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 # 26309
Action Taken- REJECTED
Name of applicant--SAMUEL MCCURTAIN
No. of children--
Residence--DAWSON, OKLA.
Reason----APPLICANT CLAIMS THROUGH MOTHER # 22059
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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---SAMUEL MCCURTAIN
Indian name-SAME
#2)Residence--DAWSON
#3)Town and Post Office--DAWSON
#4)County--WESTERN DISTRICT
#5)State--INDIAN TERRITORY
#6)Date and place of birth?--CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY
#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 MOTHER, KATIE
KERNEL
#8)Are you married?--NO
#9)Name and age of wife or husband--
#10)Give names of your father and mother, and your mothers maiden name before
marriage.
Father- english name-JACK MCCURTAIN
Indian name-SAME
Mother- english name-KATIE KERUL
Indian name-SAME
Maiden name-KATIE VANN
#11)Where were they born?
Father- DON'T KNOW
Mother- DON'T KNOW
#12)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY
Mother- CHEROKEE NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY
#13)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---
Mother---LIVING
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#14)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---YES
#15)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.
Name--MOLLIE CARSON
DOB---ABOUT 60
DOD---LIVING
Name--JOHN HENRY HENDERSON
DOB---58
DOD---LIVING
#16)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father's side, and mother's side, if possible.
fathers side---VANN
mothers side---HARRIET VANN
#17)Where were they born?---GEORGIA
#18)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--CHEROKEE NATION,
INDIAN TERRITORY
#19)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:--NEVER WAS
MARRIED
English Name:----
Indian Name:---
Residence:----
English Name--
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
English Name:--
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
#20)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;--YES
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#21)To assist in identification, claiment should give the full English and
Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents back to
1835.-----VANN
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- SAMUEL (his x mark) MCCURTAIN
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 day,of JUNE, 1907.
Notary Public- signature--Wm. QUERRY
CommExp.--12/15.07
Affidavit)--
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses, who are
well acquainted with the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me HENRIETTA JOHNSON and SUSAN B. BUFFINGTON, who
being duly sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with SAMUEL
MCCURTAIN who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known
HIM for 6 years and 18 years, respectively, and know HIM to be the identical
person HE represents HIMSELF to be, and that the statements made by HIM are
true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest
whatever in THIS claim.
Witnesses to mark-
Signatures of witnesses--- HENRIETTA JOHNSON
SUSAN B. BUFFINGTON
Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 22 day of JUNE, 1907.
Notary signature---Wm. QUERRY
Notary commission expires--- 12/15/07
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