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     William M. Walner Dr. was born on 28 November 1816 at Richmond, Richmond County, VA, USA. He married Susan Carter, daughter of Kilpatrick Carter and Phalishta (Malacha) Colbert, circa 1845 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. William M. Walner Dr. died on 23 March 1884 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, at age 67. He was buried at Dulin- Walner-Dulin Cemetery, at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Little is know about William's childhood but one descendant was told that he attended Yale University.
     The 1860 census of Chickasaw District, Indian Territory lists him as 41 years old, a physician, born in Virginia, with a oersonal estate valued at $10,000. The 1860 Indian Territory Slave Schedules list him as having 10 slaves, 9 black and 1 mulatto and two slave houses. The 1878 Annuity Rolls list William Walner Sr. with 1 male, 1 female and 2 children. also listed in these rolls is William Walner Jr. At this time he was living in Blue County, Choctaw Nation. At the time of his death, he ws living in Cherokee Town, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Cherokee Town was located between Pauls Valley and Wynnwood on the east side of the Washita River.
     Much of the material on this family comes from William Walner Dulin, a great-great grandson of Dr. William Walner.


When Dr. Walner left VA for Indian Territory, his father gave him two mules and a slave.

He married Susan Carter, b 1829, in Colbert Co, Al. the daughter of Kilpatrick Carter and Phalishta ‘Pat' Colbert Carter. (Kilpatrick, b Ireland, settled among the Chickasaws abt 1817, and was hired by his future father-in-law, Levi Colbert, to build a new home at Buzzard Roost, (Colbert Co, Al). Phalishta's mother was Mintahoyo, House of Imatapo, and Levi, being 1/2 Chickasaw was an important chief of the tribe. Eventually, the Buzzard Roost home was given to the Carters.

Published for the Doaksville area, Nov 9th, 1848, was his Professional Services advertisement as a physician open for practice. Dr. Walner, who had served in the Civil War as a Confederate Army surgeon, was one of the pioneer settlers at a stage station on the Washita River in the Chickasaw Nation known as Cherokee Town.

Dr. Walner and Susan's 5 children were:
1. Wm, Jr. (Will), 2. John H., 3. Pocahontas, 4. Alice (Mrs. W.A. Welch), and 5. Susie E.

Son John H. Walner was a U.S. Deputy Marshall and a Chickasaw Indian Policeman. In 1886, he moved from Cherokee Town to Wynnewood, est. 1887, originally named Walner, to set up a store.

Daughter Pocahontas md James Dulin in 1871; first living on Blue River west of Caddo. Children Susie and Simpson (Simp) were born there, and In 1878 the family moved to Pontotoc Co., of the Chickisaw Nation. It was here that the town of Paoli was established on his property, after the railroad was built in 1886. Pocahontas died in childbirth in April 1879. James d Nov 6, 1895. A bio for Pvt. Dulin can be founda at: "http://www.gen.1starnet.com/civilwar/dulinj.htm".

At the time of his death he was living at Cherokee Town, Chickasaw Nation, a major town in Garvin Co., between Pauls Valley and Wynnewood, on the east side of the Washita River. Dr. Walner is buried beside his daughter, Pocahontas, her stillborn child, and James Dulin.
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Census Information:
1860 census of Chickasaw Dist:
Wm Walner, 41 years old, physician, b VA, with $10,000 personal estate.

1860 Indian Territory Slave Schedules: 10 slaves (9 black, 1 mulatto), and 2 slave houses.

1878 Chickasaw Annuity Rolls: 1 male, 1 female and 2 children. (Wm. Walner, Jr., his son. lived in Blue Co., Choctaw Nation.)

Online Sources:
Wm Walner Dulin, gr-gr grandson of Dr. William Walner.
www.findagrave.com: Pvt. James Dulin
Garvin Co Cemeteries: Dulin-Walner Family Cemetery, Crabtree St., Paoli, Garvin Co., OK.

