Abbey, D. P. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 Abernathy, John was commissioned as deputy marshal in June of 1905, under Marshal W. D. Fossett of Oklahoma Territory, assigned to Comanche and the southwestern counties.   He received a telegraph from headquarters at Guthrie telling him to meet Deputy Marshal Fred Frey in Lawton to help arrest Joseph S. Keller who was hiding in a dugout ten miles north of Indiahoma in the Wichita Mountains.  After meeting Deputy Frey, they took a livery rig to the Wichita Mountain area to meet the forest supervisor who advised the two lawmen that they would not take their man alive.  To make their journey they had to travel first through Cache, then to Indiahoma and back north fifteen miles to the mountains.  When the two deputies arrived in Cache, a train was pulling into the station bound for Lawton.  Deputy Frey reached in his pocket pulling out the warrant and said to Abernathy, “You get him if you can.  I’ve got to go to Lawton.”  Abernathy continued on to the Wichita Mountains alone where he found Keller’s dugout which was unattended but gave evidence Keller was only a short distance away.  A search away from the dugout led the officer to an area where he could hear someone chopping wood.  He could hear about five licks, and then there was silence.  Abernathy moved closer where he observed Keller swinging the axe, then stopped to see if anyone was around. The heavy brush hid Abernathy which allowed him to check his six-shooter to make sure it was ready to fire.  He slowly made his way toward the clearing, approaching Keller from his backside with his Winchester rifle leveled ready to pull the trigger.  An order was given to the fugitive to raise his hands but it was ignored.  Failure to obey the order indicated that he would not be taken alive, even if he did not have his pistol in hand.  His pistol lay at his feet and his axe in his hand.  The deputy pulled the trigger on his Winchester only to hear the hammer fall on a dead cartridge.  Immediately Abernathy challenged Keller again, telling him there were thirteen guns leveled at him and he would be killed if he made a move.  Keller surrendered without any resistance.  He was charged with cutting timber and setting a fire on Indian land.  Keller was guilty of other crimes which were revealed after his arrest.  Keller killed three men in Kentucky before coming to Indian Territory where he hoped to hide from the law.  John Abernathy was known as the “Wolf Catcher” due to his skill of capturing wolves with his hands.  The fearless Abernathy would provoke the prairie wolf to attack him and as the angered animal lunged at his throat, Abernathy would force his fist, which was protected by a leather gauntlet glove, deep into the jowls of the animal.  The wolf’s fangs sank deep into the glove.  Abernathy’s free arm was used to capture his prey.  The wolf’s destiny, whether it be killed, captured, or freed, remained with Abernathy. John hunted all types of game with President Theodore Roosevelt who was an avid hunter.  During these hunts the president saw that Abernathy was an expert marksman.  It was this involvement that promoted Abernathy to marshal of Oklahoma Territory.  Abernathy owned one of the most prized horses in Indian Territory called Sam Bass.  The large white horse stood fifteen and one half hands and weighed 1050 pounds.  John Abernathy would become the first marshal of the Western District of the State of Oklahoma on November 11, 1907. 

(Fairview Republican - June 23, 1905) (The Durant Times - June 13, 1905) (The Fairview Republican - June 23, 1905) (Twin Territories Times) (Picture - Old West Magazine, - Summer 1969) 

 

Abernathy, John R.	U. S. Marshall	Guthrie	January 13, 1908
Abernathy, John R.	U. S. Marshal		1907
Abernathy, John R.	U. S. Marshal	Guthrie	April 1, 1906

 

Abernathy, Van F.

D.U.S. Marshal

January 28, 1907 to June 30, 1907

 

Adair, Foreman was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, working under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In January of 1892, he went to the Cherokee Nation to serve a warrant of arrest to Looney Goingsleep for introducing and selling whiskey to the Indians.  His prisoner was taken to the Ft. Smith jail to await sentencing. 

(Ft. Smith Elevator - January 8, 1892)

 

 Adair, Will was remembered by Indian pioneer James Spencer. 

