Phoebe Jo Alexandra Watson, (1/4 Choctaw)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Research Notes: 27 May 2014

Notes:

Research Notes:
Calculating percentage of Choctaw blood is proving to be complicated. Her son William applied for Dawes, stating he was 1/8 Indian, meaning Phoebe was 1/4. Witnesses stated that she was niece of Hiocatubbee, who was full Indian; and that her brother was Isaac who was Indian (percent not stated). Sarah Irena Watson married a brother to Phoebe's husband, and there's a write-up floating around on the Internet stating that Sarah was full blood Indian, but no source was given. Perhaps Sarah and Isaac were full by another marriage somehow and half siblings to Phoebe? Taking the facts at hand if William was accurate that he was 1/8, it looks like this might be the line-up:
1. Indian father
+ Indian mother 6g grand
2. Hiocatubbe (uncle to Phoebe)
+ white mother
2. Phoebe?s mother 1/2 5g grand
+ Phoebe father Watson (white)
3. Sarah Irena (if she?s a sister)
3. Isaac (stated as an Indian and a bro to Phoebe)
3. Phoebe 1/4 4g grand
+ m Sam
4. Wm 1/8 as he states
+ Josie (she and the children (1/16) were labeled as Mulatto in 1910 census)

Phoebe married Samuel Francis "Sam" Nichols in 1827 in Alabama. Samuel (son of John Nichols and Elizabeth Ann "Polly" Stinnett, (Indian - Chickasaw)) was born on 16 May 1807 in DeKalb Co, Alabama; died on 30 Nov 1875 in Hatfield, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 12 Jul 1860, Cove Polk Co, Arkansas

Notes:

Census:
12 Jul 1860 Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas
residence 441
Grigsby James 40 1820 VA
Nancy 38 1822 VA
Elizabeth 15 1845 VA
Julia A. 13 1847 VA
Eliza 10 1850 VA
William 8 1852 VA
Nancy 6 1854 VA
James Grigsby 21 1839 Texas (corrected to b 1856)

residence 442
Nichols James 50 1810 TN
Lucinda 48 1812 Louisiana
James F. 19 1841 Alabama
Delilah 16 1844 Alabama
Arkansas 14 1840 Arkansas
Samuel T. 12 1848 Arkansas
Benj F. 5 1855 Arkansas
Conway 3 1857 female Arkansas
Arizona 10/12 1859 Arkansas

residence 444
Samuel Nichols 52 1808 Tennessee
Phebe 46 1814 KY
Sarah A. 22 Ala
Isaac 19 1841 Ala
Joseph 17 1843 Ala
John 15 1845 Ark
Pleasant 13 1847 Ark
Calvin 11 1849 Ark
Blackston 9 1851 Ark
Warren 7 1853 Ark
William 4 1856 Ark

residence 445
Nichols Burget 28 1832 TN
Mary 25 1835 TN
George 8 1852 Ark
Paralee 6 1854 Ark
Luvina 5 1855 Ark
Malvina 3 1857 Ark
Robert 1 1859 Ark

residence 450
Nichols James 25 1835 TN
Rachel 19 1841 Ark
Joseph L. 4/12 1860 Ark

Nichols, Carter 21 1839 Ala
Martha 18 1842 Ark
Calvin 4/12 1860 Ark

Burgess married Mrs. Mary (..) Nichols about 1851 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Mary was born in 1835 in Tennessee; died after 1860 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 12 Jul 1860, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas
• Census: 1870, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas
• Residence: 1879, Waurika, Jefferson Co, Oklahoma

Notes:

