Lovely Rogers Valuation · Retracing the Bell Route: An Archive of Cherokee Removal · Retracing the Bell Route: An Archive of Cherokee Removal

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Lovely Rogers
Transcribed by Graham Smith
“No. 7 Lovely Rogers a quarter blood a plantation on Vickrys Creek
2nd dist[rict] 1st sec[tion]
Forsyth County G[eorgia]
3 cabins @ 25.00 / smoke house 10.00 crib 5. 90—
12 peach trees @ 50 1 cow pen 5.00 11—
40 acres upland (ordinary) @ 650 260—
361—
Damages for dispossession of
40 acres upland in the early part of 1835
@3.25 p[er] acre p[er] ann[um] for 3 years 390—
whole amount $757—
additional on cleared land $1.50 p[er] acre 60[.]00
Am[ount] spoliation $390[.]00
See valuation below,
*We find an additional improvement on lot no. 980 2.1 adjoining the above & pointed out by said Rogers
1 cabin & 2 small huts 25
8 acres upland @ 6.50 52
$77
additional on cleared land @ $1.50 p[er] acre 12

This lot appears to be one of the four lots selected by the said Rogers and allowed by the agent under the laws of Georgia of which he was dispossessed and compeled to purchase to sustain himself in possession & the improvements were made since the purchase the damages sustained by which is about $50 according to our estimate 50
Whole amt of the last mentioned place $127
[This section crossed out:]
This valuation for $127 is believed to have been already allowed through the committee, and placed to the credit of Lovely Rodgers, & therefore must not be allowed a second time”

Title

Lovely Rogers Valuation

Name of Resident/Head of Household

Lovely Rogers

Racial Categorization

"quarter blood"

County of Residence

Forsyth County

State of Residence

Georgia

Description of Dwelling

3 cabins

Outbuildings

Smokehouse, cabins, small huts

Acres

40+

Fruit Trees

Peach

Total Value

$840