This is an excerpt from a letter written to Willa M. Sheets from Hays Adkison, and his wife Katherine.
Will try to tell you all we have heard about Hay’s grandmother. Mr. Adkison was such a quiet man, that he never talked about his life after he went to the Oklahoma Territory at age of 5. We have been told that an Indian Tribe, we think Cherokee, came from a SE (Southeast) state and passed thru old Washington, Ark about 1882. Then William H. “Bud” Adkison traded a horse for an Indian girl. We’ve been unable to find a marriage registered. The tribe then went on and settled in the Oklahoma Territory. Their first child was a girl, Lizzie. Their second child was a boy, Richard, born Feb. 24, 1887. Then 2 years later a girl, Beda. In 1892, “Bud” gave all three children away and married again. Hays was told years later that his grandmother was a good, hard working woman. She was buried in old Ashdown Cemetery, but there is no marker. No one has ever mentioned her name. Hay’s dad, Richard, was adopted by Choctaw Law by Mr. Kirk, who had an open range around old Garvin. Mr. Kirk had several Indian boys, 1 black boy and Richard, that Mr. Adkison talked about.
Will try to tell you all we have heard about Hay’s grandmother. Mr. Adkison was such a quiet man, that he never talked about his life after he went to the Oklahoma Territory at age of 5. We have been told that an Indian Tribe, we think Cherokee, came from a SE (Southeast) state and passed thru old Washington, Ark about 1882. Then William H. “Bud” Adkison traded a horse for an Indian girl. We’ve been unable to find a marriage registered. The tribe then went on and settled in the Oklahoma Territory. Their first child was a girl, Lizzie. Their second child was a boy, Richard, born Feb. 24, 1887. Then 2 years later a girl, Beda. In 1892, “Bud” gave all three children away and married again. Hays was told years later that his grandmother was a good, hard working woman. She was buried in old Ashdown Cemetery, but there is no marker. No one has ever mentioned her name. Hay’s dad, Richard, was adopted by Choctaw Law by Mr. Kirk, who had an open range around old Garvin. Mr. Kirk had several Indian boys, 1 black boy and Richard, that Mr. Adkison talked about.
This is an excerpt from a letter written to Willa M. Sheets from Hays Adkison, and his wife Katherine.
Will try to tell you all we have heard about Hay’s grandmother. Mr. Adkison was such a quiet man, that he never talked about his life after he went to the Oklahoma Territory at age of 5. We have been told that an Indian Tribe, we think Cherokee, came from a SE (Southeast) state and passed thru old Washington, Ark about 1882. Then William H. “Bud” Adkison traded a horse for an Indian girl. We’ve been unable to find a marriage registered. The tribe then went on and settled in the Oklahoma Territory. Their first child was a girl, Lizzie. Their second child was a boy, Richard, born Feb. 24, 1887. Then 2 years later a girl, Beda. In 1892, “Bud” gave all three children away and married again. Hays was told years later that his grandmother was a good, hard working woman. She was buried in old Ashdown Cemetery, but there is no marker. No one has ever mentioned her name. Hay’s dad, Richard, was adopted by Choctaw Law by Mr. Kirk, who had an open range around old Garvin. Mr. Kirk had several Indian boys, 1 black boy and Richard, that Mr. Adkison talked about.
Will try to tell you all we have heard about Hay’s grandmother. Mr. Adkison was such a quiet man, that he never talked about his life after he went to the Oklahoma Territory at age of 5. We have been told that an Indian Tribe, we think Cherokee, came from a SE (Southeast) state and passed thru old Washington, Ark about 1882. Then William H. “Bud” Adkison traded a horse for an Indian girl. We’ve been unable to find a marriage registered. The tribe then went on and settled in the Oklahoma Territory. Their first child was a girl, Lizzie. Their second child was a boy, Richard, born Feb. 24, 1887. Then 2 years later a girl, Beda. In 1892, “Bud” gave all three children away and married again. Hays was told years later that his grandmother was a good, hard working woman. She was buried in old Ashdown Cemetery, but there is no marker. No one has ever mentioned her name. Hay’s dad, Richard, was adopted by Choctaw Law by Mr. Kirk, who had an open range around old Garvin. Mr. Kirk had several Indian boys, 1 black boy and Richard, that Mr. Adkison talked about.
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