Nueces County slave records 1846-1854,Vol B, on reel 1012697 indicate that on September 5, 1854 Milford P. Norton obtained a deed of Henry Kinney for a Negro woman whose name cannot be determined on the documents and her son Harrison, both of whom were living with J. S. Doakes (sp) in Nueces County at that time. According to other records, Norton practiced law and later became a Texas state judge in Refugio, TX. Prior to or at the same time of his judicial appointment, he managed the business affairs of Kinney while Kinney was out of the country in Nicaragua. On the same reel, records 4 years later in August and September of 1858 indicate that Kinney did not own the two aforementioned slaves but instead only held them in trust for Josiah Doaks and that Doaks was their legal owner. Therefore they could not be conveyed to Norton. In these documents, it is stated that Doak requested the release from the trust of "the yelllow boy," Harrison, whose mother Susan, was now dead. Norton and Kinney agreed to give up any legal rights to Harrison. A 14 year old Mulatto male is listed on the slave census of 1860 as belonging to J.S. Doak (sp).

It is not known how or why Harrison assumed the surname of Mays.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/73954/person/-1046101046/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum

Census:
269 Randolph J 40 1820 Male Virginia merchant personal estate: 6,000
269 Randolph Louisa 18 1842 Texas
269 Doaks Josiah 73 1787 Virginia real estate: $2000, personal estate: $1800



Died:
Family tree chart of September 3, 1988 of the late Dr. Edmond King Doak li st his middle name as Stuart and that he died in Granbury, Hood County, Texas, rather than in the Choctaw Nation.
(Family Ties @ Rootsweb.com)

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Ancestry BoardL
Re: Josiah S. Doak b. abt. 1788 and his son Jonathan b. abt. 1835 Choctaw Nation
mckinseytyson Posted: 27 Nov 2009 1:32PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Doak

I just found the Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 on Footnote and found the application for Josiah Doak's son, Alexander V. Doak. In it some of the questions and answers regarding Josiah Doak are as follows:

Q "When did Jo Doak die?" A "About 1873".

Q "Where did he die, do you know?" A "He died about twelve miles above Corpus Christi."

Q "In Texas?" A "yes sir."

Q "You don't remember exactly the date of his death?" A "No sir."

Q "Is that in any of your papers?" A "No sir."

Q "What was his age when he died?" A "About eighty six."

So now I am convinced that Josiah Doak, father of William H., Malvina Doak (she is mentioned in one of the applications, too), A. V. Doak, Joseph D. Doak and Jonathan Doak, was living in Nueces County, Texas in 1850 and 1860 and probably through to his death around 1873, according to his son Alexander.

Josiah married Elizabeth Annie Dresser on 27 Apr 1827 in Madison Co, Mississippi, and was divorced on 11 Jun 1850 in Texas. Elizabeth was born in 1810 in Virginia; died after 1850 in of, McKinney, Collin Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina
• Census: 1860, Hickory Co, Missouri

Notes:

Census:
Residence 72
Foster, Martha 71 1789 NC
Priscilla H. 37 1823 TN
Eliza C. 34 1826 TN
Alexander P 30 1830 TN

residence 74
Foster, William D. 1820 TN
Ann 33 1827 KY
Alfred H. 12 1848 MO
Martha A. 10 1850 MO
Emmon H. 5 1845 MO
Alexander 2 1858 MO

Martha married Alexander Foster on 4 Apr 1820 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Alexander (son of John Alexander Foster and Martha Morrison) was born about 1770 in Guilford Co, North Carolina (prob); died between 1834 and 1851 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 5 Sep 1807, Guilford Co, North Carolina

Jonathan married Isabella Donnell on 25 Jan 1820 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Isabella (daughter of George Donnell, Sr. and Isabella Kerr) was born on 12 Mar 1799 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; died on 8 Sep 1878 in Union City, Obion Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Sarah Catherine Wilson (?) about 1820. Sarah was born about 1795; died after 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Benjamin Terry Mottley on 22 Jan 1816 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Benjamin was born about 1790; died after 1820 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1858, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Residence:
mentioned in letter written by John Foster Doak (see attached), when he stated "I regret exceedingly that so few items pertaining to the early history of that good and great man are at my command; and there is no other person now living in this neighborhood that knew him in the days of his youth, except my sister, and her memory has become so impaired that she has no recollection of dates."

