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	Montfort Stokes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Montfort Stokes (12 March 1762 -- 4 November 1842) was an American Democratic politician who served as U.S. Senator from 1816 to 1823, and Governor of the state of North Carolina from 1830 to 1832.
		Stokes setteled in Salisbury, North Carolina in 1786 and studied law; he seved as assistant clerk in the North Carolina Senate from 1786 to 1780, and as clerk from 1799 to 1816, until he was elected United States Senate following the resignation of James Turner.
		Stokes was soon elected to the North Carolina General Assembly; he represented Wilkes County in the North Carolina Senate from 1826 to 1827 and the North Carolina House of Commons from 1829 to 1831.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Montfort_Stokes (426 words)

	Chronicles of Oklahoma
		Stokes in matters of higher education, it will be observed that he served as a trustee of the University of North Carolina from 1804 to 1838 and served at three different times as its president.
		Upon the expiration of the life of this Commission, Stokes was designated a commissioner to negotiate treaties with the various Indian tribes in the South and Southwest, in which he rendered a most efficient service and in 1837, was appointed Indian Agent for the Cherokees and served in that capacity until 1841.
		The grave of Governor Montfort Stokes at Ft. Gibson is suitably marked by an imposing marble shaft.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v013/v013p338.html (822 words)

	Montfort Stokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Stokes filed a minority report, opposing removal on the grounds that Fort Gibson was situated at the head of steamboat navigation and at the point where the militia was needed to control the Indians.
		Stokes had merited the praise of the government and shown his interest by remaining on the ground; he probably was assisted by influential friends in the East who wrote in his behalf to the secretary of war.
		Stokes replied that he was not familiar with the duties of the new office and asked to be allowed to continue in his former office.
	www.ok-history.mus.ok.us /edu/holmes/montfort_stokes.htm (7271 words)

	M. Stokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Montfort Stokes was a veteran of both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.
		Stokes served as a representative from Stokes County to the state Senate and later to the House of Commons.
		In 1832, President Andrew Jackson appointed Montfort Stokes as the chairman of the Federal Indian Commission to oversee the settlement of southern Indians west of the Mississippi.
	www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us /governors/stokes.html (212 words)

	Louisiana Tech University - Special Collections::M-072
		Biography of Montfort Stokes, former governor of North Carolina.
		The 1853-1855 correspondence includes a few letters from their son Montfort ("June") to his father, one from Roland to his son at school, and a few other letters to Anne from relatives and friends.
		Correspondence, 1882, of Montfort with his family and friends while he was a practicing attorney in Coushatta.
	www.latech.edu /specialcollections/collections/m072.shtml (1393 words)

	Montfort Stokes -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1830, Stokes was elected Governor by the General Assembly on the ninth ballot, defeating Cadwallader Jones and (Click link for more info and facts about Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.) Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.
		During his term in office, Stokes supported construction of (Long and narrow strip of water made for boats or for irrigation) canals along the North Carolina Coast; he simultaneously served as president of the (A university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina) University of North Carolina Board of Trustees.
		Stokes is believed to be the only soldier of the (The revolution of the American colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783) American Revolutionary War buried in (A state in south central United States) Oklahoma.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/montfort_stokes.htm (430 words)

	Military Images: 'Follow me'-Hamilton Brown, 1st N.C.S.T.
		When the unit left Wilkesboro on May 27 with Stokes at its captain and Gordon as first lieutenant, a proud member asserted that, "The company on that day numbered 110 and nearly every man was over six feet tall." Also named first lieutenant was Gordon's younger stepbrother, 23-year-old Hamilton Allen Brown.
		Naval Academy graduate "Sydney" Stokes, judged by one observer to be "a splendid officer, well prepared to drill in regimental or brigade maneuvers," became the regiment's first colonel.
		Stokes was mortally wounded and all other field officers either killed outright or severely injured.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3905/is_200305/ai_n9293409 (1312 words)

	Proceedings of the Camp Holmes Treaty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This commission was composed of Gov. Montfort Stokes of North Carolina, chairman, Henry L. Ellsivorth of Hartford, Conn., and Rev. John F. Schermerhorn of Utica, New York.
		On the same day General Arbuckle and Governor Stokes departed from Fort Gibson for Camp Holmes with an escort of companies A and D of the Seventh Infantry, commanded by Maj. George Birch.
		Montfort Stokes, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, was later governor of and United States senator from North Carolina.
	www.ok-history.mus.ok.us /edu/holmes/Proceedings.htm (7553 words)

	Peace on Earth - Fatima Revisited
		The beauty and purity of her household articles, as envisaged through their flower symbols, serve to mirror for us the purity of her intentions as she worked with them - reminding us that, in emulation of Mary, we ourselves are likewise to undertake all our own daily tasks for spiritual intentions.
		De Montfort (224): "Our Blessed Lady, in her immense love for us, is eager to receive into her virginal hands the gift of our actions, imparting to them a marvelous beauty and splendor, and presenting them herself to Jesus most willingly.
		Therefore, in accordance with de Montfort's counsel for true devotion to Mary that we make our all our petitions "disinterested", we make our petitions for the graces for peace general - leaving it up to her, in her union with God's will, as to where and to whom they are to be directed.
	www.mgardens.org /JS-POEFRV-MG.html (1617 words)

	Oklahoma Audio Almanac - March 21, 2001 -- OSU Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Okay, I'll be honest: I had not heard of Montfort Stokes myself until just a few days before the broadcast of this Audio Almanac.
		I was reading through some of Angie Debo's research material and found a reference to Montfort Stokes.
		The material told of events occurring that fit with the date that I needed, so Montfort became a part of the Oklahoma Audio Almanac collection.
	www.library.okstate.edu /okaudio/21mar01.htm (115 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Stokes
		Stokes, Arlene — of Monroe, Monroe County, Mich. Democrat.
		Stokes, James William (1853-1901) — also known as J.
		Stokes, Perry — of Guthrie, Todd County, Ky. Democrat.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/stokes.html (558 words)

