John C. Hardwick

Notes:

Hardwick, John C.- white resident among the Chickasaws, was possibly the
last white man to marry a Chickasaw in Mississippi. He married Elizabeth
Jane Boyd (born February 3, 1828), daughter of James M. and Nancy Boyd,
in Marshall County, Mississippi. on November 25, 1844 (1). The couple
lived in Tippah County, Mississippi, in 1850, but moved west in 1852.
When they died is unknown, though they were in Pickens County in the
Chickasaw Nation in 1870. they were the parents of James (1847), Joseph
C. (1850-1884), John David (1852-1889), George D. (1854-1889), and Nancy
(married John T. Huff) (2).

(1) Garland, 130-134.
(2) Ibid. John C. Hardwick was probably related to the Bourlands.
John B. Bourland, son of Ebenezer Bourland, was born in Hopkins County,
Kentucky, and married Nancy R. Hardwick, daughter of James Hardwick of
Tennessee and wife Nancy Melar (Speer and Brown, ARK:35).
That is the only Hardwick listed. There are no Hardricks...

From "Who Was Who Among The Southern Indians", (Page 204)
a genealogical notebook, 1698-1907 by Don Martini, 929.314, printed in
1998, Falkner, MS. It is a guide to the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Creek Indian
tribes and the relatives/possible relatives.

(Transcription by Lola Crane, original not viewed)

Lissa Johnston shows he was the Sheriff of Pickens County, Oklahoma in 1870. She cites Marie King Garland's book, "Chickasaw Loves and Allied Families" as the source of her information about the Hardwick family.

In April, 1872, J.C. Hardwick was summoned as a witness on a (judical) case and paid $5 for his services.

On October 16, 1872, the County Judge appointed J.C. Hardwick County Treasury of Pickens County.

On the 21 of May, 1873, J.C. Hardwick was ordered to pay himself $1000 for building and furnishing a court house for Pickens County.

(Research):Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Tippah County, The Third Division
Enumerated 9 September 1850
155-155
John Hardwick 35 M Farmer Tenn
Jane Hardwick 28 F Miss
James Hardwick 3 M Miss
John Hardwick 2/12 M Miss

1860 Census
The Choctaw Nation, Indian Lands, Arkansas, P. O. Skullyville
Enumerated 29 October 1860
Page 19
216-216
James M. Boyd 63 M Farmer Mississippi
Mat Ault 30 M Miller Pennsylvania
John Ireby 31 M Wagoner Alabama
Christopher Wagoner 30 M Sawyer in Mill Germany
John C. Hardwick 35 M Carpenter Tennessee
J.W. Beam 31 M Carpenter S. Carolina

John married Elizabeth Jane Boyd on 25 Dec 1844 in Marshall County, Mississippi. Elizabeth (daughter of James M. Boyd and Nancy Mahota Love) was born on 3 Feb 1828 in Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not found on the 1878 Chickasaw annuity rolls with his brothers. Did he die young? Move away from the Indian Territories? Please email if you know more about James Hardwick.

Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" writes that James was born in 1847 and died in youth.

Notes:

His tombstone has his date of birth as March 31, 1850, and date of death as January 1, 1884.

Could he have been born later than 1850? Not listed with his parents on the 1850 Tippah County, Mississippi census, although a John, 2 months old, is listed.

From National Archives M2086 Roll 1

1878 Chickasaw Annuity Roll Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

#64-Hardwick Dave 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total (Brother)

#65 Hardwick George 1 Male Head of Household 1 Family Member Total (Brother)

#193 Hardwick J C 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total

Pickens County Court Records GS 1666430

16 Feb 1871 the following named summons were issued to L.M. Parker, Simon Keel, Charles Love, James H. Jones, David Jones, Brit Willis, Jo Hardwick. Docketed for March Term of County Court. The above defendants were summoned to attend on March 7, 1876 to answer the complaint of said court. Reported for introducing intoxicating spiritous liquors into Pickens County. Also with rioting at the house temporarily occupied by Wallace Word, Unah in tubby and others. Also rioting at the house of Mr. Williams. (Note: it appears that the case against Brit Willis, Joseph Hardwick and Charles Love was taken up and investigated and dismissed by the court).

In August 1875, Joe C. Hardwick was summoned as a witness for the Chickasaw Nation vs. Walison. Joe C Hardwick saw Walison with a pistol.

Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" writes that he was "killed on January 1, 1884. He was a sheriff."

Joseph married Sally Beth Huff on 7 Jan 1876 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Sally was born on 16 Feb 1857; died before 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John David "Dave" Hardwick might actually have been born early than 1852, as two month old John Hardwick is listed with his parents and brother James at the time of the 1850 census. Or did that earlier census record actually relate to Joseph, said to have been born in 1850?

"Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II"; compiled and edited by Nova A. Lemons, contains a sketch of the Hardwick Family submitted by Jon Eastman Hardwick of Baird, Texas (now deceased). He stated that John David Hardwick was an U.S. mashal and was killed in the line of duty. John and Creacy were both buried in the old Harney graveyard. He thought that the cemetery was moved to near Woodville at the time Lake Texoma was built.

