Commission
Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Choctaw Papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MC.1964.43
Guidebook to Manuscripts
From "Guidebook to Manuscripts", 1969: These are various papers regarding money due the Indians from sale of lands under the terms of the Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty. The "land warrants" are signed by the Indians with their marks. Some documents relating to George Durant as Commissioner of the Court of Claims and papers regarding this office, mostly in the 1870's, and an Act to improve the procedure of the Probate Court signed by Allen Wright are also included in the collection. There is one...
Dates:
1846-1903
[Commission of George Durant as the Commissioner on the Court of Claims of the Choctaw Nation], November 7, 1872
Item — Box 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
Commission of George Durant as the Commissioner on the Court of Claims of the Choctaw Nation, signed by William Bryant
Dates:
November 7, 1872
Commission of Wm. West as District Sheriff of the Canadian District, November 16, 1881
Item — Folder 468: [Barcode: 61.468]
Identifier: 4026.2053
Description
The word "Bond" is written in blue pencil at the top of the page. Commission was by D. W. Bushyhead, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Folder 468
Dates:
November 16, 1881