     Susan Carter was born in September 1829 at Colbert County, AL, USA. Another researcher gives Franklin County, AL. She was the daughter of Kilpatrick Carter and Phalishta (Malacha) Colbert. Susan Carter married William M. Walner Dr. circa 1845 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Susan Carter died on 24 June 1898 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, OK, USA, at age 68.

     Mrs. Walner was the daughter of Kilpatrick CARTER and Phalishta 'Pat' COLBERT.

Her father was born in Ireland, and died in 1836, AL, and her mother was born before 1817, Chickasaw Indian Nation, MS, and died at Buzzard Roost Spring, Colbert Co. AL. Mrs. Carter was the daughter of Levi "Ittewamba Mingo" Colbert and MIN-TA-HO-YEA.

Her 4 siblings were:
i. Eliza (Mrs. Jackson KEMP) b bef 1818, d bef 1897.
ii. Pamelia b @ 1820. (Mrs. Francis Montgomery Reynolds), and d 1843, AL/ MS.
iii. Colbert Kilpatrick Carter, b 1824 Colbert Co., AL, d 1876, IT; md Elizabeth Humphreys aft 1856; d/of Sarah 'Sally' McClish; b 1829, MS, d JAN 1873, Indian Territory/OK.
iv. Malena "Martha", b 1826, Colbert Co., AL; md Mr. McDonna, Nov 1842; md Mr.Colbert bef 1846.

     John H. Walner was born on 7 April 1862 at Colbert, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. He was the son of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. John H. Walner married Frances Lulubelle Stewart on 25 January 1883 at Indian Territory, USA. John H. Walner appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 2, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: John Walner, apr 1862, 38, married 17 years, born IT, father born VA, mother born IT, Capitalist; wife Lulu, aug 1866, 38, married 17 years, 5 children, 4 living, born IT, father born TN, mother born IT; dau Susie V., aug 1883, 16, born IT; dau Acca, feb 1886, 14, born IT; dau Julia, apr 1888, 12, born IT; son Hugh R., dec 1892, 7, born IT; nephew Robert, nov 1879, 20, born IT, father born IT, mother born TX, attend school; nephew James, Jul 1885, 14, born IT, father born IT, mother born TX, attend school.. He died on 5 July 1905 at Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, at age 43. John Henry Walner was the son of William M. and Susan Carter Walner. William Walner was a medical doctor. He was born in Cumberland Co. Virginia in 1816. John was born near Colbert, I.T. Oklahoma on April 7, 1862. He was educated at the Baptist Academy at Fort Smith, Ark, but owing to ill health, was obliged to leave school at an early age. In 1878, he established a mercantile business at Cherokee Town, Garvin Co, I.T. He freighted his goods from Caddo to Cherokee Town. John secured a charter from the Chickasaw Government to operate a ferry boat on the Washita River. He did this for a year or so and then moved to Wynnewood where he entered the mercantile business. This store was first located in a tent. In 1879, he married Lule Bell Stewart (b. Nov 7, 1866 d. May 6, 1960). Lule`s father was Wiley Stewart, a Choctaw Indian, born in Rhea County, East Tenn., in 1824. Her mother was Nancy Folsom, born March 17, 1830 in Mayhew, Mississippi. She moved with her parents to the Indian Territory when she was three years old. She was a granddaughter of Nathaniel Folsom and Peter Pitchlyn of the Hayah-pak-tuk-kalo clan of the Choctaw Tribe, which made her royal blood. Their children were, Verna Susan "Sukie", Acca E., Julia H., Hugh Ryan, and Grace Pauline. Verna "Sukie" (b. Dec 1, 1883 d. Feb 25, 1977) married Edmond Joseph Mitchell at Wynnewood, Oklahoma. John Walner was a United States Indian Police Officer and a Deputy United States Marshal who had killed several men in the line of duty. The Indian Police were as a group, some of the toughest, bravest men who ever wore a badge. All were appointed by the U.S. Indian Commissioner and were hand picked because of their personal character and bravery. The men of Wynnewood called him "The Bull of the Woods". He died from a knife wound at the age of forty years. (taken from the Garvin Co Indian Pioneer Papers and from a story by Mike Towers). NGC
. He was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     This story about John H. Walner and his father William M. is reported on the RootsGenWeb site.

