Individual Details

Application, 23 Nov 1906, for share due him by the fund appropriated 30 Jun 1906 in favor of the Eastern Cherokee
Charles Ketcher, Indian name: Char lie Tic a nee sky
Lives in Flint District, Cherokee Nation; post office, Evansville, Washington Co, AR
Born 1848, Cherokee Nation
Claims in his own right and in right of his father, Ellis Ketcher, or Sar lee Tic-a-nee-sky
He is married to Ann Ketcher about 56 years old
His father Ellis Ketcher, Ser-lee Tic-a-nee-sky, born in the Old Nation
His mother, Caty Acorn: Ga-ty Du-is-wa.lar-dah, born Cherokee Nation
Maiden name: Caty Bowlin
In 1851 both lived in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory. His father died in 1861; his mother is living.
They were on the rolls of 1835 and 1851 for money and for land in the Cherokee Nation
His half siblings: Nellie Acorn, born about 1852, death unknown. Nancy Acorn, Living. Liza Acorn, living. Dick Acorn, living. Zeke Acorn, b. 1866, living. John Acorn, b. 1874, living.
His grandparents on his father's side were Ketcher and Sallie, a white woman. On his mother's side Will Bowlin and Sally Bowlin. Father's born in Old Nation; mother's in Cherokee Nation. Resided in Flint District in 1851.
Children of grandparents on father's side: Charles, Dick Ketcher, both dead. Mose Ketcher, dead.
On mother's side: Josie Bowlin, died about 1858. Owen, O-sa-ne-gee-sky, died about 1876. Johnson Bowlin, dead.
He was on the roll of 1851 and 1880 for money and for land by the Dawes Commission.
He has given the names of his ancestors as far back as he knows.
Signed 23 Nov 1906: Charles (X) Ketcher. Witnesses to mark: Geo. Redbird, John Acorn
Geo. Redbird and John Acorn have known Charles Ketcher for 25 and 30 years and know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be.

Birth

1848

Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

Child

Louis Catcher (1873 - )