According to the 1900 census, Sarah was born in Tennessee in May, 1858. Sarah’s early life in Tennessee and Arkansas is described in the family histories of her parents, to which there are links below.
After her family moved to Baxter County, in northern Arkansas, she met William Trammell, whose family was well known in Mountain Home, the county seat. According to the 1900 census, they were married in 1876 or 1877. The 1880 census shows them living near the southeast corner of Mountain Home Square, evidently on Baker Street, just south of 7th, where Bill worked as a blacksmith. In this photo of the south side of the square, their place would have been on the side street, between the visible shops and the church in the background. Her parents lived fifteen miles away, on the east bank of the North Fork, near Gamaliel, along with her sister Alice and her brother John and his children. When her parents died and her brother was imprisoned for making whiskey, she evidently took in his son William, because he learned the blacksmithing trade, most likely from her husband. Around 1884 Sarah and her family, along with William, moved back to Franklin County, Arkansas, where they had lived prior to 1874. Two of her sisters lived there, and numerous cousins, children of John Mantooth. All of them shared a socially significant factor: their grandmother, Jennie Yates (1789-1842), was a Choctaw Indian from Mississippi. As it happens, Indian Territory was quickly developing under the five civilized tribes, one of which was the Choctaw Nation, and it was open for settlement by descendants of those tribes. Her father had visited the Choctaw Nation in 1874, and her cousin Andrew Jackson Mantooth had moved there around 1872, only to die the next year. In 1887, Sarah and her family moved to Choctaw Nation, most likely with her sister Mary Jane Bryant Brown and her family. They settled near San Bois, in what is now Haskell County, which at that time was the capital of Choctaw Nation. In 1890 her sister Emma and her family moved there as well, and in 1892 her youngest sister Alice joined them, Her sister Mary Jane died there in 1899 and was buried in the San Bois cemetery. (A few years later the town was moved to Kinta/Beaver to be near the new railroad line.)
In 1890 her brother John, now called “WT Mantooth,” opened a general store in Johnsonville, in Chickasaw Nation, and evidently he encouraged his sisters and his son William to move there. This they did, and the 1900 census shows Sarah and her family living on a farm near Johnsonville, with her nephew William and his family living next to them, working as a blacksmith. It shows her widowed sister Emma and divorced sister Alice living in Johnsonville itself, and her sister Amanda living in a town further south. The census also records that Sarah has born 15 children, of whom 8 are still living.
On September 19, 1900, Sarah and her sister Alice and her niece Cathern Kochendarfer traveled to Muskogee to apply to the Dawes Commission for an allotment of land in Johnsonville, Chickasaw Nation, based on their Choctaw ancestry. (Choctaws and Chickasaws had equal land rights in either nation.) She had been interviewed in 1896 as well. Below is some of the testimony that Sarah gave, in her own words:
Q What is your name? A Sarah A. Trammell.
Q What is your age? A Forty-four.
Q What is your post-office address? A Johnson, I. T.
Q Do you live in the Indian Territory? A Tea sir.
Q How long have you resided in the Indian Territory? A Thirteen years.
Q Have you resided in the Indian Territory continuously for the last thirteen years? A Yes sir.
Q Where did you live prior to that? A I lived in Arkansas.
Q Where were you born? A Tennessee.
Q Did you come from Tennessee to Arkansas? A Yes sir.
Q And from Arkansas to the Indian Territory? A Yea sir.
Q Did you ever live in Mississippi? A No sir.
Q How much Choctaw blood do you claim? A One quarter.
Q What is your father's name? A William Bryant?
Q Is your father living? A No sir.
Q What is your mother's name? A Mary Bryant.
Q Is your mother living? A No air.
Q Through which one of your parents do you claim your Choctaw blood? A My mother.
Q When did your mother die? A Twenty years ago.
Q What was the name of your ancestor who lived in Mississippi in 1830 when the treaty was made between the United States and the Choctaw tribe of Indians and who was a recognized member of that tribe of Indians at that time?
A My great grand mother's name was Susan Millsaps and my grandmother's name was Janie Yates. We are told they were full bloods.