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1850, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Residence: 1851, Lebanon, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Residence: Abt 1858, Wilson Co, Tennessee; letter
• Census: 1860, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Will: 19 Jan 1880, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

"Westward the course of empire takes its way"

The first settlers of this county were emigrants chiefly from North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina and East Tennessee, with a few from Georgia, Maryland and perhaps other States. For much of our information in the respect, we are indebted to a number of the old citizens, surviving children of pioneers, and to whom we hereby make our acknowledgments. Among these are Levi Holloway, James Clemmons, Mrs. Martha Ozment, Mrs. Byrd Smith, Joseph Williams, Edward G. Jacobs, Turner Waters, John T. Goodall, John Palmer, John Perkins, Paulding Anderson, Mrs. Edward Freeman, Tom Alexander, Stephen Woodrum, Lindsay Martin, and John F. Doak, a staunch old Democrat, whose regard for fine horses is only excelled by his admiration for President Jackson, Polk and Johnson, and whose great ambition is to die as he has lived sober and solvent!

Pioneer Settlers

The next settlement, it is thought, was made on the waters of Spring creek, about eight miles south from the site of Lebanon, about the year 1796, by John Foster, John Doak, David McGathey, Alexander Braden, and the Donnell families. It was known as the "Donnell Settlement," they having numerical ascendency.

First Mills, School, Church, Cotton Gin, Etc.

The first horse mill in the county was built in "the Donnell Settlement," eight miles south of the site of Lebanon, near Doak's Cross Roads about the year 1798. The miller was a stout youth by the name of Robert Donnell; since well known to the public as Rev. Robert Donnell, a prominent minister of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

Organization of the County

The following named gentlemen were commissioned magistrates,
to-wit: Charles Kavanaugh, John Alcorn, John Lancaster, Elmore Douglas, John Doak, Matthew Figures, Henry Ross, William Gray, Andrew Donelson and William McClain. Charles Kavanaugh was elected chairman; Robert Foster, clerk; Samuel
Roseborough, Sheriff; John Alcorn, register; John W. Peyton, trustee; William Gray, ranger; Henry Ross, coroner; and William Quesenberry, surveyor. Benjamin Seawell, Esq., was elected the county solicitor.

County Seat

Lebanon, the county seat, was founded in 1802. It is situated on the east branch of Barton's creek, six miles south from Cumberland river, about six miles north of the present geographical center of the county, and thirty miles east from Nashville, with which it is connected by the Tennessee & Pacific railroad.

The commissioners - Christopher Cooper, Alanson Trigg, Matthew Figures, John Harpole and John Doak - assisted by William Quesenbury, the county surveyor, sought to locate the town near the center of the county, but after examining
several localities decided to locate it where they did on account of the big spring.
Residence 1879 Wilson County, Tennessee
The oldest house in the county, so that we have been able to learn, was built by Samuel Wilson Sherrill, on Barton's Creek, near where the Lebanon and Tucker's Gap crosses that stream, two and a half miles south of west from Lebanon. It was built in 1797-98, of hewn cedar logs, the door shutters being made of split boards, and smoothed with the drawing knife, and nailed together with wrought nails made by hands. It is still in use, the door shutters being now eight-two years old, and strong and serviceable if not handsome. The next oldest is one of the buildings occupied by John F. Doak, built by his paternal grandfather [William]in 1800. It is of hewn yellow poplar logs, and is now in an excellent state of preservation. Its present occupant has had it weatherboarded, and otherwise renovated, to make it harmonize with more recent improvements. It is said by some that the old McClain house is the oldest in the county; but I do not know with certainty

A Historical Sketch of Wilson County, Tennessee
From Its First Settlement to the Present Time
by J. V. Drake

Published for the Author by Tavel, Eastman & Howell 1879, Nashville
http://wild-type.com/tng/tngtest/getperson.php?personID=I416&tree=doak

Census:
Name: Jno F Doak
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Wilson, Tennessee
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1 1835-1840 John
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2 1831-1835 son5,Rufus
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 1826-1830 Wm H
Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 1801-1810 John H
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 1831-1835 (dau3)
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 Coley
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 36 thru 54: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 10: 2
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 3
Slaves - Females - 24 thru 35: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 16


Census:
John F Doak 49
Coley Doak 40
William Doak 21
Rufus Doak 19
Elizabeth Doak 15
John Doak 14
Mary Doak 7
Andrew Doak 5


Census:
residence 159
Doak William H 31 1829 Tennessee
Doak John 23 1837 Tennessee

residence 160
Doak John F 59 1801 Tennessee
Doak Colie 55 1805 Female Virginia
Doak Rufus 28 1832 Tennessee
Doak Mary 18 1842 Tennessee
Doak Andrew 15 1845 Tennessee




Will:
John Foster Doak (1801-1879) Will dated 07 September 1879; recorded 19 January 1880
Heirs: wife Coley Doak; sons John, Andrew Jackson, W. H. Doak;
children of Wm. H. Doak, to wit: John, Elizabeth, William, Kate, Anna Bell; Bunavista Doak, wife of John; Margaret, wife of Wm. H.;
Samuel Mottley, executor.