The FORT SMITH CRIMINAL CASE FILES, 1866-1900, references a case involving Dave Hardwick. It related to an incident that took place 23 January 1883 in Texas "on the Indian Nation." Charles CRISWELL testified that on that night a party of five men, including Milton B. OVERTON, Brit WILLIS and Dave HARDWICK came to his home and asked to stay the night and have their horses fed. They also wanted supper. He went to feed the horses and then Milton Overton "got after my wife (Sarah CRISWELL)" ----she jumped the fence and ran into the smokehouse. He grabbed her by the ankle, and Charles tried to push him away. Milton pulled out his pistol and Sarah CRISWELL hollered because she was afraid. Then HARDWICK came out with a pistol. Charles told him to put up the gun so no one would get hurt. HARDWICK told OVERTON to "behave himself and let the Woman get supper". The defendants later said they came from Sherman and had rented the horses out of the stable Charles said he was born in South Carolina and he was an Irishman. His wife was born in Grayson Co and was a White Woman and not an Indian. CRISWELL reported that Milton OVERTON told him the next morning that he was a Chickasaw, he said they were all Chickasaws. Charles said that he married his wife about 5 or 6 months previously in Grayson county. She was 35 and had been married once before. He said that HARDWICK did not molest his wife that night, and that as quick as Brit WILLIS got off his horse that evening, he had said he was sick and went straight to bed and did not attempt to molest his wife. Lewis COLBERT also did not attempt to molest his wife in any way---none of the defendants attempted to molest his wife in any way except Milton OVERTON. CRISWELL also said that he had heard later from a neighbor that the defendant Dave HARDWICK was an officer. Dave HARDWICK testified he was Constable in the Chickasaw Nation. He said he had four men with him as a posse to assist in making an arrest. They were Milton OVERTON, Brit WILLIS, Frank McLISH, and Lewis COLBERT. Milton Overton was 19 or 20 years of age and they "were all sober." He said he "did not see or hear nor was not Informed of any ??? between Milton and Mrs. Criswell on that night. I did not see Milton use any Improper Language or Conduct towards Mrs. Criswell. I did not tell Milton at any time that might to put up his pistol or behave himself when I went out to see where our Horses were and came back I said to Milton 'Come and lets go to bead that was all I said to him.'" HARDWICK further testified that he and Milton slept in the same room all night, that they had breakfast the next morning with the CRISWELL's and then paid for their keep and left. Charles CRISWELL was recalled to the stand and testified that they men were drinking something from a flask.

B. F. OVERTON, the father of Milton Overton, posted appearance bonds for everyone involved. He was Governor of the Chickasaw Nation at the time.

From About Ft. Smith Criminal Case Files, 1866-1900
Database of criminal case files

This database consists of criminal court cases of such famous outlaws as Wyatt Earp and "Cherokee Bill" Goldsby. Many of these 50,000 cases were heard by the famous "hanging" Judge Isaac C. Parker, appointed by President Grant to bring law and order to the territory of Arkansas. The descriptions provide the first and last name of the defendant, the type of crime, the year, the jacket number, and other information.

Coverage Dates:1883 - 1883 Part Of:Series: Defendant Jacket Files for U.S. District Court Western Division of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division, compiled 1866 - 1900 Access Restriction(s):Unrestricted Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted General Note(s):See also criminal defendant case file for Overton, Milton.

Variant Control Number(s):NAIL Control Number: NRFF-21-3W51-19696

(Research):From National Archives M2086 Roll 1

1878 Chickasaw Annuity Roll Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

#64-Hardwick Dave 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total

The above listing appears to be for John David Hardwick, with his wife, Crecy Harney. Is the Female child listed their newborn daughter, Ida? Or could it possibly be the older child born to Dave by his first wife, Sarah Dunephin? If this listing is for an older child, it would very possiblty be Mary T. "Mollie" Hardwick, born ca 1872, parents currently unknown. It is known, however, that Mary/Mollie was a member of the Chickasaw tribe by blood.

#65 Hardwick George 1 Male Head of Household 1 Family Member Total (Brother)

#193 Hardwick J C 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total (Brother)

John married Sarah Frances Dunephin on 8 Feb 1872 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Sarah was born before 1855; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Lucretia "Crecy/Cresy" Harney on 30 Nov 1876 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Lucretia was born in Mar 1860 in Panola County, Indian Territory; died on 22 Apr 1915 in Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma; was buried in Hardwick Plot, East Of Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From National Archives M2086 Roll 1

1878 Chickasaw Annuity Roll Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory

#64-Hardwick Dave 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total (Brother)

#65 Hardwick George 1 Male Head of Household 1 Family Member Total

#193 Hardwick J C 1 Male, 1 Female Head of Household 1 Female Child (Self) 3 Family Members Total (Brother)

Did George remain single? Please email us if you know more about George Hardwick.

Nancy married John T. Huff on 27 Apr 1876. John was born before 1856; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Listed on 1878 census with her parents. Might this actually have been Mattie?

Notes:

Mattie was shown as 1/8 Chickasaw by blood when she enrolled in the Chickasaw Nation.

Lissa Johnston shows that she later married a Mr. Norman and a Mr. Yates.

