Smokehouse 1842 Claim
- Title
- Smokehouse 1842 Claim
- Transcription
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Smokehouse
Transcribed by Brody Sanderson
“The United States Dr.
To Smokehouse Late of Coosawattee District C.N East removed in Bells Detachment 1838 and now resides in Going Snake District C.N.
1838 For 15 head stock hogs $4 per head $60.00
, 2 Rifle Guns $25,, 4 pots $12 37.00
, 1 fry pan $1,, 8 plates $2,, 5 Bowls $1.25 4.25
, 1 Table $4,, 1 chair 50, 2 bed steads $50 7.50
, 12 cane baskets $6, 2 pails $2, 2 Tin buckets $2 10.00
, 1 wheel $ 2.50, 1 p[air] cards $1.25, 1 Axe $2 5.75
, sundries Tin ware $4, 1 Demijohn $2, 6.00
, 3 plough & Gears $20, 1 set Turning Forks $4, 24.00
, 3 hoes $3, 1 set silver smith Tools $3, 6.00
, 1 Round log cabbin common 15.00
, 3 Acres Land under good fence $10 per acre 30.00
, 13 chickens $1.62 1.62
209.12
Smokehouse being duty sworn states the above account is a just schedule of property which I was forced to abandon by the authorities of the United States in 1838. My Improvements I have charged was made after 1836 for which I received no valuation, and I have never received any compensation for any part of the above account
Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 5th of April 1842
Ignatius A. Few Cl[erk] Smokehouse his X mark
Twist & The Jew being duty sworn states that the above account is a just schedule of property which Smokehouse was forced to abandon by the Authorities of the United States in 1838. and he made the above improvement as it is charged after the Treaty of 1836. he has never Received any compensation for the same to our knowledge
Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 5th of April 1842 Twist his X mark
Ignatius A. Few Cl[erk] D.C. The Jew his X mark”
- Smokehouse, Transcribed by Brody Sanderson
- Name of Claimant
- Smokehouse
- Name of Witness(es)
- Twist, The Jew
- Name of Agent/Clerk
- Ignatius A. Few
Part of Smokehouse 1842 Claim
“Smokehouse 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/178