David Bunyan Milam

Birth: Apr. 17, 1873 Boone County Arkansas, USA Death: Jan. 3, 1961 Oklahoma City Oklahoma County Oklahoma, USA

D.B. Milam

Interview #10487 Field Worker: Maurice R. Anderson Date: April 19, 1938 Name: Mr. D.B. Milam Residence: Pauls Valley, Oklahoma Date of Birth: April 17, 1873 Place of Birth: Arkansas Father: T.B. Milam, born in Arkansas Mother: Julia Smith, born in Arkansas

I was born in 1873 in Arkansas and came to the Indian Territory with my father and mother from Arkansas in 1887.

We settled on a small farm on Deep Fork River near Checotah in the Creek Nation. At that time there wasn't much farming, only small farms. We didn't raise any cotton, only corn. Muskogee was our trading point and it was only a small place. We would take our corn to the mill for our meal and we raised our own hogs; in fate, we raised nearly everything we lived on except deer and turkey and they were plentiful in those days.

Every man carried a gun of some kind then, and the only law was the United States Marshals and there were not many of them.

There was a good deal of cattle deal of cattle stealing and many killings. It was said one man at Checotah, Bob Gentry, had killed seventeen men. I don't know that he killed that many but that was the name he carried and when he went on the warpath, as the men would say, he would shoot up the little town of Checotah and people were afraid of him or none of them would call his hand. One day a little deputy United States Marshal by the name of Bob Jones happened to be in Checotah when Bob Gentry started shooting up the town and Bob Jones called his hand and the shooting started, but the deputy marshal killed Bob Gentry.

When we settled in this country, court was held at Fort Smith, Arkansas.

I was a young man when we first came and I have gone to many Indian stomp dance and ball games. To see one of their ball games you would think it was a club fight. They used two sticks about three feet long and used a wooden ball and they surely could throw that ball with those two sticks. I have seen them when about the time one was ready to throw the ball, another one from the other side would hit him over the head with one of his sticks and get the ball himself; if it knocked the fellow out, another one would take his place and the game never stopped. There were always a lot of white people at those games and they would bet anything they had on the game. I have seen them bet their saddle horses, spurs and hats.

We only lived in that part of the country a few years when Father moved to Texas and settled on a farm. I lived in Texas a number of years, coming back to the Territory after it became the state of Oklahoma, at which time I went to farming near Pauls Valley.

I now live in Pauls Valley.

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Children:

 Sterling Paris Milam (1897 - 1990)*

 Homer Erwin Milam (1917 - 1999)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Mount Olivet Cemetery Pauls Valley Garvin County Oklahoma, USA Plot: 1 - 18 - 25 - 2

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Name: David Bunyan Milam County: Garvin State: Oklahoma Birth Date: 17 Apr 1873 Race: White http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WW1draft&h=1925114&in...

Name: D B Milam Gender: Male Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1874 Residence: Harrison, Boone, Arkansas Spouse's Name: S A Cantrell Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 21 Spouse's Residence: Harrison, Boone, Arkansas Marriage Date: 12 Jan 1901 Marriage License Date: 12 Jan 1901 Marriage County: Boone Event Type: Marriage FHL Film Number: 1035451 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FSArkansasMarriage&h=...

Name: David Milam [David Millam] Age in 1910: 36 Birth Year: abt 1874 Birthplace: Arkansas Home in 1910: Justice Precinct 7, Erath, Texas Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Alice C Milam Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age David Milam 36 Alice C Milam 29 Thomas A Milam 7 Lena M Milam 6 Roy Milam 4 Girtie A Milam 2 Alice C Milam 0 [1/12] Sterlin P Milam 13 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910USCenIndex&h=2798...

Name: David Bungent Milam Age: 67 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Arkansas Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1940: Whitebead, Garvin, Oklahoma Map of Home in 1940: View Map Farm: Yes Inferred Residence in 1935: Tuttle, Grady, Oklahoma Residence in 1935: Tuttle, Grady, Oklahoma Resident on farm in 1935: No Sheet Number: 11B Number of Household in Order of Visitation: 202 House Owned or Rented: Rented Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented: 5 Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade Weeks Worked in 1939: 0 Income: 0 Income Other Sources: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age David Bungent Milam 67 Myrtle Milam 52 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=894171...

Name: David Milam Birth Year: abt 1874 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Arkansas Marital Status: Divorced Relation to Head of House: Head Home in 1930: Fairfax, Osage, Oklahoma Map of Home: View Map Street address: Scattered Houses Ward of City: 3 House Number in Cities or Towns: 46 1/2 Dwelling Number: 521 Family Number: 633 Home Owned or Rented: Rented Home Value: 10 Radio Set: No Lives on Farm: No Age at First Marriage: 23 Attended School: No Able to Read and Write: Yes Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Arkansas Able to Speak English: Yes Occupation: Laborer Industry: Farm Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker Employment: No Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age David Milam 56 Allie Baker 49 Abb Baker 14 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=947211...