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Cherokee

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Culture Terms

Found in 3726 Collections and/or Records:

Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by steamboat Victoria, December 2, 1845

 Item — Folder 87: [Barcode: 61.87]
Identifier: 4026.1633
Description

Claim by Jesse McLain against Cherokee Nation when his keelboat was sunk by the national steamboat Victoria. Claim amount is for $1,522.12 1/2. Folder 87

Dates: December 2, 1845

Claim by John Drew for expenses incurred while pursuing runaway Negroes, 1842

 Item — Folder 44: [Barcode: 61.44]
Identifier: 4026.1584.73
Description

Claim by John Drew for $351.80 for expenses incurred as captain of a company authorized to pursue certain runaway Negroes. Claim was approved by committee and council December 22, 1842. Folder 44

Dates: 1842

Claim by Thomas Woodward against United States, November 16, 1840

 Item — Folder 753: [Barcode: 187.753]
Identifier: 4026.923-.1
Description

Claim by Thomas Woodward against United States for negro woman wrongfully taken by white man; affidavit for payments by United States wrongfully made from Woodward's money from Spoliation claim withheld by U. S. Folder. Single sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on both sides. Folded sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on 3 sides. Folder 753

Dates: November 16, 1840

Claim by William N. Bishop for Land Owned by Chief John Ross, March 17, 1835

 Item — Folder 139A: [Barcode: 187.139A]
Identifier: 4026.188
Description

Claim by William N. Bishop, as agent for the State of Georgia, of land in which Chief John Ross was the Indian occupant, and who had forfeited his right of occupancy under the laws of the state; also envelope addressed to Chief John Ross in Washington City. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two sides. Envelope is folded with handwritten text in ink on one side and has wax on it. Folder 139A

Dates: March 17, 1835

Claim by William N. Bishop for Land Owned by Chief John Ross, March 17, 1835

 Item — Folder 139A: [Barcode: 187.139A]
Identifier: 4026.189
Description

Claim by William N. Bishop, as agent for the State of Georgia, of land in which Chief John Ross was the Indian occupant, and who had forfeited his right of occupancy under the laws of the state; also envelope addressed to Chief John Ross in Washington City. Folder 139A

Dates: March 17, 1835

Claim - Improvements Abandoned in East and Property Abandoned Above Little Rock on the Way West, March 5, 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 802: [Barcode: 187.802]
Identifier: 5126.905-.1
Description

Claim - Improvements abandoned in East and property abandoned above Little Rock on way west, Young Wolf, sworn before Carter and Wofford. Single folded sheet with handwritten text, in ink, on all sides. Folder 802

Dates: March 5, 12, 1842

Claim of A-Ceh-Shoc of Shooting Creek, August 28, 1838

 Item — Folder 408: [Barcode: 187.408]
Identifier: 4026.632
Description

Claim of A-Ceh-Shoc of Shooting Creek, signed by J.D. Wofford, Agent for Collecting Claims. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 408

Dates: August 28, 1838

Claim of Eight Killer for $1176 of expenses, March 16, 1842

 Item — Folder 809: [Barcode: 187.809]
Identifier: 4026.975-.1
Description

Claim of Eight Killer for $1176 of expenses deducted from his allowed claim of $3840 on Tennessee River; sworn before Jesse Bushyhead, Chief Justice. Two single sheets joined at the top with wax. Both sheets have writing on one side. Folder 809

Dates: March 16, 1842

Claim of Nicholas Porter against United States Dorm Property Lost in 1828 in Move from the Old Nation in Arkansas, April 7, 1862

 Item — Folder 1154: [Barcode: 187.1154]
Identifier: 5126.911-.1
Description

Claim of Nicholas Porter, attested by Samuel M. Gunter, Clerk on Claims against United States for property lost in 1828 in move from the old nation, Arkansas. Folder 1154.

Dates: April 7, 1862

Claim of Polly Ratlingord, August 17, 1838

 Item — Folder 398: [Barcode: 187.398]
Identifier: 4026.625
Description

Claim of Polly Ratlingord, Chickamauga District, signed by Jesse Bushyhead. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 398

Dates: August 17, 1838