Hi Everyone,
PLEASE NOTE ALL RESPONSES TO QUESTION ARE IN CAPS.
Below are the questions asked on the Miller Applications I have sent you info
on in the Freedmen Project work. I hope to get at least two a week submitted.
For those of you who cannot afford these NARA applications, I would advise
that after you confirm it is your line, that you send for the packet, for
source proof. Remember geneology is nothing without documentation.
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Application # 35015
Action Taken- REJECTED
Name of applicant--MARY JANE QUALLS
No. of children--5
Residence--ROLAND, OKLA.
Reason---- GRANDAUGHTER OF G.W. VANN
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SPECIAL COMMISSIONER of the COURT of CLAIMS,601 Ouray Building, Washington
D.C.
Sir,I hereby make application for such share as may be due me of the fund
appropriated by the ACT of CONGRESS, appoved June 30, 1906, in accordance
with the decrees of the COURT of CLAIMS of May 18,1905, and May28, 1906, in
favor of the eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith
subjoined.Note: Answers to all questions should be short, but complete. If
you can not answer, so state.
Question # 1)State full name:
English name---MARY JANE QUALLS
Indian name-
#2)Residence--ROLAND
and Post Office--
#3)County--
#4)State--INDIAN TERRITORY
#5)How old are you?--ABOUT ? Born--- ABOUT 1847
#6)Where were you born? --NEAR LINE OF TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI
#7)Are you married?--YES, HUSBAND DEAD
#8)Name and age of wife or husband--JOHN QUALLS
#9)To what tribe of Indians do he or she belong?--CHEROKEE
#10)Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their
ages.
Name--JAMES QUALLS
Age--21
DOB--DEC.16,1886
Name--JOHN QUALLS
Age--19
DOB--SEP.15,1888
Name--WESLEY QUALLS
Age--18
DOB--NOV.18,1889
Name--EMPEROR QUALLS
Age--17
DOB--JULY 26,1890
Name--BENJAMIN QUALLS
Age--15
DOB--JAN.11, 1891
Name--SARAH QUALLS
Age--12
DOB--AUG.31,1894
#11)Give names of your father and mother, and your mothers maiden name before
marriage.
Father- english name-JAMES VANN
Indian name-
Mother- english name-CHARLOTTE VANN
Indian name-
Maiden name-CHARLOTTE BROWN
#12)Where were they born?
Father- CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY
Mother- OLD NATION, TENNESSEE
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#13)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-NOT YET BORN
Mother- OLD NATION, TENN.
#14)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---LIVING
Mother---DON'T KNOW
#15)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---CHEROKEE, FT. GIBSON, INDIAN TERRITORY
#16)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.
Name--NEVER HAD ANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
Born--
Died--
#17)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father's side, and mother's side, if possible.
fathers side---G.W. VANN
MARY JANE VANN
mothers side---DON'T KNOW
#18)Where were they born?---
Father--G.W. IN OLD CHEROKEE NATION, TENN.
Mother--MARY JANE VANN, LINE OF ALABAMA AND TENN.
#19)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--CHEROKEE NATION,
INDIAN TERR.
#20)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:----SEMANTRA VANN
Indian Name:---
Residence:----
English Name--PARTHENA VANN
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
English Name:-- JAMES VANN
Indian Name:--
Residence:--- FT. SMITH
English Name:----NEWTON VANN
Indian Name:---
Residence:---- INDIAN TERRITORY
English Name:----HARRISON VANN
Indian Name:---
Residence:---- ROLAND, INDIAN TERR.
English Name:----RICHARD VANN
Indian Name:---
Residence:---- ROLAND, INDIAN TERR.
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#21)Have you ever been enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other
benifits? If so, state when and were,and with what tribe of Indians.
ANSWER;--FT. GIBSON, CHEROKEE
#22)To assist in identification, claiment should give the full English and
Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents back to
1835.-----
Remarks- Section)
Under this head the applicant may give any additional facts which will assist
in providing his
claim.------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Legal- Section )
I solemnly swear that the forgoing statements made by me are true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
Signature- MARY JANE QUALLS
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14TH day,of AUG. 1907.
Notary Public- signature--W.H. DRUBLOZIER
CommExp.--JULY 6TH, 1908
Affidavit)--
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses, who are
well acquainted with the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me JOHN QUALLS and SINEY LITTLE, who being duly
sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with MARY JANE QUALLS
who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known HER for 16
years and 8 years, respectively, and know HER to be the identical person SHE r
epresents HERSELF to be, and that the statements made by HER are true, to the
best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in HER
claim.
Witnesses to mark-
Signatures of witnesses-
JOHN QUALLS
SINEY LITTLE
Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 14 day ofAUG.,1907
Notary signature---W.H. DRUBLOZIER
Notary commission expires---JULY 6TH, 1908
NOTE: Affidavits should be made, whenever practicable, before a notary
public,or clerk of the court, if sworn to before an Indian agent or
disbursing agent of the Indian service, it need not be before a notary,
etc.--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------MY PERSONAL NOTE:Pages after
that include letters written to the BIA about their claim. Some have
additional papers, others do not.
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Freedmen Project