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Native Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Dci People

Found in 1868 Collections and/or Records:

Note stating that $202.80 was owed to Lakes-tas-ky, mid-19th century

 Item — Folder 600: [Barcode: 61.600]
Identifier: 4026.3407.2
Description

Money was owed to Lakes-tas-ky for service as administrator of Soup Watts estate. Folder 600

Dates: mid-19th century

Note to pay barer the sum of ten dollars, September 1844

 Item — Folder 43: [Barcode: 61.43]
Identifier: 4026.1588.80

Note to pay the barer two dollars and five cents, September 20, 1844

 Item — Folder 43: [Barcode: 61.43]
Identifier: 4026.1588.82

Notebook in Cherokee syllabary, 1906 - 1914

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 64
Identifier: 4927.261
Description

Bound journal handwritten in Cherokee syllabary. Dated enteries ranging between 1906 to 1914, likely a personal diary and/or ledger book. Mentions C.R. Hall of Wahhiyah, N.C. Folder 64

Dates: 1906 - 1914

Notes from C. Runyan reporting receipts and payment of several bills, December 19, 1843

 Item — Folder 44: [Barcode: 61.44]
Identifier: 4026.1584.21

Notice from Archibald M. Wilson to John Drew concerning improvements on his premises, August 13, 1843

 Item — Folder 66: [Barcode: 61.66]
Identifier: 4026.1613
Description

Notice from Archibald M. Wilson to John Drew warning him not to make improvements on his premises at Dragoon Barracks near Fort Gibson. Folder 66

Dates: August 13, 1843

Notice to John Drew by A. D. Wilson to stop building and improvements on Wilson's place at Dragoon Barracks, April 11, 1845

 Item — Folder 79: [Barcode: 61.79]
Identifier: 4026.3402
Description

Notice to John Drew by A. D. Wilson to stop building and improvements on Wilson's place at Dragoon Barracks. Folder 79

Dates: April 11, 1845

Official copy of resolution signed by Acting Chief Lewis Downing and Secretary G. W. Ross, July 14, 1865

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: 5126.484
Description

Official copy of a resolution signed by Lewis Downing, Acting Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Secretary G. W. Ross offering amnesty to Cherokee citizens who participated in the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy. The document includes the oath to be taken by the participants pledging allegiance to the Cherokee Nation and details the conditions for participants to be allowed amnesty. Folder 39

Dates: July 14, 1865

Official document from the Canadian District Court office instructing Mr. William Roberson and Frank Vore to appraise the property and effects of the Jesse Foreman Estate, January 4, 1875

 Item — Folder 415: [Barcode: 61.415]
Identifier: 4026.2005
Description

Mr. William Roberson and Frank Vore were instructed to proceed and appraise the property and effects of the Jesse Foreman, decd., Estate. The document ends with the statement, "A true valuation of the same make to this office." The instructions were given under the hand of Judge Abe Woodall. Folder 415

Dates: January 4, 1875