- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Letter, 1842 May 2, Centrevillage, Georgia to [Governor] Charles J. McDonald, Milledgeville, Georgia / Aaron Jernigan
- Creator:
- Jernigan, Aaron
- Date of Original:
- 1842-05-02
- Subject:
- Seminole Indians--Claims against
Border patrols
Military supplies
Georgia. Militia
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842--Finance - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Okefenokee Swamp, 30.6668928, -82.3331791
- Medium:
- official reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated May 2, 1842 from Aaron Jernigan to Governor Charles J. McDonald (Governor of Georgia, 1839-1843) in response to the governor's request for an estimate of the costs of maintaining two companies of troops for three months near the Okefenokee Swamp. He also tells the governor that there are still Indians along the Georgia border and that they are a concern to the citizens there, and he asks the governor to relay to him any information that he receives about Indians in the area of the Okefenokee Swamp. Jernigan also complains of having to borrow rations from private citizens and asks the governor to authorize the quartermaster to repay those citizens for the supplies that they have loaned the troops.
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:
- tcc648
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc648
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc648#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc648/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:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 52, folder 09, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Centrevillage
May 2nd 1842
Sir,
Yours of
2nd ult. [ultimo] is recd. [received] and annexed I Send the estimate requested, I will not say that the estimate is entirely correct but I think it will be found nearly so as [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [added text: near ] so as I can possibly make it with my means at hand. I will also inform you that U.S. forces have all been removed from Georgia but they remain just on our boundary and still anoy [annoy] the citizens of Georgia as much as they were want to do when within the limits of the state. should you at any time receive any information respecting Indian sign or depredations in the Okafanoke district please inform me the nature &.c. [et cetera] of such report. I have been compelled since I have called the command now in service to borrow rations for subsistence & forage from citizens with the promise that they should be returned when supplies were purchased. the quarter master is of oppinion [opinion] that he is not authorized to return them without an order from you please give him your views of that matter
I remain your obt Servt [obedient Servant]
[Signed] Aaron Jernigan
To his Excellency Charles J McDonald
Estimate of furnishing two full companies say 120 Privates, officers & musicians and now commissioned officers with subsistence & forage for 3 months and their pay for the same period. (Say about) -- $25000.00
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To his Excellency Charles J McDonald Milledgeville Ga
Letter
Aaron Jernigan
1842