- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Deposition] 1798 July 16, Montgomery County, Georgia / [given by] Demsey Wood
- Creator:
- Wood, Demsey
- Date of Original:
- 1798-07-16
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- depositions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Deposition dated July 16, 1798 by Demsey Wood in Montgomery County, Georgia, stating that Indians had damaged his fences and crops and shot a steer.
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:
- tcc106
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc106
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc106#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc106/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:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 17, document 12.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
State of Georgia Montgomery County
Demsey Wood pearsonally [personally] appeared before me and being Duly Sworn Sayeth that on the twelfth of this Instant at night their [there] [unclear text: come ] in to his field a partie [party] of Indian as it appeared to him by the Sign [unclear text: that ] the [unclear text: Left ] and plucked the ears of [unclear text: corn ] and pulled up other [unclear text: Stalk ] of corn also pulled up Stalks of Cotton & [unclear text: Likewy [Likewise] ] pulled up Vines of potatoes Left his [unclear text: fenc [fence] ] Down in Several [unclear text: plases [places] ] which has proved very Fetal [fatal] to his Crap [Crop]
Likewise near about the Same time he found a worker Steer of the Deponant [Deponent] Shot which he has Reason to believe was shot by the Indians further the Deponant [Deponent] Saying not
[Signed] Demsey Wood [unclear text: sworn ] to before me
this
16th of July 1798
[Signed] Jesse Embree J:P [Justice of the Peace]