A list of claims for improvements &c contd
No. 919
The United States DO
Betsy Bearpaw of Hickory log Dist
For 1 yoke steer 24.00 Milch cow and calf 15.00 | 39.00
“ 2 Cows 1 for 10.00 & 1 for 5.00 2 Heads of Sheep 3.00 each | 21.00
“ 10 Heads of Goats .02 each 4 Do Grown hogs 4.00 each | 36.00
“ 13 “ of hogs 3.00 each 22 Head shoats 1.00 each | 61.00
“ 3 Axes 2.00 1 Mattock .75 | 2.75
“ 3 Weeding hoes .75 each 2 hand jack 2.00 1 spade 1.00 | 5.25
“ 2 Augers .75 1 Chisel .50 | 1.25
“ 2 ploughs 1 stock 4.00 2 single traces 1.00 2 clevises .50 each | 5.50
“ 1 pair hames .50 2 pad locks 1.00 | 1.50
“ 1 pot 3.00 1 pot 1.00 2 pots 2.00 each | 8.00
“ 1 Oven & lid 2.50 1 Skillet 1.00 1 Loom 9.00 1 set hammers .75 | 13.25
“ 2 Slays 1.50 3 Sheckles .75 1 spinning wheel 3.00 1 reel 3.00 | 8.25
“ 2 pair cotton cards .75 & .50 | 1.25
“ 1 pair wool cards .50 1 chair .50 | 1.00
“ 3 Rugs 1.50 7 small Bottles .75 2.25
“ 2 keelers 1.00 3 Barrels 1.50 10 Earthen plates 1.25 3 pewter plates 1.50 | 5.25
“ 2 Bread trays and 1 cifter(?) .50 each | 1.50
“ 4 Large cane Baskets | 2.50
1 “ Riddle .25 1 Churn .50 | .75
“ 1 Butchers knife .50 Table 2.00 | 2.50
“ 2 Bed steads 1.00 1 Dirt pot .50 | 1.50
“ 8 lb Wool .50 each 6 lb cotton .50 each | 4.50
“ 10 Bushels corn 10.00 8 bushels beans 8.00 | 18.00
“ 6 Do potatoes .75 each 4 chickens .50 | 5.00
“ 7 Bed steads 3.00 each | 21.00
“ Crop on hand | 100.00
Total | 375.75
Personally came before me Betsy Bearpaw of the Cherokee Nation East and solemnly affirmed that the foregoing statement of claims against the United States for property forced to abandon by the authorities of the United States since the 23rd day of May 1838 are just and true to the best of her knowledge and belief
Affirmed to before me this 29th of August 1838
George Still Sr Assistant Agent for collecting claims
Betsy Bearclaw her x mark
Personally came before me Thomas Blanket and James Blanket of the Cherokee Nation east and solemnly affirm that the foregoing statement of claims against the United States for property are just and true to the best their knowledge and belief
Affirmed to before me 29th day of August 1838
George Still Sr Assistant Agent for collecting claims
Thos. Blanket his x mark
James Blanket his x mark
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