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CNP-WHC-OU-Claim33

Series
CNP-WHC-OU
Book
C&I
Claim Number
33
Claimants
Polly Smith (formerly Miller)
Claim Date
01/28/1842
Eastern Residence
1 mile below the Agency
States
TN
Emigrations
spring 1834
Districts
IL
Agents
P M Butler
Witnesses
James Rodgers (Claimant is my mother. My father was named James Rogers. I was 26 on 15-Jan-1842), Lizzy Fields (no relation to claimant).
Notes/Comments
Emigrated with late husband John Miller by boat. Lieut. Harris was with us. I am full Cherokee. Miller was part Cherokee. Present husband is Moses Smith, a half Cherokee. I had 7 children when I emigrated. The oldest is now in his 25th year.

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