Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick b. 23 Oct 1872 Indian Territory d. 20 Jun 1893 Marlow, Indian Territory: Strong McLemore Ancestry

1872 - 1893 (20 years)

Name	Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick [1]
Nickname	Mollie
Birth	23 Oct 1872	Indian Territory [2]
Gender	Female
Death	20 Jun 1893	Marlow, Indian Territory [3, 4]
Burial	Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma [2, 5]
Notes	Viki Anderson "Viki's Little Corner of the Web," http://www.roark-family.org/ shows that John David and Francis Dunephine had a child between 1872 and 1874. Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" writes that John David Hardwick and Frances Dunephin "had a DAUGHTER, name not known." (Emphasis added). It appears that this daughter must be Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick, born 23 Oct 1872 in Indian Territory. Mollie married Thomas Bunker Payne in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, in 1891. She died in 1893, leaving behind her husband and one son, Thomas Hamilton Payne II. Thomas Bunker Payne later enrolled in the Chickasaw Nation based on his marriage to Mollie. The actual marriage license between Thomas and Mary shows her last name as HARDWICK. Thomas B. Payne's application for enrollment in the Chickasaw Nation by marriage shows the name as HARDRICK. That spelling appears to be incorrect. All circumstantial evidence points to this being the only family into which Mary "Mollie" Hardwick, the wife of Thomas B. Payne, could fit. However, there is not as yet any definative proof. PLEASE EMAIL US at stxstrong@gmail.com if you can provide more information about the child of John David Hardwick and Sarah Dunephine, and/or help us prove or disprove that this child was Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick.
Person ID	I5921	Strong Family Tree
Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

Father	John David "Dave" Hardwick, b. Between 1850 and 1852, Mississippi d. 23 Oct 1889, Paris, Lamar County, Texas (Age ~ 39 years)
Mother	Sarah Frances Dunephin, b. Bef 1855 d. Yes, date unknown
Marriage	8 Feb 1872	Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [6, 7]
	Hardwick, John David Dunephin, Sarah Frances 2/8/72 Thos.C.S. Boyd, Chief Justice Pickens Co. Pickens Co. Records http://www.chickasawhistory.com/g_mar_2.htm
Family ID	F10383	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Thomas Bunker Payne, b. 24 Nov 1864, Shelby County, Missouri d. 11 Oct 1906, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma (Age 41 years)

Marriage 11 Jul 1891 Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory [1]

In the matter of the application for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation, Thomas B. Payne was sworn before the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes in Chickasha, I.T. on October 15, 1902 and testified as follows:

Q What is your name? A Thomas B. Payne Q How old are you? A I was born in sixty-four the 24th day of November. Q What is your post office address? A Arthur Q How do you spell that A A-r-t-h-u-r I think, Q That is in the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes, sir. Q How long have you resided in the Chickasaw Nation? A I have been here about sixteen or seventeen years. Q Lived here continuously for the past seventeen years? A Yes, sir. Q White man? A Yes, sir. Q Applicant to this Commission for enrollment as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes, sir. Q What is the name of your Chickasaw wife? A Mollie Hardrick Q She is a citizen by blood of the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes, sir. Q Always recognized and enrolled as such? A Yes, sir. Q When was you married to her? A I disremember just when it was; the Comission has a certified copy of my license; it was in eighty-nine or ninety I think. Q Were you married with her in accordance with the Chickasaw license? A Yes, sir; I paid fifty dollars for the license. Q Was you ever married before you married that woman? A No, sir. Q Was she ever married before? A No, sir. Q Was you married to her in the Chickasaw Nation? A Yes; near Ardmore. Q Your Chickasaw wife now dead? A Yes, sir. Q When did she die? A It was the 20th day of this last June I think ten years ago. Q You lived together until that time? A Yes, sir; until she died. A She has been dead about nine years now? A Yes, sir. Q Have you remarried since her death? A Yes, sir; I have. Q When? A It was about this time four years ago when I enrolled and married some time in February or March. Q Whom did you marry? A A girl by the name of James. Q She is a white woman? A Yes, sir. Q Never recognized in any manner as a citizen of the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations? A No, sir. Q Where were you married to her? A In the Indian Territory. Q Married under a United States license? A Yes, sir. Q Living with this woman still? A Yes, sir. Q How long did you say you have been living with her? A Since February or March, I think in February after the Commission was through some time in this month four years ago. Q You were married then the February after you made your application to the Commission? A Yes, sir. Q That would be in Ninety-nine? A Yes, I think so. Q You have lived with this woman about three years? A Yes, sir. Q Have you any children by her? A Yes, sir.

G. Rosenwinkel being duly sworn on his oath states that as stenographer to the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes her reported in full all the proceedings had in the above entitled cause on October 15, 1902, and that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct transcript of his stenographic notes in said cause on said date.

The commission followed the ruling of the Department of the Interior in the case of Thornton D. Pearce (I.T.D. 4060-1904) relative to the question of forfeiture, and Thomas B. Payne was enrolled as a citizen by intermarriage of the Chickasaw Nation on September 8, 1904.

He received a land allotment in Tishomingo, Indian Territory on December 20, 1904. His P.O. Box at the time was Marlow, Indian Territory. The land was in Sections 29 and 30, Town IN, Range 5W. He received a total of 190 acres with a value of $1,000. (Certificates 10150 and 13786).

In his sworn testimony, above, Tom states that he married Mollie in 1889 or 1890. This is supported by the fact that they can be found as husband and wife on the 1890 Chickasaw Census. However, the transcribed "Copy" of his actual marriage license, which was part of his Dawes enrollment packet, showed that they married on 11 July 1891 in Pickens county. There may have been an error on the transcription, or it could be that they were married in 1889, and remarried under a Chickasaw license in 1891.

Children

1. Thomas Hamilton Payne, II, b. 20 Mar 1893, Marlow, Indian Territory

d. 12 Dec 1957, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

(Age 64 years)

Family ID F3055 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Jun 2013

Event Map

Death - 20 Jun 1893 - Marlow, Indian Territory

Burial - - Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma

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Headstones
Payne, Mary "Mollie" (Hardwick)

Payne, Mary "Mollie" (Hardwick)
Close up of the Inscription

Sources

[S459] Chickasaw Nation, Enrollment Application, Chic 1279, Thomas B. Payne.
[S257] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, Oklahoma, Stephens Co., Marlow Cemetery Records.
[S459] Chickasaw Nation, Enrollment Application, Chic 1279, Thomas B. Payne, In 1902, he answered the commissions question as to his lat e wife's death date by saying "It was the 20th day of thi s last June I think ten years ago." (1892). However, it mus t have been nine years, a s their son was born in March 189 3. (Reliability: 3).
[S257] Courtesy of Kenneth Harvey, Oklahoma, Stephens Co., Marlow Cemetery Records, These insteasd show the DOD as June 25, 1893. (Reliability: 3).
[S124] Harvey, Kenneth C--Family Member; Gedcom, Printed Descendants Reports of Payne and Gentry Families, Correspondence.
[S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Johnston, Lissa (mail@lissajohnston.com) "Jones/Johnston An cestors" Updated 2008-07-28; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry. com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=lissaj (Reliability: 3).
[S682] Lemons, Nova A., Compiler and Editor "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" Timbercreek Ltd., Rt. 1 Box 242, Miami, OK 74354, 1997.