- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Claim for spoliation committed by citizens of the United States, 1837 Jan. 13 / Edward and Sarah Graves
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 110, document pa0228.
- Date of Original:
- 1837-01-13
- Subject:
- Creek War, 1813-1814
- Location:
- United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434
- Medium:
- claims
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a spoliation claim made by Edward and Sarah Graves requesting that the United States pay them the sum of forty-eight dollars for 12 hogs that were killed by troops under the command of General James White during the Creek War. Edward Graves, Pheasant and Ayeesahdaskee all testify on behalf of the Graves' before Cherokee leader John Ridge.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- pa0228
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0228
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0228#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0228/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
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The claim of Edward & Sarah Graves for Spoliation committed by citizens of the United States, and which is provided to be paid under the late treaty between the United States & the Cherokees. They the said Edward & Sarah Graves allege that during the war with the Creek Indians, about the year
1814, a body of troops under the command of General White of Tennessee, encamped [added text: in the neighborhood of the ] [deleted text: at the ] House of the Pheasant, the father of the said Sarah Graves, and while so encamped, killed and used twelve Head of Hogs of two years old and valued Four Dollars a head. They allege further that the claim has never been liquidated. 12 Head of Hogs estimated
at $4.00 per head $48. }
[Signed] Edward Graves
During the War with the Creek Nation about the year
1813 or
1814 I lived in Wills Valley, in the neighborhood of where Mr. Bell now lives. A body of troops under the command of General White on their way to the Creek Nation, [added text: encamped ] at the foot of the Mountain about two miles from my house. A gang of hogs belonging to my daughter, now Sarah Graves, and her Mother, ranged in that neighborhood. A day or so after the troops had passed on I went to where they had encamped, and found the heads of 12 hogs which had been killed, strewed about the camp. I knew the hogs from the mark -- They were very gentle, and two years old -- and valued about $4 a head. Other hogs disappeared, and were probably also killed, but I did not discover any remains of them. The claim has never before been presented.
Sworn to & Subscribed before me
in [unclear text: Committee ] this
18th Oct. 1836.
[Signed] John Ridge Prest. Comttee [President Committee]
[Signed] Pheasant of Wills Valley his x mark
After the troops had passed, [deleted text: [illegible text] ] as stated by Pheasant, on their way to the Creek Nation, My father came home and told us that a number of Hogs belonging to Pheasant s' family had been killed by the soldiers. A number of us went to the encampment, and discovered the [deleted text: the ]
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remains of some hogs, such as heads, entrails &c [et cetera] scattered about. I examined the heads & I knew from the mark that they belonged to Pheasant s' family. My Father lived a neighbor to Pheasant.
Sworn to & Subscribed before [added text: me ] in Committee this
18th day [deleted text: of ] Oct. 1836
[Signed] John Ridge Prest [President]
[Signed] A yee sah da skee -- x his mark or the man who shakes off the dew .
No -- 9 --
Edward & Sarah Graves
Registered Book A Page 3 -- allowed
13 June -- 1837
-- after examination By the Commsr. [Commissioner] .