     At Cherokee Town there was Dr. Shirley’s store, a log house made into a hotel operated by Charley Stewart, a stage barn Noel Lael’s blacksmith shop, and two or three houses. Two miles east, Dr. Shirley built a big, rambling log house which served as head quarters for his farm and ranch, and agriculture enterprise which employed 20 to 30 men year round. After Shirley’s death in 1875, his home and store were sold to Doctor William Walner, an early day physician active in the Choctaw Nation. Dr. Walner turned the whole operation over to his son, John Walner.
     When the Santa Fe completed its construction in 1887, the new railroad bypassed Cherokee Town as the tracks lay on the west side of the Washita River. This meant all the goods and mail scheduled for Fort Sill and points west, would no longer be shipped to Caddo, and would instead go to the new Paul’s Valley depot. With the driving of a single spike, the whole eastern half of the government road lost its usefulness. Cherokee Town literally moved south to the new depot of Wynnewood.
     The old Walner/Shirley home had burned, and a new home of planed lumber had replaced it. John
Walner had oxen hitched to each corner of the house and ‘walked’ the entire structure four miles south, to the new town site. The rest of the homes and houses followed suit, dotting Wynnewood with the old Cherokee Town structures. One government barn was hauled across the river to Paul’s Valley, and the stage stand, a small cabin, remained and was occupied by the Harmon family when they arrived in the valley. John Walner, thinking he was facing the home south, actually lined it up facing what would become the alley. Rather than go to the trouble of turning the house, Walner built a porch and facade on the rear of the home so it would appear to be the front door. Ever after, folks enter the Walner home through the kitchen. I think it’s kind of homey myself, but then I’m just a man. The women of the Walner household were embarrassed to death to receive guests at the kitchen door. (Source: Mike Tower, Traders along the Washita, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Spring, 1987)
     But, Charley Strickland had another friend--John Walner. Walner was a United States Indian Policeman and former Deputy United States Marshal who had killed several men in the line of duty.
     Now for you to understand, I have to say a word about the Indian Police. The Indian Police were as a group, some of the toughest, bravest men who ever wore a badge. All were appointed by the United States Indian Commissioner and were hand picked because of their personal character and bravery. And, all were publicly charged with..."tracking down evil doers and make themselves a terror to them"...with standing orders to shoot to kill if the criminal resisted. Tradition has it that the Indian Police commission was for life, and the members of this elite force behaved like knights of the round table in that whenever, and wherever, they met law breakers they deal with them. In addition, Walner was one of those men who just didn’t take any guff off of anyone and who never gave up in a fight. The bad men of the Valley were afraid of Walner and called him “the bull of the woods,” a recognition that Walner was king pin when it came to tough and aggressive. And, now Walner, the bull, was angry with Little Bill. Walner allegedly told Marshal E. H. Scrivner that the next time Lewis was in Wynnewood, that he,
Walner was going to kill him for what he’d done to Charley Strickland. Scrivner, of course, told Little Bill of Walner’s threats.
     Bill Lewis may have been a nasty little killer of men, but he was in no sense of the word afraid of anything that walked, crawled, swam, or flew. Lewis’ shirttail didn’t hit his back before he was on the morning train heading south to Wynnewood and a confrontation with John Walner. Lewis arrived before noon and began cruising the town, looking for Walner, stopping first at each drug store and fortifying himself with patent whiskey in the back rooms. By the time Lewis started looking for Walner in earnest and stopped at John W. W. Mitchell’s Dry Goods Store, Little Bill was packing not only his Winchester but a snootful of bad booze as well. John Mitchell listened patiently to Little Bill’s tirade against Walner and what a tough man he, Lewis, was. Then, with more than a little gratitude, Mitchell watched as Lewis strolled across the street to Dr. Bowen’s drug store. It was then that Mitchell happened to look up and see John Walner, who had just returned to town, striding down from his hillside home with a Winchester in the crook of his arm. As Mitchell watched, Walner spotted Little Bill and cut diagonally across the street, coming to a stop below the boardwalk, directly in front of Little Bill. Lewis was standing in front of the door of the Bowen drug store when Walner casually drawled, “Heard you been looking for me, Bill?” Lewis did not speak. Instead, he started to bring his Winchester, it’s barrel pointed toward Walner, up to his shoulder. He never made it. Walner, in one fluid movement, swung his Winchester in line, and with rifle butt clamped to his side,
while his other hand steadied the barrel, fired. The heavy slug, with a full charge, fired at a short range, caught Little Bill squarely in the middle of the chest, lifting his small body clear of the board walk and through the door of the drug store. Bill was dead before his head hit the hard wood floor.
     As Scrivner said, “Walner did what he said he was going to do, and that ended the affair.”
     According to a published 4 May 1937 interview of Van Cockron, an early African American resident of Wynnewood, Van saw John kill Bill Lewis and later saw John's nephew Robert Walner kill John.

