Susannah Sanders, 1842 Claim
- Title
- Susannah Sanders, 1842 Claim
- Transcription
- Susannah Sanders, Transcribed by Blake Pou
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“The United States No 69 70
To Susanah Saunders late of Coosawattee District C.N. East. removed in Bells Detachment 1838
And now Resides in Going Snake District C.N.
1838 For 30 head cattle $12 per head $360.00
1838 “ 8 head horses $60 [Ditto] 480.00
“ 25 head stock cattle $12 [Ditto] 300.00
“ 2 Pine Tables $8. 8 chairs $8 16.00
“ 2 Bedsteads $8. 1 wheel $3. 1 Reel $3 14.00
“ 1 Loom $12. 1 Churn $1.50 2 Pails $2 15.50
“ 3 Pots $19. 2 ovens $8. 2 Skillets $4 31.00
“ 1 fry pan $1. 25 Beehives $75. 76.00
“ 75 head stock hogs $3 per head 225.00
“ 12 Acres of made corn standing in field 360.00
“ 2 [acres] made sweet potatoes $50 per acre 100.00
“ 14 [acres] Land ready broke up 42.00
[Total] 2019.50
Susanah Sanders being duly sworn states the above is a just schedule of her property, which she was forced to abandon by the authorities of the United States in 1838 I have never Received any compensation for the same whatever
Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 8th April 1842
Ignatius A Few Cl[erk] Susanah Sanders her X mark
Johnson Alberty + William Crittenton being duly Sworn states that the above account of Susanah Sanders is a just schedule of her property which she was forced to abandon by the the Authorities of the United States 1838 She has never Received any compensation for the same to our knowledge
Sworn to & subscribed before me
This 8th April 1842 William Crittenton
Ignatius A Few Cl[erk] Johnson Alberty”
Note: this claim relates to the ancestry of Cherokee Nation Deputy Chief Brian Warner, as described in “Our Cherokee Family”: - "Our Cherokee Family"
- Name of Claimant
- Susannah Sanders
- Name of Witness(es)
- Johnson Alberty, William Crittenton (Crittenden)
- Name of Agent/Clerk
- Ignatius A. Few
- Total Claim Amount
- 2019.50
- Claim Perpetrator
- U.S.
- Date of Theft
- 1838
- Residence in the East (District)
- Coosawattee
- Residence in the West (District)
- Goingsnake
Part of Susannah Sanders, 1842 Claim
“Susannah Sanders, 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/43