(Research):Rootsweb Native American Database
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Tribe: Chickasaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 528

Credit belongs to the staff of SW National Archives, Fort Worth, Texas, who compiled the names from the Dawes Enrollment Cards for its National Archives


Others with this Family:
Surname First Name Type Sex Age Blood %

Hardwick Joe P (Parent) M
Ryle M D P (Parent) M
Ryle Nancy P (Parent) F
Ryle Whitmill A BB (By Blood) M 30 IW
Ryle Mattie BB (By Blood) F 20 1/8
Ryle Emma BB (By Blood) F 4 1/16
Ryle Minnie May BB (By Blood) F 2 1/16 (sic, s/b Nannie)
Ryle Nannie May BB (By Blood) F 2 1/16
Ryle Jesse Lee BB (By Blood) F 1 1/16
Ryle W H BB (By Blood) M 1 1/16

Mattie married Whitmill A. "W.A." Ryle on 17 Aug 1892 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Whitmill was born in Jun 1868 in Missouri; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census, in Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, Twp 7, 20 year old Joe B. Hardwick was listed as a boarder in the home of John and Mollie Underhill. His date of birth was shown as Jun 1879, and he and his parents were all listed as being born in Indian Territory. Joe's occupation was shown as Farm Laborer.

Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw Roll.
Residence Pickens County
Post Office: Powell, Indian Territory. Dawes Roll No. 3041.
Hardwick, Joe B. Age 18. Male. 1/16. Tribal Enrollment 1897 Chick. residing in Choctaw N. 3rd District. Page 75.
Father Joe Hardwick Dead Pickens County.
Mother Sally Hardwick Dead non-citizen. Enrollment approved by the Secretary of the Interior Dec 12, 1902.

Land Allotment: Tishomingo, Indian Territory Sections 19 and 24, Town 7S, Range 5E-4E, April 20, 1903. Ardmore, Indian Territory, Section 2, Town 6s, Range 4E, Nov. 1, 1907.

Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" that Joe was believed to have married twice and sired six children.

(Research):From Rootsweb Native American Data Base:
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/nativeamerican/
Card No. 1012

Surname First Name Type Sex Age Blood %
Hardwick Alma Bell P (Parent) F
Hardwick Joe P (Parent) M
Hardwick Sally P (Parent) F
Hardwick Joe B BB (By Blood) M 18 1/16
Hardwick Montia B BB (By Blood) F 1 1/32

Joe married Alma Bell Lindsey on 26 Jun 1900 in Southern District, Indian Territory. Alma was born about 1883; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lissa Johnston shows he married Mary GILL, and they were the parents of Mattie and Frank.

At the time of the 1900 Census, in Indian Territory, Pickens Chickasaw Nation, Twp 6, an 18 year old David Hardwick, Indian, born Jan 1882 in Indian Territory with parents born in Mississippi and Tennessee, was a boarder and listed as "At School" in the Earnest and Amelia LINN home.

(Research):From Rootsweb Native American Data Base:
http://userdb.rootsweb.ancestry.com/nativeamerican/

Name: Hardwick, David
Tribe: Chickasaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 19
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: 1036
Roll No.: 3109

Credit belongs to the staff of SW National Archives, Fort Worth, Texas, who compiled the names from the Dawes Enrollment Cards for its National Archives
Others with this Family:
Surname First Name Type Sex Age Blood %
Hardwick Joe P (Parent) M
Hardwick Mary P (Parent) F
Hardwick Sally P (Parent) F
Hardwick David BB (By Blood) M 19 1/16
Hardwick Frank H BB (By Blood) M 1 1/32
Hardwick Mattie BB (By Blood) F 1 1/32

David married Mary Gill on 30 Aug 1899 in Indian Territory. Mary was born between 1881 and 1883; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1900 census (Indian Territory, Chickasaw Nation, Twp 8, District 149) , Lilburn Hardwick, age 14 and born Sept 1885, was a Lodger in the home of Dr. C. B. and Martha E. Martin. he was shown as born in Indian Territory, along with his father, and his mother instead listed as born in Missouri. His occcupation was shown as "At School."

Chickasaw Nation. Chickasaw Roll. Residence Pickens County Post Office: Willis, Indian Territory. Dawes Roll No. 3060. Hardwick, Lilburn. Age 16. Male. 1/16. Tribal Enrollment 1897 Chick. residing in Choctaw N. 3rd District. Page 75. Father Joe Hardwick Dead Pickens County. Mother Sally Hardwick Dead non-citizen. Enrollment approved by the Secretary of the Interior Dec 12, 1902. (On Chickasaw roll as Lilbun Hardwick).

Land Allotment: Tishomingo, Indian Territory Sections 29 and 32, Town 6S, Range 4E, Nov 21, 1903 (320 acres, value $1,040).

The Daily Oklahoman
October 20, 1941
J. L. Hardwick, Police Officer Here, Is Dead

James Lilburn Hardwick, 57 year old police officer, was stricken by a heart ailment Sunday while washing his automobile in the driveway of his home, 936 West Commerce avenue, and died en route to Samaritan hospital.

Hardwick, a member of the department since Nov. 11, 1927, was a familiar figure to Capital Hill residents, where he walked one of the few remaining beats in the city, and directed traffic the last year. For many years prior to that his beat was on Reno and California avenues from Harvey to Santa Fe avenue.

He was born Dec. 31, 1883, on a ranch in Marshall County. His father, Joseph Hardwick, was United States marshal here in territory days.

Hardwick came to Oklahoma City before the run of '89 and worked at Wilson & Co. many years before being appointed to the old highway enforcement division of the state license bureau. He was a rate clerk and a guard at the state treasurer's office and served as a special officer at a bus station before joining the police department.

Surviving, in addition to wife, Minnie, are a son, Lilburn Leo Hardwick, 3500 South Harvey avenue; a daughter, Betty Jo, of the home address, and a brother, Dave Hardwick, Port Angeles, Wash.

Arrangements will be announced by the Capitol Hill funeral home.