Q What do you claim? A I claim the benefits of the Mississippi Choctaws. The right.
Q You don't claim under the fourteenth article but claim under the other provisions of the treaty of 1830? Is that correct?
A Yes sir.
Q Are you married? A Yes sir.
Q What is your husband's name? A William Trammell.
Q Is he living? A Yes sir.
Q Is he a white man? A Yes sir.
Q Do you make any claim for him? A No sir.
Q Where did you marry him? A In Arkansas.
Q. When? A About twenty four years ago.
Q Have you any children under twenty one year a of ago and unmarried for whom you desire to make application? A Yes sir, I have eight.
Q. What are their names and ages? A Thomas Trammell, his age is twenty.
Q All right. Go ahead. A The next one is eighteen, Alonzo Trammell.
Q All right. Go ahead. A George Trammell.
Q How old is George? A He is fifteen years old.
Q The next one? A He is twelve years old.
9. What is his name? A Frank.
Q The next one? A Edward.
Q How old is Edward? A He is ten years old.
Q The next one? A Maggie.
Q How old is Maggie? A She is eight years old.
Q The next one? A William.
Q How old is William? A He is six years old.
Q The next one? A Albert.
Q How old is Albert? A Four years old.
Q You are the mother of these eight children? A Yes sir.
Q Is William Trammell the father of them? A Yes sir.
Q These children all live with you at your home? A Yes sir.
Two years later Sarah traveled back to Muskogee, where on June 3rd she testified again before the Dawes Commission. Her testimony is not repeated below, but at that time she gave her date of birth as May 1, 1857. The key issue for the Dawes Commission was whether Sarah’s grandmother had taken advantage of the offer in Article 14 of the Treaty of Dancing Creek of 1830 to declare herself a US citizen and receive an allotment of land in Mississippi. Her grandmother had died 60 years earlier in Tennessee, long before Sarah was born, and she and her sisters did not know whether their grandmother had complied with article 14 or not. So in February, 1903, the Dawes Commission denied their request for allotments in Indian Territory. Sarah was no doubt keenly disappointed. On August 21, 1904, she passed away in Johnsonville. She was survived by her husband and eight children, the oldest being 24, the youngest being 10.
After her family moved to Baxter County, in northern Arkansas, she met William Trammell, whose family was well known in Mountain Home, the county seat. According to the 1900 census, they were married in 1876 or 1877. The 1880 census shows them living near the southeast corner of Mountain Home Square, evidently on Baker Street, just south of 7th, where Bill worked as a blacksmith. In this photo of the south side of the square, their place would have been on the side street, between the visible shops and the church in the background. Her parents lived fifteen miles away, on the east bank of the North Fork, near Gamaliel, along with her sister Alice and her brother John and his children. When her parents died and her brother was imprisoned for making whiskey, she evidently took in his son William, because he learned the blacksmithing trade, most likely from her husband. Around 1884 Sarah and her family, along with William, moved back to Franklin County, Arkansas, where they had lived prior to 1874. Two of her sisters lived there, and numerous cousins, children of John Mantooth. All of them shared a socially significant factor: their grandmother, Jennie Yates (1789-1842), was a Choctaw Indian from Mississippi. As it happens, Indian Territory was quickly developing under the five civilized tribes, one of which was the Choctaw Nation, and it was open for settlement by descendants of those tribes. Her father had visited the Choctaw Nation in 1874, and her cousin Andrew Jackson Mantooth had moved there around 1872, only to die the next year. In 1887, Sarah and her family moved to Choctaw Nation, most likely with her sister Mary Jane Bryant Brown and her family. They settled near San Bois, in what is now Haskell County, which at that time was the capital of Choctaw Nation. In 1890 her sister Emma and her family moved there as well, and in 1892 her youngest sister Alice joined them, Her sister Mary Jane died there in 1899 and was buried in the San Bois cemetery. (A few years later the town was moved to Kinta/Beaver to be near the new railroad line.)
