Charles Cohee

Grandson of James Logan Colbert
Charles Cohee, President of the Chickasaw Freedmen�s Association, ( from the works of Daniel Littlefield) "Although there were explicit laws forbidding free blacks to remain in the Nation, there were exceptions to the law. A prime example was Charles Cohee, Sr , a free man of part-Chickasaw blood, who removed with the Chickasaws in 1837 and later acted as an interpreter.

Charles Cohee is buried in the CALVARY OR DAWES ACADEMY CEMETERY a black cemetery located on the grounds of Calvary Church, Range 2E, Township 3S, Section 1. The cemetery is at the end of Calvary road. It was first called Dawes Academy Cemetery and was named after a pioneer woman by the name of Dawes who started an academy on the site for black students (Gene Autry, Oklahoma). Many of his children and descendants are buried on Cohee land known as COBB CEMETERY a small black cemetery in the north part of the county in Range 1E, Township 2S, Section 35. It a quarter of a mile south of Pitt road and it is still an active cemetery (Springer, Oklahoma Original Land Allotment).

Descendants of Charles Cohee Sr., son of Lydia Colbert

Generation No. 1

LYDIA³ COLBERT (JAMES², JAMES LOGAN¹) was born Bef. 1830. She married PERRY COHEE.
Children of LYDIA COLBERT and PERRY COHEE are:
               i.   CHARLES COHEE⁴ SR..
               ii.   HARRIET COHEE..

Generation No. 2

CHARLES COHEE⁴ SR. (LYDIA³ COLBERT, JAMES², JAMES LOGAN¹) He married MARY
Child of CHARLES SR. and MARY is:
         i.   CHARLES COHEE⁵ JR., b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 620.

Generation No. 3

CHARLES COHEE⁵ JR. (CHARLES COHEE⁴ SR., LYDIA³ COLBERT, JAMES², JAMES LOGAN¹) was born in Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 620. He married SALLY COBB, daughter of DICK COBB and LUCY. She was born 1846.

Children of CHARLES JR. and SALLY COBB are:
i.   WILLIE W⁶ COHEE, b. 1883, Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 622.
ii.  MATTIE COHEE, b. 1885, Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 623.
iii.  BERTHA COHEE, b. 1887, Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 624.
iv.   LILLIAN COHEE, b. 1892, Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 625
v.   LAFAYETTE COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2852
vi.   ROSE COHEE
vii.   CORNELIUS COHEE.
viii.   ELIZABETH COHEE.
ix.   TOM COHEE.
x.   LUCY COHEE.
xi.   CHARLEY COHEE.

Generation No. 4

LAFAYETTE⁶ COHEE (CHARLES COHEE⁵ JR., CHARLES COHEE⁴ SR., LYDIA³ COLBERT, JAMES², JAMES LOGAN¹) was born in Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2852. He married AMANDA. She was born in Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2853..
Children of LAFAYETTE COHEE and AMANDA are:
i.   CALVIN⁷ COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2854.
ii.   ERNEST COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2855.
iii.   PERRY COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2856.
iv.   HENRY COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2857.
v.   CHARLIE COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2858.
vi.   LEORA ELIZABETH COHEE, b. Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2859.

Generation No. 5

CALVIN⁷ COHEE (LAFAYETTE⁶, CHARLES COHEE⁵ JR., CHARLES COHEE⁴ SR., LYDIA³ COLBERT, JAMES², JAMES LOGAN¹) was born in Chickasaw Nation enrollment Freedmen # 2854. He married LEATHA KIMBALE. She was born in Chickasaw Nation enrollment card 3725 Freedmen # 1776.
Children of CALVIN COHEE and LEATHA KIMBALE are:
i.   MELVIN C.⁸ COHEE, b. May 11, 1919; d. April 19, 2003.
ii.   OPAL COHEE.
iii.   MYRTLE COHEE.

Generation No. 6

MELVIN C.⁸ COHEE (CALVIN⁷, LAFAYETTE⁶, CHARLES COHEE⁵ JR., CHARLES COHEE⁴ SR., LYDIA³ COLBERT, JAMES², JAMES LOGAN¹) was born May 11, 1919, and died April 19, 2003. He married CAUDIE MAE DENSON, daughter of NICHOLAS DENSON and JULIE MOORE. She was born 1917.
Children of MELVIN COHEE and CAUDIE DENSON are:
i.   MARGIE⁹ COHEE.
ii.   HELEN COHEE.
iii.   RICHARD COHEE.
iv.   MARY COHEE