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Descendants of John & Martha (Simpson) Gaylor

3. Sarah Matilda⁴ Gaylor (John³, John², James¹) was born 08 Jan 1847 in Jackson Co TN, and died 02 Aug 1888 in Muskogee, IndTerr. She married (1) Elbert Jordan(1) 20 Apr 1865 in Fannin Co TX. She married (2) Ivera Wright(2) 04 May 1868 in Barry Co MO. She married (3) Frederick McDonald Uhls 16 Aug 1871 in FtGibson(CherNation)IndTerr. He was born Abt. 1825 in TN, and died 13 Dec 1893 in Ind Terr.

Notes for Sarah Matilda Gaylor:
SARAH MATILDA GAYLOR was born in 1847, probably near Granville, Jackson County, TN but as a child moved with her parents to Marion Co TN near the AL/GA border. They settled on the Washburn Prairie in southwestern Barry County, MO around 1853. It is believed her father John Gaylor died soon after the move since her mother Martha married William Brummett in Barry County in 1854. The family moved to Ladonia, Fannin County, TX around 1858. In 1865, when Sarah was 18 years old, she married Elbert Jordan in Fannin County, but this marriage didn't last and they were divorced or it was annulled. Mr Jordan married another woman soon after. In 1867 in Farmersville, Collin County, TX, after Sarah's step-father William Brummett died, her mother married William C. McCord. They moved briefly back to Barry County, MO where Sarah married Ivera B. Wright in 1868. About 1869, Sarah traveled to Ft Gibson of the Cherokee Nation with her mother and brothers "Jack" & "Tom" Gaylor. It is known for sure what became of her brother Abslom Gaylor, whether he died in TX or traveled with the family to MO and Indian Territory.. They probably all traveled as a group. Her half-brother Robert Brummett came with them and step-brother John Brummett also made the move a few years later. Sarah's husband Ivera Wright probably died in Indian Territory since Sarah married a blacksmith named Frederick McDonald Uhls in 1871 while at Ft Gibson. They later moved to Muskogee. Sarah & Frederick had several children, Cynthia, Florence, Emma W., Pearl, Mittie, George and Fred. It is possible Sarah had other children from her previous marriages, however, this is not known for sure. Sarah died in Muskogee in 1888 and is buried in Greenhill Cemetery. Her husband Frederick married Mrs Mary Jane Griffith who helped raise the children, but he also died in 1893.
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20 Apr 1865 - Fannin Co TX (Marriage Records)
SARAH M. GAYLOR married Elbert Jordan (1st Husband)
(Later annulled/divorced?)

4 May 1868 - Barry Co MO (Marriage Records)
SARAH MATILDA GAYLOR married Ivera B. Wright (2d Husband)
William Seamster, M.G. (Rock Springs Baptist Church near Seligman)

1871 - Bible Record of a Uhls descendant (Sent by Virginia Norcress, descendant of Fred Uhls Jr)
Marriage page from bible reads:
John T Dyer and Syntha Uhls married March the 8, 1888
F.M. Uhls and Sarah married August the 16, 1871
(Only two marriages listed)

1878-Citizenship Applications, Cherokee Nation 7RA-25, Roll 1
SARAH McUHLES (Illinois District, Case #217) - REJECTED (Sarah & brother Tom Gaylor filed together)
THOMAS GAYLOR (Cooweec. District-Case #220) - REJECTED (with McUHLES case
(Note: SARAH McUHLES should be SARAH M. UHLS. Sarah's husband Frederick M. Uhls never applied for citizenship. He was a blacksmith "under permit")

1880 Cherokee Census (Sched 3 "Citizenship Adversely Decided")7RA-07,Roll 4, Illinois District
SARAH McUHLES, Age 30, Female (Rejected by Commission on Citizenship)
(Note: I could not find brother Tom Gaylor, who applied with her, in any District on this schedule)

1880 Cherokee Census (Schedule 5 "Intruders") 7RA-07,Roll4,Ilinois District
McCORD(No First Name), White, Age 55 (On Whose Claim Residing: F.H. McUHL)
GAYLOR, Laura, Age 14 (On Whose Claim Residing: F.H. McOulls)
(Note: McUHL/McOULLS should be UHLS)

