- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Improvement claim [of] Harry Vann of Hightower, 1838 Aug. 30
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 164, document 0272.
- Date of Original:
- 1838-08-30
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Land tenure
Cherokee Indians--Claims
Betterments - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Forsyth County, Hightower, 34.30621, -84.21464
- Medium:
- claims
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document, dated August 30, 1838, is an improvement claim of Harry Vann of Hightower against the United States. Included is a sworn statement by two Cherokee men attesting to the accuracy of the claim. The claim was referred through Cherokee Chief John Ross to General Scott.
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:
- pa0272
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0272
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0272#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0272/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]
The United States, Dr
To [deleted text: [illegible text] ] Harry Vann of Hightower
for 1 house 24 ft [foot] sqr [square] Round logs [unclear text: shelf ] inside Cabin roof pun chin floor wood Chimney 1 door &shutters
1 house 18 ft [foot] sqr [square] Round logs Cabin roof pun chin floor board loft wood Chimney 1 door & shutters
2 stables 18 ft sqr [foot square] Round logs with an entry of 8 ft [foot] both lofted Cabin roofs
1 [unclear text: Crib ] 18 ft sqr [foot square] Round logs flor [floor] & Cover
1 [unclear text: Crib ] 12 ft sqr [foot square] Round logs floor & Cover
1 house 18 ft sqr [foot square] Round logs Cabin roof wood. Chimney 1 door & shutter
1 field 12 Acres Creek bottom 10 Rail fence
1 field 15 Acres Creek bottom [added text: 12 Rail ] [deleted text: good ] fence
25 bearing peechtrees [peach trees]
12 bearing Appletrees [Apple trees]
1 Cowpen [Cow pen] 1 Acre good fence
1 [deleted text: house 18 ft sqr ] in Coosawattee
1 house 18 ft sqr [foot square] hewde [hewed] logs Cabin roof punchin [puncheon] floor wood Chimney 1 door & shutter
11 Joints 18 ft [foot] long well [unclear text: dirt ]
1 house 18 ft sqr [foot square] hewde [hewed] inside Cabin roof punchin [puncheon] floor & loft wood Chimney 1 door & shutter
1 stable 12 ft sqr [foot square] Round logs Cabin Roof
1 Crib 12 ft sqr [foot square] hude [hewed] inside floor & Cover
1 field 25 Acres Creek bottom 10 Rail fence
10 bearing peech [peach] trees
personally Came before me Jo [Joe] Beanstick & [added text: Soft Shell Turkle ] [deleted text: [illegible text] ] of the Cherokee nation East and solemnly affirmed that the fore going [foregoing] statements of Claims is Just and true to the best of their
Page: [2]
knoledge [knowledge] & [deleted text: belief ]
Affirmed to before me this the
30th of August 1838
[Signed] Stephen Foreman Agent for Collecting Claims
[Signed] Joe Beanstick his X mark
[Signed] Soft Shell turkle his X mark [illegible text]
Harry Vann' s Impr [Improvement] Claim
Hightower
referred through Jno [John] Ross Pl [Principal] Chief to Maj Ge [Major General] Scott commanding US Army for settlement
[Signed] Richd. [Richard] Taylor Pres N. [President National] Committee
[Signed] J Jones Clk [Clerk] / [illegible text] N. [National] Committee