- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1842 Feb. 10, Camden County, Georgia [to] Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia / Capt[ain] Aaron Jernigan
- Creator:
- Jernigan, Aaron
- Date of Original:
- 1842-02-10
- Subject:
- Seminole Indians--Claims against
Military supplies
Georgia. Militia
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Okefenokee Swamp, 30.6668928, -82.3331791
- Medium:
- reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Captain Aaron Jernigan, stationed in Camden County, Georgia, writes to Georgia Governor Charles J. McDonald (1839-1843) to request that the state reimburse him for military supplies that he purchased. He also informs the governor that a man reported seeing fresh signs of Indians (ostensibly Seminoles) leading into the Okefenokee Swamp. The same man reportedly saw a person going into the swamp who he believed to be an Indian, and a party of men was dispersed sometime afterward to search the area, but made no discovery of Indians. Jernigan further claims that he has heard report of Indian trails leading into the western border of the Okefenokee Swamp.
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. - Local Identifier:
- tcc638
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc638
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc638#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc638/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 52, folder 07, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Camden County Georgia
February 10th 1842
Sir
I have the honor to inform your Excellency that recently the waggon [wagon] master reported to Captain Casey the commanding officer at fort Moniac that he had just saw fresh Indian signs in about six or seven miles of his post, the signs were leading into the Okefeenokee Swamp, and in the dusk of the evening he Saw Some person going into a part of the Swamp which made up near the road. They were moving very briskly, and appeared to have a gun on their Sholder [Shoulder], and was in a dark dress, and he Suposed [Supposed] it to be an indian but the light of the day being So far past that he was unable to ascertain positive whether it was an indian or not. as he incamped [encamped] near that place Some time after night he Saw the light of fire Some distence [distance] in the Swamp, as there was but a Small force with the train there was no pursuance in either case. The officer commanding after receiving this report he dispatched a Lieut and a party of men who proceeded on the road to where the Signs were Seen and they made no discovery of the Indians on the road, So they returned to their post without making any further examinations (so says the waggon [wagon] master) I hear that there has been trails of Indians Seen recently leading into the Swamp [added text: on the west border. ] When Genl. [General] Nelson was in command in this district in
1840. he Sent me with a detachment of my company
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to escort a train from Camp Johnson to Centrevillage, and to make Some purchases for the qr. master [quartermaster] and to Send a Supply of Subsistence up to the troops that were opperating [operating] with him, and to furnish my own company with Such Supplies as they might need. in consequence of there being no coffee in Centrevillage and knowing that Coffee was a part of subsistence that men in the field dislike very much to do without, [deleted text: [illegible text] ] So on my return I purchased one hundred and five pounds of coffee from Burris Brewer, 18 lbs of which I issued to my company and the remainder 87 lbs I turned over to Lieut [Lieutenant] James M. [unclear text: Burnside ] of my company and sent him to the Suwannee with it togeather [together] with other Supplies where I expected the Genl. [General] and qrmaster [quartermaster] was, and on his arrival there he found them absent. So he turned over the 87lbs of coffee together with the other supplies to Lieut [Lieutenant] Dugless of Captain Johnsons Company and [unclear text: takned [took] ] his receipt for the Same. now the qrmaster [quartermaster] of the U.S. army refuse to pay this claim only the 18lbs which was issued to my company because I had no evidence of its issue, more then [than] is here in [herein] mentioned. and knowing that this claim is just and [added text: I ] am confident that the coffee above mentiond [mentioned] was properly issued to the troops under Genl. [General] Nelsons command, and as the General Government refuse to pay this claim I wish to ask your Excellency if the State will pay this claim. I also wish to call the attention of your Excellency to another Small account of 4 1/2 bushels of salt issued to my company while in the Service of the state in
1840. This is also refused to be paid by the General Government, because it was an over issue beyond the
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regulation allowance. though I made a remark on my abstract of issues an extra quantity of Salt issued in consequence of the provisions being mostly fresh. which it is evident that Such provisions as we were forst [forced] to use while we were in the Service of the State Such as fresh beef and pork. it required at least twice as much Salt to the ration as what bacon [deleted text: and ] or pickled pork or beef would. I have to request of your Excellency for this account also to be paid. an immediate answer on the receipt [deleted text: will ] of this will much oblige your obt [obedient] Servent in forming [Servant informing] me whether these two accounts will be paid or not by the State. they have been properly [deleted text: [illegible text] ] made out and well proven
I have the honor to be your Excellency Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] Aaron Jernigan
His Excellency Charles J. McDonald Governor of Georgia Milledgeville Georgia
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Capt. Jernigan
1842