	The Stokes of Virginia Chart
		Although I have seen information that "Young" Stokes was the son of the Silvanus Stokes who died in 1747, "Young" is not named in his father's will.
		Silvanus Stokes to Young Stokes, both of Lunenburg Co. 202 pounds 10 shillings, 292 acres in Lunenberg Co., Nutbush Creek, adjoining Duglass, on Fucking (now Modest) Creek.
		Archibald was guardian of R.H. and J.C. Stokes, sons of his brother Richard Henry in 1813.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/7590/Stokes.htm (2645 words)

	Biggs family
		The next record concerning David comes about 1837, when Gov. Montfort Stokes of NC who had been appointed the US Cherokee Agent writes of obtaining the farm, house, and out buildings of David Biggs at Bayou Meanard.
		The property was purchased by Stokes for $2200.
		It was probably at this time around 1837-38 that David Biggs relocated his family to Washington County, Arkansas where he is found on th 1840 Census in the township of Vineland.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Farm/4162/biggs.html (1523 words)

	Dispatch Depot Message Board - 26th N.C. Co. F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		His name was Montfort Stokes McRae, called Stokes by his friends, and he came from Mangum in Richmond Co, NC.
		I believe he was wounded on July 1st during the assault on the position of the Iron Brigade on McPherson's Ridge.
		Stokes was wounded in leg and the bullet broke his thIgh bone.
	civilwartalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=19480 (899 words)

	ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
		He was an intimate friend of Simon de Montfort.
		Some of them are addressed to Henry II and Simon do Montfort.
		The Saga of Hacon and a Fragment of the Saga of Magnus, with Appendices, Translation (1894).
	www.the-orb.net /rolls.html (9365 words)

	Stokes Family Genealogy Forum (Page 11)
		Stokes in Berkeley and Jefferson Co., W.Va - Dana Meyer 6/22/99
		Florence and Buna Stokes - Anita Pagitt 5/19/99
		Stokes, Lemuel @ daughter Mary Ann - C.
	genforum.genealogy.com /stokes/page11.html (2041 words)

	James Madison, Montpellier, July 15, 1831, to Governor Montfort Stokes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Madison informs Stokes that he is sending his personal copy of John Lawson's The History of Carolina to replace the one destroyed by the fire in the State House.
		The prized Lawson volume which was burned in the June 21, 1831 fire which destroyed the State House had been purchased for the State Library at the November 20, 1821 estate sale of Robert Williams of Raleigh for $65.
		The copy donated by Madison remains today as part of the collection of the State Library of North Carolina.
	ncrec.dcr.state.nc.us /Cat/CatServer.asp?WCI=MainEp&WCE=CatV1&WCU=510.9 (107 words)

	Chronicles of Oklahoma
		Armstrong died at his home before the conference met.
		No one has accused Stokes of neglecting the Indians.
		This study is based upon the thesis presented for that degree.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v018/v018p035.html (7263 words)

	1833 Treaty of
		This treaty, or articles of convention, after the same have been ratified, by the President and Senate shall be obligatory on the United States and said Cheerokee nation.
		In testimony whereof, the said Montfort Stokes, Henry L. Ellsworth, and John F.
		Schermerhorn, commissioners as aforesaid, and the chiefs and head men of the Cherokee nation aforesaid, have hereunto set their hands, at Fort Gibson on the Arkansas river, on the 14th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.
	amonsoquath.addr.com /1833.html (312 words)

	Lytle, William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Includes Revolutionary muster rolls, information about the Cherokee Treaty of 1791 and Indian affairs in Tennessee in the 1790s, accounts, inventories, deeds, court papers concerning Tennessee lands, bills, and receipts.
		Correspondents include Nicholas Long, Alexander Mebane, William Norwood, Montfort Stokes, Absalom Tatom, and James Taylor.
		COPYRIGHT: Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
	www.lib.unc.edu /mss/inv/l/Lytle,William.html (145 words)

	Montfort Stokes- Early Historical Person of Oklahoma
		Source: A History of Oklahoma by Joseph B. Throburn and Isaac M. Holcomb, Doub and Company San Francisco 1908.
		Montfort Stokes was one of the early historical figures of what would become Oklahoma.
		See if your ancestors are there then decide whether to subscribe!
	geneasearch.com /biography/stokes.htm (267 words)

	Catholic Pages Directory: » Prayers » ROSARY
		Admirable Secret of the Rosary by St Louis de Montfort (.zip file)
		Life Rosary - The Power of Prayer This series of meditations on the rosary focuses on the need to pray to end abortion at the abortion clinics in our state, our country and the world.
		Rosaries make great gifts and can also be sent overseas as a missionary activity.
	www.catholic-pages.com /dir/rosary.asp (908 words)

	TREATY CAMP HOLMES, CREEK NATION WITH THE COMANCHE, WITCHITA, CHEROKEE, CREEK (MUSCOGEE), CHOCTAW, OSAGE, SENECA AND ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Treaty with, the Comanche and Witchetaw Indians and their associated Bands.
		Western Territory, commissioners on the part of the United States; and the said Governor M. Stokes and M. Arbuckle, Brigdi.
		There shall be perpetual peace and friendship between all the citizens of the United States of America, and all the individuals composing the Comanche and Witchetaw nations and their associated bands or tribes of Indians, and between these nations or tribes and the Cherokee, Muscogee, Choctaw, Osage, Seneca and Quapaw nations or tribes of Indians.
	www.comanchelodge.com /camp.htm (1429 words)

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