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RESERVATIONS UNDER THE CHEROKEE TREATY LETTER From  
THE SECRETARY OF WAR  
Transmitting

A LIST OF PERSONS ENTITLED TO RESERVATIONS,  
UNDER THE TREATY WITH THE CHEROKEES,

Of the 27th February 1819, and January 23, 1828.

Read, and laid on table.

WASHINGTON:

Printed 1828
Department of War  
January 23rd, 1828

Sir: I have the honor, in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 16th instant. of submitting, herewith, a communication from the Clerk charged with the Indian business of this Department, accompanied by a list of persons entitled to reservations under the Treaty with the Cherokees, of 27th February, 1819, according to the Treaty, and the returns of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the surveying and laying off said reservations, distinguishing between those who are entitled to reservations in fee simple, and those who are entitled to reservations for life only.

I have the honor to be,

Your obedient servant,

James Barbour.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Department of War

Office of Indian Affairs,

January 19, 1828

Sir: I have the honor to accompany this with an abstract, in conformity to a resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 16th instant, (and upon which you have directed me to report to you), of each and every head of an Indian family, who is entitled to a reservation of land, by virtue of the Treaty made between John C. Calhoun, late Secretary of War, and the Chiefs and Head Men of the Cherokee Nation of Indians, at the City of Washington, on the 27th day of February, 1819, distinguishing between those who are entitled to reservations in fee simple, and those who are entitled to reservations for life only, with reversion in fee simple, so far as the records of this office enable me to do so. There is no information in this office in regard to the question of reversion.

Respectfully submitted,

Thomas L. McKenney

To the Hon. the Secretary of War

 

LIST OF PERSONS entitled to Reservations, under the Treaty with the Cherokees, of 27th February 1819, according to the treaty, and the returns of the Commissioners appointed to superintend the surveying and laying off said Reservations, to the Department of War, showing those entitled to Reservations for life, and those entitled to Reservations in fee simple.

FOR LIFE

1. Choctaw 57. Old Nanny
2. John Miller 58. John Ben
3. Allen B. Grubb 59. Te-gen-tas-ey
4. Co-lo-nees-kie 60. Wha-akih or Grass Grows
5. Tall-o-tuskee 61. Bell Rattle
6. Betsy McIntosh 62.Smoke
7. Path Killer 63. Sit-u-wa-kee
8. Bold Hunter 64. Tee-las-ka-ask
9. Willie Tooten 65. John Hilderbrand
10. James Coody 66. Thomas Jones
11. John Spear 67. William Jones
12. Jacob 68. Drury Jones
13. Con-naugh-ty 69. James Jones
14. Yoou-no-gy-kah 70. Daniel Thorn
15. Big Tom 71. Peter Johnston
16. Bag or Sapsucker 72. Captain John Wood
17. Johnston 73. John Shumaker
18. Oo-jah-not-tee 74. Samuel Key
19. Back Water 75. William Key
20. The heirs of Too-lee-noos-tah 76. John McNary
21. Jack 77. Heirs of Arthur Burns
22. Thomas 78. Joseph Elliott
23. Cul-sow-wee 79. Sutton Stephens
24. Parch-corn Flower 80. Andrew Lacy
25. Panther 81. Giles McAnulty
26. Ca-te-hee 82. Kan-a-noo-lus-kah
27. Yellow Bear 83. William Wilson
28. Jenny 84. Nancy Merrell
29. The Bear Going in the Hole 85. Amos Robinson
30. John 86. John Thompson
31. Beaver-toter 87. Thomas Harrison
32. John Quchey 88. James Orr
33. Too-naugh-he-ah 89. Peggy Shory
34. The Fence 90.*Alexander Kell
35. The Old Mouse 91.*James Ward
36. Am-ma-choo 92.*Benjamin Cooper
37. Eu-chu-lah 93.*Uriah Hubbard
38. The Wolf 94. *Moses McDaniel
39. She-ken 95.*James Landrum
40. Oo-saw-too-take 96.*David England
41. Coo-lu-cha 97.*George Ward
42. Su-a-ga 98.*William England
43. Treat 99.*Catherine Ward
44. Little Deer 100.*Bryant Ward
45. Whip-per-will 101.*Delilah Ward
46. Six Killer 102.*Edward Adair
47. The heirs of Ah-leach 103.*Samuel Ward
48. John Welsh 104.*John Terrell
49. The Cat 105.*Joel Kirby
50. Wallie 106.*John Duncan
51. The Clubb 107.*Dascob Duncan
52. Gideon F. Morris
53. Ha-ne-lah
54. Sharp Fellow
55. Eunoch or Trout
56. William Read


FEE SIMPLE.

1. Fox Taylor 21. Edward Gunter
2. James Brown 22. Richard Riley
3. Richard Timberlake 23. James Riley
4. The Old Bark of Chota 24. Margaret Morgan
5. James Starr 25. George Harlin
6. John McIntosh 26. Lewis Ross
7. Richard Taylor 27. Richard Walker
8. William Brown 28. Yonah or Big Bear
9. David Fields 29. *John Martin
10. John Brown 30. *Peter Linch
11. John Walker Jr. 31.*Daniel Parris
12. Elizabeth Pack 32. * George Parris
13. Elizabeth Lowry 33. * Walter S. Adair
14. George Lowry 34. Cabin Smith
15. Robert McLemore 35. John Ross
16. Susannah Lowry 36. Eliza Ross
17. James Lowry 37. Nicholas Byers
18. John Benge 38. John Walker Sr.
19. John Baldridge 39. Samuel Parks
20. Thomas Wilson

RECAPUTATION

107 Life Reservations.-39 Fee Simple Reservations

Note: All those marked * are within the limits of the State of Georgia, being eighteen life estate reservations and five simple fee reservations; and all, or nearly al of them, have been purchased for the State of Georgia, under a provision made by Congress for that purpose.

T. L. McKENNEY

Document obtained from the Oklahoma City Historical Society, Pamplet # 26.

Transcribed by Catherine Widener, 2002.

 

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