In 1890 her brother John, now called “WT Mantooth,” opened a general store in Johnsonville, in Chickasaw Nation, and evidently he encouraged his sisters and his son William to move there. This they did, and the 1900 census shows Sarah and her family living on a farm near Johnsonville, with her nephew William and his family living next to them, working as a blacksmith. It shows her widowed sister Emma and divorced sister Alice living in Johnsonville itself, and her sister Amanda living in a town further south. The census also records that Sarah has born 15 children, of whom 8 are still living.
On September 19, 1900, Sarah and her sister Alice and her niece Cathern Kochendarfer traveled to Muskogee to apply to the Dawes Commission for an allotment of land in Johnsonville, Chickasaw Nation, based on their Choctaw ancestry. (Choctaws and Chickasaws had equal land rights in either nation.) She had been interviewed in 1896 as well. Below is some of the testimony that Sarah gave, in her own words:
Q What is your name? A Sarah A. Trammell.
Q What is your age? A Forty-four.
Q What is your post-office address? A Johnson, I. T.
Q Do you live in the Indian Territory? A Tea sir.
Q How long have you resided in the Indian Territory? A Thirteen years.
Q Have you resided in the Indian Territory continuously for the last thirteen years? A Yes sir.
Q Where did you live prior to that? A I lived in Arkansas.
Q Where were you born? A Tennessee.
Q Did you come from Tennessee to Arkansas? A Yes sir.
Q And from Arkansas to the Indian Territory? A Yea sir.
Q Did you ever live in Mississippi? A No sir.
Q How much Choctaw blood do you claim? A One quarter.
Q What is your father's name? A William Bryant?
Q Is your father living? A No sir.
Q What is your mother's name? A Mary Bryant.
Q Is your mother living? A No air.
Q Through which one of your parents do you claim your Choctaw blood? A My mother.
Q When did your mother die? A Twenty years ago.
Q What was the name of your ancestor who lived in Mississippi in 1830 when the treaty was made between the United States and the Choctaw tribe of Indians and who was a recognized member of that tribe of Indians at that time?
A My great grand mother's name was Susan Millsaps and my grandmother's name was Janie Yates. We are told they were full bloods.
Q What do you claim? A I claim the benefits of the Mississippi Choctaws. The right.
Q You don't claim under the fourteenth article but claim under the other provisions of the treaty of 1830? Is that correct?
A Yes sir.
Q Are you married? A Yes sir.
Q What is your husband's name? A William Trammell.
Q Is he living? A Yes sir.
Q Is he a white man? A Yes sir.
Q Do you make any claim for him? A No sir.
Q Where did you marry him? A In Arkansas.
Q. When? A About twenty four years ago.
Q Have you any children under twenty one year a of ago and unmarried for whom you desire to make application? A Yes sir, I have eight.
Q. What are their names and ages? A Thomas Trammell, his age is twenty.
Q All right. Go ahead. A The next one is eighteen, Alonzo Trammell.
Q All right. Go ahead. A George Trammell.
Q How old is George? A He is fifteen years old.
Q The next one? A He is twelve years old.
9. What is his name? A Frank.
Q The next one? A Edward.
Q How old is Edward? A He is ten years old.
Q The next one? A Maggie.
Q How old is Maggie? A She is eight years old.
Q The next one? A William.
Q How old is William? A He is six years old.
Q The next one? A Albert.
Q How old is Albert? A Four years old.
Q You are the mother of these eight children? A Yes sir.
Q Is William Trammell the father of them? A Yes sir.
Q These children all live with you at your home? A Yes sir.
Two years later Sarah traveled back to Muskogee, where on June 3rd she testified again before the Dawes Commission. Her testimony is not repeated below, but at that time she gave her date of birth as May 1, 1857. The key issue for the Dawes Commission was whether Sarah’s grandmother had taken advantage of the offer in Article 14 of the Treaty of Dancing Creek of 1830 to declare herself a US citizen and receive an allotment of land in Mississippi. Her grandmother had died 60 years earlier in Tennessee, long before Sarah was born, and she and her sisters did not know whether their grandmother had complied with article 14 or not. So in February, 1903, the Dawes Commission denied their request for allotments in Indian Territory. Sarah was no doubt keenly disappointed. On August 21, 1904, she passed away in Johnsonville. She was survived by her husband and eight children, the oldest being 24, the youngest being 10.
