- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Cherokee Council's decision of the conflicting claims of Mrs. E. Pack [and] Jno. [i.e., John] H. Jeffrey, 1820 Apr. 22, Council House near Hicks' Mill / [signed by] John Ross
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the The Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TN, State Library Cherokee Collection, box 3, folder 4, document ch065.
- Date of Original:
- 1820-04-22
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- legal documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Copy of a legal decision of the Cherokee Council dated April 22, 1820 concerning a property dispute between Mrs. E. Pack, who purchased property from Charles Hicks, and John H. Jeffrey, who claims right due to his marriage to a Cherokee woman. The council decides in favor of Pack. Elijah Hicks created this copy.
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:
- ch065
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch065
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch065#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_ch065/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Cherokee Council's decision of the [unclear text: conflicting ] claims of Mrs. E. [unclear text: Pack ] & Jno. [John] H. Jeffrey
22nd April 1820.
Page: [2]
Council House near Hicks mill
April 22. 1820
In Council assembled.
The national Committee and chiefs assembled for the purpose of deliberating and deciding on the following Subjects Viz.
1st. The sale of neecoojack improvement by Charles Hicks thro. [through] the approbation of Sundry Chiefs to Mrs. E Pack and the forcible possession taken of said place by a certain John H. Jeffrey under pretext of having married a Cherok [document edge: ee ] wife the daughter of Thos. [Thomas] Wilson a [unclear text: reservee ] citizen of the state of Alabama named Alcey, which circumstance has produced much confusion between the said Mrs. E. Pack and Jno. [John] H. Jeffrey and having a tendency of debaring [debarring] the said Mrs. Pack from a peaceable possession of said improvements Therefore Resolved that it is expedient that the said John H. Jeffrey be disspossed [dispossessed] of the said place and put into the peaceable possession of the said Mrs. E. Pack by the legal authority of the nation.
True Copy
[Signed] Elijah Hicks Clk [Clerk]
By order of Committee and chiefs assembled this day & year above written signed,
[Signed] John Ross