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      Dawes Act
      Belchers Listed


      On February 8, 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act, named for its author, Senator Henry Dawes of Massachusetts. Also known as the General Allotment Act, the law allowed for the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals. Thus, Native Americans registering on a tribal "roll" were granted allotments of reservation land. Each head of family would receive one-quarter of a section (120 acres); each single person over 18 or orphan child under 18 would receive one-eighth of a section (60 acres); and other single persons under 18 would receive one-sixteenth of a section (30 acres).

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      Name: Belcher, Bessie
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 9
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: 3/4
Card No.: 2423
Roll No.: 7296

Name: Belcher, Belle
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 48
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/8
Card No.: MCR768

Name: Belcher, Christopher C
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 69
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: AW
Card No.: 1085
Roll No.: 3511

Name: Belcher, Clara B
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: MCR795

Name: Belcher, Claude
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 4
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/32
Card No.: MCR795

Name: Belcher, Edgar
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 16
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: MCR768

Name: Belcher, Eliza
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 1085
Name: Belcher, Emma
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 7
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: 3/4
Card No.: 2423
Roll No.: 7297

Name: Belcher, George W
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 1085

Name: Belcher, Henry
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 20
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: MCR768

Name: Belcher, Ida
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: MCR795

Name: Belcher, Jennie
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 1
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: 3/4
Card No.: 3558
Roll No.: 9543

Name: Belcher, John Bert
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 23
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: MCR793

Name: Belcher, John H
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: MCR792

Name: Belcher, Johnny B
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 14
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: MCR768

Name: Belcher, Martha
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 3558

Name: Belcher, Martha E
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 45
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: NR
Card No.: 5099
Roll No.: NR

Name: Belcher, Martha E
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 45
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: NR
Card No.: 5099
Roll No.: NR

Name: Belcher, Martha E
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 45
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: NR
Card No.: 5099
Roll No.: NR

Name: Belcher, May Belle
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 3
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/32
Card No.: MCR792

Name: Belcher, Nancy
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: D273
Name: Belcher, Nora
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 3
Sex: F
Enrollment Type: NB (Newborn)
Blood %: 3/4
Card No.: NB746

Name: Belcher, Robert D
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 26
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: MCR795

Name: Belcher, Simon
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 20
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: FULL
Card No.: 237
Roll No.: 799

Name: Belcher, Sunny
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 2
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: BB (By Blood)
Blood %: 3/4
Card No.: 2423
Roll No.: 7298

Name: Belcher, Tobe
Tribe: Creek
Record Type: enrollment
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: P (Parent)
Card No.: 3558

      

1910 Census
      
227 31 51:51 BELCHER Toby Head m I 41 m2 20 OK US OK Cre w Cre 1/2 227 32 51:51 
      
BELCHER Martha Wife f I 34 m1 20 6:2 OK OK OK Cre Cre Cre 1/4 227 33 51:51 
      
BELCHER Emma dau f I 19 s OK OK OK Cre Cre Cre ? 227 34 51:51 
      
BELCHER Bessie dau f I 17 s OK OK OK Cre Cre Cre ? 227 35 51:51 
      
BELCHER Thomas son m I 14 s OK OK 

      

death notice:
      
Friday July 7, 1916 TOBE BELCHER DEAD Tobe Belcher, a well known Indian character
      
 died at his home in this city Monday afternoon.
       Belcher was a fullblood and was born and reared here. Heart failure is given as the cause of his death.
       He is said to have been drinking heavy here of late. He was buried in this city Wednesday afternoon. 
      


a death notice for Tobe Belchers wife:

      
March 17, 1916 DEATH OF MRS. BELCHER The funeral of Mrs. Tobe Belcher
      
 was held Thursday afternoon at the Baptist church (omitted) conducted the Indian services and the burial was in the Eufaula cemetery.
       Mrs. Belcher had been in bad health for over a year and death came Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Belcher home in the east part of town.
       The family is well known in the county, having resided in Eufaula for the past eight years. 
      Mrs. Belcher leaves a husband and a son and a daughter besides many friends. 
She was thirty-eight years old.

      


Name: Belcher, William J
Tribe: Choctaw
Record Type: enrollment
Age: 28
Sex: M
Enrollment Type: MCR (Minor)
Blood %: 1/16
Card No.: MCR792