William & Wako Hampton: Manslaughter

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 William F Hampton was the son of Martha who was a widow and married a John Keenan (William's step father who he was tried for manslaughter). The were Native Americans in the Indian Territory of Oklahoma. The belonged to the Cherokee Nation.Wako Hampton was his son. I did not find their birth or death information.

In 1890  

 


Here's the link for the above article:

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50138419/wako-hampton/

Here are the Fort Smith, Arkansas Criminal Case Files.























































(There are over 200 pages and I am not going to post them all, but I did attach them to the tree I made for them).

Here's the link for Ancestry Case file for above:

The second case file

https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2117/images/32641_1421012668_0592-00177?pId=31232

Wako was sent away to reform school in Washington D.C. and he escaped.

Interesting they had to send him to State Prison in Michigan.







William got in trouble in 1888 for liquor tax.


William F Hampton was married to Polly Christie who was the daughter of Watt Christie a well known Indian Outlaw.


Wade "Watt" Christie was born about 1817 in the Cherokee Nation (East), the son of Wakigu "Lacy" Dalasini and his wife, Betsy Christie.  The family was Removed to Indian Territory over the Trail of Tears in 1838-39. When they arrived in Indian Territory they settled near what is now the town of Wauhillau, OK.


Watt is believed to have had eight wives and at least fifteen children: Wadaya (Ahnickie) , Charlotte Wolfe (William and Jim), Lydia Thrower (Rachel, Ned, Mary, Goback, Jack, Annie, Darkie, and Jennie), Aggie Dick (Ball) , and Nannie Dick (Quatsy and Diana).  In 1851 Watt was living in the Flint district with wives Charlotte and Lydia and children William , Jim, and Rachel.  The 1893 Cherokee payroll shows Wat living in the Tahlequah District with his youngest daughter, Dianna. Children Ball, Mary, Jennie, and Annie are living nearby. 


Watt served in the 1st Regiment of the Cherokee Mounted Rifles (Confederate) in the Civil War.  He was elected as a Senator of the Cherokee Nation in 1877 and again in 1885. He died in Wauhillau on February 11, 1902 and is buried in the family cemetery there.


  Watt Christie

There is wealth of information on the Christie family. 


So what happened to the Hampton's??? I know William & Polly had several son's:

Edward

Burt

Wako


Martha, William's mother was a witness in the case. Most the witnesses said John Keenan had stated on several occasions that he was going to kill William. This is probably why he got manslaughter instead of murder. I would really like to know where Wako went, I searched newspapers to find more out about his escape I didn't find anything.


There is a lot more to be found on this family.




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