{"id":8548,"date":"2020-07-06T14:48:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T20:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/?p=8548"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:31:19","slug":"indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Territory Notaries, 1834-1907"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Indian_Territory_Notaries_1834-1907\" >Indian Territory Notaries, 1834-1907<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Arkansas_Territory_1819\" >Arkansas Territory, 1819<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Indian_Removal_Act_1830\" >Indian Removal Act, 1830<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Indian_Trade_and_Intercourse_Act_1834\" >Indian Trade and Intercourse Act, 1834<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Treaties_Rewritten_after_Civil_War\" >Treaties Rewritten after Civil War<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Oklahoma_Territory_1890\" >Oklahoma Territory, 1890<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Cimarron_Strip_TV_Show\" >Cimarron Strip TV Show<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Oklahoma_Statehood_1907\" >Oklahoma Statehood, 1907<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#Notaries_in_Indian_Territory\" >Notaries in Indian Territory<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/indian-territory-notaries-1834-1907\/#US_Supreme_Court_Ruling_McGirt_v_Oklahoma\" >U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indian_Territory_Notaries_1834-1907\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-8584 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-Notaries-320x200-1.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Territory Notaries\" width=\"320\" height=\"200\" \/>Indian Territory Notaries, 1834-1907<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Indian Territory<\/strong> was land in the Central United States, now <strong>Oklahoma<\/strong>, reserved for the forced relocation of <strong>Native American<\/strong> tribes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The period after the <strong>American Revolution<\/strong> (1775-1783) saw rapid western expansion into areas occupied by Native Americans known as <strong>Indian Country<\/strong>. It was not even an unorganized territory, the areas were established by treaties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1803, the United States completed the <strong>Louisiana Purchase<\/strong> from France.\u00a0 <strong>President Thomas Jefferson<\/strong> sent <strong>Lt. Zebulon Pike<\/strong> to explore the region along the Arkansas River, and <strong>Lewis and Clark<\/strong> to explore the Missouri River region in the north.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much of the newly acquired land west of the <strong>Mississippi River<\/strong> was viewed as a place to relocate the Native Americans, so white settlers could live east of the river.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arkansas_Territory_1819\"><\/span>Arkansas Territory, 1819<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8550\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Arkansas-Territory-map.jpg\" alt=\"Arkansas Territory map\" width=\"200\" height=\"86\" \/><strong>Arkansas Territory<\/strong> was created in 1819. It originally extended further west to include current-day Oklahoma. The westernmost part of Arkansas Territory was removed in 1824 and further removed in 1828 reducing the state to its present size.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former western portion of Arkansas Territory became Indian Territory and later Oklahoma Territory.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indian_Removal_Act_1830\"><\/span>Indian Removal Act, 1830<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the passage of the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/native-american-history\/trail-of-tears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Removal Act<\/a><\/strong><\/span> in 1830 by <strong>President Andrew Jackson<\/strong>, Indian removal became the official U.S. government policy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Five Civilized Tribes<\/strong> of the southeastern states, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chickasaw.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chickasaw<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.choctawnation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choctaw<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherokee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherokee<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcn-nsn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Muscogee (Creek)<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sno-nsn.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Seminole<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, gave up their native lands in the cotton-producing region to relocate to new districts in the Indian colonization zone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of Indians and their African slaves died of disease, starvation, exhaustion, and exposure on forced marches escorted by soldiers along the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trail_of_Tears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trail of Tears<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0in the 1830s.