(Research):From Rootsweb Native American Database
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Native American Data for Joe Hardwick
Name: Hardwick, Joe
Tribe: Chickasaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 1019

Credit belongs to the staff of SW National Archives, Fort Worth, Texas, who compiled the names from the Dawes Enrollment Cards for its National Archives

http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/rolls-index.html?u?

?/u?First Name Type Sex Age Blood %
Hardwick Joe P (Parent) M
Hardwick Sally P (Parent) F
Hardwick Lilburn BB (By Blood) M 16 1/16

Census Listings:

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Precinct 6
Enumerated 17 January 1920
SD 5 ED 161 Sheet 13B and 14A
207-288-299
Hardwick, James L Hd M W 37 M Ok Ok Tn Skil Laborer Morris and Co
Hardwick, Minnie F Wf F W 25 M Tx NC NC
Hardwick, Mary L Dtr F W 5 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Lilburn L Son M W 3 S Ok Ok Ok

1930 Census
Oklahoma, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma City, Ward 4rth
Enumerated April 10, 1930
ED 55-136 SD 5?th Sheet 13B
South West 26
500-148-5
Hardwick, James Hd R $37 M W 45 M@27 Ok Calif Calif Policeman City
Hardwick, Minnie Wf Wf F W 33 M@16 Ok Tx Tx
Hardwick, Loraine Dtr F W 16 S Ok Ok Ok
Hardwick, Leo Son M W 12 S Tx Ok Ok
Hardwick, Betty Jo Dtr F W 6 S Ok Ok Ok

James married Minnie Ida Webster before 1915. Minnie was born about 1895 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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.

Mary married Thomas Bunker Payne on 11 Jul 1891 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Thomas (son of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born on 24 Nov 1864 in Shelby County, Missouri; died on 11 Oct 1906 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Dawes Enrollment packet of George Mutz indicated that is took some time for him to be enrolled as a citizen by intermarriage. The fact that he and Ida married first under a U.S. marriage license, and married again some four years later under a tribal license appeared to be one factor. Additionally, it appeared that the Choctaw and Chickasaw attornies originally protested the enrollment on the grounds that they suspected Ida was actually a full sister of George W. Blevins, Annie B. Roberts, John Orndorf and Mattie Hybarger, and first requested that a full examination be made of the records to determine who the parents of Ida Hardwick Mutz were. The chairman of the enrollment commision stated that upon examination, it was determined that Ida was indeed the daughter of Dave Hardwick, now deceased, who was a citizen by blood and resident of Pickens County, and Creecy Merriman, who was presently age 42 and a citizen by blood.

"Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II"; compiled and edited by Nova A. Lemons, contains a sketch of the Hardwick Family submitted by Jon Eastman Hardwick of Baird, Texas (now deceased). He stated that Ida was born in April 1877 and died in 1915. J. W. Honeysuckle, in a article below relating to the death of Ida Mutz and her mother, Crecy Harney Hardwick Merriman, stated that Ida had been first married to his brother, a Honeysuckle, prior to her marriage to George Mutz.

TWO WOMEN SLAIN IN FAMILY FEUD

Marshall County Farmer's Home Scene of Double Tragedy

MADILL, Okla., April 22 - (Special)-

Mrs. Creacy Merriman, aged 60, and Mrs G. M. Mutz, 35 years of age, were shot and killed Thursday morning by J. W. Honeysuckle, 27, at the latter's home, about three miles northeast of Kingston.

Honeysuckle fired two pistol shots into the body of each woman. Immediately after the second shot was fired into the body of Mrs. Merriman, she ran out of the house to the front porch where she fell dead. After Mrs. Mutz had been shot the second time she ran out of the room, and sat down by the side of the house. Mrs. Honeysuckle took the wounded woman back into the house
and placed her in bed, where she died fifteen minutes later. Honeysuckle came to Madill and surrendered three hours later. He is now in the county jail here.

According to Honeysuckle the double killing was the culmination of a quarrel over the guardianship of his three step-children. Honeysuckle had been married just one week when the killing occurred.

According to Honeysuckle's statement, Mrs Merriman was the grandmother of his step-children, and Mrs. Mutz was his sister-in-law, her first husband having been his brother. At the time of the killing, Mrs N. F. Benson [Jennie Hardwick], a daughter of Mrs Merriman, and Mrs Honeysuckle, wife of the slayer, were the only other persons in the home. Honeysuckle says that there had been previous domestic trouble in the family.

According to his statement, Mrs. Merriman and Mrs. Mutz drove up to his house during the rain about 9 o'clock Thursday morning. He says that he went to the door and invited the women to tie their team, and to come into the house, while it was raining. The women accepted the invitation, he says, and as they were entering the door one of the women made a remark which caused Mrs. Honeysuckle to object to their presence in the Honeysuckle home. The women entered the house, over the protest of Mrs. Honeysuckle, and attacked Mrs. Honeysuckle, knocking her down, says
Honeysuckle, who alleges that while his wife was on the floor she was kicked by Mrs. Mutz. He says that he pulled the women from his wife and that they assualted him, pushing him back of a stove and against the wall.

"Mrs Merriman picked up a butcher knife and started toward me," says Honeysuckle . "I warned her away several times and kept repeating, 'Don't make me hurt you.' The women kept crowding in on me. I drew a pistol and fired twice, one shot striking Mrs Merriman, the other hitting Mrs Mutz. The women grappled me, and while we were struggling I fired twice at Mrs Merriman, one of the bullets striking Mrs.Merriman, the other going wild and striking Mrs Mutz," says Honeysuckle. Mrs. Honeysuckle's three children, over whom the trouble occurred, are of Indian extraction by her former husband, Brit Hardwick, a son of Mrs Merriman.

