- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Spoliation claim [of] Grits, 1838 Sept. 5
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2033 Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 167, document pa0274.
- Date of Original:
- 1838-09-05
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians--Crimes against
Cherokee Indians--Claims - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Fort Armstrong, 32.318231, -86.902298
- Medium:
- claims
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a spoliation claim, dated September 5, 1838, made by Grits (or Nawatta) against the United States for the value of six horses that were stolen by United States citizens in 1830. Included in support of Grits' claim is a sworn statement by two Cherokee men who were witness to the theft.
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:
- pa0274
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0274
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0274#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0274/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 United States to Nawatta, or Grits (Fort Armstrong Ala.) Dr
To 6 head of horses stolen from him by white men citizens of the United States in the fall 8 years ago at Fort Armstrong} Ala.; to wit
1 Gray mare 8 yrs old large Worth 60.00
1 Black mare 4 yrs old, large Worth 80.00
1 Black horse 3 yrs. old Do [Ditto] 72.00
1 Bay horse 5 yrs old Do [Ditto] 80.00
1 [unclear text: Iron ] grey 4 yrs old Do [Ditto] 50.00
1 Bay mare 3 yrs old Do [Ditto] 45.00
$385.00
Grits makes Oath that he had Stolen from him the 6 horses charged in his a/c [account] in the fall of
1830 at Fort Armstrong in the State of Alabama -- Affiant at the time the horses were stolen, was the owner thereof.- That thy horses were of the description and he believes of the value charged -- Affiant never saw the horse after they were stolen, but understood the horses were seen shortly afterwards in the possession of white men Citizens of the United States, -- affiant never recovered any of said horses or any
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thing for them, and prays the value thereof may be allowed him by the Hon [Honorable] Committee in spoliation
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this
5th day of September 1838 }
[Signed] Jay Hicks one of the Committee
[Signed] Grits his X mark
Eli. Scott and Con noo ta yah make oath that they were acquainted with the claimant Grits and his property, -- they know, that he owned the horses charged in his a/c [account], -- and believe the horses were worth the prices charged for them -- affiants knew that 8 yrs ago in the fall the horses were stolen from Grits at Fort Armstrong in the state of Alabama -- Affiants had been out Turkey hunting about 6 miles from where the horses were stolen, and were on our way back when we met 3 white men citizens of the United States, two of them called Craddock, the name of the other unknown, having Claimants horses in possession, -- riding bare backed, with pau pau bark tyed [tied] in the horses mouths in lieu of bridles, and running the horses off a pathway towards Cedar Town -- when they discovered
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affiants, they turned off the path through the woods & gallopped [galloped] around affiants -- They had approached within a short distance of affiants before we were discovered. Affiants saw the horses distinctly & were well acquainted with them, and know them to belong to the Claimant Grits -- affiants never heard of Grits recovering any of said horses or any thing for them --
Sworn to and Subscribed before me
5th Sept. 1838 } Jay Hicks one of the Committee
[Signed] Eli Scott his X mark
[Signed] Con noo ta ya his X mark
Examined by the Committee allowed & reduced to $300.
Sept. 7th 1838
[Signed] A. Fields Prest. [President] Pro,tem Committee
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No. 1169 Grits of Fort Armstrong Ala. Spoliation Claim
6 Horses $385.00
Reduced to $300.
admitted examined and allowed by the Commissioners