#MA27
1899
Quarto (ca. x cm. or ca. x in). Brown ink on yellowish lined paper. Fold marks, three tiny holes at the folds, but overall a very good document, written in a legible hand.
Historically interesting legal document signed by the renowned Muscogee civic leader Lilah D. Lindsey and documenting one of the earliest land deals in Tulsa, Indian Territory (inc. in 1898).
Lilah Denton Lindsey (1845-1907) was a Tulsa philanthropist, women's club organizer, teacher, and the first Muscogee woman to earn a college degree (Hillsboro-Highland Institute in Hillsboro, Ohio). She established the Tulsa chapter of the Woman's Relief Corps and was a charter member of the Tulsa Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1902). During World War I, she led the Women's Division of the Tulsa County Council of Defense and became active as a Republican, advocating for women suffrage. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1937.
In the document’s text, Lilah and her husband, Col. Lee W. Lindsey, sell and transfer property rights for a town lot in Tulsa, Indian Territory, to R. V. and L. S. Dodson. The document details the property's location on First Street and acknowledges the consideration of $225. The deed is certified by the Notary Public Henry B. Davis on 18 November 1899. Overall, a historically interesting legal document from the early days of Tulsa, Indian Territory.
The text of the deed: “Know Yea: That we LD + LW Lindsey, parties of the first part do hereby grant bargain sell and convey unto R.V. + L S Dodson for the consideration of ($225) two hundred and twenty five dollars. The receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. The following described Town Lot to wit - located in Tulsa Indian Territory – beginning (50 ft) fifty feet East of the South West corner of the Lindsey Block, on South First St and running hence from point of beginning North to the Rail Roud Right of way, Hence East on said line of Right of way (25 ft) twenty five feet. Hence South to said South first St. Hence west (25 ft) twenty five feet to point of beginning.”
