James Henry

James was a Creek Indian from the Muskogee Nation, Oklahoma

The Muscogee (Creek) were not a single tribe or people but a loose confederation (or association) of tribes and chiefdoms. Because most spoke a variation of the Muscogee language, the Creeks were sometimes called Muscogees.

There were two distinct groups. The Upper Muscogee (Creek) lived in towns and villages in the northern half of Alabama. The Lower Muscogee (Creek)* lived in towns and villages in western Georgia, southern Alabama, and northern Florida.

Mayo, Geo. U, and Benjamin Harrison. Indian territory: compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under the supervision of Geo. U. Mayo. [S.l, 1887] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/98687105/>.

Biography:
James was born c. 1872 according to his Dawes Card #9343 issued May 2, 1901, which indicates he is 29.

His father is listed as Bat Henry, and his mother Millie Henry. Both were dead at Okfuskee Town, Canadian District, IT. James was enrolled at Eufaula, the county seat of McIntosh County, and named after a Muscogee tribal town in Alabama. His card notes that he lived with his son William Givens on January 1, 1912.

Hastain’s Township Plats of the Creek Nation was published by E. Hastain in Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1910. This publication shows the location of allotments to members of the Muscogee Nation.

James was transferred to the Canton Asylum on August 31, 1923, from the Oklahoma Central State Hospital in Norman, Oklahoma. He appears to have been a patient in the Canton Asylum between then and sometime before June 30, 1927.

His profile is part of the https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Canton_Asylum.

Research Notes:
-James is NOT indicated in the 1927 Canton Asylum male census indicating that he had died (or been discharged) before June 30, 1927.
-No annual censuses were taken for the Five Civilized Tribes, who relied more on the various rolls.
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Sources:

1901 May 2 - Enrollment for Creek Census Card by Blood 3383, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Series: Enrollment Cards File Unit: Dawes Enrollment Cards for Creek, Citizens by blood (BB), 3300-3399 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/266197

1924 Jun 30 -“Indian Census Rolls, 1885-1940 [Microform].” Internet Archive, Washington : National Archives and Records Service, 1965, archive.org/details/indiancensusroll138unit/page/n137/mode/1up?view=theater. Accessed 29 Feb. 2024, pg. 513/519, line 19, Canton Asylum male census

1925 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298?objectPage=116, line 19, Canton Asylum male census

1926 Jun 30 - Canton Insane Asylum: 1923-33; Cantonment School, pg. 370/1140: 1910-27, Series: Superintendents' Annual Narrative and Statistical Reports 1910 – 1935, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 7th and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20408 @ https://catalog.archives.gov/id/155855298?objectPage=167, line 17, Canton Asylum male census

?1963 Apr - "United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY5M-ZYS : 10 January 2021), James Henry, Apr 1963; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
Name James Henry
State Oklahoma
Residence Place Oklahoma
Age 87
Birth Date 19 Jan 1876
Death Date Apr 1963