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 # 22354
Action Taken- REJECTED
Name of applicant--BETTIE HOLT
No. of children--0
Residence--VINITA, OKLA.
Reason----..... SISTER OF # 22342
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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---BETTIE HOLT
Indian name-
#2)Residence--VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY
and Post Office--
#3)County--
#4)State--
#5)Date and place of birth?--IN FLINT DISTRICY ABOUT 1846
#6)Where were you born? --
#7) By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more then one
relative living in 1851, set forth each claim seperatly:---THRU MOTHER WHO
WAS A SLAVE OF BILL HOLT A CHEROKEE NATION
#8)Are you married?--WIDOW
#9)Name and age of wife or husband--DENNIS HICKS, DECEASED
#10)To what tribe of Indians do he or she belong?--
#11)Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their
ages.
#12)Give names of your father and mother, and your mothers maiden name before
marriage.
Father- english name-JESSE HICKS
Indian name-
Mother- english name-EASTER HOLT
Indian name-
Maiden name-EASTER HOLT
#13)Where were they born?
Father- IN GEORGIA
Mother- IN GEORGIA
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#14)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-IN THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY
Mother- IN THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY
#15)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---DON'T KNOW
Mother---1904
#16)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---MOTHER WAS ON THE KERN AND CLIFTON ROLL ONLY
#17)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.
Name--JOSH HOLT
DOB---1849
DOD---LIVING
Name--TECUMSEH HOLT
DOB---1852
DOD---LIVING
Name--SUSAN HUTCHINGSON
DOB---1833
DOD---LIVING
Name--SALLIE MILLER
DOB---1847
DOD---LIVING
#18)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father's side, and mother's side, if possible.
fathers side---
mothers side---NELLIE CAMPBELL
#19)Where were they born?---IN GEORGIA
#20)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--ALL DEAD SAVE
NELLIE CAMPBELL WHO WAS LIVING IN THE FLINT DISTRICT
#21)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:----ALL DIED MANY YEARS AGO
Indian Name:---
Residence:----
English Name--
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
English Name:--
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
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#22)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;---KERN AND CLIFTON ONLY
#23)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- BETTIE HOLT
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30TH day,of APRIL, 1907.
Notary Public- signature--JACOB J. JAMES
CommExp.-- NOV, 17TH, 1910
Affidavit)--
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses, who are
well acquainted with the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me COLUMBUS McNAIR and JUNO MARTIN, who being duly
sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with BETTIE HOLT who
makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known HER for 50
years and 30 years, respectively, and know HER to be the identical person SHE
represents 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-
B.W. S.
L.G. CULLENS
Signatures of witnesses-
COLUMBUS McNAIR
JUNO MARTIN
Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 30TH day of APRIL, 1907
Notary signature-JACOB J. JAMES
Notary commission expires-NOV, 17TH, 1910
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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Bright Star
Freedmen Project