- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Affidavit of] Henry Carrel, 1793 Sept. 6, Washington County, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1793-09-06
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
Horse stealing - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- affidavits
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a sworn affidavit from Henry Carrel (?) of Washington County, Georgia, attested to by Jared Irwin, Justice of the Peace (and Governor of Georgia, 1796-1798), dated September 6, 1793. Carrel indicates that he was a member of a volunteer troop stationed at Long Bluff whose horses were allegedly stolen by an unnamed group of Indians. Carrel states that he and others pursued the horses and upon discovering three Indians, fired upon them and received return fire. Carrel suspects that at least one Indian died at the scene and that the other two were mortally wounded. The horses were recovered.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- cmt011
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt011
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt011#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_cmt011/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], C. Mildred Thompson, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, C. Mildred Thompson, box 01, folder 11, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Georgia
Washington County}
Personally appeared before me, Henry Carrel, and being duly sworn sayeth that on the evening of the [illegible text] of this instant, there were two horses stolen from Captn. Stokes's volunteer troop station,d [stationed] at the long bluff, on the 2d. the Captn. with 13 men (this deponant [deponent] being one) crossed the ocone river and pursued on the trail of the horses, and by the appearance of the sign, there were four [deleted text: Indians ] [added text: persons ] . we came up with them on the bank of the oakmulga, and discovered three Indians, fired on them, the fire was retur'd [returned], Captn. Stokes rushed upon them, and took the ground immediatly [immediately], by the appearance of blood, two were mortally wounded and one certainly killd [killed] in the the [the] river. we recoved [recovered] our own two horses, and one other, three rifles and one smoth [smooth] -bore gun, with sundry other articles, and returned to our station without dammage [damage], except hunger and fatigue,
[Signed] Henry Carrel
Sworn to before me
September 6th 1793}
[Signed] Jared Irwin J.P.