DARviaBenBourland1779-1851

Bourland in North Texas and Indian Territory During the Civil War: Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle & the Wichita Mountains

by Patricia Adkins-Rochette

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DAR application information

Sons of Confederate Veterans' application information

through our Bourland-Griffith line

My direct ancestor is Joseph McElroy Griffith G31

My direct ancestor is Temperance Elizabeth Griffith McDowell G316

Her 6th child was Mila Ann McDowell Hamlin G3166

This page contains the approved DAR application of Stephanie Claussen G312____ of Saratoga CA that includes an 1892 letter and a cover letter written by Madilene Bourland-Huff of Galena MO.

1) Three-page cover letter for the 1892 document by Madeline Bourland Huff, President of the Bourland Society and editor of The Bourland Bulletin for 22 years.

2) Two-page 1892 letter written by Joseph Wilbur Bourland of Peabody College, now Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN. Key is his statement " ... Aunt Tempie, as she was called, died about ten years ago ... ".

3) Stephanie Claussen's lineage, below.

4) Patti's comment. I recommend that future applicants not include the surname "Randolph" in the Catherine Randolph reference of the 9th Generation. We have no proof of Catherine's last name.

4) Sons of Confederate Veterans' application information for Gable Adkins, a direct descendants of Joseph McElroy Griffith (1822-1888) who was in Bourland's Regiment. Under construction.

Stephanie Claussen's lineage

Nine generations

1) Stephanie Ann Claussen

2) Diana Kay Hendry Claussen

3) Prebble Griffith Hendry

4) Chester Ernest Griffith

5) Richmond Bourland Griffith, of Kentucky, Missouri and Texas

6) Joseph McElroy Griffith (1822-1888) of Kentucky, Missouri and Texas

7) Temperance Bourland Griffith (1803-1882)

8) Benjamin Bourland (1779-1851) of North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky and Texas

9) John Bourland of North Carolina, Virginia, and may have been the immigrant from Northern Ireland. Wife listed as Catherine Randolph.

Editor's note: My grandmother was Maudie Della "Della" McDowell Graham (1890-1969).

Mila Ann (McDowell) Hamlin (1888-1969) was born in 1888 Indian Territory, not Texas as recorded in the 1900 Chickasaw Nation, I.T. census. After studying this family and the Chickasaw Nation for years, I am convinced that our McDowell family moved from Buffalo Springs, Clay County TX to Owens Prairie, now Stephens Co OK in the winter of 1885. Our Griffith-Bourlands moved en-masse because of a major Texas swindle involving 102,000 acres surrounding Buffalo Springs TX. (A 1909 Univ. of Texas Master's thesis addressed this topic.).

I must quickly add that I have found very few errors in the 1900 censuses, maybe four mistakes, and yes, this is anecdotal but the 1900 census is more reliable other censuses. When I lived two miles from the National Archives in Kansas City MO, I did extensive census work in outlining my direct ancestors.

Proof that Mila was born in Indian Territory can be found in the 1920 Donley Co TX cen p203 and the 1930 Carson Co TX p249. I did not find her in the 1910 censuses. Also, she probably had a belated birth certificate if she applied for Social Security benefits.