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Indian_Trade_and_Intercourse_Act_1834\"><\/span>Indian Trade and Intercourse Act, 1834<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The general borders of Indian Territory were set by the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/law\/help\/statutes-at-large\/23rd-congress\/Session%201\/c23s1ch161.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Trade and\u00a0 Intercourse Act of 1834<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congress passed several Organic Acts that created statehood for much of the original Indian Country, but it never passed an Organic Act for the Indian Territory. It was never an organized incorporated territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Treaties with the tribes restricted non-Indians from entering tribal areas.\u00a0 Tribes were largely self-governing nations, with established tribal governments.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Treaties_Rewritten_after_Civil_War\"><\/span>Treaties Rewritten after Civil War<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the <strong>Civil War<\/strong>, the <strong>Southern Treaty Commission<\/strong> re-wrote treaties with tribes that sided with the <strong>Confederacy<\/strong>, reducing the territory of the <strong>Five Civilized Tribes<\/strong>. The treaties provided land to resettle the Plains Indians and Midwestern tribes. They included provisions for a territorial legislature with proportional representation from various tribes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8551\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Territory#\/media\/File:IndianTerritory1885.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8551\"  class=\"wp-image-8551 size-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-map-1885.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Territory map 1885\" width=\"250\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian Territory map 1885<\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oklahoma_Territory_1890\"><\/span>Oklahoma Territory, 1890<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the School of Choctaw Language, &#8220;okla&#8221; means &#8220;people&#8221; and &#8220;humma&#8221; means &#8220;red&#8221;. So, Oklahoma means red people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Oklahoma Organic Act of 1890 reduced the size of Indian Territory to the lands occupied by the Five Civilized Tribes and the Tribes of the Quapaw Indian Agency. The western portion, including the panhandle federally-owned <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nmlhs.org\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Land Strip<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, also known as <strong>No Man&#8217;s Land<\/strong>, or Cimarron Territory, north of Texas, became <strong>Oklahoma Territory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8553\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Territory#\/media\/File:IndianTerritory.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8553\"  class=\"wp-image-8553 size-full\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-map-1891.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Territory map 1891\" width=\"200\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian Territory map 1891<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Oklahoma Organic Act<\/strong> applied the laws of <strong>Nebraska<\/strong> to the newly incorporated Oklahoma Territory and the laws of <strong>Arkansas<\/strong> to the still unincorporated Indian Territory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Nebraska-Oklahoma-Territory-Notary-Laws-1889.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nebraska and Oklahoma Territory Notary Laws, 1889<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until Oklahoma became a state in 1907, <strong>Fort Smith<\/strong>, Arkansas served as the legal authority overseeing Oklahoma Territory. The Army oversaw issues dealing with the Indian Nations. The federal U.S. District Court in Fort Smith had criminal and civil jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cimarron_Strip_TV_Show\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8637\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cimarron-Strip-TV-show.jpg\" alt=\"Cimarron Strip TV show\" width=\"150\" height=\"70\" \/>Cimarron Strip TV Show<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/tvshows\/cimarron-strip\/episodes-season-1\/1030004883\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Cimarron Strip<\/strong><\/a><\/span> was a weekly 90-minute CBS TV Western series that aired 23 episodes in the 1967-1968 season. It featured actor <strong>Stuart Whitman<\/strong> as the lead character, U.S. Marshall Jim Crown. Cimarron Strip was set in 1888 in the Oklahoma Territory panhandle, comprised of Beaver, Texas, and Cimarron counties.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oklahoma_Statehood_1907\"><\/span>Oklahoma Statehood, 1907<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1905, the Five Civilized Tribes met at the Sequoya Constitutional Convention in Muskogee and wrote a constitution to create the State of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/cherokee-nation-tribal-code-notary-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sequoyah<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, named after the Cherokee who invented their writing system, or syllabary.