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A0QSN, JOHH B. 107 INDEX GAHDS Schools Cherokee Nation Language Che xoke* Churcilioa Cherokee Nation Gejaeteriea Cherokee Clans Cherokee
AOOBN, JOHH fi. 108 (Intern ew with ReT. John B, Aoorn) - By K. F. Dodaon, Field Worker) K. F. Dodaon S-149 April 15, 1937, Rererend John B. loom, Minister of the Missionary Baptist Churoh^ie a full blood Cherokee Indian, hatlng keen born In the Flint Dietriot, Cherokee Nation, January jl5 9 1874* He grew to manhood there where he waa born, but sayt that he nerer attended school* Onl«by the help of some of his folks learned to read and write and has im- 0 prored In reading and writing until he can read and write the English language some, and reads and writes the Cherv okee language rery well. i He beoaae a Christian early in life and at the age of thirty-three years h4 became a minister of the Gospel and has been aetire in work sinoe that time. He says that \ when he was a young man the Pearlne Churoh about four adlea north of the present town Of Stillwell, Oklahosm* waa the head ohureh in this part of the country, and that there la where the other ohurohea in nearby neighborhoods
ACCRN, JOHN B. / / INTKRVISW 2 109 same to tht oonfereneea or associations. Some of the old ministers whose names he remembers are; John Shall, who came hare from North Carolina; Allan Ratliff, alao from North Carolina; and Lastly Hawkins, but ha does not know where L6saly Hawkins oaem from. He says that Pearlne was the first ohureh to be established; then next was Muddy Springs; Ball Church on Little Lees Creek; Double Springs; Rook Springs; and later Bohota, Salem and JairfieM. At the age of thirty-six years he married it Miss Adeline Smith, a Cherokee woman, They are the parents of one son and two daughters. He gites the account of the old camp meetings rery ouch as do the others of this county. He says that they held these meetings usually in the summer after people were thru with their orops. They came from miles around to these meetings in wagons, or / on horseback, and on foot. In those days they always brought a goodly supply of food, so that all who attended ware fed, also plenty of feed for the stock.
ACORN, JOHN B. INTIRVISW 110 Ererybody vat made to feel welcome to the eats, the feed for the stock, and to take part in the serrlcea. He tella us these meetings were of great benefit, spiritually and socially* Ned loom, the father was born in Flint District but the date is not known* He was a farmer. He died in 1697 and is buried in the family graveyard at the old home about eight miles south of Stillwell, Oklahoma, The mother, Katie (Boling) Acorn, was born in flint Distriot* Date mknown. She died in 1912 and is burled beside the father. r They were all full blood Cherokees end belonged to the Wolf Clan* (This story was interpreted by Martin Howe)