United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181821-07-03This document dated July 3, 1821 is the affidavit of Elijah Loyd, captain of District 396 of Major Simmon's battalion in Morgan County, Georgia. Loyd states that when names were taken in for draws in the land lottery that was to dispose of the former Creek lands in the counties of Early, Appling, Irwin, Walton, Gwinnett, and Hall, there was no person by the name of Burmville or Burnville Matthews, only someone named either Burwell or Burrell Matthews. The land was distributed pursuant to the Treaty of Indian Springs, signed January 8, 1821.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.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc837engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 67, folder 01, document 12.Creek Indians--TreatiesIndian land transfersCreek Indians--Land tenure[Affidavit of] Elijah Loyd, 1821 July 3, Morgan County, Georgia / [signed by] Elijah LoydText