- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter [with copies of affidavits] 1814 Aug. 6, Hartford, Pulaski County, [Georgia to Governor of Georgia] Peter Early, Milledgeville / Allen Tooke
- Creator:
- Tooke, Allen
- Date of Original:
- 1814-08-06
- Subject:
- Creek Indians--Claims against
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Pulaski County, 32.2323, -83.47596
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
affidavits - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is a letter from Lieutenant Colonel Allen Tooke of the Georgia Militia to Governor of Georgia Peter Early (1813-1815) enclosing two copies of affidavits, dated August 6, 1814. The letter and affidavits relate to an incident in Pulaski County, Georgia in which John Rabun was attacked and wounded by three Indians who were hidden in his field. The Indians then allegedly plundered the houses of John Bolling and (Isham Frohock ?), neighbors of Rabun. Colonel Tooke reports that he has ordered a detachment to pursue the suspected Indians. It is likely that these Indians were from the Upper Creeks, as Tooke mentions that one of their "red sticks" was found at the scene of the crime.
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:
- tcc426
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc426
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc426#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc426/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:
- 5 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 47, folder 04, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Hartford
6th August 1814
Sir
It is with great pain, I have to communicate to your Excellency, that we have had a very serious Alarm from the Indians on yesterday evening three oclock [deleted text: [unclear text: at ] ] in the field of Mr. John Rabun which is between seven & eight miles below Hartford immediately [deleted text: [illegible text] ] on the river, - The said John Rabun being in his feild [field], three Indians arose out of the corn, and one of them fired on him, and wounded him severely in the back, he immediately took to flight they pursued him with the most horrid yells, and as he crossed the fence both the others fired on him and wounded him slightly in the shoulder they continued to pursue him near his house where he got his gun and would have fired on them had it not have been for his wife who clung round him and prevented him- they then proceeded to the house of Mr. John Bolling all in view, and plundered it of almost every article and took his horse, they also plundered the house of Mr. [unclear text: Isham Frohock ]
I have ordered a detachment in pursuit of them
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and should any thing occur from the expedition I will immediately [deleted text: [unclear text: any ] ] transmit the same to your excellency with the least possible delay --
I have also ordered a Lieutenants command to Fort Pike, Fort Mitchel, and Fort Green, in order to protect the defenceless [defenseless] frontier of this county.
I herewith transmit the affidafits [affidavits] relative to the foregoing facts and also one of their red sticks which was found on the ground where they shot said Rabun --
I am Sir your most Excellency most Obt. Servt. [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Allen Tooke Lt. Coln. [Lieutenant Colonel] 36th Regt. ga. ma. [Regiment georgia militia]
Copy of Affidafits [Affadavits] Georgia Pulaski County
Personally came before me the subscribing Justice John Rabun and on oath sayeth that on the fifth of this Inst. [Instant] he was in his plantation and was fired at by three Indians and was hit with two balls one in the back and the other in the left shoulder and that he ran from them they in pursuit with the
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screeks [shrieks] and yells of Savage warfare and that he succeeded in making his escape sworn to before me
August 6th 1814
[Signed] Wm [William] Hall J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
[Signed] John Rabun his R mark
Georgia Pulaski County
Personally came before me the subscribing Justice John Bolling and on oath sayeth that he was present and saw three Indians and saw them fire two guns at John Rabun and heard the report of two other Guns with the screeks [shrieks] and yells and further sayeth that on the same evening that his house was robbed and stripped of everything
sworn to before me this
6th day of August 1814
[Signed] John Bolling
[Signed] Wm [William] Hall J.P. [Justice of the Peace]
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Letter from Lieut. Colo. Allen Tooke of Pulaski County, dated "Hartford
6th August 1814."
Indian War
[deleted text: Military ]
Order taken
10th August 1814.
Indians
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By express His Excellency Peter Early Milledgeville