Chief Joseph Kincaid was a nephew of the Great Chief Mosholatubbee. He was educated at the Choctaw Academy before moving to Indian Territory from Mississippi. During the planning of the Choctaw National Government, Kincaid was instrumental in assisting Mosholatubbee in its development. Although at the time he was only a sub-chief, his importance in the area was great. In 1836, He signed the agreement to put the Choctaw National Capital at Tuskahoma.
Kincaid became chief of the Mosholatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation in 1838 when Chief Mosholatubbee died. He organized the district like a state, and divided it into counties. He set up the judicial system, and the police force. He built a council house at Latham for the district and voted with the other two chiefs to build the national Council house at Tuskahoma. Chief Kincaid served the two remaining years of the term left vacant by Mosholatubbee's death and was succeeded by Chief Thomas McKinney. Chief Kincaid was well educated and was thought of as a great authority on civil government.
He served from 1836 until 1838.
The following comes from an interview of a local resident conducted in 1934:
"Joseph Kincaid was selected to fill out the unexpired term of Mosholetvbbi. It is not known where Joseph Kincaid lived in Indian Territory after he migrated here, but he had a brother named Robert Kincaid who was a student at Choctaw Academy, Kentucky, who migrated to Indian Territory, and located about three miles west of what is now the town of Shady Point, Oklahoma. Last February, 1934, an old log house said to have been built by Robert Kincaid, which had been occupied by his relatives, was burned down. I passed by where it had stood just after it had burned. I assume then that Joseph Kincaid probably lived in that vicinity."
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