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Claims Record

 Subject
Subject Source: Gilcrease Object Names

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota also some Muscogee Creek claims, March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 39.1]
Identifier: 4026.3501
Description Bound volume containing text of 374 claims filed under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota. In addition to the claims, there are also supporting affidavits and evidence. The claims were filed before Jesse Bushyhead, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Cherokee Nation; Evan Jones, Clerk; David M. Foreman, Solicitor or Clerk for the Going Snake District (The Going Snake District was east of Tahlequah, near Westville). On page 122 and entry 336 there is a title that says Creek Claims. Folder...
Dates: March 1, 1842 - May 12, 1842

Tahlequah District Claims Record Book, April 1842

 Item — Folder 54: [Barcode: 61.54]
Identifier: 4026.1599
Description

Record book for the Tahlequah District Claims. Record book has claims No. 1 to 79. J. Mulkey signs each as a clerk. Folder 54

Dates: April 1842