Census:
12 Jul 1860 Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas
residence 441
Grigsby James 40 1820 VA
Nancy 38 1822 VA
Elizabeth 15 1845 VA
Julia A. 13 1847 VA
Eliza 10 1850 VA
William 8 1852 VA
Nancy 6 1854 VA
James Grigsby 21 1839 Texas (corrected to b 1856)

residence 442
Nichols James 50 1810 TN
Lucinda 48 1812 Louisiana
James F. 19 1841 Alabama
Delilah 16 1844 Alabama
Arkansas 14 1840 Arkansas
Samuel T. 12 1848 Arkansas
Benj F. 5 1855 Arkansas
Conway 3 1857 female Arkansas
Arizona 10/12 1859 Arkansas

residence 444
Samuel Nichols 52 1808 Tennessee
Phebe 46 1814 KY

Sarah A. 22 Ala
Isaac 19 1841 Ala
Joseph 17 1843 Ala
John 15 1845 Ark
Pleasant 13 1847 Ark
Calvin 11 1849 Ark
Blackston 9 1851 Ark
Warren 7 1853 Ark
William 4 1856 Ark

residence 445
Nichols Burget 28 1832 TN
Mary 25 1835 TN
George 8 1852 Ark
Paralee 6 1854 Ark
Luvina 5 1855 Ark
Malvina 3 1857 Ark
Robert 1 1859 Ark

residence 450
Nichols James 25 1835 TN
Rachel 19 1841 Ark
Joseph L. 4/12 1860 Ark

Nichols, Carter 21 1839 Ala
Martha 18 1842 Ark
Calvin 4/12 1860 Ark

Census:
Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas
25 Jan 1870
residence 152
Nichols, Samuel 63 1807
James 36 1834 TN
Pleasant 23 1847 AK
Calvin 21 1849
Blackstone 19 1851
Warren 16 1854
William 13 1852
Walker, Mary A. (Nichols) 28 1842 Arkansas
Walker Wilberry 10 1860 AR
Walker 5 1865 AR


residence 157
James F. Nichols 30 1840 Alabama
Charlotta T. 29 1841 Tennessee
James M. 3 1867 Arkansas
Sarah A. 2 1868 Arkansas

Residence 156 brother Joseph
residence 155 parents James & Lucinda

Residence:
James Nichols biography in "History of Oklahoma" (1916)
1916
Oklahoma
Bio of James Nichols in History of Oklahoma, by Joseph B. Thoburn (American Historical Society: 1916),
vol. 4, page 1412. https://books.google.com/books?id=Bdq7qWCr_KcC&pg=PA1412

His (James M. Nichols) father was born in DeKalb County, Alabama, in 1840, and as a young man went to Arkansas, where he resided in Polk County until 1879, in which year he was a pioneer to Indian Territory. He settled on a farm near the present site of Waurika, Oklahoma, and commenced agricultural operations, in which he had been engaged throughout his life, but did not live long after coming to the new community, as his death occurred December 1, 1879. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Protestant Church, in the faith of which he and his wife reared their children. In political matters he was a democrat, and during the Civil war his sympathies were with the South and he served for a short time as a soldier in the Confederate army, under Generals Price and McCullough. Mrs. Nichols was born in Polk County, Arkansas, in 1843, and there her death occurred in 1873. She was the mother of four children: James M., of this notice; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of R. R. Henington, who is now a farmer of Jefferson County, Oklahoma; Ardelia, who died at the age of four years; and Charlotte, who is the widow of the late M. C. Runyan, a barber, and resides at Maysville, Oklahoma.

James married Rachael (..) Nichols about 1858 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Rachael was born in 1841 in Polk Co, Arkansas; died after 1860 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Charlotte T. Stinnett about 1866 in Cove Polk Co, Arkansas. Charlotte (daughter of Hiram Marion Stinnett and Sarah Walker) was born in 1841 in Tennessee; died in 1873 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George W. Walker. George was born about 1836; died before 1900 in Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married (..) Walker about 1859 in Cove Polk Co, Arkansas. (..) was born about 1842; died before 1870 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 12 Jul 1860, Cove Polk Co, Arkansas

Notes:

Census:
12 Jul 1860 Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas
residence 441
Grigsby James 40 1820 VA
Nancy 38 1822 VA
Elizabeth 15 1845 VA
Julia A. 13 1847 VA
Eliza 10 1850 VA
William 8 1852 VA
Nancy 6 1854 VA
James Grigsby 21 1839 Texas (corrected to b 1856)

residence 442
Nichols James 50 1810 TN
Lucinda 48 1812 Louisiana
James F. 19 1841 Alabama
Delilah 16 1844 Alabama
Arkansas 14 1840 Arkansas
Samuel T. 12 1848 Arkansas
Benj F. 5 1855 Arkansas
Conway 3 1857 female Arkansas
Arizona 10/12 1859 Arkansas

residence 444
Samuel Nichols 52 1808 Tennessee
Phebe 46 1814 KY
Sarah A. 22 Ala
Isaac 19 1841 Ala
Joseph 17 1843 Ala
John 15 1845 Ark
Pleasant 13 1847 Ark
Calvin 11 1849 Ark
Blackston 9 1851 Ark
Warren 7 1853 Ark
William 4 1856 Ark

residence 445
Nichols Burget 28 1832 TN
Mary 25 1835 TN
George 8 1852 Ark
Paralee 6 1854 Ark
Luvina 5 1855 Ark
Malvina 3 1857 Ark
Robert 1 1859 Ark

residence 450
Nichols James 25 1835 TN
Rachel 19 1841 Ark
Joseph L. 4/12 1860 Ark

Nichols, Carter 21 1839 Ala
Martha 18 1842 Ark
Calvin 4/12 1860 Ark

Carter married Mrs. Martha (..) Nichols about 1858 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Martha was born in 1842 in Arkansas; died after 1860 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mrs. Elizabeth (..) Nichols about 1861 in Cove Polk Co, Arkansas. Elizabeth was born in 1842 in Tennessee; died after 1870 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mary Jane Ash on 15 Sep 1878 in Yell, Arkansas. Mary was born about 1856 in Tennessee; died in 1918 in Soper, Choctaw Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Julia Ann Grigsby in 1866 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Julia (daughter of James Adin Grigsby and Nancy Ann Hodnett) was born in 1847 in Virginia; died after 1920 in of, Potter, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pleasant married Lavania "Vinnie" Moore about 1867. Lavania was born about 1847; died after 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 3 Sep 1896, Tushkahoma, Choctaw Nation; Dawes App
• Other-Begin: 7 Dec 1896, Choctaw Nation; Dawes App denied
• Census: 1900, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma; white
• Other-Begin: 22 Apr 1902, Bokchito P.O., Choctaw Nation; Dawes App
• Other-Begin: 26 Jan 1903, Choctaw Nation; Dawes app denied
• Census: 1910, Kaimichi, Pushmataha Co, Oklahoma; Mulatto

Notes:

In Dawes Application he stated he was 1/8 Choctaw.

Census:
William Nichols 43 white
Josephine Nichols 38 white
Byron Nichols 13 white
Holder Nichols 12 white
Myrtle Nichols 10 white



Census:
Willian H Nichals 55 AR Mulatto
Marry J Nichals 49 MS AL MS Mulatto
Byran Nichals 22 AR Mulatto
Halder Nichals 20 AR Mulatto


Buried:
findagrave memorial 66350471

William married May Josephine "Josie" Ward, (Mulatto) on 24 May 1885 in Pope Co, Arkansas. May (daughter of Benjamin F. Ward and (Sallie Green or Sarah R Watson?)) was born in Sep 1861 in Mississippi; died on 2 Aug 1918 in Kiamichi, Pushmataha, Oklahoma; was buried in Belzoni Cem, Pushmataha Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Laura A. Nichols on 10 Jan 1886 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Laura was born in 1851 in Polk Co, Arkansas; died after 1890 in of, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Easter Puckett on 25 Sep 1897 in Sebastian Co, Arkansas. Easter was born on 10 Apr 1883 in Hill, Independence Co, Arkansas; died on 7 Nov 1974 in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Abt 1879, Montague Co, Texas
• Residence: 1882, Indian Territory (Love Co, Oklahoma)
• Residence: Abt 1884, Crawford Co, Arkansas
• Residence: Abt 1887, Polk Co, Arkansas
• Residence: Abt 1888, Chocaw Nation
• Residence: 1889, Lamar Co, Texas
• Residence: 1890, McClain Co, Oklahoma
• Residence: 1912, Comanche Co, Oklahoma

