ENSLAVER-Love
Love,
Colonel Benjamin —
Chickasaw was born in 1795, the son of trader Thomas Love. He was listed on the
1818 census. On June 14, 1828, he was baptized Into
the Martyn branch of the Monroe Mission. His wife, Charlotte
(Burney) Love, was baptized July 4, 1829. A daughter, Narcisso, became a member
of the church on July 5, 1829, and another daughter, Agnes--an
infant——was added on July 1, 1832. Benjamin took an active part in
tribal affairs prior to removal. He was interpreter at the 1830 and 1832 treaty
negotiations, signed the 1834 treaty in
Washington
, and was a member of the Chickasaw Commission from its inception in 1834 until
it disbanded (1845). In October, 1836, he provided a horse for a Chickasaw
delegation headed to the west (1). During the next few years, he was involved in
personal business, later writing that he was in easy circumstances... owned
many likely negroes, a large & valuable stock, a productive plantation, with
a valuable property (2). He purchased S28 T2 R4W in his home county,
Marshall Count , Mississippi, from his brother, Henry, on October 5, 1836 (3) On
October18 he sold S5 T7 R8W (4). He was patented S17 and S20 T14 R5E in
Chickasaw County Mississippi (5), and S32 T35 R13W in
Colbert County
,
Alabama
(6) He was also patented S5 T45 RI3W in
Colbert
County
(7) On December 29, 1837, he sold S20 T14 R5E in
Monroe County
,
Mississippi
(8). On August 12, 1838, he lived on S12 T14 and was still the owner of S20 114
R5E (9). He sold 528 T5 R2W in
Marshall
County
on August 24, 1838 (10).
In the early 1840s, love was living In Marshall County and
assisting other Chickasaws in making their way to
Indian Territory
. On September 1, 1840, he
was scheduled to rendezvous with other tribesmen and go west, taking with him
his family of seven and (95 slaves) (11). Another gathering was scheduled for
October 15, 1841 (12). He did not move permanently to the west until 1843,
arriving in
Indian Territory
on September 11 with his brother, Henry (both males 25—50), (33 slaves,) and
six horses (13). That fall his wife and four children arrived with (two slaves)
and twenty horses, the family consisting of two females under 10, two females:
10-25, and, one female 25—50 (14). He filed a claim as a
self-emigrating tribesman in 1844 (15), and wrote a letter regarding his
Mississippi
land from the ‘forks of
Washita
on February 17, 1844 (16). On June 10, 1845, the sheriff of
Marshall
County
sold S28 T4 R21J, property of Benjamin Love (17).
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The 1847 tribal census In Indian Territory lists Benjamin as half white, head of
a household that consisted of two males over 18, three females under 16, and two
females over 16. He then owned 37 slaves) His participation on the
now—defunct Chickasaw Commission ended in 1845, and that year he was serving
as a senator In the Choctaw General Council from the Chickasaw District. He
attended the constitutional convention of November 4, 1848. On July 4, 1849, he
was murdered by two
Shawnees
, perhaps with the aid of Chickasaw conspirators (18),
Love’s widow, Charlotte, later married Calvin S. Choate.
The 1855 census of the Chickasaw District with her daughter, Melvina. She died
at the age of 110 (19). She and Benjamin were the parents of Narcisso (married
John - Love in 1841 and later married George O. James), Agnes (1832—1852;
married George O. James), Matilda (born 1833 married George A. Criner), Mary
Jane (1837-1867; married Thomas J. Grant, 1831—1904, Melvina (1840- 1870;
married B.F. Allen and William Gaddis), and Emily (married John Taylor Potts)
(20).
(1)Payments from the Chickasaw Fund, OIA.
(2)Love to Poinsett, May 21, 1840, OIA, Chickasaw Agency.
(3)Deed Book B,
Marshall
County
, Ms. He purchased S22 T4 R3W in that county on April 6, 1836 (Ibid., Book C).
(4)Chickasaw Reserves, OIA, roll 145.
(5)Patent Books,
Chickasaw
County
, Ms
(6)Cowart, passim.