Mrs Merriman is a widow.

(Courtesy of Debra Usry, copied from a Rootsweb/Ancestry message board)

(Research):From Rootsweb Native Amercian Data:

Name: Hardwick, Dave
Tribe: Chickasaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 1022

Credit belongs to the staff of SW National Archives, Fort W
orth, Texas, who compiled the names from the Dawes Enrollment Cards for its National Archives ?u?

?/u?http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/tutorial/dawes/rolls-index.html?u?

?/u? Others with this Family:
Surname First Name Type Sex Age Blood %
Hardwick Dave P (Parent) M
Merriman Crecy P (Parent) F
Mutz George P (Parent) M
Mutz Jake P (Parent) M
Mutz Margaret P (Parent) F
Mutz George BB (By Blood) M 36 IW
Mutz Ida BB (By Blood) F 21 3/8
Mutz Ada BB (By Blood) F 3 3/16
Mutz Fred BB (By Blood) M 1 3/16
Mutz Henry Overton BB (By Blood) M 1 3/16

Ida married George Mutz on 7 Sep 1896 in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. George was born in Jan 1870 in Indiana; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

His mother and wife were listed in Indian Territory as of the 1900 census, but there was not a Brit Hardwick listed with the family. It appears he may have instead been shown as "Walter C.", born May 1880.

"Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II"; compiled and edited by Nova A. Lemons, contains a sketch of the Hardwick Family submitted by Jon Eastman Hardwick of Baird, Texas (now deceased). He stated that Britt was born May 4, 1880 and killed March 4, 1911. His burial was on the Hardwick plot. He married Minnie Snellgrove and their children were Dave, Agnes and another daughter (name unknown).

(Research):Census Listings:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Marshall County, Willis Twp, Chickasaw Reservatio
n
SD 4 ED 178 Sheet 16A
2-2
Marriman, Crisser Hd F Ind 49 Wd 3/3 Ok Miss Miss
Swert, Jessie Adopted Son M W 9 B Ok Ark Ark
3-3
Hardwick, Brit Hd M Ind 29 m1 11 Ok Miss Ok Farmer
Hardwick, Minnie Wf F W 27 M1 11 Tx Mo Mo
Hardwick, Marietta Dtr F Ind 9 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Dave Son M Ind 6 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Agnesy Dtr F Ind 4 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Joe G Son M Ind 1 6/12 S Ok Ok Tx

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Marshall County, Willis, Kingston
SD 3 ED 168 Sheet 12A
Fm 47-47
Honeysuckle, John Hd M W 32 M Miss NC Miss Farmer
Honeysuckle, Minnie Wf F W 37 M Tx Mo? Mo?
Hardwick, Dave Son Step M W 16 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Agnes Dtr Step F W 14 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Joe Son Step M W 11 S Ok Ok Tx
Hardwick, Bret Son Step m W 9 S Ok Ok Tx
Honeysuckle, Norine Dtr F W 2 S Ok Ok Tx

Brit married Minnie Snellgrove on 4 May 1900 in Grayson County, Texas. Minnie was born in May 1882 in Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The 1900 Census instead shows his DOB as Sept 1882, but his death certificate had his date and place of birth as September 15, 1883 in Woodville, Oklahoma. His occupation was listed as painter, paper hanger and repairs.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Callahan County, Baird City, Precinct 1
Enumerated April 3, 1930
ED 30-1 SD 8 Sheet 4A Stamped 59
71-80
Hardwick, Eastman L Head M W 45 M@31 Okla US Okla Painter House
Hardwick, Nell Wife F W 37 M@23 Tx Tx Ark
Hardwick, Mary Nell Dtr F W 12 S Tx Okla Tx
Hardwick, Ruth Dtr F W 10 S Okla Okla Tx
Hardwick, Claire J. Dtr F W 9/12 S Tx Okla Tx

Eastman married Nell Cox on 1 May 1915 in Kingston, Marshall County, Oklahoma. Nell was born on 28 Nov 1894 in Erath County, Texas; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also shown as Jennie or Jincy? Lissa Johnston shows that she married Nat BENSON. She is not listed as a child of Dave and Crecy's by Jon Eastman Hardwick.

(Research):Census Listings:

1910 Census
Oklahoma, Marshall County, Willis Twp, Chickasaw Reservation
1-1
Benson, Nat F Hd M W 29 M1 6 Miss Miss Miss English Farmer
Benson, Jannie Wife F Ind 24 M1 6 2/2 Ok Ark Ok
Benson, Hamp Son m Ind 4 S Ok Miss Ok
Benson, Jewel Dtr F Ind 1 1/2 S Ok Miss Ok
2-2
Marriman, Cressie
3-3
Brit and Minnie Hardiwick

1920 Census
Oklahoma, Bryan county, Speairs
Enumerated 3 January 1920
SD 3 ED 27 Sheet 1B
2-2
Benson, N.F. Hd M W 38 M Miss Miss Miss Farmer General Farm
Benson, Jannie Wf F In 33 M Ok Ok Ok
Benson, Hamp Son M Ind 14 S Ok Miss Ok
Benson, Jewell Dtr F Ind 10 S Ok Miss Ok
Benson, Maria Dtr F Ind 6 S Ok Miss Ok
Benson, Horace Son M Ind 2 S Ok Miss Ok


