MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER MARY SINGLETON WAS A CHEROKEE WHO MARRIED AN EX-SLAVE AFRICAN JOHN SINGLETON IN RUSTON LA. AFTER HIS DEATH SHE CAME TO INDIAN TERRITORY BEFORE STATEHOOD TO LIVE WITH A SON GABE SINGLETON AND FAMILY. THIS INFORMATION IS FROM ORAL HISTORY FROM MY UNCLE ROZELL SINGLETON WHO DIED IN 1993. MY QUESTION:DID SHE REGISTER WHEN OK BECAME A STATE AND IS HER NAME ON THE DAWES ROLLS? SHE WAS IN OK WHEN SHE DIED AFTER STATEHOOD IN 1907.

[originally posted 25 May 1999]