- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1842 July 1, Fort Jackson, Georgia, [to] Charles J. McDonald, Gov[ernor of Georgia], Milledgeville, Georgia / Aaron Jernigan
- Creator:
- Jernigan, Aaron
- Date of Original:
- 1842-07-01
- Subject:
- Tustenuggee
Border patrols
Georgia. Militia
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 July 1, 1842 from Captain Aaron Jernigan to Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia (1839-1843), stating that the Indians on the Georgia frontier are not limited to the group led by an Indian referred to as Tustunnuggee, who recently surrendered. Jernigan asserts that all of the Indian groups in Florida are familiar with the area along the Georgia border and visit it frequently. He informs the governor that since Tustunnuggee's surrender, other Indians have made additional inroads from Florida northward in the direction of the Okefenokee Swamp. He credits his own vigilant efforts along the border with the prevention of further attacks.
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:
- tcc656
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc656
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc656#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc656/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:
- 3 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 05.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Fort Jackson -- Georgia
July the 1st 1842
Sir
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Excellencys letter of the 6th ult. [ultimo] relative to the Surender [Surrender] of Tustenuggee and his warriours [warriors], in reply to which I have to inform your Excellency that I do not think that it is him and his warriours [warriors] alone that visites [visits] our frounteer [frontier] as I do not [deleted text: think ] think that there is [added text: a ] warriour [warrior] that resides in Florida but what is well acquanted [acquainted] with this Section of country and frequently visits it. Since the Surrender of Tutenuggee and his warriours [warriors] there has been trails of Indians discovered leading on the direction for the Okefeenokee Swamp within a bout twenty five or thirty miles of the Georgia line. but did not continue into Georgia before they returned on the direction for the evrglades this I would think was evidence Sufficient to prove that it is [deleted text: nt ] not Tustenuggee and his warriours [warriors] alone that commits the depredations on the Georgia frounteer [frontier] and I am confident had [added text: it ] not been for the Scouts keept [kept] [added text: up ] by the troops ordred [ordered] into Service by your Excellency that they [added text: would ] of made another venture on our Georgia Settlements, as we frequently Scout fifteen or twenty miles in florida for the better Safety of the pople [people] of Georgia and I am certain that they discovered our Signs [deleted text: we ] what was the cause of their return
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they Still continue murdering the people of Florida. -- Your letter was twenty one days on the way before I received it. my letter will leave centrevillage on the morning of the
5th July
I am Sir Very Respectfully yor [your] Excellencys Obt Servt [Obedient Servant]
[Signed] A. [Aaron] Jernigan
His Excellency Charles J. McDonald Gov of Georgia Milledgeville. Geo [Georgia]
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Centrevillage Geo [Georgia]
July 12th 1842
18 3/4
His Excellency Charles J McDonald Gov of Georgia Milledgeville Georgia
Capt Aaron Jernigan
1842