General Notes

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Correspondence from Lynn Mize <lmize!albemarlenet.com> 8/2/2000
Christopher Spring is listed on the 1830 Choctaw Armsrtong Roll as a w
hi te man with 20 acres in
cultivation, 4 members in family, 4 males over the age of 16. One whi
te pe rson listed in his household and he is listed as living near Ashshuk
wa a nd is a blacksmith. Total land owned was 320 acres and land was toler
able.
Under a seperate listing at this time of the Armstrong roll, Christian S
pr ing is listed on a list of claims
under the treaty of Mingo Mushshulatubbee's district, it says numb
er of ac res 20, number of acres
allowed 320, persons that have relinquished- remarks - sold to B. W. Ki
rk ny (white man).
He went to the Choctaw Nation East in 1833. A Nicholas Spring is list
ed wi th taxable property in Madison Co., MS
Territory, dated July 19,
1810.
>From Who Was Who Among the Southern Indians, A Genealogical Notebook,
1698-1907 by
Don Martini, Falkner Miss.
Spring, Christian - white resident among the Choctaws, was a blacks
mi th at Ashuckwa in Moshulatubbe's District in 1831, his household consi
st ed of four persons, including four males over 16. He was allowed 320 a
cr es by the 1830 Dancing Rabit Treaty, and was given the W1/2 S15 T
14 R1 5E as a reserve, which he sold. (Choctaw Reserves, OIA, roll 189, fr
ame 95 1. He was listed on the 1830 Simpson County, Mississippi, cens
us as bei ng 30-40 years old: