- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Deposition of David Taylor and Gideon Morgan, 1843 Nov. 3, Washington, D.C. / sworn before Jno. [i.e., John] D. McPherson
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 142, document pa0253.
- Date of Original:
- 1843-11-03
- Subject:
- Interracial marriage
Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- depositions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a sworn statement dated November 3, 1843 given by David Taylor and Gideon Morgan regarding the marriage of Rebecca Henson, a woman of Cherokee descent, and Preston Starritt. See related documents pa0252, pa0254 and pa0255.
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:
- pa0253
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0253
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0253#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0253/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:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Washington District of Columbia
the undersigned are acquainted with Preston Starritt have visited him at his residence are also acquainted with his wife formerly Rebecca Henson of Cherokee decent [descent] know that they are regard as man and wife they live as such and we so regard them.
November 3rd 1843
[Signed] David Taylor his x mark
[Signed] Gideon Morgan
Sworn before me this
4 day of November 1843
[Signed] Jno [John] D. McPherson JP [Justice of the Peace]
Page: [2]
945- 4th Commission
Deposition
David Taylor & Gideon Morgan as to the marriage of Preston Starritt
2
Page: [3]
945.
Fourth Commission
Rebecca Starritt vs Improvement The United States
filed with former board.
[Signed] N.D. Miller, Sec'y [Secretary]
Decree rendered
June 12, 1847, rejecting claim.
[Signed] N.D. Miller, Sec'y [Secretary]