(7) Ibid.
(8) Deed Book 4:602,
Monroe
County
, Ms.
Love,
Henry- Chickasaw, was born about 1785, the son of trader Thomas Love. He
was first mentioned on the 1818 census. He was baptized at Martyn In Marshall
County, Mississippi, on August 23, 1828. His wife, Sarah Ann Moore, was baptized
March 22, 1828. Their children——Amanda, John,
Elytra, Overton,
Charlotte
, and Frances-.were baptized on August 24, 1828, and another son, David, was
baptized April 30, 1831 (1). Henry explored the Indian Territory for the tribe
in 1830 and 1833, signed the 1834 treaty in
Washington
, and served on the Chickasaw Commission from 1834 until 1840. He was actively
involved in buying and selling land until his removal to the west. On April 12,
1835 he sold S7 and 18 T4 R3W in
Marshall
County
(2). On October 18, he so1d S28 T4 R2W to his brother, Benjamin (3). He bought
S15 T2 R4W, S12 T5 R9W, S35 T6 R4W, and S26 T6 R3W from his brother—in-law,
Colbert Moore, on September 19, 1837 (4). About the same time, he purchased 311,
512, S13, S14, and the N½ of 523 T2 P13W from James H. and Amanda Willis (5).
On October 16, 1837, he bought S27 T4 P2W in
Marshall
County
from Willis (6). On February 2, 1838, he sold the S½ S5 T5 R2Win that county,
and on April of that year sold lots 169 and 170 In Holly Springs (8). He sold
land in
Lafayette
County
on May 2 1838 (9). On June 19 of that year he paid a debt to James Blanton of
Pontotoc (10). He was “permanently settled” on S3 and 34 T4 P2W according to
a survey made August 12, 1838 (11). He was listed on the 1840
Marshall
County
census.
Henry began making preparations to move west in 1842. He
sold the W½ S12 T5 R9W in
DeSoto
County
on December 10, 1842, with his son, Overton, as a witness (12). On August 24 he
had deeded the east half of that section to his daughter, Charlotte, and her
husband, James L. Tyson — (13). On
June 30, 1843, he executed a deed involving land belonging to him and his
brother, Benjamin (14). The two brothers arrived in Indian Territory on
September 11, 1843 (15), but Henry returned to
Mississippi
. He and his family made the move west In May, 1844, the family consisting of
two males under 10, one male over 50, two females under -10, and one female
25-50. He also brought (five slaves (16)) His son, Overton, had brought
other slaves west the previous summer (17).
Henry
Love died before the 1847 census was taken. The heirs of H. Love were listed on
that census, described as being half white and Including one male under 18 and
one female over 16. They owned eight slaves. Henry and Sarah were the
parents of John 8enjamin, Elvira (born 1818: married Aldridge W. Jones and James
H. Willis, then William P. Worthington), Amanda (born 1816; married James H.
Willis), Henry Overton (born 1823), Charlotte (1825-1882; married James L. Tyson
and Nathan Coffey), Frances, Littleton Henderson (born 1827), Catherine (born
1829; married Ben O. Mitchell), David, and Elizabeth (1833—1930; married James
Holmes Colbert) (18).
(l)Winston, FATHER STUART, passim.
(2)Deed Book C,
Marshall
County
, Ms.
(3) Ibid., Book B; Chickasaw Reserves, DIA, roll 145.
(4)Deed Book 0:224,
Marshall
County
, Ms.
(5)Chickasaw Reserves, OIA, roll 145.
(6)Deed Book C,
Marshall
County
, Ms. (7 Ibid., Book E:103.S TET.I 361.9 821—23.
(10)Will Book 1:75,
Pontotoc
County
, Ms.
(11) Chickasaw Reserves OIA, roll 146, frame 904.
(12 Deed Book C: 453,
DeSoto
County
, Ms.
(13 Ibid. 477
(15) Chickasaw Emigration, OIA, roll 144, frame 252.
(16)Ibfd., frame 351.
(17) Ibid.
(18) Garland, 33—60.
14 Deed Rook F:63,
Marshall
County
, Ms.