(Source: Indian and Pioneer Files. Paul’s Valley Democrat and Daily Ardmorite newspapers.)

     Susan E. Walner was born in October 1861 at Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. Susan E. Walner married John Thomas Hill in 1885 at Stonewall, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Susan E. Walner died in 1915 at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Alice Walner was born in 1838 at Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. Alice Walner married William Anderson Welch on 12 April 1865 at Panola County, OK, USA. Alice Walner died on 11 May 1888 at Caston, Indian Territory, USA.

     Pocahontas Walner was born in 1851 at Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter. Pocahontas Walner married James Jim Dulin in 1871 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Pocahontas Walner died on 17 April 1880 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was buried at Dulin- Walner-Dulin Cemetery, at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     William Anderson Welch was born on 23 April 1836 at Morgan County, AL, USA.¹ He was a soldier, andserved in Confederate Army, during the Civil War. He married Alice Walner, daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter, on 12 April 1865 at Panola County, OK, USA. William Anderson Welch married Beatrice Rebecca Long on 19 March 1890 at Poteau, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. William Anderson Welch married Lulah Pearl York on 23 October 1892 at Indian Territory, USA. William Anderson Welch died on 26 May 1915 at Le Flore County, OK, USA, at age 79. William died at age 79 on May 26, 1915 in Le Flore County, Oklahoma and was buried at Old Talihina Cemetery, at Talihina, Oklahoma (LeFlore County).
The Talihina News. (Talihina, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1895 pg. 3.

Hugo, Okla., May 26. -- Capt. W. A. Welch, a confederate veteran, was killed and five persons injured in a tornado at Talihina, 75 miles west of here, this afternoon. Eight business houses and 12 residences were destroyed and several other buildings considerably damaged. Captain Welch was killed when his residence was blown down and members of his family were injured.
(From article published in the Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK, May 27, 1915).¹ He was buried at Old Talihina Cemetery, at Talihina, Le Flore County, OK, USA.

     Tornado Kills One

Hugo, Okla., May 26. -- Capt. W. A. Welch, a confederate veteran, was killed and five persons injured in a tornado at Talihina, 75 miles west of here, this afternoon. Eight business houses and 12 residences were destroyed and several other buildings considerably damaged. Captain Welch was killed when his residence was blown down and members of his family were injured.
(From article published in the Tulsa World, Tulsa, OK, May 27, 1915)
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William Anderson Welch was born April 23, 1836 in Morgan County, Alabama. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He married Alice Walner, daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter, on April 12, 1865. William and Alice had four known children: Elizabeth (Betsy) Welch (c1866- ); Mattie Welch (c1866 - ); Robert Carter Welch (1868 - ); and Charles Arthur Welch (Mar 1871-1927).

William second married Beatrice R. Long on March 19, 1890 at Poteau, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory. He third married Lula Pearl York on October 23, 1892 in Indian Territory.

