United States, Georgia, Union County, 34.83401, -83.990761843-11-01This document is an affidavit of William Henson, dated Nov. 1, 1843, concerning a property claim made by Preston and Rebecca Starritt. Mr. Henson swears that he knew an Indian named Grub who sold land in Union County, Georgia to Rebecca Starritt, formerly Rebecca Henson, a woman of Cherokee descent. See related documents pa0252, pa0253 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.text/htmlimage/jpegpa0254engManuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 142, document pa0254.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Cherokee Indians--Land tenureCherokee Indians--ClaimsBettermentsClaimsAffidavit [of] William Henson regarding the claim of Preston Starritt, 1843 Nov. 1 / sworn before W[illia]m WalkerText