1880 Cherokee Census (Schedule 6 "Census of Cherokee Nation") 7RA-07,Roll 4
Illinois District. This schedule stated: "Under permit by CN"---"Rejected by Comm on Citz")
F.M. UHLES, Blacksmith, White, Age 56, Male (Employed by Edwin Winn)
Sarah, Farming, White, Age 30, Female; Cyntha 6, Flora 5, Emma 4, Parthina 3, Frederick 1(Could not find Tom Gaylor in any District)

2 Aug 1888 - Muskogee OK (Cemetery Records-Greenhill Cem, Lot 22, Block 114)
SARAH M. UHLS(Inscribed "SarahM.wife of F.M.Uhls dAug2,1888,age41yrs6mo 26days")
(Don's note: According to the custodian of this cemetery, it was established in the early 1900's. The Uhls family plots, among many others, were moved from the old cemetery which was located across the street from the Old Baptist Hospital on Fondulac Street. The "reconstructed records" made at Greenhill, many years later, are therefore, very sketchy & inaccurate concerning some of these relocated graves. Dozens of these old graves were unmarked or the stones had no names. Specific information was probably remembered incorrectly by surviving family members. Two of the graves in the Uhls Lot 22 had no names. The records incorrectly stated that Sarah M. Uhls died in 1887. The actual stone is engraved as stated above, with a death date of 1888. Another stone in the Uhls plot did indeed have a death date of 1887, age 41, however, no name was engraved. This was probably a relative, perhaps a child from Frederick's first marriage to Catherine Love. It is possible that Frederick, who died in 1893, is buried in this Lot with no stone. Frederick's 3d wife, Mrs Mary Jane Griffith, who he married in Peru, Kansas 1890, is evidently not buried here.)

1890's (Admin Rec US Court IndTerr 1st Div NE area BK A,pg38)
(Heirs of FREDERICK M. UHLS, Deceased)
CLARINDA, EMMA W., FREDERICK, MITTIE, PERTHENIA (Children)
MARY JANE (Widow, 2d Wife of F.M. Uhls)
Surety: J.T. GAYLOR (Uncle to children, also known as "Tom" Gaylor)
(Note: Frederick Uhls, Sr died Nov 1893)

Oct 1894 - Daughter EMMA W. UHLS visited her uncle "Jack" Gaylor & family in Lander Wyo. She signed the guest register book of her 1st cousin Abbie (Jack's daughter) in Lander. Book is in the possession of Abbie's daughter in Wyo. It is believed that Emma resided briefly in Boise, Idaho during this time. She married Warren Cole Hinds and settled in Kansas City, KS between 1900-1910.
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Dawes Commission Index, 1896
SARAH M. UHLS (with HENRY C. THOMPSON)
Tribe: Cherokee
Case Number: 5497

1890's - Case #310 (Final decision of the APPEAL made concerning the DAWES Commission adverse decision//(evidently made by Sarah's children after her death. She died in 1888)
SARAH M. UHLS vs No. 310 Cherokee Nation
Mr N.A. Gibson, Special Master to whom this case was referred, submits the following report: (Insert Report)
BY THE COURT. This case in on appeal from the United States Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. The Indians contend that they are Cherokee Indians by blood, and that their parents were legally enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee Nation, and that their names were stricken from the rolls without process of law. The Master, however, finds that the proof is insufficent to sustain the allegation of the claimants, that they or any of their ancestors have ever been enrolled as ciitizens of the Cherokee Nation, there being no positive proof made in the statement of their petition. He further finds that there is no proof of the Indian blood of the claimants.
In view of these facts the judgment of the United States Commission rejecting this case is affirmed, and the application of the claimants to be enrolled as citizens of the Cherokee Nation is denied. Entered Dawes No 5497

