Noah Langley MORTON
Cherokee Mixed Blood

Birth: 20 JUL 1876 in Going Snake Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter

**Note:
His son Sterling's death information from Roberts Funeral Home
lists his father as Noah L Morton. Noah's daughter confirmed that the
information on Noah's tombstone is incorrect, his middle name was not
Hamilton; it was Langley.

Event: Native American Indian census AFT SEP 1896 Going Snake Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter
Note: Tribal enrollment No. 1435.
Event: Dawes Roll 2 Quality: 3 31 MAR 1904 Long, Sequoyah Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter
Note:
Noah made application to Dawes Roll two separate times. First in
1904 (Dawes Roll No. 31713, Census Card No. 10719) for he and daughter
"Babe", and made application for his minor children Bessie, and
Sterling in 1906 (Census card M3999).

Event: Dawes Roll 3 Quality: 3 1906 Sequoyah Dist, Cherokee Nat, Ind Ter
Event: Native American annuity payrll 4 Quality: 3 2 JUL 1907 Long, Sequoyah Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter
Note:
Guion Miller: Eastern Cherokees residing west of Mississippi River
Roll No 19583, App No 28187, [Dawes] No 31713. Noah states that he
received a land allotment.

Census: 1930 Bunch Twp, Adair Co, Oklahoma
Note:
Morton, Noah
Age: 57 Year: 1930
Birthplace: Oklahoma Roll: T626_1892
Race: Indian
State: Oklahoma ED: 3
County: Adair
Township: Bunch

Death:
Note:
Family tradition reports the following: While cutting timber for
railroad ties--lightening struck a tree which fell on Noah crushing
him. During his recovery, a visiting relative unknowingly exposed him
to the smallpox virus and Noah, already in a weakened condition died
shortly after. Noah was buried at night by his brother-in-law Ed Free
to avoid contaminating others. Other sources report that while cutting timber, one of the trees split and jack-knifed striking Noah and injuring him seriously; he died as a result of those injuries.

Burial: 3 JUL 1933 Sequoyah Co, Oklahoma
Note:
[IT:Noah's tombstone inscription reads Noah H. Morton, however his
daughter who is still living confirmed that his middle name was not
Hamilton, it was Langley.:IT]

Note:
Noah Langley MORTON was of Cherokee descent through his father
and probably by his mother though she is shown as a non-citizen with
the Cherokee. He was born July 20, 1876 in the Goingsnake District,
Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. Family tradition says that Noah
was named after William "Bill" LANGLEY and that sometime after Noah's
father died, "Bill" gave him a job. Reportedly Noah's sisters took him to be enrolled on the Dawes Roll in 1904.
Lillie Nancy born in Brentwood, Arkansas. Their marriage
certificate was submitted to the Dawes commission on July 24, 1906.
Noah had daughter "Babe" from a previous marriage to Nora. Lillie and
Noah produced 13 children Bessie, Sterling, William, Walter, Woodrow,
Jesse, Fred, Vernal, Edith, Dallas, Calvin, Ather, and Mildred their
births spanning the end of the Cherokee Nation Indian Territory and
the beginning of Oklahoma's Statehood.

Noah and Lillie MORTON were buried at Upper Camp Creek Cemetery,
north of Muldrow, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma.



Ancestry Hints for Noah Langley MORTON *

1 possible historical record matches



Father: Aaron "Buck" MORTON * b: ABT 1854 in Going Snake Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter



Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown
Married: BEF 1902 in Cherokee Nat, Ind Ter
Note:
Affidavit and certificate of marriage for Noah and Lillie were
supplied to the Dawes Commission on 24 Jul 1906, (this was not their
date of marriage.)
Change Date: 10 JUL 2003
Children
Sterling Lewis MORTON * b: 15 AUG 1903 in Long, Sequoyah Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter
Bessie A MORTON b: 17 JAN 1902 in Long, Sequoyah Dist, Cher Nat, Ind Ter
William "Bill" MORTON b: 13 APR 1906 in Liberty, Sequoyah Dist, Cherokee Nation, Ind Ter
Walter Lee MORTON b: 12 SEP 1908 in Oklahoma
Woodrow MORTON b: 6 JUL 1911 in Remy, Sequoyah Co, Oklahoma
Jesse Emmitt MORTON b: 15 OCT 1914 in Long, Sequoyah Co, Oklahoma
Fred Franklin MORTON b: 8 JUL 1916 in Long, Sequoyah Co, Oklahoma
Vernal MORTON b: 8 NOV 1917 in Long, Sequoyah Co, Oklahoma
Edith MORTON b: 15 JUN 1921 in Oklahoma
Dallas MORTON b: 8 AUG 1922 in Oklahoma
Calvin MORTON b: 1 SEP 1924 in Oklahoma
Ather "Ace" MORTON b: 27 APR 1925 in Stilwell, Adair Co, Oklahoma
Mildred MORTON b: 15 AUG 1928 in Greasy Twp, Stilwell, Adair Co, Oklahoma

Marriage 2 Spouse Unknown
Married: 2 BEF 1896
Change Date: 20 JUN 2002
Children
Iva "Babe" Ora MORTON b: 20 SEP 1896 in Cherokee Nat, West, Indian Territory