(Samuel Mottley prob related to Benjamin Terry Mottley (b abt 1790) m to Martha "Patsy" Doak, sister of John Foster Doak.)

John married Elizabeth Hunter on 10 Jan 1822 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Elizabeth was born about 1801; died before 1827 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Coleman Q. "Coley" Harrison on 5 Apr 1827 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Coleman was born on 15 Apr 1805 in Virginia; died on 8 Nov 1884 in Wilson Co, Tennessee; was buried in Doak Cem, Doaks Crossroads, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ann married Ira Mullins about 1830. Ira was born about 1810; died after 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
died young

Notes:

Died:
died young

Notes:

Died:
died young

Notes:

He came to Washington county, Texas, with his family in 1846, and in 1859 located permanently on that was then known as String Prairie, Burleson county, now Lee county.

Mr. Doak and James Shaw were the most prominent pioneers of that section. The former was a surveyor for the Austin colony, of which he was one of the leading spirits; platted and staked off the town of Lexington in 1850, out of the James Shaw headright, and purchased 640 acres of that tract adjoining the town, paying $1 per acre. At that time, in 1849, there were not half a dozen families on String Prairie.

Mr. Doak continued to live there until his death, in 1866.
http://wild-type.com/tng/tngtest/getperson.php?personID=I383&tree=doak

John married Mary Ann Rowe in 1824. Mary was born about 1809; died before 1858. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Frances J. Barbee on 11 Mar 1858 in Burleson Co, Texas. Frances was born about 1830; died after 1858 in of, Burleson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1840, Tallahatchie Co, Mississippi
• Census: 1841, Tallahatchie Co, Mississippi; MS 1841 State Census

Notes:

Census:
Name: Boyd M Drak
[Boyd M Doak]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Tallahatchie, Mississippi
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 1811-1820
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1 1811-1820
Free White Persons - Under 20: 4
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 7

Died:
died during yellow fever epidemic
(findagrave)

Buried:
inscription: Father of Robert Doak

Boyd married Fannie E. Dresser about 1833 in Mississippi. Fannie was born on 10 Sep 1818; died on 30 May 1850 in Holly Springs, Marshall Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Boyd married Piety H. Wiggs after 1850. Piety was born in 1804 in North Carolina; died after 1870 in of, Holly Springs, Marshall Co, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: Bosque Co, Texas

Notes:

Property:
BOSQUE County Texas

Survey - Person or Concern bearing the land certificate at time survey filed.
Block - Block number.
Grantee - Person or Concern to whom the land was actually awarded.
Leag - League Flag. L = 4,428 acres, B = League + Labor. Labor = 177 acres.
Section - Section Number
Abs - Number of the Abstract on file at county courthouse and at the
Texas General land Office in Austin.

Survey JONATHAN A DOAK Grantee J.A. DOAK Abs 208

http://wild-type.com/tng/tngtest/getperson.php?personID=I385&tree=doak

Jonathan married Mary Elizabeth Zumwalt about 1852 in Texas. Mary (daughter of Adam "Black Adam" Zumwalt and Martha Jane Strain Kent) was born on 25 Jan 1834 in Coahuila y Tejas, Mexico; died on 28 Aug 1917 in Gonzales Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(see notes of William Doak, her "father"

Sally was 1/2 Choctaw. It is questionable that her parents were actually married. There is some evidence that she was born in Lincoln County, Tennessee, rather than Madison County, Mississippi.
She might be daughter of Tioka "Jane" but story of Tioka might not be confirmed.


the legend:
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 Doak if he sent his niece away, (a niece who by Choctaw tradition was Pumpkinhead's responsibility). There was another run in between the two men when Pumpkinhead learned that Sally had married a whiteman named Thomas Fanning from Lincoln County.

