CNP-WHC-OU-Claim91 – Trail of Tears Claims

Series

Book

C&I

Claim Number

91

Claimants

Claim Date

02/10/1842

States

Emigrations

1817 with Cabin

Present Residences

abt 2 mi abv Dwight Mission, on Salisaw.

Districts

Agents

Witnesses

Gi-ni--she-hah or Cabin: emigrated with Thomas Benge. Lived abt 1/4 mi from him (2.5 mi from Old Agency on Hiwassee). Benge md abt 2 yrs before em. Claimant was small girl. Her sister b in AR.

Notes/Comments

Improvement abandoned by my father, Thomas Benge. Father d.abt 8 yrs ago. I have 1 sister living, named Ah-yo-gah. She lives with me. My husb English name Leonard Fox. Father was half-breed. Mother full Cherokee who d in AR soon after emigration.