Halsey, Abram A.

Born: 1798-10-09 New York

Died: 1852-XX-XX

Flourished: Mississippi

Abram A. Halsey married Elizabeth LeFlore in 1835 in Mississippi, and the couple had four children. In 1841, Halsey acquired 240 acres of public land in Holmes County, Mississippi. As an adult, Halsey's son Greenwood claimed one-eighth Choctaw descent as part of the Dawes Act in Carroll County, Mississippi, but his application was rejected.

U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014); Mississippi, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1776-1935, 25 November 1835, Carroll County (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2004); U.S., General Land Office Records, 1776-2015 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2008); Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (Lehi, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, 2014).