Chickasaw, was born about 1818, the son of Levi Kemp. Be moved west in 1837 (1) and in 1839 was head of a household that consisted of two males 10-20, three males 20-50, one male over 50, one female under 10, one female 10-20, five females20-50, and one female, over 50. He then owned ten slaves 1n 1847 he was listed as half white, head of household that included one male under 18, one ,male over 18 two females under 16, and one one female over 16. At that time he owned six slaves. He attended the constitutional convention of 1851, was president of the tribal council in 1852-1855, attended the constitutional convention of 1856, and signed the treaty of 1861. He died at Kemp on June 5, 1874. He was married to Mariah Colbert, daughter of Levi Colbert, and apparently to C.F. O’Neal, who filed suit as his widow in October, 1876 (2). He was the father of Simon Burney, Joel Carr, Frances Elizabeth (1849—1939; married Benjamin F. Roark and Sanford Minor Mead), Lillie (died young), Daisy (died young), Laura (born 1862; married James Easley and John Horton Mashburn, the latter on November 22, 1896), Isabella Abigail (born 1863; married John H. Webb in 1876), and Mary Jane (married William B. George) (3). Mariah, Simon, Mary Jane, and Barnas were in his household in the Chickasaw District in 1855. He also had a son named Levi (4).

(1)He owed James Blanton of Pontotoc, Mississippi, money in 1838, a debt then deemed uncollectible (Will Book 1:81, Pontotoc County, MS).

(2)Estates and Guardianships, Tishomingo County, Chickasaw Nation, OHS. Mrs. Joel Kemp lived in Blue County in 1878.

(3)Ibid; Chickasaw Dawes Cards 639,1100, 1129, 1140; Jane Wegener to author, September 6, 1967; HISTORY OF BRYAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, 347; Applications for Enrollment, Chickasaw Nation, Cases 1129. 1140. 1fffl.

Kemp, Joel Carr— Chickasaw, was horn June 17, 1855, the son of Joel