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 # 37691
Action Taken- REJECTED
Name of applicant--MARTHA HICKS
No. of children--X
Residence--HULBERT, OKLA.
Reason----APPLICANT WAS A SLAVE, SHE IS ENROLLED AS A FREEDMEN
D.C. FREEDMEN ROLL # 1725
HER PARENTS WERE SLAVES
HER HUSBAND ALSO A FREEDMEN
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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---MARTHA HICKS
Indian name-
#2)Residence--CHEROKEE NATION
and Post Office--HULBERT, INDIAN TERRITORY
#3)County
#4)State
#5)Date and place of birth?--SALINE DIST. CN
#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:--MY FATHER--MY
MOTHER
#8)Are you married?--YES
#9)Name and age of wife or husband--ROBERT HICKS--AGE 46
#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-GILBERT VANN
Indian name-
Mother- english name-JANE VANN
Indian name-
Maiden name-JANE SHARP
#13)Where were they born?
Father- OLD CHEROKEE NATION
Mother- OLD CHEROKEE NATION
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#14)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-SALINE DIST.,CN
Mother- SALINE DIST.,CN
#15)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---DIDE 31 YEARS A GOE
Mother---1862
#16)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---FATHER IN SALINE DIST IN 1851
MOTHER DONT KNOW
#17)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.
Name--SUSAN BOLES
DOB---
DOD---
Name--KATIE WILSON
DOB---32431
DOD---MISSING
Name--ELIE VANN--HALF BROTHER
DOB---
DOD---
#18)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father's side, and mother's side, if possible.
fathers side---JOSEPH VANN
ELIE VANN
mothers side---SHARP
CATEE SHARP
#19)Where were they born?---OLD,C,N,E,M,R,
#20)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--DON'T KNOW
#21)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:----MAREY STEP
Indian Name:---
Residence:---- PO LENAPAH I.T.
English Name--GEORGE MUSGROVE
Indian Name:--
Residence:---LENAPAH, I.T.
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;--TAHLEQUAH DIST C.N. 1880
#23)To assist in identification, claiment should give the full English and
Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents back to
1835.-----
W.H.HICKS-- 24 YEARS OLD
CLARENCE HICKS--22 YEARS OLD
ELER HICKS---18 YEARS OLD
JESSE HICKS--16 YEARS OLD
ALBERT HICKS--13 YEARS OLD
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- MARTHA HICKS
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 day,of AUGUST, 1906.
Notary Public- signature--THOMAS BEAUERT
Comm.Exp.-- SEP. 18TH, 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 HA HILL and J.H. WHITE, who being duly sworn,
on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with MARTHA HICKS who makes
the foregoing application and statements, and have known HER for 6 years and
2 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-
Signatures of witnesses-HA HILL..
J.H.WHITE
Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 22 day of AUG. 1907
Notary signature-.THOMAS E. BEAUERT
Notary commission expires-SEP. 18, 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,
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that include letters written to the BIA about their claim. Some have
additional papers, others do not.
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ADDITIONAL PAPER INCLUDES;
ONE PAPER WITH THREE DIFFERENT LETTERS OR NOTES ON IT.
# 1 READS AS FOLLOWS;
# 37691
MARTHA HICKS
SEE LETTER OF T.E, BEAUERT, MELVIN OKLA.
LETTER FILE
NOT RECOGNIZED AS CHEROKEE IN I.T.
# 2
WHAT NUMBER THE ROLLS
WE DID NOT GET NO NUMBER AT ALL.
RESPICTIVELLY
MARTHA HICKS
CHB 37691
#3
37691
HULBERT, OKLA. JUNE 6/08
SPECIAL COMMISSIONER, N.S.COURT OF CLAIMS,IN REPLY TO YOUR CLAIMS, IN REPLY
TO YOUR ANSWER, IN MY AFAIRS IN THE EASTERN CHEROKEE RIGHTS.
IS MY FATHER AND MOTHER MAINED HERE WITH THE EASTERN CHEROKEES, ABOUT THE
YEAR OF 1834-1835.
AND I CLAIM MY RIGHTS ON MY MOTHERS SIDE, AND MY PARENTS WERE SLAVES, AND MY
GRANDPARENTS WERE NOT SLAVES.
MY PARENTS WERE SLAVES OF THE INDIANS.
I WERE ENROLLED BY THE DAWES COMISSION AND INDERCATED ON THE FREEDMEN ROLL
AND I DON'T KNOW.
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