- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1842 June 15, Fort Jackson, Georgia, [to] Governor Charles J. McDonald, Milledgeville, Georgia / Aaron Jernigan
- Creator:
- Jernigan, Aaron
- Date of Original:
- 1842-06-15
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
Georgia. Militia
Border patrols
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- official reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated June 15, 1842 from Captain Aaron Jernigan to Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia (1839-1843), stating that Jernigan's scouts have found no further signs of Indians since the murder of a elderly woman in Ware County. He says that the Indians have been in Florida, about 35 or 40 miles from the Georgia border, and he alleges that they have killed several people and burned buildings there. Jernigan credits the active scouting along the Georgia line with deterring Indian attacks in Georgia, and he vows to continue those scouts in order to protect the Georgia frontier.
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:
- tcc654
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc654
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc654#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc654/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 10, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Fort Jackson Georgia
June 15th 1842
Sir
I respectfully report to your Excellency that I have kept up regular Scouts and have thoroughly examined the exposed district without [added text: making ] any discovery of Signs of a later date [added text: then ] the murdering of the old lady [deleted text: lady ] in ware county which you have been heretofore informed of the Indians have recently been doing their work of havock [havoc] on the citizens of florida, by killing of eight or ten persons and burning of Several buildings, this happened in about thirty five or forty miles of the Georgia line near on their route when on their way to visit the Georgia frontier and I believe had it not been for the Scouting kept up on the line that they would of made another venture on the Georgia inhabitants. I will continue in the performance of my duty as long as the protection of the Georgia frontier is intrusted to me
I have the honor to be your Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] A. [Aaron] Jernigan
His Excellency Charles J McDonald} Gov. [Governor] of Georgia}
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Centrevillage
June 21
His Excellency Charles J. McDonald Governor of Georgia Milledgeville Georgia
18 3/4
Capt. Jernigan
1842