Notes:

James Nichols biography in "History of Oklahoma" (1916)
by Joseph B. Thoburn (American Historical Society: 1916), vol. 4, page 1412. https://books.google.com/books?id=Bdq7qWCr_KcC&pg=PA1412

James M. Nichols. One of the live, energetic and enterprising weekly newspapers of Southern Oklahoma is The American, which is edited at Comanche by James M. Nichols. During a long and active career Mr. Nichols has been engaged in various lines of endeavor, in all of which he has won a fair measure of success, but since 1903 has devoted himself almost exclusively to journalism, which it would seem is the field for which his attainments are best adapted.

Mr. Nichols belongs to a family which originated in France and came to America prior to the War of the Revolution, settling in North Carolina, and he is a native of Arkansas, having been born in Polk County, February 6, 1867, a son of James Fletcher and Charlotte (Stinnett) Nichols. His father was born in DeKalb County, Alabama, in 1840, and as a young man went to Arkansas, where he resided in Polk County until 1879, in which year he was a pioneer to Indian Territory. He settled on a farm near the present site of Waurika, Oklahoma, and commenced agricultural operations, in which he had been engaged throughout his life, but did not live long after coming to the new community, as his death occurred December 1, 1879. He was a devoted member of the Methodist Protestant Church, in the faith of which he and his wife reared their children. In political matters he was a democrat, and during the Civil war his sympathies were with the South and he served for a short time as a soldier in the Confederate army, under Generals Price and McCullough. Mrs. Nichols was born in Polk County, Arkansas, in 1843, and there her death occurred in 1873. She was the mother of four children: James M., of this notice; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of R. R. Henington, who is now a farmer of Jefferson County, Oklahoma; Ardelia, who died at the age of four years; and Charlotte, who is the widow of the late M. C. Runyan, a barber, and resides at Maysville, Oklahoma.

James M. Nichols was six years of age when his mother died and was but twelve when his father passed away. He received his early education in the public schools of Polk County, Arkansas, and when his father died went to Montague County, Texas, where he attended school for two months, in the meantime earning his own living by accepting such honorable employment as came his way. In 1881 he left school and apprenticed himself to the trade of machinist in cotton gins, and in 1882 moved to Indian Territory, locating in what is now Love County, where he was engaged in farming until 1884. Subsequently, for three years Mr. Nichols farmed in Crawford County, Arkansas, and then spent one year in Polk County, Arkansas, this being followed by two years of work at his trade in the pineries of the Choctaw Nation. In 1889 Mr. Nichols returned to Texas, locating in Lamar County, where he farmed for one year, and in 1890 came to what is McClain County, Oklahoma, where he first worked at his trade and subsequently engaged in the mercantile business until 1903. In that year he became identified with journalism, taking charge of the Johnson Journal. Subsequently, the town of Johnson was renamed Byars, and Mr. Nichols founded Byars Banner, of which he continued as proprietor until 1912. He then came to Comanche, where he has leased The American since March 1, 1913, and of which he is also the editor. This newspaper was originally a republican organ and was established May 5, 1908, by E. A. Bourne, and March 1, 1910, was acquired by its present owner, P. W. Tucker, who changed its policy to correspond with the principles of the democratic party. It has an excellent circulation in Stephens and adjoining counties, as well as a good outside list and is considered a valuable advertising medium. Its modern offices and plant, located in the Wade Building, are well equipped in every way and include up-to-date presses and type for the best kind of job work. The newspaper circulates weekly, and as edited by Mr. Nichols furnishes the people with clean and reliable news, interesting accounts of local happenings and timely and well-written editorials. Mr. Nichols is a democrat. He is an ex-member of the Woodmen of the World, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen.