According to the 1900 census, Sarah was born in Tennessee in May, 1858. Sarah’s early life in Tennessee and Arkansas is described in the family histories of her parents, to which there are links below.
After her family moved to Baxter County, in northern Arkansas, she met William Trammell, whose family was well known in Mountain Home, the county seat. According to the 1900 census, they were married in 1876 or 1877. The 1880 census shows them living near the southeast corner of Mountain Home Square, evidently on Baker Street, just south of 7th, where Bill worked as a blacksmith. In this photo of the south side of the square, their place would have been on the side street, between the visible shops and the church in the background. Her parents lived fifteen miles away, on the east bank of the North Fork, near Gamaliel, along with her sister Alice and her brother John and his children. When her parents died and her brother was imprisoned for making whiskey, she evidently took in his son William, because he learned the blacksmithing trade, most likely from her husband. Around 1884 Sarah and her family, along with William, moved back to Franklin County, Arkansas, where they had lived prior to 1874. Two of her sisters lived there, and numerous cousins, children of John Mantooth. All of them shared a socially significant factor: their grandmother, Jennie Yates (1789-1842), was a Choctaw Indian from Mississippi. As it happens, Indian Territory was quickly developing under the five civilized tribes, one of which was the Choctaw Nation, and it was open for settlement by descendants of those tribes. Her father had visited the Choctaw Nation in 1874, and her cousin Andrew Jackson Mantooth had moved there around 1872, only to die the next year. In 1887, Sarah and her family moved to Choctaw Nation, most likely with her sister Mary Jane Bryant Brown and her family. They settled near San Bois, in what is now Haskell County, which at that time was the capital of Choctaw Nation. In 1890 her sister Emma and her family moved there as well, and in 1892 her youngest sister Alice joined them, Her sister Mary Jane died there in 1899 and was buried in the San Bois cemetery. (A few years later the town was moved to Kinta/Beaver to be near the new railroad line.)
In 1890 her brother John, now called “WT Mantooth,” opened a general store in Johnsonville, in Chickasaw Nation, and evidently he encouraged his sisters and his son William to move there. This they did, and the 1900 census shows Sarah and her family living on a farm near Johnsonville, with her nephew William and his family living next to them, working as a blacksmith. It shows her widowed sister Emma and divorced sister Alice living in Johnsonville itself, and her sister Amanda living in a town further south. The census also records that Sarah has born 15 children, of whom 8 are still living.
On September 19, 1900, Sarah and her sister Alice and her niece Cathern Kochendarfer traveled to Muskogee to apply to the Dawes Commission for an allotment of land in Johnsonville, Chickasaw Nation, based on their Choctaw ancestry. (Choctaws and Chickasaws had equal land rights in either nation.) She had been interviewed in 1896 as well. Below is some of the testimony that Sarah gave, in her own words:
Q What is your name? A Sarah A. Trammell.
Q What is your age? A Forty-four.
Q What is your post-office address? A Johnson, I. T.
Q Do you live in the Indian Territory? A Tea sir.
Q How long have you resided in the Indian Territory? A Thirteen years.
Q Have you resided in the Indian Territory continuously for the last thirteen years? A Yes sir.
Q Where did you live prior to that? A I lived in Arkansas.
Q Where were you born? A Tennessee.
Q Did you come from Tennessee to Arkansas? A Yes sir.
Q And from Arkansas to the Indian Territory? A Yea sir.
Q Did you ever live in Mississippi? A No sir.
Q How much Choctaw blood do you claim? A One quarter.
Q What is your father's name? A William Bryant?
Q Is your father living? A No sir.
Q What is your mother's name? A Mary Bryant.
Q Is your mother living? A No air.
Q Through which one of your parents do you claim your Choctaw blood? A My mother.
Q When did your mother die? A Twenty years ago.
Q What was the name of your ancestor who lived in Mississippi in 1830 when the treaty was made between the United States and the Choctaw tribe of Indians and who was a recognized member of that tribe of Indians at that time?
A My great grand mother's name was Susan Millsaps and my grandmother's name was Janie Yates. We are told they were full bloods.