(Indian Pioneer History - James T. Spencer)

 

Adams, C. B. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from January thru March of 1895, by Marshal Evett Dumas Nix. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 

 

Adams, David “Dave” was commissioned in 1889, in the Northern District Court of Indian Territory assigned to the Muskogee court under Marshal T. B. Needles.  He served as a deputy marshal for eighteen years working under Samuel Rutherford, Leo Bennett and James J. McAlester.  Dave worked with Deputy Marshals Bud Ledbetter, Lon Davis, Bill Barker and his son Harry to close down several gambling joints in Sapulpa, before going to Bristow where they served several warrants of arrest. They also went to the home of the Hughes brothers, a notorious gang who had been giving the residents of that area trouble for some time.  At daylight the brothers returned to their cabin from a raid and were contacted by the officers.  When ordered to surrender, a gun battle broke out in which one of the brothers was killed while the other two tried to escape.  Bud Ledbetter and Jesse Allen captured the second brother who was taken to jail in Bristow.  In a short period of time the third Hughes brother tried to contact his brother in jail and was placed under arrest.  In June of 1895, Deputy Marshal Adams was acquitted on a murder charge at the Muskogee court.   Adams tried to arrest three boys who were guilty of malicious conduct in Muskogee, Creek Nation.  During the arrest one of the boys tried to escape when he ran from Officer Adams.  Adams gave a verbal warning to halt which was ignored then pulled his pistol to fire a warning shot which the running boy also neglected.  As Dave fired the warning shot, a friend of the running boy grabbed Dave’s arm thinking Dave was going to shoot his fleeing comrade.  The boy’s grasp on Dave’s arm pulled the pistol down which caused the slug from the bullet to strike the boy directly in the back. The boy fell to the ground where he died within a short period of time.  It was policy that anytime an officer of the law shot anyone while trying to make an arrest; he had to be taken before the examination board of the court to be too cleared.  In 1902, Dave was appointed to work out of Muskogee court when the Western District Court was changed from the Northern District Court.   Dave worked the “Traveling Court” which was headquartered out of Muskogee from 1903 through 1904.  This court was established to eliminate long distances of travel and lengthy stays for witnesses who had to go to the court in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In May of 1903, Dave arrested seventeen men charged with rioting in a race war at Braggs.  Fourteen of these men were white and three were colored. 

(The Woodward News - June 11, 1895) (The Weekly Elevator - November 6, 1896) (Ft. Smith Elevator - July 18, 1902) (Woodward Bulletin - May 15, 1903) (Muskogee Democrat - February 22, 1906) (Chronicles of Oklahoma - Volume 46, 1968) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 -1896) (Picture - Notable Men of Indian Territory) (Picture - Experiences of a U.S. Deputy Marshal) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Black Red and Deadly) (National Archives, Washington, D.C. - Account # 8714, 10049, 22693 & 30089) 

 

Adams

David

D.U.S. Marshal

Muskogee

1897

 

 U. S. Deputy Marshal Has Collection Record

 January 7, 1907—Muskogee, I. T.—Dave Adams, a deputy marshal under Marshal Leo E. Bennett, collected $1,325.55 last year in fees for serving civil process.  With the single exception of H. B. Wilson, of the western district of Texas this is the largest amount of fees collected by any deputy marshal in the United States.  Wilson collected $2,778.31.  The civil fees collected in the western district last year amounted to $4,548.67.  Three other districts exceeded this.  They are, one in Alaska, the District of Columbia and southern New York, but these were because of the admiralty. Civil earnings in this district have doubled since 1903.

 

Adams, Ed was called to arrest Buster Byington, a full blood Choctaw who was under the influence of whiskey.  He met a woman of color whom he hugged and left her going down the main street where he met a white woman.  She screamed when she was hugged which caused Deputy Marshal Adams to apprehend Buster who fought back but Adams threw him to the ground and handcuffed him before taking him to jail. 

 

(Watonga Republican - January 10, 1894)

 

Adams, Edgar S.

D.U.S. Marshal

Ardmore

February 3, 1902

 

Ed. S. Adams, 67, Meat Company Official Dies

Pioneer of State Is Victim of Long Illness Here

 

December 9, 1940—Daily Oklahoman—E. S. Adams, 67-year-old pioneer state resident and meat company official, died Sunday morning t St. Anthony hospital of complications following a major operation a month ago.  He lived at 1209 Marlboro Lane.

          Adams, assistant sales manager for Wilson & Co. came to Oklahoma with his parents when he was a small boy.  They settled in Atoka were Adams was educated.  In 1891 he entered the employment of the Ada & Atoka branch of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad as a conductor.

          When the United States entered the Spanish-American war in 1898, Adams joined and gained the rank of sergeant.  He fought the battle of San Juan Hill under Col. Theodore Roosevelt and alongside of Col. Frank Know, navy secretary.  After the war Adams visited the home of Roosevelt and they became friends.  Adams was appointed United States marshal to the southern portion of Indian Territory soon after Roosevelt was elected president.

          After statehood, Adams returned to railroad pioneering in Mexico, Panama, and South America.  But in a few yeas he returned, homesick, entering the employment of Wilson & Co. here in 1914.  He started as a salesman, was promoted to district manager and at the time of his death was an assistant to the sales manager, W. W. Martin.