William died at age 79 on May 26, 1915 in Le Flore County, Oklahoma and was buried at Old Talihina Cemetery, at Talihina, Oklahoma (LeFlore County). His grave indicates that he was a Confederate Civil War Veteran and a Mason.
(Contributed by TimelessSpirits 47310549)

The Talihina News. (Talihina, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 22, 1895 pg. 3

Harry Welch, son of Capt. W.A. Welch of our town, and his family spent several days with relatives here since our last.
This proves another son for Captain Welch.
(Contributed by Pearl #47523946)

The Talihina News. (Talihina, Indian Terr.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 5, 1895 pg. 3
Miss Bessie Welch, daughter of Capt. W.A. Welch, left Monday for Bloomfield Seminary.
Miss Mattie Welch left Monday for Tushkohomma, (sic) where she will teach in the Tushkahomma Female Academy. Miss Mattie is highly accomplished and the school should feel proud in securing her efficient services. We are sorry to lose her from our midst.
Capt. W.A. Welch made another trip to Bengal this week for the purpose of unloading a car of merchandise for his new store at that place. We, of Talihina, wish the captain every success in his new enterprise.
(Contributed by Pearl #47523946.)

     John Thomas Hill was born on 21 March 1852 at KY, USA. He married Susan E. Walner, daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter, in 1885 at Stonewall, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. John Thomas Hill appeared on the census of 1900 at Twp 3, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: John T. Hill, white, born Jun 1852, 47, married 15 years, born KY, father born NC, mother MO; wife Sad E., Oct 1861, 38, married 15 years, 5 children, 5 living, born IT, father born VA, mother born AL; son John E., white, Sep 1885, 14, born IT; son Willis R., Dec 1887, 12, born IT; son Eudah S. Mar 1892, 8, born IT; son Harry V., Aug 1894, 5, born IT; day Susie, Mar 1897, 3, born IT; mother-in-law (this is very hard to read and may be error) J. M. Well, may 1846, 54, widow, born GA, parents born GA; nephew John Walner, Dec 1882, 17, born IT, father born IT, mother born OH.. He died on 19 January 1913 at Indian Territory, USA, at age 60. He was buried at Pauls Valley Cemeter, at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     John Edgar Hill was born on 28 September 1886 at Pauls Valley, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. He was the son of John Thomas Hill and Susan E. Walner. John Edgar Hill appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1403 Card 479 1/16.. He died on 9 June 1965 at Kilgore, Gregg County, TX, USA, at age 78. He was buried at Kilgore City Cemetery, at Kilgore, Gregg County, TX, USA.

     William Riley Hill was born in December 1887 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. He was the son of John Thomas Hill and Susan E. Walner. William Riley Hill appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1404 Card 479 1/16..

     Susan Hill was born in March 1897 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of John Thomas Hill and Susan E. Walner. Susan Hill appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1407 Card 479 1/16..

     Edua L. Hill was born on 6 March 1892 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of John Thomas Hill and Susan E. Walner. Edua L. Hill appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1405 Card 479 1/16.. She married Beverly Rector Polk on 1 September 1907 at Ardmore, Carter County, OK, USA. Edua L. Hill died on 26 March 1986 at Alex, Grady County, OK, USA, at age 94. She was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, at Pauls Valley, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Harry Vernon Hill was born on 8 August 1894 at Grady County, OK, USA.¹ He was the son of John Thomas Hill and Susan E. Walner. Harry Vernon Hill appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1406 Card 479 1/16.. He died on 24 February 1978 at Tulare County, CA, USA, at age 83.¹

     James Jim Dulin was born on 5 July 1834 at Henry County, GA, USA. He was a Private, andserved in 34th Texas Calvary, during the Civil War. He married Janie Moore in 1864 at TX, USA. James Jim Dulin married Pocahontas Walner, daughter of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter, in 1871 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. James Jim Dulin married Lizzie Bergin in September 1879 at Indian Territory, USA. James Jim Dulin died on 6 November 1895 at Paoli, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA, at age 61. He was buried at Dulin- Walner-Dulin Cemetery, at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     James Dulin, Private, Company F, 34th Texas Calvary

