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Nancy Ann <I>Ritter</I> Bayless

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Nancy Ann Ritter Bayless

Birth
Monroe County, Mississippi, USA
Death
22 Oct 1922 (aged 76)
Monroe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Monroe, Le Flore County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
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Bureau of Indian Affairs
1896 Dawes applications
Filed: page No. 36 Date: Mar 12 1892
Tribe: Cherokee
Application Number: 824

Nancy was 1/2 Cherokee by blood.
NANCY ANN BROYLES (formerly Bayless, nee Ritter). On her application, Nancy Ann states her mother Jane Ritter was a Cherokee Indian whose maiden name was Jane Young. Nancy states her nephew, Major C. Loggins, and her niece, Delila E. Perse have both been enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee Nation through their lineage from Jane Young. Nancy Ann lists her address as Hartford, Arkansas, and signed the application on August 26, 1896. Witnesses: J. J. Louis, 50, and M. E. Louis, 48, both state they knew Jane Young, and knew Nancy Ann to be Jane Young's daughter. Witnessed in Sebastian County, Arkansas, August 31, 1896. J. D. Spaulding, J. P.

Nancy Ann lists her family as follows:
Nancy Ann Broyles age 50 Frances C. Franklin 30, daughter Elizabeth J. Hamlin 28, daughter George T. Bayless 26, son Emily S. Watson 24, daughter James R. Bayless 21, son Lelia A. Pearcefield 19, daughter Martha O. Bayless 17, daughter Sarah A. Bayless 13, daughter plus 13 grandchildren including J. W. Bayless, age 6.

-AGE AND RESIDENCE AS STATED ON PHOTO-
Nancy is about 19 years of age younger than her sister Elizabeth Jane Ritter.

Nancy Ann Ritter was enumerated Sept. at the age 23 on the 1870 cenus taken at Township 12, Sanford County, Alabama which is now Lamar County, Alabama.

At the age of 34 Nancy was enumerated on the 1800 census at Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas. She could not have been age 21 in Hartford, AR as stated on the photo of with her and her sister together.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
1896 Dawes applications
Filed: page No. 36 Date: Mar 12 1892
Tribe: Cherokee
Application Number: 824

Nancy was 1/2 Cherokee by blood.
NANCY ANN BROYLES (formerly Bayless, nee Ritter). On her application, Nancy Ann states her mother Jane Ritter was a Cherokee Indian whose maiden name was Jane Young. Nancy states her nephew, Major C. Loggins, and her niece, Delila E. Perse have both been enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee Nation through their lineage from Jane Young. Nancy Ann lists her address as Hartford, Arkansas, and signed the application on August 26, 1896. Witnesses: J. J. Louis, 50, and M. E. Louis, 48, both state they knew Jane Young, and knew Nancy Ann to be Jane Young's daughter. Witnessed in Sebastian County, Arkansas, August 31, 1896. J. D. Spaulding, J. P.

Nancy Ann lists her family as follows:
Nancy Ann Broyles age 50 Frances C. Franklin 30, daughter Elizabeth J. Hamlin 28, daughter George T. Bayless 26, son Emily S. Watson 24, daughter James R. Bayless 21, son Lelia A. Pearcefield 19, daughter Martha O. Bayless 17, daughter Sarah A. Bayless 13, daughter plus 13 grandchildren including J. W. Bayless, age 6.

-AGE AND RESIDENCE AS STATED ON PHOTO-
Nancy is about 19 years of age younger than her sister Elizabeth Jane Ritter.

Nancy Ann Ritter was enumerated Sept. at the age 23 on the 1870 cenus taken at Township 12, Sanford County, Alabama which is now Lamar County, Alabama.

At the age of 34 Nancy was enumerated on the 1800 census at Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas. She could not have been age 21 in Hartford, AR as stated on the photo of with her and her sister together.


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