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Enoch Needham's enrollment as an intermarried citizen
contributed by Frank Needham

Department of the Interior
Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes
Muskogee, Indian Territory, July 30, 1902

In the matter of the application of Enoch Needham for Enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Choctaw Nation.

Enoch Needham being first duly sworn testified as follows:

Examination by the Commission.

Q. What is your name? A. Enoch Needham
Q. How old are you?' A. Twenty-six.
Q. What is your post office address? A. Hugo I.T.
Q. What nation is that in? A .In the Choctaw; Kiamitia County.
Q. How long have you resided In the Choctaw Nation? A. In the Choctaw Nation--I been here ten or twelve years.
Q. Have you resided in the Choctaw Nation continuously for the past ten years? A. Well yes.
Q. Where did .you live before that? A. I lived in Texas, Sulfur Springs.
Q. Were you born In Texas? A. Born in Tennessee.
Q. Came from there too (sic) Texas? A. Came from Tennessee to Arkansas. Lived in Ft. Smith and Van Buren and then went to Texas from Arkansas.
Q. You are in business in the Indian Territory? A. I have the post office at Hugo.
Q What is your father's name? A. Enoch Needham, same as mine.
Q. Is your father living? A. No sir.
Q. What is your mother's name? A. Mary J. Glascott.
Q. Is your mother living? A Yes sir. Sulfur Springs, Texas is her address.
Q. Your father and mother both white persons? A. Yes, sir.
Q Citizens of the United States? A. Yes sir.
Q. Have either of them ever been recognized in any manner as citizens by blood of any tribe of Indians? A. No sir.
Q. Did either of them ever draw any payment of money as citizens of any tribe of Indians? A.  No, I don’t suppose they have.
Q. Are you a white man? A. Yes sir.
Q. A citizen of the United States? A. Yes sir.
Q. Did you ever make any claim to citizenship by blood in any tribe of Indians? A. No, Sir.
Q. Have you ever drawn any money as a member of any tribe of Indians? A. No sir, I have not.
Q. You are making application at this time for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Choctaw Nation. Are you? A. I am.
Q. What is the name of your Choctaw wife? A. Nettie H. McMurtrey.
Q. How old is she?  A. Twenty-two, I believe it is.
Q. Is she a citizen by blood of the Choctaw Nation?  A.  Yes, sir.
Q. Always been recognized as such by the Choctaw tribal authorities? A. Yes, sir.

The name Nettie H. McMurtrey appears on Choctaw roll Card field number 2189 as a citizen by blood of the Choctaw Nation having been so listed on May 31, 1899 upon Her identification from the 1896 census roll of the citizens Of the Choctaw Nation as a resident of Gaines County.

Q. When was you married to Nettie H. McMurtrey?  A.  The 11 th of June 1902.
Q. Where were you married?  A.  Cameron.
Q. Married under a Choctaw license?  A.  Yes, sir, I suppose so.
Q. Who married you?  A.  Smith.

The applicant here offers in evidence, there is marked Exhibit A, filed and made a part of the records in this Case, marriage license issued by Reason Frazier County Clerk of Cedar County Choctaw Nation to Enoch Needham to marry Nettie McMurtry (sic) the same being dated June 5, 1902 attached thereto being the certificate of J. A. Smith as to the marriage of Enoch Needham and Nettie McMurtry June 11, 1902 said marriage license and certificate being recorded July 5, 1902 on pages 92 and 93 of the records of Cedar County Choctaw Nation.

Q. Was you ever married before you married Nettie H. McMurtrey? A. No sir I wasn’t.
Q. Was she ever married before she married you?  A.  No sir.
Q. Neither of you had a living husband or wife from whom you had not been divorced at the time of this marriage? A. No sir.
Q. Was the marriage ceremony performed under this Choctaw license the only ceremony performed between you and Nettie H. McMurtrey?  A. Yes sir.
Q. How much did you pay for this license?  A. I paid one hundred dollars in scrip.
Q. You are now living together as man and wife in the Choctaw Nation?  A. Yes sir.
Q. There has been no separation or desertion or divorce since the time of this marriage?  A. No sir.

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Clara Mitchell Wood being first duly sworn upon her oath states that as stenographer for the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes she reported in full all proceedings had in the above entitled cause on the 30 th day of July 1902 and that the above and foregoing is a full true and correct transcript of her stenographic notes as of said proceedings on said date.

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Clara Mitchell Wood

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30 th day of July 1902

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??? L. V. Emerson
Notary Public.