James Dulin was born in Henry County, Georgia on July 5, 1837. His father was Sugar Dulin and his mother was Tabitha Howard. James was the grandson of the first Sugar Dulin who lived in North Carolina and was a Revolutionary War veteran. James was an only son. His mother died when he was quite young and he was sent to live with his maternal grandparents. They both died a few years later and he went to live with one of his uncles.
     When he was seventeen his uncle offered to send him to school, instead he joined a wagon train bound for Texas. He had no money and worked his way eventually to Rush County. After a short time he went with the Hittson family to Crow Creek country in Hill County. In 1856 James and his friends the Hittson's moved to Grindstone Creek in Parker County. After assisting in the organization of Parker County, James moved to Palo Pinto County. He then moved to Hubbard Creek in what is now Callahan County.
     In 1859, James and six others under the leadership of Joel McKee left Texas for the gold mines of Colorado. He was not successful at this venture and went to New Mexico. After working through the winter cutting saw logs, he returned to Colorado the next spring, locating in California Gulch.
     Again unsuccessful, James returned to Texas in the fall of 1860. He stayed a short while in Hopkins County and then returned to Palo Pinto County. The Comanches were causing a lot of trouble during this period and a few weeks after his return James joined a party led by Sul Ross to follow and punish the Indians. He was with this party at the Pease River Fight where Cynthia Ann Parker (mother of Quannah Parker) was recovered after twenty years of captivity. After this campaign James engaged in the cattle business and went with a herd from Calahan County to the mouth of the Red River in Louisiana.
     In February 1862 James enlisted in Company F (Alexander’s Regiment) of the 34th Texas Cavalry under David B. Cleveland in Palo Pinto County. On the company muster roll records James is listed as "absent, on detached service. Due for use of arms $10.50 to Dec. 17, 1862, for mileage for 180 miles" and "Detailed November 4th, 1862, to herd beeves left at Camp Kiamishi (sic)."
     After the war James took up the stock business as a regular occupation. In 1867 he took a herd to Missouri for Colonel Jim Childs and shortly thereafter drove a herd to Shreveport for Cummings and Vinnette. He next made a drive to Abilene, Kansas for Jim Scoby. When he returned to Sherman he was put in charge of a wagon train hauling freight between points along the Red River and Fort Smith, Arkansas. He continued in this business for three years at which time he moved to Indian Territory.
     James Dulin married first in 1864 in Texas to Janie Moore. They had one son named George Dulin.
     In 1871 James married Pocahontas Walner in Indian Territory. She was born in Indian Territory and died 17 Apr 1879, in the Chickasaw Nation, Pontotoc, Co. (now Paoli, Garvin Co., the Chickasaw Nation was divided into counties), Oklahoma, and was buried in the Dulin Family Cemetery in Paoli, Garvin Co., Oklahoma. They had two children: Susie and Simpson Dulin (my grandfather). Pocahontas was a member of the Chickasaw Nation and the daughter of a famous physican, William Walner, for whom the author of this article is named. Dr. Walner had long been a doctor for the Chicksaws. Her mother was Susan Carter, a Chickasaw. By this marriage to Pocahontas, James acquired the rights of Chickasaw citizenship. He and his wife settled on the Blue River twelve miles west of Caddo, Indian Territory. They lived there until the spring of 1878 at which time they moved to what would become the townsite of Paoli, Oklahoma. While at Blue River two children were born to them, Susie and Simpson. On April 17, 1879 Pocahontas died while in childbirth. The child was stillborn.
     James married a third time in September 1879 to Lizzie Bergin. She was living in Norman, Oklahoma Territory when James died and I have been told she was buried in Norman, Cleveland Co., Oklahoma. James and Lizzie Dulin had two children: Fanny and Lizzie Dulin.
     In 1886 the Sante Fe Railroad built its road bed through his property and the town of Paoli was established there.
     James Dulin died of pneumonia on November 6, 1895. He is buried in the Dulin Family Cemetery along with his wife, Pocahontas, his father-in-law, William Walner and the stillborn child. The cemetery is located within the city limits of Paoli, Garvin Co., Oklahoma. At the time of his death he owned some 4 miles square (10,000 acres) of Washita Valley land. The foundation of his house still remains. He was a member of the Caddo Masonic lodge and later a member of the Pauls Valley Masonic lodge. The author of this article is his great-grandson.

