Miner (Minor) L Tidwell

Miner was a Cherokee man

The Lidwell (sic. Tidwell), Miner L - Application Number 10347 has been uploaded to the media tab: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000196472507847
The Minor Lovelace Tidwell Dawes Enrollment Jacket for Cherokee, Cherokee, Card #R19.pdf has been uploaded to the media tag: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000196472791839'''

1870 Minor Tidwell in household of John Tidwell, "United States Census, 1870"

"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3K-5Q8 : 28 May 2021), Minor Tidwell in entry for John Tidwell, 1870.

1880 Miner Tidwell in household of John Tidwell, "United States Census, 1880"

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8G2-JBY : 13 January 2022), Miner Tidwell in household of John Tidwell, District 832, Paulding, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

1900 Minor Tidwell, "United States Census, 1900"

"United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MSR2-VL9 : Tue Jul 11 09:49:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Minor Tidwell and Alice Tidwell, 1900.

1904 M.l. Tidwell in entry for William C. Parkhurst, "Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944"
"Arkansas Marriages, 1837-1944", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQBR-79H : 11 January 2020), M.l. Tidwell in entry for William C. Parkhurst, 1904.

1910 Winar Se Tidwell, "United States Census, 1910"

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML7N-VS6 : accessed 18 July 2023), Winar Se Tidwell, Township 3, Craig, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 28, sheet 8B, family 59, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1249; FHL microfilm 1,375,262.

1920 Miner L Tidwell, "United States Census, 1920"

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJMT-1L6 : 3 February 2021), Miner L Tidwell, 1920.

1930 Minor L Tidwell, "United States Census, 1930"

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7C-4LL : accessed 18 July 2023), Minor L Tidwell, Township 02, Craig, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1899; FHL microfilm 2,341,633.

1940 Minor L Tidwell, "United States Census, 1940"

"United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:VBJR-4Z6 : Thu Jul 13 02:21:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Minor L Tidwell and Alice S Tidwell, 1940.
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Curator Note: John Tidwell had a white mother and married two white women. Winnie may not have ever actually been married to Young Deer. Her second husband was John Goddard, supposedly mixed-blood but there is no Goddard on the 1835 census. John Tidwell went west before the 1835 Census so was technically an "Old Settler" making him and his descendants ineligible for the Eastern Payment. He didn't stay long in Indian Territory retuning to Georgia in less than a year.

Card D894 is for Martha Tidwell, Pleasant's white wife. I don't think she ever came off the doubtful card, I don't find an allotment for her. They weren't married in the Cherokee Nation and I don't think they ever proved she was eligible. John's wife Lucretia was also disallowed after he died.

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The Tidwell's were accepted as Cherokee by the Cherokee Nation so they are Cherokee.

John Tidwell and many (not sure if it's all) of his children were readmitted to Cherokee citizenship in 1888 and was enrolled by the Dawes Commission but he died before the cut off to get an allotment. Dawes Card 519.

Pleasant, Lodusky, Lucretia (mother) Mary all readmitted in 1888,
Saphronia and Versanoy readmitted in 1890

I haven't looked all of them up, but assume all that who went to Indian Territory in time were approved.

Miller rejected them because John was not on the 1835 census and they were rejected by Siler for the same reason. You had to prove direct descent from someone on the 1835 roll in order to qualify for the Eastern payment.