1930 Census
Oklahoma, Bryan County, Speairs Twp
Enumerated April 2, 1930
ED 7-35 SD 13 Sheet 1A Stamped 21
2-2
Benson, Frank N Head M W 46 M@21 Miss Miss Miss Farmer
Benson, Vira B Wf F W 36 M@19 Tx Tx Tenn
Benson, Marrie Dtr Ind 15 S Ok Mix Blood Chickasaw
Benson, Jorrice Son M Ind 12 S Ok Mix Blood Chickasaw
[Note: Nat F appears to have remarried a Vera, born in Texas]



1930 Census
Oklahoma, Choctaw County, Wilson Twp, Fort Towson Town
Enumerated April 7, 1930
ED 12-6 SD 13 Sheet 5A Stamped 43
114-124
Benson, J. Hamp Hd M Ind 24 M 19 Ok Mixed Blood Choctaw Salesman Dry Good Store
Benson, Jewell Sister Hd F In 20 S Ok Miss Oklahoma Saleslady Dry Good Store

Janie married Nat Frank Benson about 1904 in Oklahoma. Nat was born about 1881 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Not listed as a child by Jon Eastman Hardwick.

Notes:

He married a Marion, and later lived in Lebanon, Oregon.

Notes:

Jon Eastman Hardwick, in his article in "Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II" writes that she married W. D. MOYER.

Notes:

Thomas's mother died when he was just three months old. His father remarried shortly after he turned six. Sometime after his father's remarriage, Thomas was sent to Decatur, Texas to attend school. His daughter, Anna Laura Payne, believes this school was run by Jesuits. While he was away at school, about six months after his thirteenth birthday, his father died "of a long and lingering illness like consumption." Before he turned 17, Thomas's stepmother died as well. Within the next ten years, both of his younger half-brothers died tragically. In spite of suffering these many significant losses, Thomas was a gregarious and outgoing person with many friends. He loved to hunt and be in the outdoors.

Ken Harvey wrote "Tom was musical and learned to play the piano by ear. He seemed, throughout his life, to have had little sense of responsibility or of time. As a boy he would often disappear and be found, for example, asleep in a field. His father often had to saddle up his horse and go and get him when he was missing from home as a child."

Harvey continued "In the First World War Tommy served in the 90th Division US Army alongside his double cousin Carl. Tommy used to collect enemy arms after a military action, Carl reported, even though he was not allowed to keep them. He could be seen staggering across the battlefield weighed down, dropping a weapon from the pile he clutched when he saw another gun he preferred better. He was a marksman who shot left-handed. He had been excused from further army rifle practice in basic training, and allowed to fire holding the gun as he wished, when it was discovered how accurate his aim was."

Daughter Anna Laura reported that her father did not go oversees until after the Armistice, he was part of the later occupaying forces. She remembers waving to him from the train station as he departed for the service. After he returned from overseas, Thomas resumed his farming and ranching operations in Stephens county.

Charles Strong reports that Tom lost his land in the late 1920's, after the bottom fell out of the cattle market. He had borrowed money against his ranch from a bank in Wichita, Kansas to raise a herd of cattle. A couple of years later, when they had fully matured, he shipped them by freight train to Chicago to be sold. The market crashed, and the sale of his cattle didn't raise enough even to pay the freight charges that were due on his shipment. To avoid foreclosure, Tom arranged to sell his land holdings to Leonard Ketchum. Ketchum paid him a few thousand dollars in cash, and also assumed to notes that were due on the land, a fair and gracious offer that helped keep Tom on his feet.

Tom used this stake to homestead for a while in Wyoming, thinking this would give him a fresh start. He thought it a great adventure. Bessie was horrified. Charles Strong recalls that Bessie's initial impression of the Wyoming homesteads was favorable. She admired both the large screened in porches, and long clothes lines. Her admiration turned to stark terror, however, when she learned that the screened in porches were actually set up so the children had somewhere to play away from the rattlesnakes. She also came to realize that long lines between the homes and barns weren't for clothers. They were set up so that you wouldn't get lost and freeze to death going between your barn and your home in the case of a sudden blizzard. At Bessie's urging, they soon moved back to Oklahoma.

These setbacks eventually became too much for Tom. One day he simply disappeared, leaving Bessie and his children behind. Unbeknownst to them, he moved to California. This is how he was listed at the time of the 1930 Federal Census:

California, Los Angeles, Signal Hill, ED 1509
Taylor, Joseph A Hd M W 40 M @ 25 Calif Ill Ind Assistant Operator Gasoline Plow
Taylor, Mary A Wife F W 45 M @ 30 NY NY Ireland
Crossen, Albert Lodger M W 22 S Cal Cal Iowa Rotary Helper
Stamper, Edgar A Lodger M W 34 S Oklahoma Tenn Iowa Rotary Helper Garlington, Robert Lodger M W 35 D Alabama Georgia Alabama Rotary Helper Price, Sterling Lodger M W 49 M California Missouri Missouri Pumper Harris, Abbot B Lodger M W 31 D Pennsylvania Ireland Nebraska Promoter O&G
PAYNE, THOMAS Lodger M W 37 M @ age 20 Ok Missouri Ok Rotary Helper

The occupations of the lodgers in both the Taylor lodging home, and in the homes of their immediate neighbors, made it clear he was part of the booming oil and gas industry in California. In 1900, the state of California produced 4 million barrels. By 1910, this had jumped to 77 million barrels. In the 1920's three new major fields were discovered in rapid succession - Huntington Beach (1920), Santa Fe Springs (1921), and the biggest of them all, the Signal Hill, where Thomas lived. By April 1922, only 10 months after completion of the discovery well, Signal Hill was covered with 108 wells, producing 14,000 barrels daily. By the fall of 1923, 259,000 barrels of crude was being produced every day from nearly 300 wells. Signal Hill was the biggest field the already productive Southern California region had ever seen....this made California the nation's number-one producing state, and in 1923, California was the source of one-quarter of the world's entire output of oil!