\u00a0 It was approved by Indian voters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposal was rejected because Congress and <strong>President Theodore Roosevelt<\/strong> did not want two new states to disrupt political power, but it later became the core of the Oklahoma state constitution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Oklahoma Enabling Act<\/strong> combined the Oklahoma and Indian Territories into the single state of Oklahoma on November 16, 1907, creating the 46th state in U.S. <strong>history<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Notaries_in_Indian_Territory\"><\/span>Notaries in Indian Territory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because Indian Territory was not incorporated and was previously part of western Arkansas Territory, the notary laws of Arkansas were used. The U.S. Court appointed the notaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-Notary-Laws-1890.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arkansas and Indian Territory Notary Laws, May 1890<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8555\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Indian_Territory#\/media\/File:Okterritory.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8555\"  class=\"wp-image-8555 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/map-Oklahoma-Indian-Territory-1892.jpg\" alt=\"map Oklahoma and Indian Territory 1892\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">map Oklahoma and Indian Territory 1892<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A notary in Indian Territory had the authority to<br \/>\nadminister <strong>oaths<\/strong>,<br \/>\ntake the proof or <strong>acknowledgment<\/strong> of all instruments related to commerce or navigation, including deeds and letters of attorney,<br \/>\nmake declarations and <strong>protests<\/strong>, and<br \/>\ntake <strong>depositions<\/strong> and <strong>affidavits<\/strong>, certifying the truth of his acts under his official seal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The notary was required to keep a <strong>fair record<\/strong> of all official acts (including all relevant facts truthfully) and to give a certified copy of any record to any person upon request and payment of a fee.\u00a0 When the notary left office, his records were delivered to the county clerk, to be delivered to his successor notary.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The notary was required to provide a seal of office, to be used on all official acts. In Arkansas, the seal included the great seal of Arkansas, surrounded by the words, Notary Public, County of _____, Arkansas. Until an <strong>official seal<\/strong> was procured, the notary could use his <strong>private seal<\/strong>, with the same force and effect as his public seal.\u00a0 In Indian Territory, the judicial district was used rather than the county.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8579\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-Notary-Fees-1899.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Territory Notary Fees 1899\" width=\"320\" height=\"96\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Notary fees ranged from $0.50 to $2.00. (See fee schedule.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>venue<\/strong> written on notarized documents read:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">United States of America<br \/>\nIndian Territory (often abbreviated as I.T., Ind. Terr., Ind. T., or other variations)<br \/>\n(Northern, Southern, Central, Western) Judicial District<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When needed, an interpreter made a sworn affidavit before a notary to truly translate between English and Native American languages. One Choctaw language interpreter in July 1897 was Joseph E. Nelson.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Native Americans who could not write or sign in English, the notary would print the name on a document, and the signer would make a mark between their first and last names as a signature, such as John\u00a0 \u00a0X\u00a0 \u00a0Red Eagle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some notaries who served in Indian Territory included:<br \/>\n1. O.H. Etting, Central Judicial District, appointed November 30, 1897, recorded by the territorial clerk at Atoka, in the Pushmataha District of the <strong>Choctaw Nation<\/strong>. <strong>Atoka<\/strong> was a Choctaw Chief.<br \/>\n2. R.M. Moore, Central Judicial District, signature on affidavit dated July 23, 1897, at Atoka.<br \/>\n3. W.L. Poole, Central Judicial District, signature on documents dated July 1897, at <strong>Durant<\/strong>, now the seat of Bryan County and headquarters of the Choctaw Nation.<br \/>\n4. E.C. Boltwell, Western Judicial District, signature on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-deed-notary-Boltwell-1907.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indian Territory warranty deed<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0dated May 27, 1907, for $800 sale of land in <strong>Cherokee Nation<\/strong>.\u00a0 The deed is now in the Tulsa County Clerk records.<br \/>\n5. A.B. Swanson, Southern Judicial District, signature on Indian heritage claim documents dated July 20, 1899, for residents of <strong>Chickasaw Nation<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8590\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8590\"  class=\"wp-image-8590 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/gif,GIF89a%01%00%01%00%80%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%21%F9%04%01%00%00%00%00%2C%00%00%00%00%01%00%01%00%00%02%01D%00%3B\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/wp-content\/uploads\/Indian-Territory-law-firm-ads.