Spoilation [sic claim] of John Vann, 1838 Sept. 29

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The United States for Spoilation [Spoliation] Dr To John Vann Coosoowatee Dist [District]
1 Sorrel Mare 9 years old & Two year old colt
130.00
1 Brown Mare 6 " " &Colt 2 years old
140.00
1 [unclear text: Dew ] or [unclear text: clay Bawk ] Mare [added text: 5 years old ] & colt
100.00
1 Bay Mare 4 years old & colt 1 year old
95.00
12 Milch Cows &Calves $25 each 288.00
3 Heifers 3 years old & calves $25 each 75.00
6 Bulls 3 " " each $12 72.00
10 yearlings 2 " " $8 80.00
16 Barrow Hogs 3 " " $8 128.00
30 [deleted text: [illegible text] ] Sows 3 " " $7 210.00
1 Large Pet Barrow 4 " "
20.00
50 Head Stock Hogs 2 " " $4 200.00
23 Head " " 1 1/2 " " $3 69.00
30 Head Shoats 1 " " $3 90.00
40 Dollars in Silver
40.00
2 Feather Beds $12 each 24.00
70 Bushels corn $1.00 pr Bus [per Bushel] 70.00
2 Fine Rifle Guns $25 each 50.00
2 bunches Factory thread $3 6.00
100 Yards homespun thread
25.00
1 Large Wash Pott [Pot]
6.00
7 Potts [Pots] of different sizes $4 each 28.00
2 Large Frying Pans
4.00
1 Barrell [Barrel] full of Soap 50 Gallons
30.00
32 lbs Tallow
4.00
2 Spinning Wheels $4 each 8.00
3 pair Cotton Cards
2.75
1 Dining Table
3.00
1 Bed Stead
2.50
1 verry [very] Large Pewter Dish
5.00
1 Pewter Dish
3.50
8 Pewter Plates
4.00
carried over
$2012.75




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Continued
2012.75
2 Pitchers $1.00 2.00
2 Large [unclear text: Luster ] Pitchers $2 4.00
4 Dozen White Plates
3.00
2 Large Earthen Dishes $1.25 2.25
2 Dozen Knives & forks
3.00
1 Dozen Cups & Saucers
1.50
1 Dozen Tea Spoons
.50
3 Hominy Potts [Pots] $1.00 3.00
6 Bolls [Bowls]
2.00
1 Bushel Salt
5.00
12 lbs Sugar
2.00
5 lbs coffee
1.00
125 lbs fresh Pork
8.00
1 Water Pail
1.00
1 Large Tin Buckett [Bucket]
1.50
2 Watter [Water] Pails .50 each -- 1.00
2 Smothing [Smoothing] Irons $1.25 2.50
2 Fiddles $5. -- 10.00
8 Glass Tumblers
2.00
4 club axes
9.00
2 Mattocks $2.50 5.00
2 Spades $1.00 2.00
8 Weading [Weeding] hoes
8.50
2 Horse Collars .50 each 1.00
2 pair [illegible text] $1.00 2.00
2 Pair Drawing Chairs
3.75
2 Singletrees & clevises $1.00 2.00
1 [unclear text: Barrshear ] plow & stock
6.00
2 Shovel plows & stocks
5.00
1 Large Steel Trap
6.00
1 Canoe
8.00
10 Grown Tame Turkeys
10.00
30 Chickins [Chickens] .25 each
7.50
carried over
2144.00




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Continued
2144.00
8 Ducks at .25 each 2.00
1 Loom
10.00
4 [unclear text: Scleys [Sleys] ] at $2 each
8.00
2 pair Harness $2 4.00
4 Shuttles .25 1.00
2 Reels $1.00 2.00
6 Bunches of Beads Colours [Colors] assorted
6.00
1 Pair Cloth Leggins
2.00
12 Cain [Cane] Basketts [Baskets] & [deleted text: [illegible text] ] 3 double
13.00
3 Scifters [Sifters]
2.50
3 Scifters [Sifters]
1.00
4 Fann Basketts [Fan Baskets]
2.00
30 Goards [Gourds] .25 each 7.50
4 Back Basketts [Baskets]
2.00
2 Kegs .75 each 1.50
2 Fishing spears $ 1.00 2.00
[deleted text: 1 Hand Saw ]


1 Drawing Knife
.50
1 Inch Auger
.50
1 Hand Saw
2.50
6 chairs
2.50
1 lb Turkey Red
2.00
1/2 lb Indigo
1.00
3 lb [illegible text] .37 1/2
15 Bushels [unclear text: Potatoes ] at $1 per Bushel 2 Bushel Irish potatoes 2 Bushels Beans 50 acres planted in corn from half leg high to knee high all planted in pumpkins & [illegible text] of Beans 2 acrs [acres] planted in Sweet Potatoes
18.00


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This clamant [claimant] states that he owned and possessed all the property set forth in the foregoing account when he was taken prisoner by authority of the United States after the
23rd May 1838 and thereby forced to abandon it clamant [claimant] states that the horses charged for were all of fine Blood and and [and] valuable to breed from that his stock of cattle was of


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the best stock the country afforded that some of said cattle he had but a short time previous purchased at $25 for cow & calf and that he was frequently offered that sum for them on account of their superiority to the ordinary stock of the country -- in relation to the Pett [Pet] Barrow charged for clamant [claimant] states that he was verry [very] fat and of an extraordinary size. he states that in the hurry bustle & alarm when he and his family was taken the forty Dollars in silver contained in said account was left in the house. that a few days afterward he procured permission from Genl [General] Scott to go & examine for it but his house was broken open and all its furnature [furniture] gone he states that the fresh pork charged for was just killed and laying on his table to be cut up but he was taken off and it left in that condition.
Clamant [Claimant] states the foregoing [deleted text: [illegible text] ] is a correct account of the property he had at the time he was taken by the authority aforesaid and that said property was all reasonably worth the prices affixed thereto in said account. That he has been informed that a great portion of his property was distroyed [destroyed] by the white citizens living in the vicinity of his residence before the agents approved to collect and sell said property came round Clamant [Claimant] states that he was forced to abandon said property after the
23 May 1838 by authority of the United States
-- Sworn to before me [deleted text: this ]
29 Sept [September] 1838
[Signed] C McDonald [illegible text]
[Signed] John Vann
[Signed] [unclear text: Get life ] Wolf his X mark
[Signed] Standing Buffalo his X mark