Pre-Curtis Act Cherokee Nation Districts

Pre-Curtis Act Cherokee Nation District Courts

Name of Judge

Term of Service

District

Not Known

1855

Cooweescoowee

Charles Coody Rogers

1857

Cooweescoowee

John Lucien Brown

1857

Cooweescoowee

Jackson Tyner

1861

Cooweescoowee

Clement Vann Rogers

1877

Cooweescoowee

Alexander McCoy Rider

1879

Cooweescoowee

James Christopher McCoy

1881

Cooweescoowee

John Anthony Foreman

1883

Cooweescoowee

John Gunter Scrimsher

1893

Cooweescoowee

Daniel Ross Hicks

1867 & 1869

Cooweescoowee

Charles Coody Rogers

1871,1873 & 1875

Cooweescoowee

Walter Adair Starr

1885, 1887, 1889 &1891

Cooweescoowee

Walter Adair Starr

1895 & 1897

Cooweescoowee

 

 

 

Benjamin Wisner

1841

Delaware

James Kill

1843

Delaware

James V. Hilderbrand

1845

Delaware

David Kell

1847

Delaware

William Cofee Woodall

1871

Delaware

Unknown

1873

Delaware

Isaac Turner

1875

Delaware

Tomas Mitchell Buffington

1889

Delaware

Born on October 19, 1855. Attended tribal schools and began farming. He was elected Principal chief in 1899. DC Gideon, Indian Territory, Descriptive Biographical and Genealogical.

Dudley H. Tucker

1891

Delaware

Joseph Lynch Ward

1891

Delaware

Elian Mcleod Landrum

1893

Delaware

Joseph Lynch Ward

1895

Delaware

James Bonaparte Woodall

1897

Delaware

Peter

1849 & 1851

Delaware

George Owen

1853 & 1855

Delaware

Luther Rice

1857 & 1859

Delaware

Elowie Butler

1867 & 1869

Delaware

Robert Fletcher Wyley

1877,1879, & 1881 & 1883

Delaware

Joseph Lynch Ward

1885&1887

Delaware

 

 

 

Coffee Blackbird

1879

Saline

He served as Sheriff of Saline District, a representative in the National Council, a senator and a district judge.

George Washington Scraper

1881

Saline

Carter Daniel Markham

1883

Saline

Born the son of Leroy and Elizabeth West Markham on May 9 1845. During the Civil war, his family took refuge in the Choctaw Nation, and he served in the Cherokee cavalry under Stand Watie. He married Mary Halfacre and Eliza Matthews. Markham was elected judge if Saline District in 1884 but was primarily a business man. He died in 1925. Mayes county historical society. Highlight of Mayes county.   

Henry Clay Ross

1885

Saline

Born in the Cherokee Nation on November 2, 1848. The son of Lewis and Margaret Hilderband Ross. Educated in Mission Schools. Cherokee Nation and Nazareth Hall, North Hampton County Pennsylvania. In 1866 he returned to the Cherokee Nation and settled in Saline District. He married Elizabeth Campbell Rupe and Josephine Pettit daughter of Andrew Pettit. Ross died in 1905. Mayes Historical Society. Highlights of Mayes County.

George Feeling

1888

Saline

Served out the term of Coffee Blackbird. 

David Welch Ragsdale

1889

Saline

Born in 1831 and died in 1912. He was elected judge of the Saline District for one term. Ragsdale. Was appointed postmaster at Rose in 1892. He was later elected to a term as Senator from Saline. When he died the Vinita Chieftain called him "one of the pioneer citizens the country.”  He is Buried at Elm Grove Cemetery. See George W. Shirk, "First Post offices within Boundaries of Oklahoma." Chronicles of Oklahoma 26 (summer 48) 225; Vinita Chieftain September, 20, 1912.

Edward Sylvester Adair

1897

Saline

Son of Andrew & Annie Vann Adair, married Rebecca Baugh. A merchant at Chouteau, he began his career at Saline District as Sheriff in 1889, served a number of years as clerk and served one term as Judge. During the Later years of the century he operated a ferry across the Grand River.  See Mayes County Historical Society.  Historical Highlights of Mayes County.  

Bird Doublehead

1843 &1845

Saline

David Rowe

1855 &1857

Saline

Charles Wickliff

1867 & 1869

Saline

First term as judge of Saline was District was in 1877-1879. He was re-elected as judge ten years later. He took office between February and May of 1889. He died a few months later at age 75. He is buried in Wickliff Cemetery.

Saturday Vann

1871 suspended

Saline

Coffee Blackbird

1887 died

Saline

He served as Sheriff of Saline District, a representative in the National Council, a senator and a district judge.

Charles Wickliff

1888 died

Saline

Served previously in 1867 &1869

Henry Clay Ross

1891, 1893 &1895

Saline

Served previously in 1885

Redbird Sixkiller

6/6/1872

Saline

 

 

 

Joseph McMinn Starr

1841

Goingsnake

John Foster

1845

Goingsnake

Benjamin Vann

1847

Goingsnake

Eli Murphy

1849

Goingsnake

E.G. Smith

1851

Goingsnake

Eli Murphy

1853

Goingsnake

John D. Paxton

1855

Goingsnake

Johnson Reese

1857

Goingsnake

Wiley Glover Thornton

1869

Goingsnake

Henry Crittenden

1871

Goingsnake

Johnson Whitmire

1873

Goingsnake

Nelson Terrapin

1875

Goingsnake

Joseph McMinn Starr

1877

Goingsnake

Jesse Redbird

1885

Goingsnake

John Vigil McPherson

1887

Goingsnake

Edward D. Foreman

1889

Goingsnake

Adam Lacey

1891

Goingsnake

John R. Crittenden

1895

Goingsnake

John W. Holland

1896

Goingsnake

Joseph Smallwood

1897

Goingsnake

Pleasant H. Holland

1993

Goingsnake

Moses Downing

1843 died

Goingsnake

Johnson Robbins

1859 & 1867

Goingsnake

James Lafayette Bigby

1879, 1881, & 1883

Goingsnake