the legend refuted:
..."
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

Family/Spouse: Thomas Fanning. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alanson married Adaline Donnell on 11 Jul 1825 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Adaline (daughter of Capt. William "Billy" Donnell, (son?) and Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Doak) was born in 1810 in Wilson Co, Tennessee; died on 11 Feb 1861 in Hickory Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minerva married Washington Williams on 27 Nov 1828 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Washington was born on 7 Oct 1802 in Warren Co, North Carolina; died after 1850 in of, Cainsville, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Emsley Donnell Foster on 30 Nov 1831 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Emsley (son of Robert Albert Foster and Nancy Donnell) was born about 1793 in Guilford Co, North Carolina; died before 30 Aug 1832 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Prudence married Green H. Hancock on 18 Aug 1834 in Lebanon, Tennessee. Green was born on 11 May 1809 in Wilson Co, Tennessee; died on 4 Aug 1869 in Sylvan, Lamar Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Census:
residence 946
Robert Doak 30 1820 Tennessee
Clementine 25 1825 Tennessee

residence 947
Martha Doak 69 1782 North Carolina
Martha Foster 1814 Tennessee
Emsley Foster 18 1832 Tennessee

Robert married Clementine Hancock on 14 Sep 1847 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Clementine was born in 1825 in Tennessee; died after 1851 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Van Buren, Crawford Co, Arkansas

Notes:

Census:
George W Clarke 38 D.C.
Malvina T Clarke 24 Mississippi
Masstillo Clarke 3 Arkansas
Renetta Clarke 1 Arkansas
Anslem Clarke 30 D.C.

Malvina married George W. Clarke about 1846 in Arkansas. George was born in 1812 in Washington, D.C.; died after 1850 in of, VAn Buren, Crawford Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Justice Precinct 1, Johnson Co, Texas; William E. Doak - same?
• Census: 1910, Justice Precinct 1, Johnson Co, Texas; William E. (or S.) Doak - same?

Notes:

Census:
Name: William E Doak
Age: 71
Birth Date: Apr 1829
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1900: Justice Precinct 1, Johnson, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy H Doak
Marriage Year: 1895
Years Married: 5
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Occupation: View on Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William E Doak 71
Nancy H Doak 66




Census:
Name: William E Doak
[William S Doak]
Age in 1910: 81
Birth Year: abt 1829
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 1, Johnson, Texas
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Nancy H Doak
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
William E Doak 81
Nancy H Doak 76



Died:
Texas Death Index, 1890-2000.
Name William E. Doak
Death Date 18 Feb 1911
Death Place Cleburn, Johnson, Texas
Gender Male
Race w
Birth Date 16 Apr 1829
Birthplace Madison Co., Tenn.
Marital Status Married
Father's Name Doak
Occupation Farmer
Place of Residence (4 miles east of)Cleburn, Johnson, Tx.
Film Number 2050431
Digital Film Number 4165852
Image Number 161
Reference Number 3906

William married Mrs. Nancy (..) Doak in 1895. Nancy was born in Dec 1833 in Tennessee; died after 1900 in of, Johnson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1880, Denison, Grayson Co, Texas
• Other-Begin: 1898, Texas
• Census: 1900, Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory (Oklahoma)

Notes:

?Posted by: Paul Mullen (ID *****2234) Date: May 27, 2007 at 22:51:32
In Reply to: Re: Who was Josiah S. Doak's brother? by Paul Mullen

My cousin, Jim Barton, sent me a copy of the proceedings of a hearing by the Department Of The Interior, Commission Of The Five Civilized Tribes, dated December 4, 1906. This was a hearing in which Alexander V. Doak, youngest son of Josiah Doak, was seeking legal membership in the Choctaw tribe. Josiah was made a member of the Choctaw Tribe by Chief Pushmataha. Alexander was granted hearings, but his claims were denied.

Alexander stated that Josiah died in about 1873, twelve miles north of Corpus Christi, Texas. He said that Josiah was about 86 when he died.

Alexander, age 59, said that he was born in Holly Springs, MS. He moved to Doaksville when he was one year old. He lived in Doaksville for about 10 years. He moved with his family to Clarkesville, TX, and lived there about 10 years. He then moved to Fayetteville, AR. He lived there for 5-6 years. He moved to Bates County, Missouri for 4-5 years.

After WWI, he moved to Sherman, TX. He later moved to Dennison, TX, then to Gainsville, then to Dallas. He said he was traveling for Simpson (?) for thirteen years. For the last three years was a government contractor in Ardmore, OK, (1903-1906).

