- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Petition] 1798 July, Dead River, Montgomery County [to the] governor
- Date of Original:
- 1798-07-00
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- petitions
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Petition to the governor, dated July 1798, signed by Isaac Lefaver, Demsey Wood, Hardy Wood, Lewis Milford, James Wood, Nicholas Sovilla, Richard Gittins, and John Nappier, reporting thefts and depredations committed by Indians and requesting assistance from the governor.
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:
- tcc107
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc107
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc107#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc107/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 17, document 12.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Montgomery County Dead River
July the [unclear text: 14th ] 1798
We your humble petitioners desires to inform your excelensey [excellency] the governor of the [unclear text: disstressed setteation [distressed situation] ] [deleted text: [illegible text] ] that we your subjects and humble petitioners Live under by haveing [having] the [unclear text: savedges [savages] ] continnued [continued] amoungst us [added text (appears to be in different hand and ink): who ] [deleted text: which ] of Late [deleted text: has ] [added text (appears to be in different hand and ink): have ] been ordered on their own Side by the [unclear text: federell offesors [federal officers] ] from fort [unclear text: james ] [deleted text: which ] orders they have disobayed [disobeyed] and in anger they have told some of the [unclear text: sittezens [citizens] ] of this place that they was Liveing [living] on iandians [indian's] Land and on fridey [friday] knight [night] the
[unclear text: 22 ] of june their [there] was a [unclear text: hors [horse] stole ] from Richard [unclear text: giddeyon ] and a mare & Coalt [Colt] from John [unclear text: Napper ] which horses was tracked to the [unclear text: alte me ha ] whare [where] they [deleted text: was ] Crossed over and at the same time a bell stole from Isaac [unclear text: Lefaver ] and an [unclear text: ax stole [ax stolen] ] [added text (appears to be different ink): from ] [unclear text: drary mines ] on thirsdey [thursday] knight [night] the [unclear text: 12th ] of this of this [of this] instant at the plantation of dempsey wood their [there] was different [unclear text: depredations ] commited [committed] such as fenses [fences] thrown down to the ground in divers [diverse] places Corn in full [unclear text: Roasteny ] ears was very mutch [much] broken down and disstroyed [destroyed] corn of a younger adge [age] was placed up by the Roots and Cotten [cotton] and petaters [potatoes] plucked up by the Roots and at the same time the [unclear text: sd [said] ] dempsey wood haveing [having] a yoke of oxen out of hand at the time which Rendered him uneasey [uneasy] the next day went out to hunt them and saw a eandian [indian] while he was looking his oxen at Lenth [length] he found one ox shot in the woods the other not found
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we your humble petitioners desires your honner [honor] would send us most speedey [speedy] Releaf [Relief] sutch [such] as your excelencey [excellency] May think most sootable [suitable] for to continnue [continuous] us whein [when] we are in safety for we are placed in the point of dainger [danger] and [unclear text: docover ] a [unclear text: Lardg [Large] ] part of the inhabetance [inhabitance] we still desire your honner [honor] would firnish [furnish] us with arms and ammenition [ammunition]
So we have the pleasure to subskribe [subscribe] ourselves your honners [honor's] most obediant [obedient] and humble Servents [servants]
[Signed] Isaac [unclear text: Le faver ]
[Signed] Demsey Wood
[Signed] Hardy Wood
[Signed] Lewis [unclear text: Milford ] [added text: his mark > ]
[Signed] James [unclear text: Wood ]
[Signed] Nicholas [unclear text: Sovilla ]
[Signed] Richard [unclear text: Gittins ]
[Signed] John [unclear text: Nappier ]