From the unpublished papers of Charles W. Johnson, comp., Unpublished Ozment Papers 1938 - 1940. A compilation of letters from Ozment and Phillips family members who lived in North Carolina, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
AFFADAVIT
Come now one Mrs. Laura Louan Borns, aged 82, widow lady of Mounds, Oklahoma, who, first being duly sworn, deposes and says: that in regard to her ancestral relations, her grandmothers on her mothers' side were Mrs. Mattie Morgan and Mother Frazier, who were born near Charlotte, N. C. and
That Margaret Elizabeth (Morgan) Ozment, was her mother and that to her mother was born eight (8) children, named as follows:
John, Jr.; Fate; Harrison; Andy; James; David; and Robert Ozment, all boys, and one Laura Louan Ozment, (now Burns), and that
Laura Louan Ozment (now Burns) was married to one Groves Wm. Burns, in the year 1872, in the County of Cook, city of Gainsville, in the state of Texas, and that
To them were born four (4) children: Truman; Pink; Rosa; and Ada Burns, and that the said Laura Louan Burns and her husband, Groves Wm. Burns, were born in Tishomingo, County, Mississippi, and that
Further the deponent says that the said grand-parents above mentioned are to be found as some of the early Cherokee Indians who were routed from North Carolina, to the country west of the Mississippi River, and that their numbers are to be found on the old Cherokee rolls of the corresponding date, and that she is a direct descendant of them, and
Further the deponent says that her above named children are all hers by her legal and lawfully wedded husband named above, and
Further the deponent sayeth not.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, Hue D. Miller, a Notary Public, in the State of Oklahoma, this the 11th day of June, 1932.
(Signed) Laura Louan Burns, Deponent
Hue D. Miller, Notary Public
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NOTE by Charles W. Johnson:
This is a copy of an affadavit prepared on the above mentioned date by Hue D. Miller, an attorney of Beggs, Oklahoma. The exact purpose of this instrument is not known at this time. It evidently was prepared for the purpose of establishing definite relationship and descendency from some member or members of the Cherokee tribe of Indians when they resided still in the ancestral domain in what is now North Carolina.
This instrument conveys the information that the parents of Mrs. Laura Louan (Ozment)Burns, were John and Margaret Elizabeth (Morgan) Ozment. Mrs. Burns' maternal grandparents were _______ and Mattie (______) Morgan, of the vicinity of Charlotte, North Carolina, and that Mattie (______) Morgan was a mixed-blood Cherokee Indian. The relationship of "Mother" Frazier is not defined but may have been Mattie (_____) Morgan's mother. She (Frazier) evidently was also a mixed-blood Cherokee.
Copied February, 1940, from affadavit loaned by Pink Burns, of Mounds, Okla. and his sister, Mrs. Ada (Burns) McDaniel who was first married to a man named Settle. Her address is now Sand Springs, Okla, General Delivery.
Submitted by Evelyn Thoes. Statement made in person to C. W. Johnson. This is from his collection of Ozment family history information.
James Clinton Ozment
1335 East Thompston Street
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
Sunday, Feb 26th, 1940
Comes now James Clinton Ozment, of 1335 E. Thompson St., City of Sapulpa, County of Creek, state of Oklahoma and makes the following statement regarding hsi branch of the Ozment family.
A number of years ago, perhaps quite some time prior to the Civil War, there lived in the vicinity of Charlotte, in the state of North Carolina a family named Ozment, the first name of the head of the family being unknown. To this family were born several children, the exact number, ages and sex of which are also unknown. One of the male members of the family that was born in North Carolina was John Ozment, my grandfather. John Ozment married a mixed-blood Cherokee woman, Miss Margaret Elizabeth Morgan, whose name is entered on the Cherokee tribal rolls. It is thought Miss Morgan's birth occurred in North Carolina, and that her marriage to John Ozment also occurred there but this is not certain.
Some time after this marriage John and his wife moved to Tishomingo County, Mississippi, where they had several children, one of them being a girl named Laura Louan (later married to Groves Wm. Burns.) In addition to this girl there were seven male children born to John and Margaret (Morgan) Ozment as follows: John Jr., Fate, Harrison, Andy, James, David, and Robert Ozment. All of these children were not born, however, in Mississippi, for the family moved again to Cook County, Texas, near the city of Gainesville. It was there that Robert Ozment was born in the year 1852.
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The exact amount of Indian blood in the person of Margaret Elizabeth Morgan, the grandmother of J. C. Ozment, is not known, but is thought to be about 1/8th, thereby making the above named eight children 1/16th blood, or thereabouts. It is not believed that this branch of the Ozment family had any Indian on the male side until this time. It has been said that all Ozments were descendants of a family by that name that came into the American colonies from Scotland.
Robert Ozment, (my father) later married a Miss Carrie Ella Harris, whose birth occurred in Illinois, and who also had a small amount of Indian blood, tribe not known. Unto this marriage there was issue of the following children:
James Clinton Ozment, (who makes this statement) now a stonemason and brick worker of Sapulpa, Oklahoma.
William Henry Ozment a World War Veteran, now living at Troy, Johnston County, Oklahoma.
Thomas Lafayette Ozment, a carpenter and contractor, of Ada, Oklahoma.
John Moses Ozment, an employee of the Frisco Railway, and who resides at Troy, Oklahoma.
Charles Noah Ozment, also a Frsico employee, residence uncertain at present time.
Carrie Ella (Ozment) White, now deceased.
Margaret Ann Ozment, unmarried, lives with parents at Troy, Oklahoma, at the present time.
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Flora Belle Ozment, unmarried, lives with parents at Troy Oklahoma.
Dicey (Ozment) Statser who resides in Oklahoma City.
My Father, Robert Ozment, and my mother Carried Ella (Harris) Ozment, are both living now, and live on a small farm about 1/2 mile north and 1/2 mile west of the little town of Troy, Oklahoma, which is just north of Tishomingo, in Johnston County.
For more detailed information I suggest you write to Mr. William R. Ozment, of Troy Oklahoma, who lives a short distance from my parents. This man is my cousin; a son of father's brother, Wm. Harrison Ozment. He was the only child in Harrison Ozment's family and I am sure that he has a lot of data that I do not have. He and father also visit a lot and discuss family history and he can secure information from my father for you.
I also have another cousin, Mrs. Frank Bray, of Romulus, Oklahoma, a daughter of one of father's brothers, who, I am sure could relate some family history.
At the present time there lives in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, a Mr. J. J. Ozment, who is a bookkeeper for the Liberty Glass Co. there. He is a second cousin of mine; his father still is living in the western part of Oklahoma and would also know a lot of family history. You could secure the name and address of the older man from his son, J. J. at Sapula, I am sure.
With me here today are two more of my first cousins. They are Mr. Pink Burns, of Mounds, Oklahoma, and his sister, Mrs. J. W. McDaniel of Sand Springs, Oklahoma. They are both children of Laura Louan (Ozment) Burns, father's only sister. Miss Ada Burns
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was first married to a Mr. Settle, by whom she has some children. Her husband's name now is J. W. McDaniel. To reach her by mail address to her in care of Mr. Thomas Settle, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, her son by her first husband.
I believe that this (is) about all the information that I can furnish at the present time.
Present and concurring in this statement were Mr. Pink Burns, of Mounds, Oklahoma, and his sister, Mrs. J. W. McDaniel, as hereinbefore mentioned.