Alexander stated that his father, Josiah, was of Scot decent and spoke with a brogue.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/doak/messages/1027.html

Census:
1880 United States Federal Census.
Name: Alx V. Doak
Residence: Denison, Grayson, Texas
Birthdate: 1842
Birthplace: Mississippi, United States
Relationship to Head: Self
Spouse's Name: Mary E. Doak
Spouse's Birthplace: Missouri, United States
Race or Color: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Martial Status: Married
Age (Expanded): 38 years
Occupation: Speculator
NARA Film Number: T9-1306
Page: 174
Page Character: D
Entry Number: 764
Film number: 1255306
Collection: United States Census, 1880


Other-Begin:
Re: Josiah S. Doak b. abt. 1788 and his son Jonathan b. abt. 1835 Choctaw Nation
mckinseytyson ( View posts) Posted: 27 Nov 2009 1:32PM
Classification: Query
Surnames: Doak

I just found the Applications for Enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 on Footnote and found the application for Josiah Doak's son, Alexander V. Doak. In it some of the questions and answers regarding Josiah Doak are as follows:

Q "When did Jo Doak die?" A "About 1873".

Q "Where did he die, do you know?" A "He died about twelve miles above Corpus Christi."

Q "In Texas?" A "yes sir."

Q "You don't remember exactly the date of his death?" A "No sir."

Q "Is that in any of your papers?" A "No sir."

Q "What was his age when he died?" A "About eighty six."

So now I am convinced that Josiah Doak, father of William H., Malvina Doak (she is mentioned in one of the applications, too), A. V. Doak, Joseph D. Doak and Jonathan Doak, was living in Nueces County, Texas in 1850 and 1860 and probably through to his death around 1873, according to his son Alexander.

http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/73954/person/-1046101046/media/1?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum

Census:
1900 United States Federal Census.
Name: Alexander V Doak
Home in 1900: Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [Oklahoma]
Age: 58
Birthplace: Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Spouse's name: Mary Doak, Married 35 yrs, mother of 7,3 still living
Occupation: Contractor, Government
Household Members:
Alexander V Doak 58 MS, TN, MS
Mary Doak 52 Missouri, KY, KY
Claude Doak 27 Texas, MS, MO

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Hickory Co, Missouri
• Census: 1860, Hickory Co, Missouri

Notes:

Census:
1850 Hickory Co, Missouri
residence 203
Alfred H Foster 42
Nancy Foster 31
Priscilla Hallam 20 1830
Mary T Foster 12 1838 TN

residence 204
Foster, William D. 30 1820
Ann 21 1829
Alfred H. 3 1847
Martha A. 0 1850

Census:
Residence 72
Foster, Martha 71 1789 NC
Priscilla H. 37 1823 TN
Eliza C. 34 1826 TN
Alexander P 30 1830 TN

residence 74
Foster, William D. 1820 TN
Ann 33 1827 KY
Alfred H. 12 1848 MO
Martha A. 10 1850 MO
Emmon H. 5 1845 MO
Alexander 2 1858 MO

William married Mrs. Ann (..) Foster about 1847 in Missouri. Ann was born in 1827 in Kentucky; died after 1860 in of, Hickory Co, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married (..) Jones about 1840. (..) was born about 1820; died after 1851 in of, western Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 21 Apr 1859, Butler, Bates Co, Missouri; letter
• Census: 1860, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Census: 1870, Wilson Co, Tennessee
• Other-Begin: 19 Jan 1880, Wilson Co, Tennessee; father's will
• Census: 1900, Levanon, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Military:
Thanks to Ralph and Karen Nabours for sharing!

From: "Ralph Doak"
To: "Sherry"
Sent: Sunday, March 24, 2013 8:23 AM
Subject: William H. Doak

Letter from 'one of the two most dangerous men' in Indian Territory on the Confederate side.
Thanks to Karen Nabours, MO 'credit' for this

Below is the letter that William H. Doak
sent to R. M. Stewart Comd. In Chf. Mo. Mi.

? Head Quarters Mo. Mi.
Butler, Bates Co., Mo.
Apl. 21, 1859

His Excel. R. M. Stewart
Comd. In Chf. Mo. Mi.

