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Cains P.O. Ga  
October 16th 1839  
To his excellency George R. Gilmer --  
I address you makeing [making]  an enquiry of you concerning four men that was discharged from my command in the Cherokee campaign of  
1838 -- without pay and according to an act of the legislatur [legislature]  of  
1838 -- paying Soldiers for service that had been rendered that they had not been paid for. Thos [illegible text], John Kilpatrick, Wm [William]  Murphy Senr & Wm [William]  [deleted text:  [illegible text]  ]  Murphy Junr- and they prosecuting their case before the agents that was appointed to examine those accounts, with what they could establish in regard to the service that they rendered, through [illegible text]  [deleted text:  [illegible text]  ]  and they wish to Know, by your addressing me with a few lines, what is the issue and would be the issue- if the thing was carried on according to the Act So passed of  
1828  
 
Your Obt Sevt [Obedient Servant]   
[Signed]  James Tuggle  
 
 
 
 
 
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Cains Po Ga} 
 
Oct 17th 1839} 
Paid 12 1/2 
Hon. G. [George]  R. Gilmer Executive Dpt Milledgeville Ga 
per mail }  
 
Letter  
 
Capt James Tuggle  
Claims of [illegible text]  men of [illegible text]