- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Affidavit of] Lankin [?] Camp, 1817 May 22, Jackson County, Georgia / sworn to before James Strawn
- Date of Original:
- 1817-05-22
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Land tenure
Boundaries
Trespass - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- affidavits
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Affidavit of Lankin(?) Camp dated May 22, 1817 and sworn to before Justice of the Peace James Strawn in Jackson County, Georgia. Camp testifies that John Henyeard, James Besley, William Hanner, Thomas Tramel (also Trammill), Harris Tramel (also Trammill), and John Mattocks are all living over the boundary line on lands reserved as Indian hunting grounds in the vicinity of Jacks Creek and Turkey Creek. Camp states, in addition, that he has seen a number of houses and improved lands on the Indian side of the Apalachee River which forms part of the Indian boundary line.
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:
- tcc831
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc831
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc831#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc831/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 67, folder 01, document 06.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Georgia Jackson County }
Pearsonaly apeaard [Personally appeared] before me [unclear text: lankin ] Camp and being duly Sworn Saith on oath that John heanyeard Esquire from Clark County now acting an acting magistrat [magistrate] for Sd [Said] county has got Cabbins [Cabins] over the boundry [boundary] line on the indian hunting Ground on turkey Creek & has there got cowpen and part of his famley [family] and his wife and tending to his Stock makeing [making] butter &c [et cetera] and this deponant [deponent] further Saith that william hanner is Keepeing [Keeping] Stock for Mr. nale over the boundary line on Jack Creeke on the indians hunting ground and liveing [living] in a good new cabbin [cabin] and Saith if they burn it he will bild [build] another } and this deponant [deponent] further Saith that thomas trammel and harris trammel has cowpens over the boundrey [boundary] line and is keepieing there [keeping their] stocks on the indian hunting ground &c [et cetera] this deponant firther [deponent further] sayeth [saith] that James Besley from morgain county is Liveing [Living] over the boundry [boundary] Line on Jacks creek on the indin [indian] hunting ground in a grat [great] new bilding [building] and waas [was] cutting Timber Like as he waas [was] for making Rals [Rails] } and this deponant firther sayeth [deponent further saith] that John Mattocks from Jackson has got a camp & a cowpen over the Boundry [Boundary] Line and is thir [their] with a perseal [passel] of womans [women] attending to his stock macking [making] Butter &c. [et cetera]
Sworn to and and subcribed [subscribed] this the
22th day of May 1817 before me
[Signed] James Strawn JP [Justice of the Peace]
[Signed] L Camp
Page: [2]
this deponant furthe [deponent further] Saith that he had latley ben Rideing [lately been Riding] a part of 1 of the line against Clark County and a part of Jackson where he saw sum [some] houses and maney [many] field in the South Side of the appalatcha River or boundrey [boundary] line
sworn to and subscribed before me this
22 day of may 1817
[Signed] L Camp