Harriet Elizabeth (Montgomery) Spain (1876 - 1956)

Born 10 Jan 1876 in Texas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Franklin Spain — married 10 May 1893 in North Galveston, Texas, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1956 at age 80 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States

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Biography

Harriet was Choctaw Citizen by Intermarriage.

Hattie was born 10 Jan 1876 in Texas, the daughter of Samuel Montgomery and Martha Davis. Hattie passed away 14 Oct 1956 at Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas.^[2] She is buried at the Ryan Cemetery, Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma.^[3]

Frank Spain married Hattie Montgomery 10 May 1893 in North Galveston, Texas.^[4]

William Franklin Spain made application for his wife, Hattie E. Spain to the Dawes Commission for a land allotment from the Choctaw Nation. An examination by the Commission; In the matter of application of Hattie E. Spain for enrollment as an Intermarried citizen of the Choctaw Nation was conducted on 24 October 1902.^[5] The decision of the Commission as to being a Choctaw by Intermarriage on 10 October 1903 approved the enrollment and Hattie E. Spain was recognized as a citizen of the Choctaw Nation.^[6] Intermarried Choctaw or Chickasaw Citizen was a person that lived in the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nation and married a citizen of Choctaw or Chickasaw blood. They also had married under Choctaw or Chickasaw license or had been married prior to the requirement of having a Choctaw or Chickasaw license. An Intermarried Citizen was recognized by the Dawes Commission for eligibility of land allotments. The Examination by the Commission generally provides names, dates of marriage, where and who performed the marriage

The sources listed from the “Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907” show the Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Land Allotment Jackets for Five Civilized Tribes, application for allotment affidavit, Choctaw Citizenship Certificate. ^[7][8][9]

Sources

1. ↑ National Archives, Dawes Commission; Choctaw Roll card 176, line 2
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GY13-VH8?cc=1983324&wc=9T4C-JWL%3A263835801%2C283349601%2C283760101 : 22 July 2014), Death certificates > 1956 > Vol 112, certificates 055501-056000, Oct, Red River-Taylor counties > image 341 of 508; State Registrar Office, Austin.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28148557/harriet-elizabeth-spain: accessed 15 December 2022), memorial page for Harriet Elizabeth “Hattie” Montgomery Spain (10 Jan 1876–14 Oct 1956), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28148557, citing Ryan Cemetery, Ryan, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Rick Miller (contributor 46935552).
4. ↑ Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, compiled 1898 – 1914, Publication Number: M1301, Content Source: NARA, Nara Catalog Id: 617283, Footnote Job: 08-003, Footnote Publication Year: 2008, Place: Oklahoma, Record Group: 75, Rg: 75, Roll: 0002 - https://www.fold3.com/image/54503609
5. ↑ Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, compiled 1898 – 1914, Publication Number: M1301, Content Source: NARA, Nara Catalog Id: 617283, Footnote Job: 08-003, Footnote Publication Year: 2008, Place: Oklahoma, Record Group: 75, Rg: 75, Roll: 0002 - https://www.fold3.com/image/54503599
6. ↑ Applications for Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes, compiled 1898 – 1914, Publication Number: M1301, Content Source: NARA, Nara Catalog Id: 617283, Footnote Job: 08-003, Footnote Publication Year: 2008, Place: Oklahoma, Record Group: 75, Rg: 75, Roll: 0002 - https://www.fold3.com/image/54503870
7. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9D9-DVN?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-1TL%3A967439301%2C967533601 : 17 October 2016), Choctaw Citizens by Marriage > No. 490-511 > image 102 of 466; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
8. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9D9-8PV?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-1TL%3A967439301%2C967533601 : 17 October 2016), Choctaw Citizens by Marriage > No. 490-511 > image 105 of 466; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.
9. ↑ "Oklahoma Applications for Allotment, Five Civilized Tribes, 1899-1907," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-X9D9-XXL?cc=1390101&wc=MXHT-1TL%3A967439301%2C967533601 : 17 October 2016), Choctaw Citizens by Marriage > No. 490-511 > image 113 of 466; National Archives and Records Administration, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas.

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MST7-7BC : 11 March 2022), Hattie E Spain in entry for William F Spain, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFL-D5F : 15 January 2022), Hattie Montgomery in household of S. A. Montgomery, Bexar, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLQF-WZN : accessed 15 December 2022), Hattie E Spain in household of W F Spain, Blackburn, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 10A, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1254; FHL microfilm 1,375,267.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMJ-WX3 : 3 February 2021), Hattie Spain in entry for Frank Spain, 1920.
• "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZNB-RT8 : 5 January 2015), Harit Elizabeth Spain, 14 Oct 1956; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number 55834, Tarrant, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.