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Territory law firm ads, 1902\" width=\"320\" height=\"420\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indian Territory law firm ads, 1902<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">6. S.W. Wallace, operated a mercantile store, including horses and cattle, at Erin Springs, Chickasaw Nation. In 1889, he was appointed U.S. Commissioner, in 1890, he was appointed notary public.<br \/>\n7. Wm.P. Moore, at Dawson, Cherokee Nation, May 1900.<br \/>\n8. W.L. Chapman, Vinita, Cherokee Nation, January 1900.<br \/>\n9. John D. Scott, Chelsea, Cherokee Nation, January 1900.<br \/>\n10. R.L. Simpson, Eufaula, Creek Nation, May 1900.<br \/>\n11. W.B. Davidson (William Bell), Tamaha, Choctaw Nation, March 1905, served as a pharmacist, postmaster, town recorder, and notary public.\u00a0 A notarized statement, preserved in an heirloom family bible reads:<\/p>\n<p>March 1, 1905, Tamaha, Ind. Terr.<br \/>\nI W.B. Davidson, Notary Public, duly commissioned and acting hereby Testify that a very ancient looking Bible of unknown age was brought to me and I there find that &#8211; James Ridley Martin was Married to Murcena Brown on 15th April, 1849 &#8211; There are no erasures. The oldest date on said Bible is 1792. Said Bible was published by Kimber &amp; Sharpless no 8 so. 4th St., Philadelphia and Sterotyped by E. White of New York &#8211; but no date when published. The Book is well preserved and evidently an old family heirloom.<br \/>\nGivin under my hand and seal this 1st day of March 1905.<br \/>\nSigned &#8211; W. B. Davidson, Notary Public<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some law firms that advertised notary services in Indian Territory in Hubbell&#8217;s Legal Directory, 1902 (see image):<br \/>\n1. Potterf and Bowman, Ardmore<br \/>\n2. J.F. Sharp, Purcell<br \/>\n3. J.F. Craig, South McAlester<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Notary history<\/strong> records:<br \/>\nThe records collection of the Redwine Trading Company general store in Spiro, Choctaw Nation, includes notary records for 1904-1906 stored in the Western History Collection at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_Supreme_Court_Ruling_McGirt_v_Oklahoma\"><\/span>U.S. Supreme Court Ruling, McGirt v. Oklahoma<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in a 5-4 vote in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/19pdf\/18-9526_9okb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, that land reserved as a home for the Five Civilized Tribes is still considered <strong>Indian reservation<\/strong> land in <strong>Indian Country<\/strong> and is under the jurisdiction of federal law and tribal law, not Oklahoma state law, unless Congress explicitly acts to diminish, terminate or disestablish the reservation land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Oklahoma State Court does not have jurisdiction for offenses enumerated under the Major Crimes Act (MCA) involving a tribal member on tribal land.\u00a0 Proper jurisdiction for MCA is in federal court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also see our articles on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/cherokee-nation-tribal-code-notary-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cherokee Nation Tribal Code, Notary Laws<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/native-americans-tribal-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Native Americans, Tribal ID<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>Updated<\/strong> 2023-03-18] added W.B Davidson notary information, 1905<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Image Credits<br \/>\n<\/strong>1. Map, Arkansas Territory, 1819, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<br \/>\n2. Map, Indian Territory, 1885, Wikimedia Commons,<br \/>\n3. Map, Indian Territory, Five Civilized Tribes, 1891, Wikimedia Commons,<br \/>\n4. Map, Oklahoma and Indian Territory, 1892, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visit our website for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/mobile-notary\/\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">Colorado Springs Mobile Notary<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0services or\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abclegaldocs.com\/blog-Colorado-Notary\/colorado-notary-training\/\" data-slimstat-async=\"false\" data-slimstat-callback=\"false\" data-slimstat-tracking=\"false\" data-slimstat-type=\"2\" data-slimstat-clicked=\"false\">Colorado Notary Training<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>classes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a9 Copyright 2020\u00a0 ABC Legal Docs, LLC\u00a0 All rights reserved.\u00a0 Do not copy.\u00a0 Citations welcome.\u00a0 Terms of Use apply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Territory Notaries, 1834-1907 Indian Territory was land in the Central United States, now Oklahoma, reserved for the forced relocation of Native American tribes. The period after the American Revolution (1775-1783) saw rapid western expansion into areas occupied by Native Americans known as Indian Country. It was not even an unorganized territory, the areas were established by treaties. In 1803, the United States completed the Louisiana Purchase from France.\u00a0 President Thomas Jefferson sent Lt. Zebulon Pike to explore the region along the Arkansas River, and Lewis and Clark to explore the Missouri River region in the north. 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