          Adams was a thirty-second degree Mason.  His only survivor is his wife, Sallie.

          Services will be at Smith and Hernke funeral home at 4 p.m. Tuesday.  Rev. John Abernathy officiating.  Masonic services will be in charge of Siloam Lodge No. 276.

 

Adams, H. A. was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from January thru March of 1895, by Marshal Evitt Dumas Nix. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T.)

 

Adams, John C. Deputy U. S. Marshal 1890-1897

 

 

John C. Adams, Pioneer, Dead

 February 13, 1945—Daily Oklahoman—John C. Adams, 87, Norman, former two-gun marshal of Indian Territory, died Monday after a six-month illness.

          A Chickasaw Indian, Adams was born in Rocky Point and attended the Indian school at Lebanon.  He was a land appraiser for the Rock Island railroad when they built their first line through the state.

          He was a deputy. S. Marshal in the western part of Indian Territory from 1890 until 1897.  He made the run of ’89 and staked the first claim in the present-day business district of Perry.  He was the first peace officer of what was then known as North Perry.

          Adams had lived on a farm six miles northwest of Norman since 1904.  He was a member of the I. O. O. F.

          He is survived by two nephews, Walter Garton, 1921 NW 16, and Theo Garton, 494 N. Shartel.

          Committal services will be 10:30 Wednesday at the I. O. O. F. cemetery in Norman.

 

Adams, John L. was commissioned in the Muskogee District Court on July 1, 1894, serving under Marshal James J. McAlester.   (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office)

(U.S. Deputy Marshals I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (National Archives, Washington D.C. - Account # 8714)

 

 Adams, Oscar was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899, by Marshal Solomon F. Stahl. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 Adams, R. C. was commissioned on May 29, 1890, under Marshal Jacob Yoes in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Adams, William “Will” was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith Arkansas, by Marshal George C. Crump.  In June of 1893, he arrested John Alberty on a larceny charge and took him to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  Will was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory from October thru December of 1894, by Marshal Evitt Dumas Nix. 

(The Weekly Elevator - June 9, 1893) (U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T.)

 

Adariet, D. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory assigned to the Muskogee court in April of 1895, serving under Marshal George J. Crump. 

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List) National Archives, Washington, D.C. - Account # 11050) 

 

Adkins or Atkins, Lee was commissioned in the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, by Marshal George C. Crump.  In late 1894, Lee became involved in a fist fight with a Creek Indian, named Amos McIntosh near Checotah.   The angry Indian came out on the short end of the fight which caused him to go to his home and get his gun.  Lee Adkins, unaware of the situation, was caught off-guard resulting in him being shot to death without being able to defend himself.   McIntosh made open brags how he had killed the deputy marshal, which resulted in his arrest.  Several Deputy Marshals transported the killer to the federal jail in Ft. Smith, Arkansas, where he was held for one year before being released to the Creek Lighthorsemen.  The Indian Police took him before the Creek Indian Nation court where he was given his freedom.  John S. Harper reported in Indian Pioneer History that he viewed the killing of Deputy Marshal Lee Adkins on a street in Checotah.    (Indian Pioneer History - John S. Harper) (Experiences of a Deputy U.S. Marshal) (Black Red And Deadly)  (Oklahombres) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)   Killed in the line of Duty.

 

Akin, Andrew Jackson was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas on October 22, 1892, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Alberty was in a posse with fellow Deputy Marshals Banks and Dobson in August of 1898, trailing Bill Nail, suspected of killing a man named Taylor at Melvin a few days earlier.  Bill Nail was of mixed blood, about twenty eight years old and was associated with the Moose Miller Gang. The marshal’s force encountered him three miles from Greenleaf Creek, Cherokee Nation where he strayed from the safety of his gang.  Deputy Marshal Dobson ordered the outlaw to surrender but not to be taken alive, Nail replied with gun fire.  Alberty and Dobson fired simultaneously, both striking their target, mortally wounding the outlaw. 

(Marietta Monitor - August 2, 1898)

 

 Alberty, E. B. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) 

 

Alberty, E. C. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Alberty, George was commissioned in the Western District Court at Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1884, serving under Marshal Thomas Boles. 

(Ft. Smith Oaths of Office) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Alberty, Jesse was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He was remembered in Indian Pioneer History as a deputy marshal. Jesse served the entire period of the Civil War in the Confederate Army without being wounded.

 (Indian Pioneer History - John Alberty) (Ft. Smith Federal Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) 

 

Albright, John H.

D.U.S. Marshal

April 2, 1905

 

Alexander, Elmer was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshal Jacob Yoes.  In August of 1892, Elmer arrested Enix Sudult on charges of introducing and selling liquor in Indian Territory. 

