Sophia FOLSOM^[1]

1773 - 1871  (98 years)

• Name	Sophia FOLSOM
  Born	1773
  Gender	Female
  Heritage	12 Choctaw
  Indigenous?	Y
  Died	1871	Indian Territory, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma
  Buried	Garland Family Cemetery, Tom, McCurtain, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I11961	Main
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2017

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer FOLSOM,   b. Aft 1756, Rowan County, N Carolina ,   d. 24 Jul 1814, Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas  (Age < 56 years)
  Mother	Ni-Ti-Ka,   d. ?
  Family ID	F4035	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Col John PITCHLYN,   b. 11 Jun 1745, Georgia ,   d. 20 May 1835, W Point, Clay, Mississippi  (Age 89 years)
  Children	1. Hon Peter Perkins PITCHLYN,   b. 30 Jan 1806, Noxubee County, Mississippi ,   d. 17 Jan 1881, Washington, DC  (Age 74 years) + 2. Rhoda PITCHLYN,   b. Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi ,   d. 28 Feb 1911, Davis, Murray, Oklahoma
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F4036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  Her Indian Name was "Lk-lo-ha-wah" (loved but lost). Sophia was the daughter of Ebenezer Folsom and his Choctaw wife, Natika. Sophia married in 1804 to Major John Pitchlynn of Scottish decent, who was reared by the Choctaws after the death of his father, Isaac Pitchlynn. John was an interpreter for the Choctaw Nation, appointed by President George Washington. He served as interpreter for all the treaties between the Choctaw Nation and the United States. Sophia bore ten children to John Pitchlynn. They were: (1) Peter Perkins, (2) Silas, (3) Thomas Jefferson, (4) Charles, (5) Rhoda, (6) Elizabeth, (7) Mary, (8) Kezzia, (9) Eliza Ann Cornelia, and (10) Kate Pitchlynn. Sophia had three step-children: (1) John Pitchlynn Jr., (2) Joseph Pitchlynn, and (3) James Pitchlynn. These children were from Major John Pitchlynn's first marriage. After John's death, Sophia decided to move to Indian Territory. She settled on a plantation in the Little River area in what is now the far southeastern part of Oklahoma. Sophia managed her plantation efficiently and was known to have been very just in all things. She came under the influence of the noted missionary Cyrus Byington and was a devoted Christian. Even though she could speak English, she refused to do so, speaking only Choctaw and for the most part served only Choctaw food. Her grave is the oldest grave in the State of Oklahoma. ----- Mrs. Sophia Folsom Pitchlynn's Will--23, April 1859: In the Name of God, Amen, I, Sophia Pitchlynn of Red River County, in the Choctaw Nation, being in good health, and of sound and disposing mind and memory, calling to mind the frailty and uncertainty of human life and being desirous of setting my worldly affairs and directing how the personal estate, with which it has pleased God to bless me, shall be disposed of after my decease, while I have strength and cappacity so to do, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making null and void all other last wills and testaments by me heretofore made. And first I commend my immoral being to Him who gave it and my body to the earth, to be buried with little expense or ostentation, by my executors herein after named: 1. It is furthermore my wish that suitable monument be erected at the grave of my daughter Mrs. Keziah Poland and at the grave of her daughter Sophia, who died near Clarksville, Texas. 2. To my son, Peter P. Pitchlynn and his lineal descendants I give and bequeath my servant boy named Hannibal. 3. To my son, Thomas J. Pitchlynn and his lineal descendants I give and bequeath my servant boy named: Stephen. 4. To my daughter, Mary Garland and her lineal descendants I give and bequeath my servant boy named: George. 5. To my daughter, Rhoda Howell, I have already given my Servant boy: Rob 6. To my daughter, Eliza Harris and her lineal descendants I give and bequeath my servant girl: Ary. 7. To my daughter, Betsy Harris, and her lineal descendants I give and bequeath my servant girl: Nancy. 8. To my granddaughter, Mary Wilson and her lineal descendants and lawful heirs I give and bequeath my servant boy: Bob. 9. To my granddaughter, Melvina Wilson her lineal descendants or lawful heirs I give and bequeath my servant girl: Sol. 10. To my little grand children, William and Charles Poland, I bequeath my servant boy: Dick. All the rest of my estate personal or mixed, of which I shall die possessed, such as fields, houses, cattle, horses, swine, fowls, cash, tools, farming utensils I give and bequeath to my two orphan grandchildren, Mary and Melvina Wilson and their lawful heirs. I except the old family bible which I give to my son Peter, who promises to furnish Mary and Malvina each with a large family Bible. Lastly, I do nominate and appoint my said sons, Peter P. Pitchlynn and Thomas J. Pitchlynn to be my Executors of this my last will and testament. Signed and Sealed by the said: SOPHIA PITCHLYNN to be her last will and testament in presence of us who at her request and in her presence have subscribed our names as witnesses hereto. CYRUS BYINGTON

  
  

• Sources

  [S21] FOLSOM. A Genealogy of the Folsom family : John Folsom and his descendants, 1615-1882, Chapman, Jacob, AM, (Republican Press Association, Concord, NH. 1882).