Sir:
I have the honor to report that since I recd. the Apt as Capt Comp ?B? Mo Mi -- on the 13th Inst from you per hands of Adj?t Gen G A Parsons, I have spent three or four days on the line between this State and Kansas T - - I find along said line nothing of an exciting Nature or any thing that I think would justify me under my instructions to march my Comp on the line ? There is some fears however entertained by a number of men who are farming in thinly settled neighborhoods that a decent will be made on them by the Kansas Banditti-- before any intimation of such a movement could reach them as it appears those thieving bands are frequently organized some twenty or twenty-five miles back from the line and our citizens would not be apprised of their approach until aroused from their beds by an armed force at their doors. Fearing such an attack might be made I will move on the line with my Company in seven or eight days or as soon as I get the necessary arms and accoutrements for my men ? if I find the fears of our citizens along the line continue?and there remain a week or ten days?or longer if there should any thing arise that is threatening?On this matter however I would request some instructions?at an early date as possible.
I would respectfully suggest to your honor that some
fifty stand of muskets be turned over to the citizens of West Point in this County to be distributed among the citizens of this place.
I would further respectfully suggest that arms suitable
for the mounted force be sent forward soon?as the muskets
now at this place are not compleat with accoutrements & c
which fact I suppose Mr. McHenry has apprised you of.
I made the selection from my company on the 15th Inst of two men (John Weightman & W. L. Meek) for the Secret Service mentioned in your instructions?would have placed but found that I could get the necessary information without the
additional expense & c.
Hoping soon to hear from you I have
the honor to subscribe myself.
Yours very Respectfully,
Wm. H. DOAK
Capt Co ?B? Mo Mi

(Endorsed)
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Census:
residence 159
Doak William H 31 1829 Tennessee
Doak John 23 1837 Tennessee

residence 160
Doak John F 59 1801 Tennessee
Doak Colie 55 1805 Female Virginia
Doak Rufus 28 1832 Tennessee
Doak Mary 18 1842 Tennessee
Doak Andrew 15 1845 Tennessee


Census:
Wm H Doak 42
Margrett Doak 27
John Doak 8
Alford Doak 5
Annie Doak 4
Edward Doak 3
Lafayett Doak 25 Black
Mary Doak 15 Mulatto
Seat Millie 65
Marriah Millie 21
Colmon Millie 16


Census:
Geo Covington 34
Bettie Covington 27
Irma Covington 8
Dana Covington 6
Vaud Covington 4
William Doan (Doak) 71 father in law
Margaret Doan 57 mother in law
Alice Pendleton 20 black

William married Mrs. Margaret (..) Doak about 1861 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Margaret was born in 1843 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Wilson Co, Tennessee

Notes:

Census:
residence 159
Doak William H 31 1829 Tennessee
Doak John 23 1837 Tennessee

residence 160
Doak John F 59 1801 Tennessee
Doak Colie 55 1805 Female Virginia
Doak Rufus 28 1832 Tennessee
Doak Mary 18 1842 Tennessee
Doak Andrew 15 1845 Tennessee

John married Mrs. Buena Vista (..) Doak about 1848 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Buena was born in 1852 in Tennessee; died after 1880 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 19 Jan 1880, Wilson Co, Tennessee; father's will

Notes:

Died:
D.C.
John Motley Doak
b 6 ajul 1858 Atascosa Co, Texas
d 26 Jul 1949 Del Rio age 92, senility
address: 313 Pecan, Del Rio
Medical and Surgical Clinic
white widowed retired, ranchman
father Jonathan A. Doak Virginia
mother Mary Elizabeth Zumwalt - Gonzales
Informant: Edna Doak Waldrop

Samuel married Mary Ann "Polly" Salisbury in 1848 in Benton Co, Missouri. Mary was born about 1833 in Missouri; died about 1833 in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1857, Wise Co, Texas

Notes:

Residence:
John Emsley Foster arrived in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas in about 1857. He came from Wilson County, Tennessee with his two brothers, Samuel and William and their friend and neighbor from back in Tennessee, Thomas Curruth.

Samuel married Jane Cunnius in 1859 in Wise Co, Texas. Jane was born about 1835 in of, Texas; died after 1870 in Denton Creek, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1857, Wise Co, Texas

Notes:

Residence:
John Emsley Foster arrived in Greenwood, Wise County, Texas in about 1857. He came from Wilson County, Tennessee with his two brothers, Samuel and William and their friend and neighbor from back in Tennessee, Thomas Curruth.

Martha married Richard Jones in 1855 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. Richard was born about 1840 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee; died after 1860 in of, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married George Covington in 1891 in Wilson Co, Tennessee. George was born in Jul 1865 in Tennessee; died after 1900 in of, Lebanon, Wilson Co, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]