Col David FOLSOM^[1]

1791 - 1847  (56 years)

• Name	David FOLSOM
  Prefix	Col
  Born	25 Jan 1791	Pigeon Roost, Bok Tuklo, Choctaw Nation, Mississippi
  Gender	Male
  Heritage	Choctaw
  Military Event	US Army - Col
  Indigenous?	Y
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	24 Sep 1847	Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
  Person ID	I11965	Main
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel FOLSOM,   b. 17 May 1756, Rowan County, N Carolina ,   d. 9 Oct 1833, Mountain Fork, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Aiahnichih Ohoyo,   d. ?
  Family ID	F4034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Rhoda NAIL,   b. 16 Apr 1792, Pigeon Roost, Bok Tuklo, Choctaw Nation, Mississippi ,   d. 15 Nov 1872, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi  (Age 80 years)
  Married	Abt 1807	Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi
  Children	+ 1. Henry Nail FOLSOM,   b. 1814, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi ,   d. 19 Jun 1884, Doaksville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma  (Age 70 years)   2. Noah FOLSOM,   b. Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi ,   d. ? + 3. Salina FOLSOM,   b. 1817, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi   4. Rhoda FOLSOM,   b. 1821, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi   5. Allen FOLSOM,   b. 1821, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi   6. Wood FOLSOM,   b. 1821, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi ,   d. ? + 7. Mary H. FOLSOM,   b. 25 May 1821, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi + 8. Loring S. W FOLSOM,   b. 1822   9. Simpson FOLSOM,   b. 1828, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi + 10. David A. FOLSOM,   b. 9 Jul 1833,   d. 1 Jul 1880, Nail Crossing, Blue River, Oklahoma  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F10712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Jane Jincy HALL,   b. 1816, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi ,   d. Abt 1858, Indian Territory, Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma  (Age 42 years)
  Married	Abt 1834	Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory, Mississippi
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2023
  Family ID	F10791	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Jan 1791 - Pigeon Roost, Bok Tuklo, Choctaw Nation, Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  He was to be the first Chief to be elected by ballot in the history of the Choctaw Nation. For thirty years he administered the affairs of his people during some of the most trying times that have ever been witnessed by his people. He was twice married. He was the first to marry according to the laws of the white man. His first wife was Miss Rhoda Nail, and his second wife was Jane Hall. By his marriages he had thirteen children. Judge Loring S.W.; Colonel Simpson N., of the Second Choctaw Regiment in the Civil War; Dr. Henry N.; David, Jr.; Albert Kee, whose son Albert Peter was the youngest representative that ever sat in the Choctaw Council; and Susan Folsom, who married William M. Byrd, who served five times as delegate to Washington for the Chickasaws and two terms as Governor were some of the most prominent children of Col. David Folsom.

  
  

• 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).