Oklahoma Genealogical Society
An Open
Letter to Descendants* of Pocahontas
From Oklahoma Genealogical Society
Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 1, March 1964
Transcribed to Electronic form by Jo White
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Alfriend |
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Dandridge |
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Gordon |
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Murray |
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Archer |
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Griffin |
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Dixon |
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Page |
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Bentley |
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Douglas |
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Grayson |
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Poythress |
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Bernard |
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Duval |
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Harrison |
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Randolph |
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Bland |
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Eldridge |
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Hubard |
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Robertson |
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Bolling |
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Ellett |
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Lewes |
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Skipwith |
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Branch |
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Ferguson |
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Logan |
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Stanard |
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Cabell |
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Field |
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Markham |
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Tazewell |
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Catlett |
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Fleming |
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Meade |
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Walks |
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Cary |
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Gay |
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McRae |
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West |
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Whittle |
*Some known
families descended from Pocahontas, National Genealogical Society Quarterly,
Vol. 45, No. 177, March 1957, p. 43, taken from pp. viii, 84, of the book Pocahontas,
Alias Matoaka, and Her Descendants, through her marriage at Jamestown,
Virginia, in April 1614, with John Rolfe, Gentleman; …with Biographical
sketches by Wyndham, Robertson, and Illustrative Historical Notes by R.A. BROCK
Genealogical Book Co., 1956, Baltimore, Md.
(This book is a reprint of one published in 1887. The 350th Anniversary of the
founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English Colony in America, was
celebrated in 1957 at Jamestown.)
On April 14,
1965, at 1:00 p.m., at the Old Tower Church, Jamestown, Virginia, the
sculptured bust of Pocahontas was unveiled and presented by Mrs. Thomas
Burchett, President General of the National Society of the Colonial Dames 17th
Century, which sponsored the nation-wide project. The statue was presented there to Mrs. Logan Billingsley, a
former Oklahoma resident, who is a Director of the National Hall of Fame for
Famous American Indians at Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Mr. Billingsley, a former Oklahoman, is credited with first conceiving
the idea of the Hall of Fame.
The bust of
Pocahontas was on display at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C., during the
National Conference of Colonial Dames 17th Century, April 15-17,
1965. Later the sculpture will be sent
to Anadarko, Okla., and formally dedicated at the Hall of Fame for Famous
American Indians.
Virginians
initiated the request to have Pocahontas included in the Indian National Hall
of Fame. The request, cherished by Miss
Muriel Wright, of Indian descent, Editor The Chronicles of Oklahoma and
member, Colonial Dames 17th Century, was accepted as a national
project by the National Society, Colonial Dames 17th Century and
since that time Mrs. Olen Delaney of Oklahoma City, National Chairman of the
Pocahontas Fund, Colonial Dames 17th Century, has been in charge of
this very successful project. (See p.
13 Daily Oklahoman, March 17, 1965.)
Many
descendants of Pocahontas whose names and addresses were known were invited to
the unveiling at Jamestown. There are
many more descendants who will wish to include the dedication at Anadarko in
their plans. These descendants are
invited to make their interest known to Mrs. Delaney; and if personal
notification of the date at Anadarko is desired, a stamped, self-addressed envelope
should be enclosed. Mrs. Delaney’s
address is . . .
OKLAHOMA is
proud to have Pocahontas take her honored place in the National Hall of Fame
for famous American Indians. And to
Mrs. Delaney who is also a long-time member of OGS, - a difficult but
worthwhile job well done!
In the
National Hall of Fame for Famous American Indians at the east edge of Anadarko
are found busts and statues of twenty of America’s outstanding Indian
leaders. Two miles southeast of
Anadarko is the unique Oklahoma open-air museum of 160 acres. The Indian City Lodge, centrally placed,
houses artifacts and displays. Within
the lodge are some 300 to 400 Plains Indians household items. Nearby are seven authentic villages –
replicas of Indian towns of Caddo, Pawnee, Apache, Wichita, Kiowa, and Comanche
tribes – constructed with technical aid from the Stovall Museum and the
Anthropology Department, both of the University of Oklahoma. (History News, Amer. Assoc. for State
and Local History, Vol. xix, No. 10, August 1964, p. 159.)
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