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My notes are in [brackets] - Roger Harvell
[Italics indicate words hand written in boldface]
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No. 18751-3
With No. 16199
Remarks:
I. D. Harwell
Bertha Hammonds
J. S. Harwell
[RDH Note: Bertha and J(ames) S. children of
Isaac Dow Harwell.]
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No. 18751
EASTERN CHEROKEES.
APPLICATION
OF
I. D. Harwell
For share of money appropriated for the Eastern
Cherokee Indians by the Act of Congress approved
Jun3 30, 1906, in accordance with the decrees of
the
Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28,
1906.
INDIAN OFFICE
EASTERN CHEROKEES
Rec MAR 22 1907
No._______
[Cannot read the signature on this paper]
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.
SIR:
I hereby make application for shuch share as may be due me of the fund
appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with
the decrees of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28, 1906, in favor
of the Eastern Cherokees.� The evidence
of identity is herewith subjoined.
1. State Full name
��������������� English name: I.D.
Harwell
��������������� Indian name: Nancy
Ann Payne
2. Residence: City
3. Town and post office: Cleburne
4. County: Johnson
5. State: Texas
6. Date and place of birth: Pulaski Giles county Tenn.
7. By what right do you claim to share?�
If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth
each claim separately: Claim through my mother Nancy Ann Payne.
8. Are you married: Yess [sic]
9. Name and age of wife: Maden [sic] name Annie E.
Davis now Annie E. Harwell age 46 years.
10. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before
marriage.
��������������� Father -� English name: James N. Harwell
��������������� ������������ Indian name: ---------
��������������� Mother - English
name: Nancy Ann Harwell
��������������� ������������ Indian name: Nancy Ann Payne
��������������� ������������ Maiden name: Nancy Ann
Payne
11. Where were they born?
��������������� Father: Columbia
Mury [sic] County, Tenn.
��������������� Mother: East
Tennessee dont know the county.
12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
��������������� Father: Giles
County, Tenn.
��������������� Mother: Giles
County, Tenn.
13. Date of death of your father and mother -
��������������� Father: about
1883���������� ��������������� ��������������� Mother:
about 1881
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14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits?� If so, state when and where: No
15. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living,
the date of death:
��������������� ��������������� NAME�� ��������������� ��������������� BIRTH��� ������������������������������� ��������������� DEATH
��������������� (1) Elizbeth
Harwell ��������������� ��������������� about 1840���������������������� ��������������� about 1900
��������������� (2) Mary Hanna
Harwell�� ��������������� ���������1842���������������������� ��������������� �� "���� 1862
��������������� (3) W.A.
Harwell���������������� ��������������� � "����� 1844���������������������� ��������������� Stil living
��������������� (4) Maranda
Harwell���������������� � "�����
1846������������� ������������������������������� �� "����
1902
(5) Jones
Harwell "
1848 "
1906
��������������� (6) I. D.
Harwell (applicant)����������� �������� 1852���������������������� ��������������� Alive
��������������� (7) Anne A.
Harwell����������� ��������������� �������� 1853���������������������� ��������������� Died 1890
��������������� (8) Mattie
Harwell��� ��������������� �������� 1858���������������������� ��������������� Stil living
��������������� (9) 2 Boys
died when small
��������������� (10) Noah
Harwell����� ��������������� about 1867���������������������� ��������������� Stil living
16. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's
and mother's side, if possible:
��������������� ��������������� FATHER'S SIDE��������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� MOTHER'S SIDE
��������������� Ambrose Harwell������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� Thomas Payne
��������������� Polie Brown������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� dont
know my grandmother's side
������������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� mother's maden name
17. Where were they born? I think they was Born in North Carolina,
grand father - granddmother's side place of birth not known.
18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Giles
County Tenn.
19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not
living, give dates of deaths:
��������������� (1)��������������� English name: James N.
Harwell� about 1883.
��������������� ��������������� Indian name: ______
��������������� ��������������� Residence: Lawrence
County, Tenn.
��������������� (2)��������������� English name: Hanna
Harwell, Giles County Tenn.
Grand mother dont know how many brothers and sisters Gran Mother had.
��������������� ��������������� Indian name: ______
��������������� ��������������� Residence: ________
��������������� (3)��������������� English name: _____
��������������� ��������������� Indian name: _______
��������������� (4)��������������� English name: _____
��������������� ��������������� Indian name: _______
��������������� (5)��������������� English name: _____
��������������� ��������������� Indian name: _______
20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other
benefits?� If so, state when and where. No.
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21. To expedite identification, claimants should give the full English
and Indian names, if possible, of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to
1835:
Grand father on my mothers side was named Thomas Payne
Remarks. Mother had 4 sisters and 3 Brothers Salina Payne died in
Henderson Co. Tenn.
[RDH Note: This last entry was lined through and initialed M.N.B <M.N.
Bauldwin below>]
REMARKS
(Under this head the applicant may give additional information that he
believes will assist in proving his claims.)
My Mothers brother Cake* Payne I remember well looked very much like an
Indian and talked like an Indian. My Mother has a sister who looks very much
like an Indian. Who live in Williamson county, Texas.
[*RDH Note:� This given name is
very hard to read, looks like "Cake", could be Carl.� I have two brothers of Nancy Payne that this
might be.� One is William C. and one is
Thomas C.� I have no information on what
either of these middle initials stood for.]
Note. - Answers should be brief but explicit; the words "Yes,"
"No," "Unknown," etc., may be used in cases where
applicable.� Read the questions
carefully:
I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
��������������� ��������������� (Signature) I D Harwell
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of March
, 1907.
��������������� My commission
expires
June 1st �����, 1907��������������� ��������������� M. N. Bauldwin ���Notary Public.
AFFIDAVIT
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who
are well acquainted with the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me� J.
M. Long� and J. N.
Bauldwin , who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say they are well
acquainted with �I. D.
Harwell� , who makes the
foregoing application and statements, and have known�� him�
for� �2� years
and� 2��� years, respectively, and know� him �to be the identical person�
who�
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�� his� �claim.
������������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� Signatures of Witnesses
������������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� J M Long
������������������������������� ������������������������������� ������������������������������� ��������������� J. N. Bauldwin
Subscribed and sworn to before me this��
16�� day� of March, ���1907.
My commission expires
June 1st �, 1907����������������������������������� M N
Bauldwin ���Notary Public.
in and for Johnson County, Texas.
Note. - Affidavits should be made, whenever practicable, before a notary
public, clerk of court, or before a person having a seal.� If sworn to before an Indian agent or
disbursing agent of the Indian service, it need not be executed before a
notary, etc.
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No. 18751��������������������������������������� Action�� Reject
Name I. D. Harwell�� and�� children.��� Residence Cleburn Texas
Reasons: Cousin of 16199.
[RDH Note: It appears that Isaac application was reject because his
cousin, applicant # 16199, had been rejected before.� No idea who that applicant was at this point.]