- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Affidavit of] W[illia]m H. Thomas regarding the claim of Preston Starritt, 1843 Nov. 4 / sworn [before] Jno. [i.e., John] D. McPherson of an image
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 142, document pa0255.
- Date of Original:
- 1843-11-04
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Betterments
Cherokee Indians--Claims - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Union County, 34.83401, -83.99076
- Medium:
- affidavits
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is an affidavit given by William H. Thomas. Thomas claims he was employed by Richard Henson, the father of Rebecca Starritt, in 1838 to represent her property claim. He states that he failed to obtain compensation for Rebecca Starritt. See also pa0252,pa0253 and pa0254.
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:
- pa0255
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0255
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0255#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0255/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:
-
Page: [1]
County of Washington District of Columbia
In the year
1838 I was employed by Richard Henson to prosecute a claim for his daughter Rebecca for an improvement but failed to obtain any compensation for the claimant. Preston Starritt married the said Rebecca Henson as I have been informed by her father as well as by the general report in the neighborhood.
Nov. 4, 1843
[Signed] Wm [William] H. Thomas
Sworn to me this
4' day of November 1843.
[Signed] Jno [John] D. McPherson J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
Page: [2]
945. -- 4th Comm [Commission]
[deleted text: Deposition ]
Wm [William] H. Thomas
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