- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Memorandum, 1838 Nov. 9, Headq[uarte]rs Eastern Division, Athens, Ten[nessee] / Winfield Scott
- Creator:
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 3, folder 4, document ch064.
- Date of Original:
- 1838-11-09
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
Trail of Tears, 1838 - Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- memorandums
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Copy of a memorandum dated November 9, 1838 from General Winfield Scott, commander of the Cherokee removal, concerning a possible discrepancy between the number of Cherokees on muster rolls and those actually removed. Scott was informed by the Cherokee authorities that 12,608 people in twelve detachments emigrated west by land, but only 11,721 were counted. He intends to make compensation if investigation proves this true.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- ch064
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch064
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch064#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch064/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], State Library Cherokee Collection, The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Head Qrs. [Headquarters] Eastern Division Athens Ten. [Tennessee]
Nov 9th 1838
Memorandum.
This last requisition for funds to defray the expenses of Twelve land detachments of emigrants, takes the numbers so emigrated, from the several muster rolls in the possession of Capt. Page, disbursing Agent &c [et cetera] which muster rolls make the whole number emigrated, by land, under the arrangement entered into with me, 11721 souls. But the Cherokee authorities, a party to that agreement, allege, that after several of the muster rolls were closed, many additional families and Individuals joined the detachments in
March increasing the twelve detachments emigrated, by land, to the aggregate of 12608 emigrants -- making a difference of 887 Souls. Should this be found to be correct when the said land detachments shall be finally mustered West, an additional requisition may be made by the Cherokee authorities for the excess of individuals, whatever the number, over and above the number of 11721. Who have been in this Country mustered in the twelve detachments which are now on the road.
Page: [2]
Capt. Page will send a copy of this memorandum to the mustering officer on the Arkansaw and desire his particular attention to the Subject, so that a final settlement, on account of the twelve land detachments of emigrants may be made according to the principles of justice.
(Signed)
[Signed] Winfield Scott
Page: [3]
Memorandum inserted by Major Genl. [General] W. Scott, on the last requisition drawn on him by John Ross for funds on a/ct. [account] the Cherokee Emigration
9th November 1840.
This copy made by John Ross was among his papers, and secured from his grandson Robert B. Ross, of Park Hill, Okla. [Oklahoma]
3-8-1930.