Mary was the daughter of Gideon (?) and Nancy Beams. She was probably born in the early or mid 1830s maybe in Choctaw Nation, Mississippi. Her mother Nancy Beams was born about 1807 and was the daughter of William Beams (white) and Nelly Beams (black). The identity of her father is unclear. It's not known if he was Choctaw or mulatto himself or if he was even a Beams. Given that Mary was accepted and enrolled as Indian her father must have been some part Indian.
Mary first had a daughter Katie by Ben Broadnax. By the mid 1850s she was the wife of Siah Barnett a Creek Indian. After the Civil War the Barnett family moved from the Muskogee area to the Bryant area in Okmulgee county. Siah's brother Jim owned a store. Mary lived near the Barnett-Fisher cemetery which was part of her land allotment.
In early September 1915 as reported in the Okmulgee, Muskogee and Blackwell newspapers she took a trip (evidently by rail) with a granddaughter(s) to Muskogee to draw some money from the government and to use some of that money to have her eyes treated by a specialist. In Muskogee she took her first automobile ride in a taxi. When she found out the cost of the treatment (several hundred dollars) she decided to return home. They had to borrow money to take a train back to Okmulgee and then contact relatives in Henryetta. In the newspaper article she claimed to have been born in 1812 during the War which is obviously not true. She also thought she was from Georgia so she didn't quite know geography. She claimed she was part of the Choctaw Removal but her family probably escaped Mississippi a few years earlier. "Mrs Barnett, although a Choctaw, married a Creek Warrior and was adopted into the tribe. She is living with her only living child David Barnett of Bryant. Five daughters are dead."
Mary first had a daughter Katie by Ben Broadnax. By the mid 1850s she was the wife of Siah Barnett a Creek Indian. After the Civil War the Barnett family moved from the Muskogee area to the Bryant area in Okmulgee county. Siah's brother Jim owned a store. Mary lived near the Barnett-Fisher cemetery which was part of her land allotment.
In early September 1915 as reported in the Okmulgee, Muskogee and Blackwell newspapers she took a trip (evidently by rail) with a granddaughter(s) to Muskogee to draw some money from the government and to use some of that money to have her eyes treated by a specialist. In Muskogee she took her first automobile ride in a taxi. When she found out the cost of the treatment (several hundred dollars) she decided to return home. They had to borrow money to take a train back to Okmulgee and then contact relatives in Henryetta. In the newspaper article she claimed to have been born in 1812 during the War which is obviously not true. She also thought she was from Georgia so she didn't quite know geography. She claimed she was part of the Choctaw Removal but her family probably escaped Mississippi a few years earlier. "Mrs Barnett, although a Choctaw, married a Creek Warrior and was adopted into the tribe. She is living with her only living child David Barnett of Bryant. Five daughters are dead."
Mary was the daughter of Gideon (?) and Nancy Beams. She was probably born in the early or mid 1830s maybe in Choctaw Nation, Mississippi. Her mother Nancy Beams was born about 1807 and was the daughter of William Beams (white) and Nelly Beams (black). The identity of her father is unclear. It's not known if he was Choctaw or mulatto himself or if he was even a Beams. Given that Mary was accepted and enrolled as Indian her father must have been some part Indian.
Mary first had a daughter Katie by Ben Broadnax. By the mid 1850s she was the wife of Siah Barnett a Creek Indian. After the Civil War the Barnett family moved from the Muskogee area to the Bryant area in Okmulgee county. Siah's brother Jim owned a store. Mary lived near the Barnett-Fisher cemetery which was part of her land allotment.
In early September 1915 as reported in the Okmulgee, Muskogee and Blackwell newspapers she took a trip (evidently by rail) with a granddaughter(s) to Muskogee to draw some money from the government and to use some of that money to have her eyes treated by a specialist. In Muskogee she took her first automobile ride in a taxi. When she found out the cost of the treatment (several hundred dollars) she decided to return home. They had to borrow money to take a train back to Okmulgee and then contact relatives in Henryetta. In the newspaper article she claimed to have been born in 1812 during the War which is obviously not true. She also thought she was from Georgia so she didn't quite know geography. She claimed she was part of the Choctaw Removal but her family probably escaped Mississippi a few years earlier. "Mrs Barnett, although a Choctaw, married a Creek Warrior and was adopted into the tribe. She is living with her only living child David Barnett of Bryant. Five daughters are dead."
Mary first had a daughter Katie by Ben Broadnax. By the mid 1850s she was the wife of Siah Barnett a Creek Indian. After the Civil War the Barnett family moved from the Muskogee area to the Bryant area in Okmulgee county. Siah's brother Jim owned a store. Mary lived near the Barnett-Fisher cemetery which was part of her land allotment.
In early September 1915 as reported in the Okmulgee, Muskogee and Blackwell newspapers she took a trip (evidently by rail) with a granddaughter(s) to Muskogee to draw some money from the government and to use some of that money to have her eyes treated by a specialist. In Muskogee she took her first automobile ride in a taxi. When she found out the cost of the treatment (several hundred dollars) she decided to return home. They had to borrow money to take a train back to Okmulgee and then contact relatives in Henryetta. In the newspaper article she claimed to have been born in 1812 during the War which is obviously not true. She also thought she was from Georgia so she didn't quite know geography. She claimed she was part of the Choctaw Removal but her family probably escaped Mississippi a few years earlier. "Mrs Barnett, although a Choctaw, married a Creek Warrior and was adopted into the tribe. She is living with her only living child David Barnett of Bryant. Five daughters are dead."
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