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Cherokee Agent

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Keywords
Scope Note: Authorities\John Ross\

Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Letter of General Matthew Arbuckle to Chief John Ross, November 2, 1839

 Item — Folder 673: [Barcode: 187.673]
Identifier: 4026.862
Description

Copy of letter from Brigadier General Matthew Arbuckle, Cherokee Agent to Chief John Ross. Advising that Hercules S. Martin will be interpreter for troops and that Cherokees may be employed to point out persons suspected of "late murders." Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 673



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copy of a letter"

Dates: November 2, 1839

National Council Resolution, October 22, 1853

 Item — Folder 1022: [Barcode: 187.1022]
Identifier: 4026.1197a-a.1
Description

Two copies of National Council Resolution instructing Chief John Ross to notify agent regarding cattle illegally driven across Cherokee Nation en route to California. Also white men and free negroes wrongfully residing in Nation (including Fort Gibson). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1022

Dates: October 22, 1853

National Council Resolution, October 22, 1853

 Item — Folder 1022: [Barcode: 187.1022]
Identifier: 4026.1197b
Description

Two copies of National Council Resolution instructing Chief John Ross to notify agent regarding cattle illegally driven across Cherokee Nation enroute to California. Also white men and free negroes wrongfully residing in Nation (including Fort Gibson). One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 1022.

Dates: October 22, 1853

Note From Return J. Meigs to John Ross, 1797 - 1897

 Item — Folder 12A: [Barcode: 187.12A]
Identifier: 4026.1963
Description

Note from Cherokee Indian Agent Return J. Meigs to Chief John Ross concerning slaves. One sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on recto and verso. Folder 12A

Dates: 1797 - 1897

Officer certification in duplicate of payment to John Drew and James Mackey for hauling unspecified items for the Confederate States, 1863

 Item — Folder 256: [Barcode: 61.256]
Identifier: 4026.1789.35
Description

Confederate States paid Drew and Mackey to haul unspecified items from Boggy Depot to Tishomingo in October and November of 1863. John Drew and James Mackey were paid $122.00 for three separate trips. Folder 256

Dates: 1863

Order #23 from Col. D. H. Cooper authorizing Colonel Drew concerning arming the Cherokee Regiment, October 22, 1861

 Item — Folder 294: [Barcode: 61.294]
Identifier: 4026.1822
Description

Douglas H. Cooper was the Com. of Indian Department. Cooper authorized to make purchases to complete the arming of his regiment. Colonel Drew was to give a receipt in the name of the Confederate States. Folder 294

Dates: October 22, 1861

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer, July 1866 - July 1874

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 45
Identifier: 3726.360
Description

Printed Statement of the Cherokee Funds requested by D. W. Bushyhead, Treasurer of the Cherokee Nation, and supplied by Edward P. Smith, Office of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior. It includes information on the sale of neutral lands, the amount paid by the Delaware and Shawnee tribes for Cherokee land, proceeds from sales of the Cherokee strip in Kansas, and totals of the Cherokee Stock Account. Folder 45

Dates: July 1866 - July 1874

Receipt to William Drew from George Forrest, Agent, 1823

 Item — Folder 3: [Barcode: 61.3]
Identifier: 4026.1553
Description

Receipt to William Drew from George Forrest, Agent, for an amount in full at the factory. Folder 3

Dates: 1823

Report to Cherokee Agent James McKissick from Superintendent James M. Payne concerning public schools in Cherokee Nation, August 7, 1847

 Item — Folder 103: [Barcode: 61.103]
Identifier: 4026.1647
Description

Report to Cherokee Agent James McKissick from James M. Payne. James M. Payne is the Superintendent of Public Schools in Cherokee Nation. Folder 103

Dates: August 7, 1847