- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter], 1814 May 7, Franklin County, Tennessee to Colo[nel] Return J. Meiggs [i.e., Meigs] / [signed by] Wallis Estile [?] ... [et al.]
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Penelope Johnson Allen, document pa0034.
- Date of Original:
- 1814-05-07
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Claims against
- Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Letter dated May 7, 1814 from citizens of Franklin County, Tennessee to Return J. Meigs, United States Agent to the Cherokee Nation, concerning thieves living on Cherokee lands. The citizens claim that a group of thieves is illegally dwelling in the Cherokee country and repeatedly raiding the counties of Franklin, Warren, and Madison. They want Meigs to have these thieves removed.
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:
- pa0034
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0034
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0034#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0034/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
State of Tennessee Franklin County
May the 7th 1814
Colo. [Colonel] Return J. Meiggs
Sir
we the citizenry of Franklin County beg leave to represent that lately a band of Thieves has been discovered who when at their respective places of residence are found to be Interspers'd [Interspersed] among the People of Franklin Warran & Madison [illegible text] Counties and a considerable proportion of Them Residing on the Indian Land who have founded places of Deposit for Stolen goods. It has been Clearly discovered by the confession of some of the parties and by a great Quantity of Stolen goods being found on the Indian Land that theft & There only they make their places of Deposite [Deposit] . By means of which their business is Very much facilitated. there has been found of the Stolen goods 12 Horse Loads. the number of thieves is Said to Exceed one hundred all Connected by the Usual ties that bind such Characters -- as our Country Is Very much Infested and Our property Very Unsafe by Reason of these Nefarious Characters We beg that you will Interfere and Use Such means or procure Such force as you may think necessary to Remomove [Remove] all persons who Contrary to Law has Settled on the Cherokee Land which we believe will be one of the most Effective means to remove those pests by which our Country is Infested The Citizens of this County If Authorised [Authorized] will Engage to Drive them off and not Suffer them to return; those on on [on] the [unclear text: frontiers ] or adjacent thereto of this County & that of Madison [illegible text]
[Signed] Wallis [unclear text: Estile ]
[Signed] Richard Callaway
[Signed] [unclear text: Leod Farrant ]
[Signed] John W. Holder
Page: [2]
[Signed] Jones Young
[Signed] John Shankle
[Signed] James Drake
[Signed] Archd [Archibald] Woods
[Signed] John Smith
[Signed] John Turner
[Signed] Hugh Caperton
[Signed] James Doran
[Signed] John Denson
[Signed] Saml. [Samuel] Berry
[Signed] Abram [Abraham] Horton
[Signed] Wm [unclear text: Caperton ]
[Signed] Wm Demnal
[Signed] GB Miller
[Signed] Saml [Samuel] Handly
[Signed] John Barnett
[Signed] James Cox
[Signed] James Lewis
[Signed] John Bell
[Signed] David Bell
[Signed] Wm [unclear text: Wood ]
[Signed] Wm Cowen
[Signed] R Crable
[Signed] [unclear text: Wm Spyker ]
[Signed] Wm Reynolds
[Signed] Jas. [James] Estile
[Signed] [unclear text: AJ Achlen ]
[Signed] BW McWhorter
[Signed] Temple Pastor
[Signed] John Russell
[Signed] James L. McWhorter
[Signed] Wm Mclain
[Signed] Benjamin Wear
[Signed] Henry N. Neeley
[Signed] Hezekiah Farris
[Signed] Robert Larkin
[Signed] [unclear text: Pleasant ] H. Bean
[Signed] Benjn [Benjamin] Thompson
[Signed] [unclear text: John Farris ]
[Signed] William Russell
[Signed] John Cowan
[Signed] Temple Sargon
[Signed] William Russell
[Signed] George Russell
[Signed] Robert Cowan
Page: [3]
Representation from Franklin County Tenn: relating to intrusions [illegible text] on Indian lands & the plunderings of the sd. [said] Intruders dated
7th May 1814