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Miller Application # 20308 James Herrell Carthage, Missouri Rejected Cousin to Miller app. # 1171 - Lewis H. Scruggs Minor Children - John Herrell -16 years Glen Herrell - 18 years Commissioner of Indian Affairs Washington, D. C. Sir: I hereby make application for such share as me 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 - James Herrell Indian Name - Unknown 2. Residence - Carthage, Missouri 3. Town and Post Office - Carthage 4. County - Jasper 5. State - Missouri 6. Date and Place of Birth - Carthage, Missouri February 7, 1860 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: Through my mother Clarissa J. Loveless who first married my father Emerson Herrell, later married J. Loveless and through my grandmother Ann Parker whose maiden name was Stubblefield later married Scruggs then Parker. 8. Are you married? Yes 9. Name and age of wife or husband - Alice Herrell 10. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name before marriage- Father - English name - Emerson Herrell Indian name - Had none Mother - English name - Clarissa Herrell later Clarissa Loveless Indian name - Unknown Maiden name - Clarissa Scruggs 11. Where were they born? Father - Russellville, Tennessee Mother - Jefferson City, Missouri 12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time Father - Carthage, Missouri Mother - Carthage, Missouri 13. Date of death of your father and mother? Father - June 4, 1864 Mother - Living 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, give date of death: 1. Eliza Creech b. 1840? 2. Louis Herrell b./ 1848 3. Lucy Hinkle b. 1850 4. Miza Rinehart b. 1855 5. Peter Loveless (1/2 brother) b. 1866 6. Charley Loveless (1/2 brother) b. 1868 16. State English and Indian name of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible- Father’s Side Unknown Unknown Mother’s Side Louis Scruggs Ann Parker first Scruggs 17. Where were they born? Louis Scruggs born in Virginia, Ann Stubblefield Scruggs Parker was born in Tennessee 18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Carthage, Missouri 19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths (1) English name - Jesse Haden Scruggs dead Indian name - Unknown Residence - (2) English name - James Scruggs dead Indian name - Residence - (3) English name - Miza Scruggs later m. Hale dead Indian name - Residence - (4) English name - Clarissa J. Loveless, first m. Herrell Indian name - Residence - Carthage, Missouri (5) English name - Louis Scruggs dead Indian name - Residence - 20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- No Submitted by Catherine Widener
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