- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Claim for loss of income], 1838 Oct. 1, Cherokee Agency
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 113, document pa0231.
- Date of Original:
- 1838-10-01
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Government relations
Cherokee Indians--Claims - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- claims
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document, dated October 1, 1838, is a petition from a turnpike company comprised of William (?), (Sally ?) Bark, Cut Bread, Big Ratling goard, The Bark, and Laugh at Mush. The company seeks remuneration for income lost after their road, running from Head of Coosa in the Cherokee Nation to Alabama, was shut down in May of 1832 when the state of Alabama passed legislation extending its laws over the Cherokee Nation and dispossessed the above owners. Also included is the affidavit of Tassel Cambell, the former gate keeper.
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:
- pa0231
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0231
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0231#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0231/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:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
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The petition of William [illegible text] Sally Bark, Cut Bread, Big Ratlinggoard, The Bark, & Laugh at Mush, respectfully [unclear text: represent ] that they are a Turnpike company who were autherysed [authorized] by an act of the National Committee & Council which paper is herewith submitted, to establish a Turnpike on the main Road heading from the Head of Coosa to Alabama via Turkey Town & Mills Valley. Said company established their gate at place where Daniel Griffin sen [senior] lived. Said company continued in possession of said Turnpike & Road from the time that said charter was granted to them by the Council up to
5 May 1832 at which time the laws of the state of Alabama was extended [deleted text: over ] by an act of her legislation over all that portion of the Cherokee country within his chartered limits. And you petitioners were in consiquence [consequence] of said act of the Legislature aforesaid dispossessed of their Turnpike & Road. At the time your petitioners were dispossessed of said Road. Tassel Cambell was keeping said gate & reported that the proceeds of it was $1500. per anum. [unclear text: Commensing ] there in the month of
January 1832 & calculating the time from that date, up to [deleted text: May ] the
23 day of May 1836 will make the time of 4 years & 2 months. Adding the whole of which to gether [together] will make the sum of $6300. From this deduct the expenditures of keeping up the Road & Gate & the salary of the [deleted text: [illegible text] ] Gate keeper & you have the [unclear text: net ] proceeds of said Gate and Road. Say $214. & 30. for the gate keeper which is the 7th of 1500 & the actual sum given to said keeper, by said company making
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& making him equal to one of the company. Then deduct the sum of 286.70 cents for repairing & keeping up the road, & which your petitioners think is a fair estimate of all the expenditures in keeping up said road, & it leave the net sum of $1000. per anum for 4 years. add this together & it makes the sum [deleted text: of the ] total for 4 years $4000. Then calculate the 4 months which is one third of a year at the same ratio, & you have the net income for the whole time.
Cherokee Agency
October 1, 1838
[deleted text: Signed ]
[Signed] William [illegible text] his x mark
[Signed] [unclear text: Sally ] Bark his x mark
[Signed] Cut Bread his x mark
[Signed] Big Ratling goard his x mark
[Signed] The Bark his x mark
[Signed] Laugh at Mush his x mark
Tassel Cambell being sworn states upon oath that he was employed by the above named Turnpike Company to keep the gate of said company at or near Daniel Griffins old place on said Road. His sallery [salary] for keeping said gate was [added text: one ] seventh part of the Anum received at said Gate. Affiant further states that he was dispossessed of said gate by the authorities of the state of Alabama in the month of
January 1832. Affiant also states that the road & gate at the time he was dispossessed of it by the authorities afore said was worth the sum of $1500 per anum. The road was worth that sum the year previous, & would have yielded that sum or more the year that he was dispossessed. Affiant further states that he does not think that the [added text: sum ] expended by said company
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in keeping up the road & paying affiant his sallery [salary] for attending to the Gate amounted to more than three or four hundred dollars, affiant is certain from his knowledge of the expenditures, that it did not cost more than $400. Sworn to & Subscribed before me
Oct. 1 1838
[Signed] D. M. Foreman M. Comt. [Committee]
[Signed] Tassel Cambell his x mark
Examined & allowed for 200. pr. [per] year for the term of 4 years & 4 months making $866:66 [illegible text]
4th October 1838
[Signed] J. A. Bell Prest. Comt. [President Committee]
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The Claim of William [illegible text] & others for a Turnpike Gate & Roads --
Amt [Amount] $6500 --
Allowed for $866.66
No [Number] 1370 --
upon on consideration of the proof in this case & all the circumstances The Commissioners allow Six hundred Dollars
5th Oct. 1838 [illegible text]
[Signed] [unclear text: Ju. ] Kennedy
[Signed] [unclear text: Th W Wilson ] [illegible text]