(http://www.priweb.org/ed/pgws/history/signal_hill/signal_hill2.html)

Tom appeared to be in the Long Beach area for well over a decade. In August, 1943, he filed a document with the Long Beach, California Selective Service board. It was a request for permission to depart the United States to visit the country of Alaska, which was not yet a state. He was in the employ of Guy F. Atkinson Co of San Francisco, a heavy construction company. As the nature of his business was listed as "confidential," it is likely he was involved in a civil engineering project in Alaska related to the war effort.

Back home in Oklahoma, in September 1950, his family had him declared legally dead so they could probate his estate and apply for benefits based on his enrollement in the Chickasaw tribe. Daughter Lois Marie Payne was named executor. Because they had not heard from him in over twenty years, they had no idea if he was still living.

Tom remained in the Pacific Northwest after the second World War, working as a civil servant at various Air Force Bases in and around Alaska. When he became terminally ill, the Red Cross reconnected Tom and his family in Oklahoma, via letters, prior to his death.

On the Standard Certificate of Death, State of Oregon, Thomas H. Payne is shown as having died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon on December 12, 1957. His usual residence is shown as Palmer, Alaska, and his usual occupation is shown as Laborer. It appears that his marital status was subject to some question. It looks as if the "divorced" box was originally checked, and then scribbled over. The "married" box is checked, and the name of his spouse is shown as Mrs. Bessie Payne. The date of birth is given as March 20, 1893, and his birthplace is shown as Marlow, Oklahoma. Mother and Father are shown as "unknown." It is noted that he was a Veteran of World War I, and that the information on the death certificate was taken from his VA records. The certificate was signed by W.A Haug, MD, Asst. Pathologist. The funeral director was A.J. Rose and Son of Portland, and the cemetery or crematorium being Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. A telegraph regarding his death was sent the next day to Anna Laura Strong in Duncan.

His gravesite information is below:

PAYNE, THOMAS H PVT US ARMY WORLD WAR I
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/20/1893
DATE OF DEATH: 12/12/1957
BURIED AT: SECTION H SITE 2888 WILLAMETTE NATIONAL CEMETERY

http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/willamette.htm

11800 SE MT. SCOTT BOULEVARD PORTLAND, OR 97266 (503) 273-5250

Anna Laura Strong also received a letter from Mrs. Earle W. Barry, Star Route, Palmer, Alaska some eight months after her father died. She had apparently written Mrs. Barry regarding some trouble they were having in regards to an insurance settlement. Mrs. Barry informed her that she had "never heard him mention a divorce at any time and I believe I would have heard tell about it some time when he was under the influence of liquor. He was in California before he came to Alaska. The boys met him in Amchitka Island that was an Army base, the last was Ladd Field...near Fairbank, before that he was (at) Eidson Base. I am sending some papers that were laying around. Hope they will help you. Tom was a good man. His worst enemy was liquor."

Among Tom's personal effects that were returned to his family were his wallet and four photographs: two of the photos were of co-workers, Lee H. Talley of Iowa and Richard Neal of Missouri; one photo of Tom himself in outdoor gear; and a studio portrait of "Marie and Midge." Richard Neal inscribed his photo, taken at Amchitka Base Headquarters, "To a very good Pal from a Boiler house cook." Marie inscribed her portrait, dated 1944, as well, saying that although it was "not a good picture" of either her or Midge, she thought Tom might wish to cut it down to fit his wallet. He chose to keep it intact.

His brown Norwegian Cowhide wallet contained several money order receipts, a blank check from the First National Bank of Fairbanks, receipts for funds he received as a VA patient in Oregon (claim #1431661), his 1956-1957 Alaska Resident Hunting License, an National Rifle Association of America Membership card, a Veterans of Foreign Wars Ballard Post 3063 card, a membership card from the Ladd AFB Civilian Club of Fairbanks, his U.S. Civil Service Commission retirement card dated May 6, 1957 (#CSA-466-659), his union card from the National Federation of Federal Employees Local 899, a receipt for a .22 caliber rifle, and a business card from the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, based in Philadelphia. On the back of this card was written "Benjamin Constant, Amazona Brasil, S.A.".

A few pieces of correspondence were returned as well. Among these were his 1943 permit to leave the US for Alaska; a 1948 letter from the IRS--mailed to Tom in Seattle--regarding a $32 refund on the 1946 taxes; a "Notification of Personnel Action from Ladd AFB," dated July 8, 1955, showing Tom's change in title from Stationary Boiler Fireman to Heating Equipment Fireman. His grade, WB-54-02-09, and his salary ($2.94 per hour) remained unchanged. Also saved were his separation from duty papers dated 20 May 1957. It showed that he was retiring due to disability, and that his permanent home address would be in care of Earl W. Barry of Palmer, Alaska. A prescription for various drugs to treat his bronchogenic carcinoma was included as well, signed by E. Dank, Capt. USAF, of Todd AFB. He also saved his acceptance as a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Ironically, his VFW Life Member card (No. 4427), also in his effects, was dated 1-1-1958, two weeks after his death.

