FRANKLIN EDWARD DAVID FARMER. M.A.
406 W.Chelten Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215)991-9793
May 31, 1999
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Citizenship Board
P.O. Box 580
Okmulgee, OK 74447
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Please forward me an application for Creek citizenship. I believe that some or all of the following individuals are my blood ancestors through my grandmother, LAURA DRAKE NICHOLS nee: Laura Drake, born in Athens, GA 1894, died Philadelphia, PA 1987. I have located ancestors who were listed on the Dawes Enrollment in 1906 files through the NAIL files:
EMMA DRAKE
Control Number: NRFF-75-53A-43164
Record Group: 75
Series: 53A
Item:43164
Title: Enrollment for Emma Nichols
Dates:ca 1898-ca 1914
Creating Org. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes
Scope & Content: Tribe:Creek
Type: By Blood
Age:22
Roll:8608
Degree of Indian Blood: 1/16
Census Card Number: 3028
City of Residence:BROKEN ARROW
RICHARD DRAKE
Control Number:NRFF-75-53A-30592
Record Group:75
Series:53A
Item:30592
Title: Enrollment for Richard Drake
Dates:ca.1898-ca.1914
Creating Org: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner of the Five Civilized Tribes
Scope & Content: Tribe: Creek
Type: Parent
Sex: Male
Census Card Number: 2297
NANCY DRAKE
Control Number:NRFF-75-53A-30591
Record Group:75
Series:53A
Item:30591
Title:Enrollment for Nancy Drake
Dates: ca1898-ca.1914
Creating Org.: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner for the Five Civilized Tribes
Scope & Content: Tribe: Creek
Type:Parent
Sex:Female
Census Card Number: 2297
City of Residence: EUCHEE
BENJAMIN DRAKE
Control Number:NRFF-75-53A-30590
Record Group:75
Series:53A
Item:30590
Title: Enrollment for Benjamin Drake
Dates: ca1898-ca.1914
Creating Org.: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner for the Five Civilized Tribes
Scope & Content: Tribe: Creek
Type:By Blood
Age:11
Sex:Male
Roll:6983
Degree of Indian Blood:3/4
Census Card Number: 2297
City of Residence:EUCHEE
The following individuals are blood ancestors through my grandfather, E.K. NICHOLS SR. ( Rev. Edward K. Nichols, Sr. born in Atlanta, GA 1879, died Philadelphia, PA 1963.
WILLIAM B. NICHOLS
Control Number:NRFF-75-53A-43171
Record Group:75
Series:53A
Item:43171
Title: Enrollment for William B. Nichols
Dates: ca1898-ca.1914
Creating Org.: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner for the Five Civilized Tribes
Scope & Content: Tribe: Creek
Age:2
Sex:Male
Roll:8609
Degree of Indian Blood: 1/16
Census Card Number:3028
City of Residence: BROKEN ARROW
S.F. NICHOLS
Control Number:NRFF-75-53A-43169
Record Group:75
Series:53A
Item:43169
Title:Enrollment for S.F. Nichols
Dates: ca1898-ca.1914
Creating Org.: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Commissioner for the Five Civilized Tribes
Scope & Content: Tribe: Creek
Type:Parent
Sex: Male
Census Card Number:3465
My mother, Marjorie Louise Nichols Farmer, and her 3 siblings are the children of the Nichols-Drake marriage. My great grandfather, Drake was a mulatto with Creek and African ancestry. He was born in Georgia and died in the 1940s prior to my birth in 1947.
I was fortunate to meet with Carol Highsmith, an enrolled member of the Creek Nation, who resides her in Philadelphia at a recent gathering of the Cherokee peoples, here in the Delaware Valley. She directed my to the Creek Nation web page. After an exhaustive search I was able to locate my ancestors and their ties, both blood and marriage to the Creek Nation.
I am a professional educator, with over 15 years classroom teaching experience in social studies and English. I hold a Master of Arts in history (University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada) and I am completing the requirements for my Ph.D. in education (Kennedy Western University, Thousand Oaks, CA). I am currently teaching high school social studies here in Philadelphia, PA.
Thank you for your kind attention and support. Please forward the application for tribal enrollment to FRANKLIN FARMER, 408 West Chelten Ave. Apt. 1, Philadelphia, PA 19144. I can be reached at any time at (215)991-9793 or e-mail fedf@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Franklin Farmer
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