1897 - CITIZENSHIP CASE #42
Executive Department, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Ind. Ter. Feb 26, 1897
To the Several District Sheriffs:
I have the honor to enclose herewith the ncls? of the National Council authorizing and directing you to sell improvements in your respective District made upon the public domain of the Cherokee Nation by intruders and unauthorized persons in violation of the laws of said Nation and various treatie and agreements between it and the overnment of the United States. you are hereby directed, after first filing with this office for approval the additional bond required of you by law, to proceed to advertise and sell all improvements contemplated by the acts of the National Council above referred to, with the exception of those places made by persons who have appealed their suits for citizenship from the decission of the Dawes Commission to the United States District Court for the Indian Terrirtory; a list of such persons is herewith submitted. The law herewith transmitted is your paramount instruction but I deem it advisable, under existing circumstances, not to offer these places for sale while such cases are pending before said court for final determination. Very respectfully, Ass't and Acting Principal Chief.
No. Name
310 SARAH M. UHLS, et al (several others who appealed also on the list)
(From the Emmet Starr collection, Oklahoma Historical Society)

4 May 1903 (Indian Terr, Northern Dist No 1-346-10; Filed in Muskogee Co OK; Book H2 Page 16)
"Z.T. Walrond being first duly sworn by and before me, a Notary Public, in and for the Northern District of the Indian Territory says. That he was appointed by the District Judge of said Northern District as administrator, de bonus non, of the estate of Frederick M.C.D. Uhls, that he knew said Uhls before his death, and has been acquainted with the family for twelve years last past; that said Frederick M.C.C. Uhls that the names of said heirs are as follows:
Cynthia Ann Dyer (nee Uhls)
Florence Robinson (nee Uhls)
Emma Hinds (nee Uhls)
Pearl Gallagher (nee Uhls)
Frederick Uhls
Mittie Brown(nee Uhls)
That the maiden name of Florence Robinson was Clarinda Uhls and that she changed the name to Clarinda for that of Florence years ago. That the maiden name of Pearl Gallagher was Perthina Uhls, and that she changed the name Perthina to that of Pearl some years ago; that Frederick Uhls and Fred Uhls is one and the same person; that all of the said heirs of Frederick M.C.D. Uhls are now of age. Z.T. Walrond
Subscribed and sworn to before me on this 9th day of April, 1902.
(SEAL) J.B. Campbell, Notary Public
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Note: Virginia Norcross, a descendant of Sarah Matilda Uhls' son Frederick Jr, also researched Sarah's citizenship case & sent me the following email. The original applications concerning this case supposedly are in the custody of the BIA Area Office in Muskogee, OK. She briefly viewed some of the papers but did not make copies:
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"I've scanned the front page of the citizenship case #42, and the answer I
received from the Dept. of the Interior. I also scanned a copy of a notice
of appeal from the decision of the Dawes Commission. It noted the existence
of Prima Facie evidence concerning their citizenship in the Cherokee Nation.
The evidence was sent to the authorities as required by law, but was "lost."
So was the particular box that contained the earlier Dawes cards. The Nation
told me that someone had spilled coffee on several of the boxes. The Gaylors
were named in the case, but the rest of the case is packed away."
- - - - - -"There was a very strong family tradition in our line, that Sarah was of Indian ancestry. The story was that her brothers and children were unable to establish their rights to the land (a choice piece at the edge of a national park, as I understand it) after Sarah's passing."

More About Sarah Matilda Gaylor:
Ancestry: Eng/Scot/ScotIr
Burial: Greenhill Cemetery
Residence1: Jackson Co TN(1847-1851)
Residence2: Marion Co TN(1851-1853)
Residence3: Barry Co MO(1853-1858)
Residence4: Fannin/Collin Co TX(1858-1867)//////Back to Barry Co MO(1867-1869)
Residence5: FtGibson/Muskogee Ind Terr(1869-1888)

Notes for Frederick McDonald Uhls:
1850 MACON CO. TN. CENSUS PAGE 292 FAM. # 96 DIST. #3 26 AUG 1850
F.M. UHLS 26 BLACKSMITH TN.
CATHERINE 30 TN.
MARGARET LOVE 12 TN.
MARY LOVE 8 TN.
PARTHENIA UHLS 3 TN.
JOHN UHLS 1 TN.