These effects, as meager as they seem, were treasured by his daughters, and remained in 2005 in the position of his granddaughter, Lynn (Payne) Moroney of Oklahoma.

He was 1/32 Indian by blood through his mother. He appears as No. 3686 upon the "lists prepared by the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stat., 641), of persons entiled to enrollment as citizens by blood of the Chickasaw Nation and approved by the Secretary of the Interior December 12, 1902". Because of this, he was first alloted land when he was only eleven years old in Tishomingo, Indian Territory on July 9, 1904, Section 29, Town IN, Range 5W, 160 acres in total with a value of $1,040. (Cert # 8801, Cert 11253).

Thomas married Bessie Bird Gentry on 27 Dec 1912 in Stephens County, Oklahoma. Bessie (daughter of James Edwin Gentry and Elzada Trawick) was born on 14 Dec 1894 in Alma, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; died on 3 May 1958 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma; was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II"; compiled and edited by Nova A. Lemons, contains a sketch of the Hardwick Family submitted by Jon Eastman Hardwick of Baird, Texas (now deceased). He stated that Fred married Alma Williams and had a daughter, Mary Jane.

Notes:

"Pioneers of Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory Volume II"; compiled and edited by Nova A. Lemons, contains a sketch of the Hardwick Family submitted by Jon Eastman Hardwick of Baird, Texas (now deceased). He stated that Henry Overton married Oma Dowdy and had two sons, H.O. and Arnold Hugh.

Notes:

Agnes HARDWICK d. 28 November 1987 in Olympia, WA;b. Jan. 1906 in Kingston, OK; dau. of Brit HARDWICK; was 3/16 Chickasaw; was a retired schoolteacher who taught in Oklahoma and in Onaluim, CA.

Marion COCHRAN EDWARDS marionni@aol.com

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~okbits/chickada.html
December 1987

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X2JN-V68
name: Mary Nel Hardwick
event: Birth
event date: 20 May 1917
event place: Hico, Hamilton, Texas, United States
gender: Female
father: Eastman Hardwick
mother: Nel Cox
certificate number: 18672
digital folder number: 004491073
image number: 00592
Collection: Mary Nel Hardwick, "Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"

She was said to have married Thomas Kern Gafford. They had no issue.

Family/Spouse: Thomas Kern Gafford. Thomas was born before 1917; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She married R. L. Strickland. Their son was David Strickland. He and wife Debbie, and children Chole and David Paul, live in Baird, Texas.

Beulah married Raymond Lee Strickland before 1954. Raymond was born on 24 Oct 1917; died on 17 Dec 1998 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VDDM-5YT
name: John Eastman Hardwick
event: Birth
event date: 15 Jan 1932
event place: Callahan, Texas
gender: Male
father: Eastman Hardwick
mother: Nell Cox
certificate number:
Collection: John Eastman Hardwick, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997"


BAIRD-Jon Hardwick, age 75, of Baird, Texas, passed away on Monday, December 31, 2007 at his home. Services were to be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 in the First United Methodist Church of Baird with Rev. Pamala Vannow officiating, assisted by Rev. Sandra Keith. Interment was to follow at Ross Cemeter Annex. Services are under the direction of Parker Funeral Home in Baird, Texas. A visitation was held at the funeral home on Wednesday, January 1, 2008 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m.

Jon was born in Baird, Texas, on January 15, 1932 to Eastman and Nell Cox Hardwick. He had lived all his life in Baird, where he graduated from Baird High School and later, in 1952, from West Texas State College in Canyon, Texas. In November of 1957, Jon married Betty Cunningham in Baird. She preceded him in death in June of 2000.

Jon had been a Certified Public Accountant since 1960, and was a lifetime member of the American Institute of C.P.A.'s. He was a former Baird Volunteer fireman and was also a member of the Chickasaw Nation Society.

The current mayor of the City of Baird, Jon was elected to the office in June of 1996. He also served as the Callahan County Democratic Chairman for many years and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Baird.

Survivors include 2 daughters, Lydia Barnard and husband Gary of Austin, Texas, and Crecia Reynolds and husband Jim of Midland, Texas; 2 sisters, Claire Spaulding of Baird, Texas, and Mary Gafford of Abilene, Texas; 3 grandchildren, Eastman Barnard and Chris Reynolds of San Marcos, Texas; and several nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Big Country, 4600 Hartford St., Abilene, Texas 796059989.

Jon married Betty Zoe Cunningham in Nov 1957 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas. Betty was born on 21 Apr 1937; died on 11 Jun 2000 in Baird, Callahan County, Texas; was buried in Ross Cemetery, Baird, Callahan County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):The image of his actual Texas Death certificate can be viewed online at FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. He was listed at the son of Frank Benson and Janie Hardwick. He was shown as married, with his usual residence at 3400 Meadow Oak Drive, Fort Worth, Texas. He died at the Wichita Falls State Hospital of recurrent pneumonia from a chronic lung infection, and was shown as disabled. He was bured at the Fort Worth Cemetery.

(Medical):See attached sources.

Joe married Alpha Fay Rackley before 1950. Alpha was born on 5 Jun 1917 in Texas; died on 24 Mar 1996 in Boyd, Wise County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]