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Chenahse/Genahsa

Transcribed by Aidan Treacy, Sewanee—The University of the South

 

“No 107 56

The United States       To Chenahse   Dr.

 

For 1 Cow $12—20 head stock hogs @ $2—52—

,,Bed furniture $10—2 Pots @ $2 —             14—

,,1 Brass Kettle $5 —crockery $2—              7—

,,14 cups @ 12 ½ cts. 2 Pails @ 75¢              3.25

,,1 Keeler 50 cts 10 Chickens @ 12 ½ ¢        1.75

,,1 Loom & wheel & p[air] cards                   14

,,1 Axe $ 2—4 fanners @ 25¢            3—[total] 95

 

The claimant in this case states (on oath) that she lived at Ah muchee and come to this country

in Bells detachment and now lives on Saline Creek, she states she was rudely forced from home

by the soldiery where she left every article charged in the account, and was never suffered to

return

Sworn to and subscribed before me

March 15th 1842

  1. Mulkey Cl[erk] Genahsa her X mark

 

No 107 [sic]

The witness in this case states (on oath) that he lived a neighbor to the claimant, and knows that she was forced from home by the same men that forced him from home, and that she was possessed of the property charged in the account & had to leave it all behind

Sworn to & subscribed before me

March 15th 1842

J Mulkey Cl[erk]                    Jimmy his X mark”

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