Slaveholders of Skullyville & Sugar Loaf, Choctaw Nation

1860 Slave Schedule Skullyville, Choctaw Nation

The 1860 slave schedule of the Skullyville area in the Choctaw Nation is a small one, reflecting about 201 enslaved people. There were 48 slave holders named on the record although in some cases there were additional people who had an "investment" in a group of enslaved people. In those cases, a note was made that others had an interest in that small group of slaves.

In the case of Jos. R. Hall, he was listed as the slave holder of record, but a note on the record indicates that there were 7 others who had an interest in the same slaves.

Slave holders of Skullyville

E. P. Massey

James Boyd

Samuel Allen

Dennis Folsom

F. M. Monks

Armstrong Frohling(?)

Walker Folsom

William Merriman

George Gunter (of Cher. Natio

James Choate

Samuel Bridges

N. B. Breedlove

Mrs. Breedlove

Clem Vann's wife

F. E. Williams

L. B. Dow

I. I. Phillips(?)

Tandy Walker

William Frazier(Frayon?)

Nathaniel Folsom

Bowlin Perry

Edmund Folsom

Peter Folsom

Edmond Riddle

Emeatubbee

Campbell Le Flore

John G. Ainsworth

A. W. Gary

Margaret Gary

Eli Mitchell

Plarcide Krebbs

Simon Hancock

Sina Pickens

Willis Burns

James Frayon(?)

Claudine Kincaid

William Cooper

Jerry Riddle

Eliza Hampton

Mary Jack

Edward Moore

Fort Coffee Academy

Widow C. M. McCurtain

Jos. R. Hall (and 7 others)

Mrs. Thompson McKinney (and 3 others)

Mrs. James M. Coleman

James M. Colman

Henry Keyser

In Sugar Loaf, the number of enslaved people was even smaller, with only 51 people held enslaved. They were held enslaved by 17 slaveholders. (In the case of the McClain heirs one guardian was appointed as the "owner" of record, and is therefore counted as one.)

Slaveholders of Sugar Loaf County

Steven Holson

Kennedy McCurtain

Thomas Lewis

Rhoda McCurtain

Emmaline Folsom

Nail Perry

Sukey Perry

Morris Nail

Widow James

John Page

McKee Folsom

Robert McCarty

Eliza & George McClain minor heirs

Sophia McClain

James McClain

Sophia Eubanks

Matthew Moncrief

It is clear that the two northernmost counties in the Choctaw Nation slavery was not as prevalent as it was in the southern parts of the nation, where slaveholders held dozens and in some cases hundreds of people in bondage. However, the nature of slavery should not be considered as "kinder, or gentler" institution, because "ownership" of another human being, is still a violation of the human spirit and there is no "better" or "nicer" way to live enslaved.

This is the first time that a general study of slavery in Skullyville has been undertaken. Hopefully more will someday be learned as stories are found, and told to preserve the history of this small corner of the Choctaw Nation, of Indian Territory and of Oklahoma's pre-statehood years, when slavery prevailed upon the land.