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- When he was 11 years old his family moved from Lewis,, Kentucky to Doniphan,, Kansas. As a child his family had strong family ties, and he was the older brother of Seymour Woodford, Samuel Ellis, Laban Emmett, and Augustus C. II On March 11, 1863, at the age of 16, he enlisted into the U.S. Army, Territory of Nebraska.
The enlistment reads; "I, Adolphus D.L. Orcutt born in Lewis, in the State of Kentucky, aged 18 years, and by occupation a farmer, do hereby acknowledge to have volunteered this 11 Day of March, 1863, to serve as a soldier in the army of the United States of America."
The total enlistment was for 9 months in Company M., 2nd Reg't Nebraska Calvary. The description on his enlistment reads; Blue eyes, light hair, light complexion, 5'9" high. He supplied his own horse and saddle.
In 1874 A.D. and family moved to Tulsa, Indian Territory. A.D. and Mary Ann had 11 children between 1869 and 1882 . Mary Ann died in 1882, and in 1885 Adolphus married Adaline Hodge, the daugter of Alvin Hodge, a Creek Indian Judge. A.D. and 2nd wife Adaline Hodge Orcutt had eleven children together also, thus A.D. was the father to 22 children total.
The Dawes Act of 1887 was legislation to enroll the Creek Indian people and document the degree of each tribe member's Creek "blood". The completion of this process was done in 1898, and each member was allotted 160 acres. Some of the members had to give up their large plantations, while other members were allotted much more land. Col. A.D. Orcutt's family consisted of eight enrolled children and his wife, Adaline. The large family obtained 1,440 acres of land which was in an area southeast of Tulsa, OK. Col. Orcutt built a house near Coweta, Indian Territory, and was responsible for establishing the first school in Coweta, as well as being the founder and publisher of the newspaper, the Coweta Courier. In addition he was instrumental in bringing the railroad to Coweta. Col. Orcutt was a charter member of the Lucius Fairchild Post, G.A.R. of Tulsa, also a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and The Independent Order of the Odd Fellows. His interest were vast, from organizations, to receiving a grant from the Dutch to investigate the possibility of starting a colony in Honduras for the purpose of logging mahogany timber. Col. A.D. Orcutt was the postmaster of Coweta, and because of his blemish free reputation and his giving ways to the community was elected to the First State Legislature, representing Wagoner County. When Oklahoma become a State in 1907 Col. Orcutt was one of 18 Republicans who were sent to Guthrie, the Capital of the new state, and served the one term of 1907-1908.
Col A.D. Orcutt died in 1913 while on a visit to see his brothers,"Labe" and "Coll", at Estilline in the Texas Panhandle.
1. Source unknown, but appears to be of a history book. Has picture andthe following remarks: A. D. Orcutt, 1872. Orcutt, was a pioneer rancher and farmer of the Tulsa area. He suggested the name, "TULSA" for the little Indian Creek Nation village, and he helped lay out the first street and founded one of the first hardware stores. Swan Lake was once known as Orcutt Lake. It was built by Orcutt as a watering pond for his large herd of cattle. A. D. Orcutt founded the town of Coweta and he was a member of the first State Legislature in 1907 when the Indian Territory became the State of Oklahoma.
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