1870 PERRY CO. IL. CENSUS PG. 18 LINE 20
UHLS, F.M. 41 REAL ESTATE $4000 TN. BLACKSMITH
CATHERINE 49 TN.
FLORA A. 17 IL.
GEORGE W. 16 IL.
FREDRICK (L.) 12 IL.
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Civil War - Frederick M Uhls (UNION)
Claimed Residence in Benton
Enlist Date Enlist Place Enlist Rank Enlist Age
10 August 1861 Blacksmith

Served Illinois Enlisted C Co. 15th Cav Reg. IL Mustered Out on 25 August 1864
Source: Illinois: Roster of Officers and Enlisted Men
Abbreviation: ILRoster
Published by on 1900
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Uhls Frederick M. C 15 Illinois Cavalry. Black Smith Black Smith Union
Uhls Frederick M. C 44 Indiana Infantry. Private Private Union
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After Sarah died, he married Mary Jane Griffith, (her age when she married Fred was 70 yrs.) 16 Mar 1890 at Peru, Kansas by Rev. Samuel Record, MG.
Mary Jane was the widow of preacher Wm. L. Griffith who died 25 Sep 1882
She gives the ages of Fred's chidren under the age of 16 as
Fredrick born 27 Aug 1872 and Mittie L.. born 08 Oct 1882
Fred Mac died 13 Dec 1893
(Source: Bill Uhles of Sulphur, OK)

Children of Sarah Gaylor and Frederick Uhls are:

10	i.	Cynthia⁵ Uhls, born 1874 in Ft Gibson(CherNation) IndianTerr. She married John T. Dyer 08 Mar 1888 in Cher Nation, Ind Terr.
11	ii.	Clarinda Florence "Flora" Uhls, born Mar 1875 in Ft Gibson(CherNation) IndianTerr.
12	iii.	Emma Ward Uhls, born 15 Feb 1876 in Ft Gibson(CherNation) IndianTerr; died 26 Jun 1968 in Olathe(Johnson) KS. She married Warren Cole Hinds 29 Apr 1896 in Muskogee, IndianTerr.
13	iv.	Parthenia "Pearl" Uhls, born 1877 in Ft Gibson(CherNation) IndianTerr.
14	v.	Frederick "Fred" Uhls, Jr, born 27 Aug 1879 in Ft Gibson(CherNation) IndianTerr; died 1947 in Lexington(Cleveland) OK ?. He married (1) Martha Alberty 1898 in Indian Terr. He married (2) Mimie(2) 1903.

Notes for Frederick "Fred" Uhls, Jr:
Fred Jr first married an Indian girl, Martha Alberty.they had one child a daughter named Ruby Uhls. Ruby's mother died while Fred Jr. was in the U. S. Army fighting in the Phillipines. Ruby was only one year old when Martha Died. Ruby was taken in as a ward of the court by the husband of her aunt (Martha's sister) there were several other related foster chidren living with him also. Fred Jr. had a son named Fredrick Layfayette, Fred L. had a photography Studio In Pauls Valley Ok before he died. ...both Freds are buried here in Sulphur.
They had a carriage (also Upholstry) business here in Sulphur when my family moved here (Sulphur) in 1938. I asked my dad if they were kin to us and he said no...that they spelledtheir name differently. They left here shortly thereafter and went to Lexington Ok. but that is the last I knew of them. After 1900 - Frederick Uhls Jr settled in Sulphur OK and operated a garage for many years. He moved to Lexington OK during World War II, butwas buried in Sulphur after his death in 1947. (Source: Bill Uhles of Sulphur, OK)

More About Frederick "Fred" Uhls, Jr:
Burial: Sulpher(Garvin) OK

	15	vi.		Mittie Lillian Uhls, born 08 Oct 1882 in CherNation, Indian Terr; died Unknown in LA. She married George R. Brown Sep 1900 in Muskogee, Ind Terr.
	16	vii.		George W. Uhls, born Jun 1887 in Muskogee, IndianTerr; died 16 Aug 1887 in Muskogee, IndianTerr.

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