- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1814 Apr. 19, Hartford, [Georgia to] Peter Early, Governor [of Georgia], Milledgeville, [Georgia] / Lieut[enant] Colo[nel] Allen Tooke
- Creator:
- Tooke, Allen
- Date of Original:
- 1814-04-19
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Land tenure
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Lieutenant Colonel Allen Tooke writes to Peter Early, Governor of Georgia about orders he received to warn a group of settlers who crossed the Ocmulgee River from Pulaski County, Georgia that they are on Indian land.
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:
- tcc154
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc154
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc154#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc154/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:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 77, folder 31, document 11.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Letter
Lieut. Colo. [Lieutenant Colonel] Allen Tooke dated Hartford
19 April 1814.
[deleted text: Intruders ]
Indian Affairs
Page: [2]
10
Hartford
April 21st
His Excellency Peter Early Milledgeville
Page: [3]
Hartford
19th April 1814.
Sir
I receivd. [received] your Order of the 5th Instant [unclear text: setting ] forth that you had receiv.d [received] information that some persons had mov.d [moved] from Pulaski County A Cross the Ocmulgee River & had settled on Indian lands with an intention of makeing [making] [unclear text: Across ] & Requiring me to take Charge of this Business & without delay to visit in person The individuals who may be thus offending & to warn them of [unclear text: there ] danger & Require them to move back instantly & on my return To Report to you my proceedings with the Names of the persons who are settled on Or [unclear text: occupying ] the Indian [unclear text: Land ] Adjasiant [Adjacent] to my County.
Sir I have Complied with The Above Cited order as fair as in my -- power, with some difficulty owing to the High waters, & on examination I find the following persons [unclear text: occupying ] the indian Lands, to wit, -- Benjamin Porcy & his Wife Polley, who has a house [unclear text: some ] land Cleared and under a fence with an intention To plant. Also keeps stock for John [unclear text: Lester ] -- Benjamin Brown, has Cow pens & keeps his Own stock, -- Nelley Lamb & her two daughters Polley & Nancy, has a House at brown
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Cowpens [Cow pens] and A small piece of ground planted, Thomas [unclear text: Rogers ] & his Brother Has a Clearing Prohaps [Perhaps] at a [unclear text: giss ] from eight to ten [unclear text: acoss ] with An intention to plant, Living on this side The River -- I have seen all the aforesaid persons And have Required them to move back instantly And inform.d [informed] them of the Consequence should They Continue, there [their] answer to me was as it Was Contrary to Order that they would Amediately [Immediately] Move back or as quick as possible, & that they Would quit Clearing or planting [unclear text: any ] land On the Indian side of the River
I send you herewith a list of persons [unclear text: name ] Agruable [Arguable] to the information that I have -- Receiv.d [Received] that has turned [unclear text: stark ] over the river Benjamin Brown, John Lester, Wm. [William] Goodson Wm. [William] Johnson, Wm. [William] S. [unclear text: Lancaster ] [unclear text: Estate ] -- Thomas W. [unclear text: Dannal ], Benjamin Smith -- Robert Dannel, As your order to me was Silent in reguard [regard] of moving stock [deleted text: I send ] you [deleted text: herewith A List of persons names ] will Be [unclear text: pleasd ] to direct me in what manner they Are to be dealt with as they are the [unclear text: principle ] Cause of the [unclear text: many ] diperedations [depredations], should anything further [unclear text: arise ] I will transmit the same to you
I am Sir your most Obt. [Obedient] Humble servant
[Signed] Allen Tooke
Governor, [unclear text: Early ]