Q What do you claim? A I claim the benefits of the Mississippi Choctaws. The right.
Q You don't claim under the fourteenth article but claim under the other provisions of the treaty of 1830? Is that correct?
A Yes sir.
Q Are you married? A Yes sir.
Q What is your husband's name? A William Trammell.
Q Is he living? A Yes sir.
Q Is he a white man? A Yes sir.
Q Do you make any claim for him? A No sir.
Q Where did you marry him? A In Arkansas.
Q. When? A About twenty four years ago.
Q Have you any children under twenty one year a of ago and unmarried for whom you desire to make application? A Yes sir, I have eight.
Q. What are their names and ages? A Thomas Trammell, his age is twenty.
Q All right. Go ahead. A The next one is eighteen, Alonzo Trammell.
Q All right. Go ahead. A George Trammell.
Q How old is George? A He is fifteen years old.
Q The next one? A He is twelve years old.
9. What is his name? A Frank.
Q The next one? A Edward.
Q How old is Edward? A He is ten years old.
Q The next one? A Maggie.
Q How old is Maggie? A She is eight years old.
Q The next one? A William.
Q How old is William? A He is six years old.
Q The next one? A Albert.
Q How old is Albert? A Four years old.
Q You are the mother of these eight children? A Yes sir.
Q Is William Trammell the father of them? A Yes sir.
Q These children all live with you at your home? A Yes sir.
Two years later Sarah traveled back to Muskogee, where on June 3rd she testified again before the Dawes Commission. Her testimony is not repeated below, but at that time she gave her date of birth as May 1, 1857. The key issue for the Dawes Commission was whether Sarah’s grandmother had taken advantage of the offer in Article 14 of the Treaty of Dancing Creek of 1830 to declare herself a US citizen and receive an allotment of land in Mississippi. Her grandmother had died 60 years earlier in Tennessee, long before Sarah was born, and she and her sisters did not know whether their grandmother had complied with article 14 or not. So in February, 1903, the Dawes Commission denied their request for allotments in Indian Territory. Sarah was no doubt keenly disappointed. On August 21, 1904, she passed away in Johnsonville. She was survived by her husband and eight children, the oldest being 24, the youngest being 10.
After her family moved to Baxter County, in northern Arkansas, she met William Trammell, whose family was well known in Mountain Home, the county seat. According to the 1900 census, they were married in 1876 or 1877. The 1880 census shows them living near the southeast corner of Mountain Home Square, evidently on Baker Street, just south of 7th, where Bill worked as a blacksmith. In this photo of the south side of the square, their place would have been on the side street, between the visible shops and the church in the background. Her parents lived fifteen miles away, on the east bank of the North Fork, near Gamaliel, along with her sister Alice and her brother John and his children. When her parents died and her brother was imprisoned for making whiskey, she evidently took in his son William, because he learned the blacksmithing trade, most likely from her husband. Around 1884 Sarah and her family, along with William, moved back to Franklin County, Arkansas, where they had lived prior to 1874. Two of her sisters lived there, and numerous cousins, children of John Mantooth. All of them shared a socially significant factor: their grandmother, Jennie Yates (1789-1842), was a Choctaw Indian from Mississippi. As it happens, Indian Territory was quickly developing under the five civilized tribes, one of which was the Choctaw Nation, and it was open for settlement by descendants of those tribes. Her father had visited the Choctaw Nation in 1874, and her cousin Andrew Jackson Mantooth had moved there around 1872, only to die the next year. In 1887, Sarah and her family moved to Choctaw Nation, most likely with her sister Mary Jane Bryant Brown and her family. They settled near San Bois, in what is now Haskell County, which at that time was the capital of Choctaw Nation. In 1890 her sister Emma and her family moved there as well, and in 1892 her youngest sister Alice joined them, Her sister Mary Jane died there in 1899 and was buried in the San Bois cemetery. (A few years later the town was moved to Kinta/Beaver to be near the new railroad line.)
