George Cockram, 1842 Claim
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- George Cockram, 1842 Claim
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- George Cockram, Transcribed by Stuart Marshall
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“No. 160 The United States Dr To George Cockram residence in the East of Choo,too,ga,tah (Ga) Removed to the West in Bells Detachment. Present Residence in Saline Creek Delaware District
To 2 Horses Stolen by a citizen of the United States
at Choo,too,ga,tah in 1834 $1/70. 1/50 $120.00
,, 2 Cows and 1 Yea[r]lin[g] Calf taken by a Citizen
of the United States by the name of Jerry Cloud in the fall of 1836 35.00
,, 1000 loos[e] Rails left when rem[oved] 50 ¢ 5.00
,, 5 acres of cleared land not fenced cleared
after the treaty of 1835 not Valued 5$ 25.00
5 sheep left when rem[oved] to the West 3— 15.00
,, 1 Rifle Gun taken by the US Troops 15— 15.00
,, 1 Cloak left when rem[oved] 10 10.00
,, 1 P[air] Casinet Pants left when rem[oved] 5— 5.00
,, 2 Shirts left when rem[oved] 2— 4.00
,, 1 Razor, shaving box & brush left when rem[oved] 2.50
$236.50
Delaware District
Cherokee Nation Personally appeared before me Robert B Daniel an acting clerk
for Registering claims in Delaware District George Cockram and being duly sworn deposeth
and saith that the account Made out by him against the United States for Two Hundred and thirty six Dollars and fifty cents is Just and True And that he has been damaged to this amount By the United States and citizens thereof and that he has never received any compensation for the same or any part thereof
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of April 1842
Robert B Daniel Clerk George Cockram his X mark
Richard Foreman testifies to the claim of George Cochran [sic] as follows:
That he knows the circumstances under which one of the horses charge in the claimant account, at $70, was lost, and that he was a very fine horse, a young man by the name of Choo tah cloo gee, who lived with the claimant, went to a store, and while there, two men were gambling at the store, and there was some money lost by the gamblers, and they suspicioned this young man
of having taken or stealing it, and these men followed Choo tah cloo gee to George Cochran’s and forcibly took this horse set forth in the claimant, at the time this happened or when the horse taken, claimant was not home—but some of the family followed the men about three miles, trying to get the horse, but the men would not give him up, even when they were told that the horse did not belong to Chootah cloogee, and that he had no horses, but do not know whether the claimant ever made any more efforts to get the horse, and knows that the claimant never recovered his horse any more—this was about 1835.
March 18th 1843.
attest James M. Payne
Before G. Washington
James M. Payne Richard Foreman his X mark
Delaware District
Cherokee Nation
Personally appeared before me Robert B Daniel an acting clerk for Registering claims in Delaware District Judea Mcgee and being duly sworn deposeth and saith that the account She does know that the account made out by George Cockram against the United States is Just and true. And that George Cockrams statement in relation to the said account is Correct and true to the best of her knowledge
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of April 1842
Robert B Daniel Clerk Judea McGee her X mark” - Name of Claimant
- George Cockram
- Name of Witness(es)
- Judea McGee, Richard Foreman
- Name of Agent/Clerk
- Robert B. Daniel
- Total Claim Amount
- $236.50
- Claim Perpetrator
- Jerry Cloud
- Residence in the East (Place)
- Choo-too-ga-tah
- Residence in the West (District)
- Delaware
- Residence in the West (Place)
- Saline Creek
- Livestock
- Cattle
Part of George Cockram, 1842 Claim
“George Cockram, 1842 Claim”, Retracing the Bell Route: An Archive of Cherokee Removal, accessed October 16, 2024, https://cherokee-bell-route.org/s/Cherokee_Bell-Route/item/131