Love,
Isaac- Chickasaw, was born in 1797, the son of trader Thomas
Love. He was listed on the 1B18 census, explored the
Indian Territory
for the tribe in 1830, and lived in Marshall County Mississippi, prior to
removal. On April 6, 1836, he sold S22 T4 R3W there h). Early In 1838 he sold
the E½ S53 Ti R2E (2). On June 17. 1838, he was paid for corn he provided to
emigrating 9 tribesmen (3). A report dated August 12 1838, showed him
permanently settled’ on 516 and the W½ 515 74 R3W (4L on January 10 of that
year he had bought S9 74 R3W from James H. Boyd (5).
Isaac moved west in early 1845. On May 27, 1844, he sold
the N½ S15 74 R3W (6). On January 1, 1845, he and his wife, Eliza McKinney,
sold the 5E¼ 59 74 R3W, a sale witnessed by Benjamin S. Love (7). Later that
year he filed a claim as a self-emigrating Chickasaw (8). The 1847 tribal census in the west shows that he was half
white, head of a household that consisted of five males under 18, two males over
18, one female under 16, and two females over 16. He then owned 47 slaves.
He died near Colbert, I.T., in 1881. His children were Elzira (1818—1858;
married William L, Lewis), Delilah (born 2820), Sarah (1823—1847; married John
P. Roark), Benjamin Stephen, Emily (1827-1884; married John P. Roark and David
Burney), Wyatt C. Mitchell, Leander P. Guy (1836—1856), and Henry (9).
{1)Deed Book C,
Marshall
County
, Ms.
(2)Chickasaw
Reserves, OIA, roll 146, frame 17.
(3)Payments from the Chickasaw Fund, OIA
(4)Chickasaw Reserves, roll 146, frame 904.
(5)Deed Book 0:375,
Marshall
County
, Ms.
(6) Ibid., Book [:457.
(7)Ibid. 639.
(8)Chickasaw Emigration, OIA, roll 144, frame 368.
(9)
Garland
, 87—99; Warren, Chickasaw Chiefs”, 560, An Isaac C. Love lived in
Pickens
County
in 1878.
Love,
John Benjamin Chickasaw, was born in 1819 and attended the
Choctaw
Academy
in
Kentucky
in 1834-1835 (1). He was sent for by his father, Henry Love, in April, 1836
(2). Baptized August 24, 1828, he married his cousin, Narcisso Love in Marshall
County, Mississippi on August 3, 1841 (3). In
1847 he was living alone in the
Indian Territory
, age over 18 and half white. He then owned eight slaves.
(1 “Choctaw Academy”, 82-83.
(2 Ibid.
(3)Wiltshire, 66.
Love,
Robert Howard— Chickasaw, was born February 19, 1818, the son
of trader Thomas Love. He was listed on the 1847 census as half white, age over
18, living alone. In March, 1849, he escorted several Chickasaw youths to school
in
Washington
(1). He attended the constitutional convention of 1856, was a Supreme Court
judge from 1857 to 1865, and for twelve years lived in
Van Buren
,
Arkansas
. He died at Love’s 011 Springs January 30, 1887. He was first married to
Sally Love (April 25, 1826—June 19, 1862). In 1862 he married Phoebe Watterman
(born
New York
, 1829; lived
Marietta
, 1902). He was the father of Eugenia (born 1850; married Nathan Decherd),
Albert C., Maude W. (1858—1889; married Lee King), Thomas Benjamin
(1862—1903; married Mary Huddleston), May Bell (1863—1887; married Jeremiah
Washington), and Joe Nitucha (born 1879; lived
Ardmore
, 1890) (2).
(1)Upshaw to Medill, March 28, 1849, CIA, Chickasaw Agency.
(2)
Garland
, 157—164; Chickasaw Dawes Cards 491, 580; Applications for Enrollment,
Chickasaw Nation, Case 1403.
Source: WHO WAS WHO AMONG THE • SOUTHERN INDIANS a genealogical notebook,
1698-1907
by Don Martini ©1998. Don Martini Falkner, Ms.