Sources
1. Historical and Biographical Record of The Cattle Industry and The Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory, Woodward & Tiernan Publishing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, 1895.
2. Leaders and Leading Men of the Indian Territory, Harry F. O'Beirne, Chicago, 1891.
3. Indian Pioneer History.
4. The personal knowledge of the author, William W. Dulin

By
William W. Dulin
4985 Seibert Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63123.

     Susie Dulin was born in September 1875 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. 1900 census of twp 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory. Age 31 at the 1910 census of Boley, Okfuskee County, OK; described as a Mulatto. She was the daughter of James Jim Dulin and Pocahontas Walner. Susie Dulin married Ernest Lee McCrummen on 16 March 1897 at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA. License issued by County Judge. Married by A. B. Morrison, MG.. Susie Dulin appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1234 Card 408 1/16.. She died in 1945 at Paoli, Garvin County, OK. She was buried at Paoli Cemetery, at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Simpson (Simp) Dulin was born on 20 January 1875 at Caddo, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. 1900 census of twp 4, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory gives a Jan 1874 date. He was the son of James Jim Dulin and Pocahontas Walner. Simpson (Simp) Dulin married Fannie Johnson circa 1902 at Indian Territory, USA. Simpson (Simp) Dulin appeared on the census of 1902 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. The census lists the family as: Chick/Dawes Rolls #1285 Card 438 1/16.. He died on 14 December 1940 at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA, at age 65. He was buried at Paoli Cemetery, at Paoli, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Frances Lulubelle Stewart was born on 7 November 1866 at Armstrong Academy, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. 1900 census says Aug 1866. She married John H. Walner, son of William M. Walner Dr. and Susan Carter, on 25 January 1883 at Indian Territory, USA. Frances Lulubelle Stewart died on 6 March 1960 at Norman, Cleveland County, OK, USA, at age 93. Lula was the daughter of Wiley Stewart, a Choctaw Indian born in Rhea County, East Tennessee in 1824. Her mother was Nancy Folsom, born March 17,1830, in Mayhew, Mississippi. She moved with her parents to Indian Territory when she was three years old. She was a granddaughter of Nathaniel Folsom and Peter Pitchlyn of the Hayah-pah-tuk-kalo clan of the Choctaw Tribe, which made her of royal blood. She married John H. Walner in 1883 and came to John's father's ranch near old Cherokee town in the Chickasaw Nation to live. John was in the merchantile business at Cherokee Town. He freighted his goods from Caddo. John was United States Deputy Marshal serving under Commissioner Dr. Leo Bennett at Muskogee and also served as an Indian Policeman for the Chickasaw Goverment in Ponotoc Co. OK. (I especially remember Lule's beautiful flower garden. She was very generous and she shared her flowers with others.) She was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA.

     Acca Esther Walner was born on 18 November 1885 at Indian Territory, USA. 1900 census says Feb 1886. She was the daughter of John H. Walner and Frances Lulubelle Stewart. Acca Esther Walner married Andrew Jackson Cobb on 19 December 1906 at Wynnewood, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. Acca Esther Walner died on 28 October 1981 at Fort Supply, Woodward County, OK, USA, at age 95. She was buried at El Reno Cemetery, at El Reno, Canadian County, OK, USA.

     Grace Pauline Walner was born on 22 May 1889 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, USA. She was the daughter of John H. Walner and Frances Lulubelle Stewart. Grace Pauline Walner died on 1 April 1891 at Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, at age 1. She was buried at Oaklawn Cemetery, at Wynnewood, Garvin County, OK, USA.