- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Affidavit of] James Moore, 1813 July 13, Jones County, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1813-07-13
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Wars--1812-1815
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- affidavits
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Affidavit of James Moore given before Jacob Mordicai, the Justice of the Peace in Jones County, Georgia on July 13, 1813. Moore claims that the Creeks of all the Upper Towns have declared war and that the Creek leader Big Warrior was murdered by the Red Stick Creeks. Moore also relates what he has learned about the Red Stick Creeks' recent activities and plans, including a deal with Spain and Britain to receive supplies of ammunition and arms. This document was most likely the original enclosure of tcc045 on the Southeastern Native American Documents Database.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc046
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc046
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc046#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc046/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 01, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Gorgia
Jones County
Personally Appear,d [Appeared] Before me James Moore who being sworn saith [said] on oath that he was obliged to leave the Indian Nation saith [said] that the [unclear text: wole [whole] ] of the upper towns have taken the war [unclear text: Club but ] two the Indians Informed him last friday that thay [they] were a leaveing [leaving] the Big warrior and jonining [joining] the war Party and had left him all but sixty men saturday night about Midnight a fellow Came to him the [unclear text: Moore ] and Told him that thay [they] had [unclear text: Killed ] the Big Worrior [Warrior] I waited to get the true Intelegence [Intelligence] and Never Could get it till saturday Night last which the fellow that I depended to get this [unclear text: Intilegence [Intelligence] ] from [unclear text: Charged me ] purticular [particular] not to let any Red Person know it for if he did thay [they] would Kill him and advised me to Come away for thay [they] would Pretend to be [unclear text: frend ly [friendly] ] till thay [they] got ready and then kill you thay [they] are directed by the Profit [Prophet] that is among them to kill any of there [their] own People if thay [they] do not take up the war Club when thay [they] first [unclear text: imbodied [embodied] ] he odered [ordered] them them [them] to make a hundred arrows Every man and to keep themselves In Rediness [Readiness] for he had a letter that was Given to the short warrior at [illegible text] by the Commanding officer of the british and informed them that if thay [they] would Carry it to Pensacolah that [deleted text: that ] the Spaniards or British would furnish
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them with Arms and aminition [ammunition] or any thing that thay [they] wonted [wanted] and he had sent the letter to Pensacolah and the Governor had Excepted [Accepted] it and told them thay [they] should have what thay [they] wanted thay [they] have started from ten to twelve horses out of every town the horses started last saturday Morning thay [they] have sent from ten to twelve fellows from every town of there smartest men there orders is to be back in sixteen days if Posible [Possible] . thay [they] keep [unclear text: imbodied [embodied] ] untill [until] [unclear text: there ] amunition [ammunition] Comes and then thay [they] mean to fall in upon the frontiers of Gorgia the alabamers and ten towns of the [unclear text: Chactows ] means to fall In upon the [unclear text: Tensaw ] and [unclear text: Bigby ] thay [they] did Inform me that the seminoles had joined them
sworn to Before me this
13th of July 1813
[Signed] [unclear text: Mordicai ] Jacob [unclear text: J, P, [Justice of the Peace] ]
[Signed] James Moore his
[Signed] M mark