BOLTON, Margaret Ann

1842 - 1901  (59 years)

• Name	BOLTON, Margaret Ann
  Birth	24 Apr 1842	Overton County, TN   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 83979094
  Name	Margaret Ann Clark
  Residence	1865	Neosho, KS   [3]
  Residence	1880	Chetopa, KS   [4]
  Residence	1893	Cooweescoowee, Cherokee Nation, OK   [5]
  Residence	1900	Kinnison, Cherokee Nation, OK   [2]
  _COLOR	11
  _FSFTID	LC78-5FF
  Burial	1901	Welch, OK
  	Address: Walker Cemetery
  Death	10 Aug 1901	Indian Territory, OK
  Person ID	I5764	Puffer 062124
  Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	BOLTON, Uriah,   b. CA 1825, Old Cherokee Nation, Overton County, TN d. Bef 1925, KY (Age < 99 years)
  Mother	SMITH, Lucinda,   b. Abt 1826, TN d. Sep 1874, Coffey County, KS (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1841
  	Did Uriah Bolton die between 1845 and 1847 or did he just run off and marry another woman, leaving his wife and two daughters behind? His father had the girls for awhile according to Margaret Bolton Puffer's own statement.
  Family ID	F8622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, Richard,   b. 25 Feb 1824, Townshend, VT d. 15 Oct 1895, Welch, OK (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1860	Carthage, MO   [6]
  	The marriage record says her name is Margaret Ann Clark.
  Children	1. PUFFER, Henry Marion,   b. 24 Apr 1863, KS d. 27 Feb 1908, Stanwood, WA (Age 44 years)   2. PUFFER, Anderson S.,   b. 29 Jan 1865, Kansas City, KS d. 3 Nov 1939, Everett, WA (Age 74 years)   3. PUFFER, Laura Mae,   b. 18 Aug 1866, Hallville, KS d. 15 Nov 1929, Barnsdall, OK (Age 63 years)   4. PUFFER, Mary S.,   b. 1868   d. 1876 (Age 8 years)   5. PUFFER, Annie Bell,   b. 1876   d. 1877 (Age 1 year)   6. PUFFER, George Washington,   b. 30 Apr 1878, Labette County, KS d. 23 Dec 1938, Oklahoma City, OK (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F1824	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  She was born to Cherokee parents on Cherokee land in Tennessee and lived there. Her parents (Uriah Bolton/Lucinda Smith) were well known Cherokee Indians.  Her mother, Lucinda, never formally registered her children as members of the Cherokee Nation when they were forcibly moved (The Trail of Tears) to Oklahoma. Despite overwhelming evidence of her Cherokee lineage, she fought a long and unsuccessful legal battle to become a bona fide member of that Nation. The case files can be viewed on Ancestry.com in the "U.S., Citizenship Case Files in Indian Territory, 1896-1897" case file 040. A modern (2000s) attempt to secure membership into the Cherokee Nation is ongoing by one of the Bolton descendants.

  
  

• Sources

  [S775] Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Census Rolls, 1851-1959, for year 1893. [S304] _1900 United States Federal Census. [S332] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925. [S386] _1880 United States Federal Census. [S775] Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Indian Census Rolls, 1851-1959. [S501] Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002.