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Notes

• Family history of the Gregorys of Oklahoma reports Amanda's birthdayas 22 February 1861, but we see that she was recorded in the 1860census as 4 months old in June.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 25 June, PO MarbleWorks, page 953, Hse #628, Fam #535
  Tatum, Samuel 20 M W Farmer  $140 Personal b North Carolina (b abt1840)
  Tatum, Elizabeth 18 F W Georgia
  Tatum, Amanda 4 months F W Georgia [b abt Feb 1860]
  
  The month of February matches the age of 4 months reported in thecensus.  The year should be 1860.  The year was somehow recorded wrongor remembered wrongly in family memory.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 8 July, Truckwheel, POJasper, page 65, Hse #503, Fam #503
  Tatum, Samuel 32 (abt 1838) M W Farmer  Georgia
  Tatum, Nancey E  28 (abt 1842) F W Keeping House  Georgia
  Tatum, Amanda A 10 (abt 1860) F W At Home  Georgia
  
  1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia, 9 June, TruckwheelDistrict, District 162, page 15, Hse #129, Fam #130
  Augustus L. West M W  27 Self  Farmer GA SC SC
  Amanda A. West  F W 20 Wife  Keeping House GA GA GA
  Lavada [Luada] C. West F W  3 Dau GA GA GA
  George Taylor West M W 7M Born Nov 1879 Son GA GA GA
  
  Certificate of Marriage
  This is to Certify that
  I have this day joined in
  Marriage
  James T Green of Cook Co State of Texas
  and Mrs A West of Cook Co State of Texas
  according to the laws of the State of Texas and that there were
  present as witnesses G G Mullins of State of Texas
  and Lewis Liles of State of Texas
  Rev Lewis H Stuckey LlD
  of M E Church South
  Dated Dec 25th 1888
  
  Family memory reports that they were married in Marietta, ChickasawNation.  Marietta is in what became Love County, Oklahoma, north ofthe Red River from Cook County, Texas.  James Toliver's family livedin or near Gainesville, and were registered in the 1860 census.  But Ihave not found them in the 1880 census.  They may have actually livedacross the border in Chickasaw Nation even at the time of themarriage, as the family tradition report.
  
  Note that both area stated to be residents of Cook County, Texas.  thecounty seat is Gainesville, just south of the Red River.  The nextyear Toliver and Mandy's first child was born in Marietta, LoveCounty, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.  They are enumerated therein the 1900 census.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 20 July,Township 4, District 120, page 52B, Hse/Fam #949
  Greene, James Head  W M Jan 1861 39 Married 11 years TX GA GA Owns
  Greene, Amanda Wife W F  Feb 1861 39 Married 11 years 4 children/4living GA GA GA
  Greene, Loula W F Apr 1887 13 GA UNknown GA
  Greene, Ella W F Apr 1890 9 Ind Terr Texas GA
  Greene, Stella W F May 1893 7 Ind Terr Texas GA
  Greene, Lizzie W F Jun 1898 1 Ind Terr Texas GA
  
  In 1910 and 1920, we find Amanda and her second husband James ToliverGreen in Richland Township (near Marlow) of Stephens County, Oklahoma. Marlow is the county seat of this county.  This is where I recall asa child meeting their children, my great aunts.
  
  Marlow is not far from Lindsay, in Garvin County, and Chickasha, inGrady County.  These towns, both about a half-hour drive north ofMarlow, were where my grandparents of each side lived, so on occasionwe would go to Marlow for visits or family gatherings.  I have cousinsand their descendants living there now.
  
  I also later discovered that my grandmother Jenkins, Julia VirginaTerry, also had brothers and sisters living in Marlow, where they hadall grown up.  I do not remember ever knowing this, until I beganresearch that family a in 2006.  Marlow is where my grandparentsJenkins married and lived for some time.
  
  Amanda Tatum is listed in both 1910 and 1920 as Mandy.  In 1910,Amanda's middle initial is shown as J, instead of A.  There is nomiddle name or initial in 1920.  James Toliver is listed in 1910 asJames T and in 1920 as James.  Their three daughters are still at homewith them in 1920:  Effie, Stella and Lizzie.
  
  Amanda is buried in the Center Cemetery, Center, Pontotoc County,Oklahoma.  Her gravestone has the name as Amanda Green.  I have notfound out when she moved to Center from Marlow.
  
  Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins gave me the marriage date, as well as thebirth dates for both James Toliver Green and Amanda Tatum West.Loretta Gregory Gay gave me the place of marriage.

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 25 June, PO Marble Works, page 953, Hse #628, Fam #535
• 2. Lou Ila Gregory Jenkins, Family History Dates
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, page 6B, No Hse or Fam #s
• 4. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 2 February, Richland Township, District 262, page 10A, No house or
• 5. 1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 9 June, Truckwheel District, Enumeration District 162, page 15, Hse
• 6. Loretta Gregory Gay, personal communication
• 7. Center (Oklahoma) Cemetery List
  • Name: Name:http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ok/pontotoc/cemeteries/center.txt;;
• 8. 1920 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 2 February, Richland Township, District 262, Page 10B
• 9. 1930 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 22 April, Richland, District 22, Page 12A, Hse #221, or Family #222
• 10. 1870 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 8 July, Truckwheel, PO Jasper, page 65, Hse #503, Fam #503
• 11. Certificate of Marriage
• 12. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 20 July, Township 4, District 120, page 52B, Hse/Fam #949
• 13. Marlow (Oklahoma) Cemetery List
  • Name: Name: http://www.rootsweb.com/~okstephe/MarlowCem2.txt;;
• 14. 1910 Federal Census, Stephens County, Oklahoma
  • 25 April, Richland Township, District 243, Page 6B (no Hse or Family
• 15. Obituary of Effie Ella Green, draft provided by writer, LorettaGregory Gay
• 16. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
  • Toliver Jorile Green Family Sheet
• 17. Loretta Gregory Gay Genealogical Research
• 18. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
• 19. SSDI Broderbund Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6
• 20. Ancestry Trees
  • Williamson Regena, Rutledge Genealogy,
• 21. 1880 Federal Census, Pickens County, Georgia
  • 9 June, Truckwheel District, Enumeration District 162, Hse #129, Fam