United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027Montgomery, Hugh, fl. 18311831-07-02This letter of July 2, 1831 from Hugh Montgomery, an agent to the Cherokees, to George Gilmer, Governor of Georgia (1829-1831). Montgomery answers Gilmer's request for information on some Cherokees, including Walter Adair, Richard Taylor, and John Ross, who had sold their reservations under the Treaty of 1819. Montgomery provides information on the lineage of Ross, and several other Cherokee figures, describing their parentage and blood quantum. Montgomery complains that he cannot comment directly on any secret meetings that the Cherokee leaders might be holding regarding whether or not they plan to cooperate with the government's requests that they give up their land. He goes on to say that he is sure that the Cherokees are opposed to the idea of removal, or emigration, and that the only way to persuade them to leave is to pay them. Montgomery looks forward to the time when the Cherokee territory will be peopled by whites and rid of the "trouble of Indians".Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc525engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 49, folder 12, document 01.Cherokee Indians--TreatiesCherokee Indians--RelocationCherokee Indians--GenealogyIndian land transfersIndian agents[Letter] 1831 July 2, Cherokee Agency, Calhoun, T[ennessee to] George Gilmore [i.e., Gilmer], [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / Hugh MontgomeryText