(The Weekly Elevator - August 12, & November 18, 1892) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) 

 

Alexander, Robert was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas working under Marshal John N. Sarber.  He was killed by the McGee gang on April 20, 1874. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)   Killed in the line of duty.

 

 Alexander, S. B. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 Alexander, Thomas was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In June of 1889, Thomas was working as deputy marshal when a horse thief who knew he was away from his farm took advantage of the situation.  Indian policeman Robert Marshal came to his rescue by arresting the horse thief who had forty-eight horses in his possession.  He was taken to the Muskogee jail.

(Ft. Smith Elevator - June 21, 1889) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database)

 

Allen, A. B. “Ab” was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas working under Marshals Jacob Yoes and George J. Crump.  Ab was one of the sixteen deputy marshals that was selected to end the career of notorious Cherokee outlaw, Ned Christie at Ned’s Fort Mountain near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation on November 2, and 3, of 1892.  Refer to the “Capture of Ned Christie” for more details of the battle.  Ab was from Johnson County, Arkansas. 

(The Weekly Elevator - May 19, 1893) (Indian Pioneer History - C. B. Rhodes) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Picture - Muskogee Genealogy Society) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Allen, Augustus A. was commissioned in 1869, serving in the District Court at Van Buren, Arkansas appointed by Marshal William A. Britton. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Allen, Charles B. P. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 Allen, D. M. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas. A list of inter-married whites in the Cherokee Nation at the Tahlequah District shows a white man named D. M. Allen’s applying for a marriage license on November 30, 1871. 

(Chronicles Of Oklahoma - Volume 6, 1928) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Allen, George was commissioned in Oklahoma Territory in 1896 and 1897, serving in the Cheyenne-Arapaho reservation.  He lived near Trail along the Western Cattle Trail.  Allen was born in 1849, in Texas where he saw his family killed during the Civil War, when he was only twelve years old.  He served with the Texas Rangers while he lived in Texas and served with the Anti-Horse Theft Association while commissioned as deputy marshal in Oklahoma. 

(Spanning the River) 

 

Allen, Jesse was commissioned in the Western District court of Ft, Smith Arkansas, before 1895.  Later he served in the Northern District under Marshal Rutherford and Leo Bennett.  Jesse Allen was born in 1852, living most of his life near Bristow.

(Indian Pioneer History - Jesse Allen)

 

Allen, John H. was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, serving under Marshals Jacob Yoes & George Crump.  In May of 1893, Deputy Marshal Allen arrested Arch Bigbullet near Bunch, Indian Territory.

(The Weekly Elevator - December 2, 1892 & May 19, 1893) (Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 Allen, V. V. was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899, appointed by Marshal Solomon F. Stahl. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

 Allendon, Samuel was commissioned in the Western District of Arkansas in 1899, appointed by Marshal Solomon F. Stahl. 

(Ft. Smith Historical List)

 

Allison

(Ft. Smith Historical List) 

Allison, William M.

D.U.S. Marshal

Snyder

November 19, 1907

 

Alnutt, W. D. served in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas, under Marshal James S. Fagan in 1875. 

(Ft. Smith Herald - May 15, 1875)

 

Anderson, Claude was appointed field deputy marshal by Marshal George K. Pritchard in April of 1905.  Claude was stationed at South McAlester, Choctaw Nation. 

(Woodward Bulletin - April 11, 1904) (The Choctaw News - June 2, 1904) 

 

Anderson, C. M.

D.U.S. Marshal

July 1, 1918 to September 30, 1918

 

Anderson, Frank was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  He attended the U.S. Marshals reunion at Ft. Smith, Arkansas in 1908. 

(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Picture - The Western Peace Officers)

 

Anderson, James W. was commissioned in the Northern District of Indian Territory assigned to the Muskogee Court under Marshal James J. McAlester, in October of 1894 and April of 1895. 

(U.S. Deputy Marshals, I. T. & O. T., 1893 - 1896) (National Archives, Washington, D.C. - Account # 11959)

 

Anderson, William was commissioned in the Western District at Ft. Smith, Arkansas.  In the winter of 1889, Will went to the Cherokee Nation to arrest J. W. Patel for larceny and Oliver Hogg for introducing whiskey and selling to the Indians in Indian Territory.  The prisoners were taken to the Ft. Smith, Arkansas jail to await sentencing. 

(Ft Smith Elevator - December 5, 1889 - February 6, 1892)(Ft. Smith Federal Court Employee Database) (Ft. Smith Historical List) 

 

Anderson, William J.  

(Ft. Smith Historical List)