On February 16, 1905, Mr. Nichols was married in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, to Mrs. Martha (Carroll) McDowell, daughter of A. C. Carroll, deceased, of Jndian Territory, but a native of Missouri. Mrs. Nichols is the widow of John McDowell, who was a farmer of Pottawatomie County, where he died. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Nichols: Eura Fae, born February 28, 1908. Three children were born to Mrs. Nichols by her former marriage: Ira Ray, who is a graduate of the graded schools and now an apprentice in the office of The American; Rua Rufus, who is in seventh grade of the public schools; and Iva, who is a scholar in fifth grade.

James married Martha Carroll-McDowell on 16 Feb 1905 in Pottawatomie Co, Oklahoma. Martha was born in Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She (Charlotte Stinnett) was the mother of four children: James M., of this notice; Sarah, deceased, who was the wife of R. R. Henington, who is now (1916) a farmer of Jefferson County, Oklahoma.

Family/Spouse: R.R. Hennington. R.R. died after 1916 in of, Cove, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

History of James Nichols (1816):
"...Charlotte, who is the widow of the late M. C. Runyan, a barber, and resides at Maysville, Oklahoma."

Family/Spouse: Malcom C. Runyon. Malcom was born in 1869; died in 1914 in Maysville, Garvin Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dora married James Lee Riddle in 1912. James (son of Aquilla Riddle and Martha Ellen Eubank) was born on 24 Mar 1875 in Pulaski Co, Kentucky; died on 9 Sep 1963 in Tulare Co, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaac married Mary Frances Dickinson about 1929. Mary was born on 4 Oct 1909 in Lindsey, Oklahoma; died on 20 Jan 1981 in Roswell, Chaves Co, New Mexico. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Cora L. Stinnett about 1892 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Cora (daughter of Silas M. Stinnett and Mary Elizabeth O'Daniel) was born on 2 Feb 1871 in Polk Co, Arkansas; died on 15 Aug 1954 in Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Cedar, Polk Co, Arkansas
• Census: 1910, Rich Mountain, Polk Co, Arkansas

Notes:

Census:
Jesse Nichols 24 married 1900
Pinkie 19

Census:
Wyatt, John 53 1857 Texas TN TN
Hattie wife 32 1878 Missouri TN Indiana
Jesse 21 1889 TExas
Lena 17 1893 Arkansas

next door:
Jesse Nichols 36 1875 Arkansas
Pink (Wyatt, dau of John) 26 1884 Texas
Lennie dau 9 1901 Ark
Belle 7 1903
Peark son 5 1905

Jesse married Mary Pinky Wyatt in 1900 in Polk Co, Arkansas. Mary (daughter of John Henry Wyatt and Harriet Jane "Hattie" Penn) was born on 28 Dec 1881 in Denison, Grayson Co, Texas; died on 17 Nov 1976 in Hugo, Grant Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Artie married (..) Bell about 1913 in Polk Co, Arkansas. (..) was born about 1872; died before 1920 in of, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Belle married (..) Sexton about 1901 in Polk Co, Arkansas. (..) was born in 1880 in Arkansas; died before 1910 in of, Polk Co, Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maudie married Roy Orr on 21 Aug 1908 in Belzoni, Pushmatah Co, Oklahoma. Roy was born on 13 Aug 1886 in Texas; died on 12 Dec 1918 in Belzoni, Pushmataha Co, Oklahoma; was buried in Belzoni Cem, Pushmatah Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Delanie married Jesse Wyatt on 22 May 1910 in Rich Mountain, Polk Co, Arkansas. Jesse (son of John Henry Wyatt and Harriet Jane "Hattie" Penn) was born on 29 Oct 1889 in Bowman, Archer Co, Texas; died after 1940 in of, Quinton, Pittsburg Co, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lennie married Harvey Sigal Janes about 1920. Harvey was born in 1900 in Astoria Twp, Fulton Co, Illinois; died on 3 May 1962 in Belton, Bell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]