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 # 7642
Action Taken- ADMITTED
Name of applicant--JUDIE WALTON
No. of children--X
Residence--KETCHUM, OKLA.
Reason----SISTER OF # 7641 AND CLAIMS THRU SAME SOURCE
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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---JUDIE WALTON
Indian name-
#2)Residence--KETCHUM
and Post Office--
#3)County--CHEROKEE NATION
#4)State--INDIAN TERRITORY
#5)Date and place of birth?--FEB.6TH,1884, NEAR KETCHUM I.T.
#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:--
FATHER WILLIAM E. DOWNING,
GRANDFATHER JOHNSON DOWNING,
GRANDMOTHER JENNIE DOWNING
#8)Are you married?--YES
#9)Name and age of wife or husband--JAMES WALTON, BORN OCT. 15TH,1877
#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-WILLIAM E. DOWNING
Indian name-
Mother- english name-LOUTISHIA DOWNING
Indian name-
Maiden name-LOUTISHIA RATTLING GOURD
#13)Where were they born?
Father- IN THE OLD EASTERN RESERVATION
Mother- IN THE CHEROKEE NATION
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#14)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-IN THE EAST
Mother- IN THE CHEROKEE NATION
#15)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---APRIL 7TH, 1902
Mother---SEPT. 20TH, 1900
#16)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---FATHER ON THE 1851 ROLL AND ALL CHEROKEE ROLLS
SINCE THAT DATE
#17)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.
Name--MARY JANE LYNCH
DOB---DEC 1, 1875
DOD---MARCH 17TH,1906
Name--JOEL DOWNING
DOB---MARCH 25TH, 1890
DOD---
Name--AMANDA DECKMAN
DOB---FEB.1ST, 1877
DOD---
Name--LUCIAN DOWNING
DOB---MARCH 6TH, 1892
DOD---FEB. 13TH, 1902
Name--THOMAS L. DOWNING
DOB---MAY 17TH, 1875
DOD---NOV. 27TH, 1905
Name--CORA DOWNING
DOB---MARCH 19TH, 1894
DOD---
Name--SONSIC A. MORGAN
DOB---SEPT. 1ST, 1881
DOD---
Name--ASA DOWNING
DOB---APRIL 10TH, 1897
DOD---
Name--JUDIE WALTON
DOB---FEB. 6TH, 1884
DOD---
Name--JOHNSON L. DOWNING
DOB---NOV.26TH, 1886
DOD---
#18)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father's side, and mother's side, if possible.
fathers side---JOHNSON DOWNING
JENNIE DOWNING
mothers side---LUNA RATTLING GOURD
UNKNOWN
#19)Where were they born?---UNKNOWN
#20)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--DOWNINGS IN THE
EAST, THE OTHERS UNKNOWN
#21)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:----DAN DOWNING--DECEASED
Indian Name:---
Residence:---- VINITA
English Name--JESSIE DOWNING--DECEASED
Indian Name:--
Residence:---VINITA
English Name:-- JAMES DOWNING--DECEASED
Indian Name:--
Residence:--- VINITA
English Name:-- WILLIAM E. DOWNING--DECEASED
Indian Name:--
Residence:--- KETCHUM
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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;--IN THE CHEROKEE NATION, BOTH MONEY AND LAND
#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.------NO FAMILY RECORDS
Legal- Section )
I solemnly swear that the forgoing statements made by me are true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
Signature- JUDIE WALTON
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19TH day,of DEC.,1906
Notary Public- signature--JEFF SEXTON
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 JOHN DECKMAN and J.WALTON, who being duly
sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with JUDIE WALTON who
makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known HER for 20
years and 15 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-
JOHN DECKMAN
J.WALTON
Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 19TH day of DEC.,1906
Notary signature--JEFF D. SEXTON
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,
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---------------------------------------------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