On the original Dawes Card his name is stricken and removed. He was claiming his mother Sarah Davis had Cherokee blood and was dead. After the death of Michael Shetley Sarah married a Creek Indian named William Davis. Sarah, herself, did not have Indian blood but was white.

Oklahoma and Indian Territory, Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
Name: John A Shetley, Gender: Male, Age: 57
Father Name: Michael Shetley, Mother Name: Sarah Davis
Census Card Number: 1923, Dawes Enrollment Number: 23140
Tribe: Cherokee, Enrollment Category: By Blood
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Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Marriage, Citizenship and Census Records, 1841-1927, ancestry.com
Name: Eliza JEan Phillips, Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 9 Apr 1879
Spouse: Mr John Shetly, Spouse Gender:Male
Marriage Place: Canadian, USA

Dawes Card Information
tribe last first middle age sex blood card roll misc type
Cherokee Davis Sarah 0 F 1923 P
Cherokee Shetley Michael 0 M 1923 P
Cherokee Shetley John A 57 M IW 1923 23140 BB
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Dawes Card Information
tribe last first middle age sex blood card roll misc type
Cherokee Arch Nancy 0 F D216 P
Cherokee Arch Nelson 0 M D216 P
Cherokee Shetley John 0 M D216 P
Cherokee Shetley Susan E 0 F D216 P
Cherokee Shetley Susan 2 F 1/4 D216 BENNETT D (D=Doubtful or Denied)
Cherokee Shetley Nancy 5 F 1/4 D216 BENNETT D
Cherokee Shetley Watie 26 M IW D216 BENNETT D
Cherokee Shetley Eliza 28 F 1/2 D216 BENNETT D
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http://www.okgenweb.org/~okmcinto/cemetery/triplett.html
Triplett Cemetery, Texana, McIntosh Co., OK
SHETLEY ???? 12 Feb 1880 5y s | o J H & S E
SHETLEY M J 20 Aug 1847 1 Mar 1876
SHETLEY Susan E 20 Feb 1875 20y w | o John H

M J Shetley, (Michael J) brother to John
Dawes Card for Watie lists father as John and mother as Susan E., deceased)
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Home in 1900: Township 11, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Weighty Shetley 26
Eliza Shetley 28
Nancy Shetley 5
Susan E Shetley 2
John A Shetley 57, wd, MO, Unknown, KY


Carr Creek Cemetery, McIntosh Co., Oklahoma
John A Hetley
Feb 1843
Feb 28, 1905
age 62y
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