Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her 1896 Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw
Indian Territory
Southern Division ss
Personally Appeared before me Geo. M. Truax, a Notary Public, in and for above named Southern Division, W. L. Cochran, who first being duly sworn according to Law, on oath says,
I am personally acquainted with Margret Clark and know that she is an African Woman, and belonged to R. L. Cochran, a Choctaw Citizen, and was his Slave at the time of the Treaty of 1866. She was at the home of R. L. Cochran as his Slave, in Pickens Co., Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, when above named Treaty of 1866 was signed. I will further state I am 62 years of age and a Citizen of the Choctaw Nation, and have no interest in this claim.
W. L. Cochran
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of August A.D. 1896.
Geo. H. Truax,
Notary Public.
- Title
- Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her 1896 Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw
- Description
- In this sworn statement, W. L. Cochran attested that Margaret Clark, "an African woman," was enslaved by R. L. Cochran in the Choctaw Nation until the Treaty of 1866 was signed. The statement was made in support of Margaret Clark's application for enrollment in the Choctaw Nation under the Act of June 10, 1896 which authorized the Dawes Commission to add names to existing tribal rolls.
- Date
- 1896-08-26
- Temporal Coverage
- Territorial Expansion
- Gilded Age
- Jim Crow Era
- Exclusion Era
- Allotment and Assimilation Era
- Progressive Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Document Type
- Government Record
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Archival Source
- W. L. Cochran Sworn Affidavit, Margaret Clark #1042, Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes Under the Act of 1896, Microfilm Publication M1650, Roll 13, National Archives and Records Administration
- Contributor
- Keziah Anderson
- Title
- Sworn Statement of W. L. Cochran as to the Enslavement of Margaret Clark in 1866 in Support of Her 1896 Application for Enrollment as a Choctaw
- Description
- In this sworn statement, W. L. Cochran attested that Margaret Clark, "an African woman," was enslaved by R. L. Cochran in the Choctaw Nation until the Treaty of 1866 was signed. The statement was made in support of Margaret Clark's application for enrollment in the Choctaw Nation under the Act of June 10, 1896 which authorized the Dawes Commission to add names to existing tribal rolls.
- Date
- 1896-08-26
- Temporal Coverage
- Territorial Expansion
- Gilded Age
- Jim Crow Era
- Exclusion Era
- Allotment and Assimilation Era
- Progressive Era
- Long Civil Rights Movement
- Document Type
- Government Record
- Document Category
- Primary Source
- Archival Source
- W. L. Cochran Sworn Affidavit, Margaret Clark #1042, Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, Relating to Enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes Under the Act of 1896, Microfilm Publication M1650, Roll 13, National Archives and Records Administration
- Contributor
- Keziah Anderson