His actual name was Americus Christopher, the youngest son of a Baptist minister and his wife. He spoke Cherokee and was an interpreter for Hanging Judge Issac Parker's US Marshals that were sent into Indian Territory to capture outlaws. He settled in Blackgum in 1892. He married a widow, Lela "Hopper" Cook in Sept. of 1895, who had two children Hattie and Charlie Cook. He and Lela had six children, Lottie Milam, Wes, Roxie Jones, Delbert, Ola Bryan, and Albert Hammett. He became a crafter of coffins and built the coffin for the first person buried in Box Cemetery. It was a woman who was found shot to death along the stage coach road. Her identity was never known. He was a blacksmith by trade and continued to make coffins until his death.
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Joanah Catherine Bennett Ferguson Hammett , Mother to Mack Christopher Hammett. Provided by Karen Hammett Cook
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Joanah Catherine Bennett Ferguson Hammett , Mother to Mack Christopher Hammett. Provided by Karen Hammett Cook
His actual name was Americus Christopher, the youngest son of a Baptist minister and his wife. He spoke Cherokee and was an interpreter for Hanging Judge Issac Parker's US Marshals that were sent into Indian Territory to capture outlaws. He settled in Blackgum in 1892. He married a widow, Lela "Hopper" Cook in Sept. of 1895, who had two children Hattie and Charlie Cook. He and Lela had six children, Lottie Milam, Wes, Roxie Jones, Delbert, Ola Bryan, and Albert Hammett. He became a crafter of coffins and built the coffin for the first person buried in Box Cemetery. It was a woman who was found shot to death along the stage coach road. Her identity was never known. He was a blacksmith by trade and continued to make coffins until his death.
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Joanah Catherine Bennett Ferguson Hammett , Mother to Mack Christopher Hammett. Provided by Karen Hammett Cook
Note: Box Cemetery, written and published by Verley Sykes.
Joanah Catherine Bennett Ferguson Hammett , Mother to Mack Christopher Hammett. Provided by Karen Hammett Cook
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