In 1890 her brother John, now called “WT Mantooth,” opened a general store in Johnsonville, in Chickasaw Nation, and evidently he encouraged his sisters and his son William to move there. This they did, and the 1900 census shows Sarah and her family living on a farm near Johnsonville, with her nephew William and his family living next to them, working as a blacksmith. It shows her widowed sister Emma and divorced sister Alice living in Johnsonville itself, and her sister Amanda living in a town further south. The census also records that Sarah has born 15 children, of whom 8 are still living.
On September 19, 1900, Sarah and her sister Alice and her niece Cathern Kochendarfer traveled to Muskogee to apply to the Dawes Commission for an allotment of land in Johnsonville, Chickasaw Nation, based on their Choctaw ancestry. (Choctaws and Chickasaws had equal land rights in either nation.) She had been interviewed in 1896 as well. Below is some of the testimony that Sarah gave, in her own words:
Q What is your name? A Sarah A. Trammell.
Q What is your age? A Forty-four.
Q What is your post-office address? A Johnson, I. T.
Q Do you live in the Indian Territory? A Tea sir.
Q How long have you resided in the Indian Territory? A Thirteen years.
Q Have you resided in the Indian Territory continuously for the last thirteen years? A Yes sir.
Q Where did you live prior to that? A I lived in Arkansas.
Q Where were you born? A Tennessee.
Q Did you come from Tennessee to Arkansas? A Yes sir.
Q And from Arkansas to the Indian Territory? A Yea sir.
Q Did you ever live in Mississippi? A No sir.
Q How much Choctaw blood do you claim? A One quarter.
Q What is your father's name? A William Bryant?
Q Is your father living? A No sir.
Q What is your mother's name? A Mary Bryant.
Q Is your mother living? A No air.
Q Through which one of your parents do you claim your Choctaw blood? A My mother.
Q When did your mother die? A Twenty years ago.
Q What was the name of your ancestor who lived in Mississippi in 1830 when the treaty was made between the United States and the Choctaw tribe of Indians and who was a recognized member of that tribe of Indians at that time?
A My great grand mother's name was Susan Millsaps and my grandmother's name was Janie Yates. We are told they were full bloods.
Q What do you claim? A I claim the benefits of the Mississippi Choctaws. The right.
Q You don't claim under the fourteenth article but claim under the other provisions of the treaty of 1830? Is that correct?
A Yes sir.
Q Are you married? A Yes sir.
Q What is your husband's name? A William Trammell.
Q Is he living? A Yes sir.
Q Is he a white man? A Yes sir.
Q Do you make any claim for him? A No sir.
Q Where did you marry him? A In Arkansas.
Q. When? A About twenty four years ago.
Q Have you any children under twenty one year a of ago and unmarried for whom you desire to make application? A Yes sir, I have eight.
Q. What are their names and ages? A Thomas Trammell, his age is twenty.
Q All right. Go ahead. A The next one is eighteen, Alonzo Trammell.
Q All right. Go ahead. A George Trammell.
Q How old is George? A He is fifteen years old.
Q The next one? A He is twelve years old.
9. What is his name? A Frank.
Q The next one? A Edward.
Q How old is Edward? A He is ten years old.
Q The next one? A Maggie.
Q How old is Maggie? A She is eight years old.
Q The next one? A William.
Q How old is William? A He is six years old.
Q The next one? A Albert.
Q How old is Albert? A Four years old.
Q You are the mother of these eight children? A Yes sir.
Q Is William Trammell the father of them? A Yes sir.
Q These children all live with you at your home? A Yes sir.
Two years later Sarah traveled back to Muskogee, where on June 3rd she testified again before the Dawes Commission. Her testimony is not repeated below, but at that time she gave her date of birth as May 1, 1857. The key issue for the Dawes Commission was whether Sarah’s grandmother had taken advantage of the offer in Article 14 of the Treaty of Dancing Creek of 1830 to declare herself a US citizen and receive an allotment of land in Mississippi. Her grandmother had died 60 years earlier in Tennessee, long before Sarah was born, and she and her sisters did not know whether their grandmother had complied with article 14 or not. So in February, 1903, the Dawes Commission denied their request for allotments in Indian Territory. Sarah was no doubt keenly disappointed. On August 21, 1904, she passed away in Johnsonville. She was survived by her husband and eight children, the oldest being 24, the youngest being 10.
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