Jug Bunch- Guion Miller Application # 1588 -Admitted
Postal Address is Bunch – Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
Brother of #1323 and claims through same source
Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C.
SIR:
I hereby make application for such share as may 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: Jug Bunch
Indian name: Ga-da-goo-goo
2. Residence: Sequoyah District
3. Town and post office: Bunch
4. County: Cherokee Nation
5. State: Indian Territory
6. Date and place of birth: Born in Flint District, about April 1858
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: Father and Mother, Grandfather and Mother, Ja-gy Oo-sa-nar-le. (Grandmother Arly De-soo-go-ski). (Mother Jennie De-soo-go-ske). (Ne-gar-we Oo-sar-na-le, Uncle). Three Aunts viz. Ah-yo-ster and Lucy Oo-sar-na-le and Aky Oo-sar-na-le. So-ke-ne, Grandmother on fathers’
8.
Are you married: Yes
9.
Name and age of wife or husband: Annie
Bunch
10.
Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name before marriage.
Father—English name: Jack Bunch
Indian name: Ja-gy Oo-sar-nar-le
Mother –English name: Jennie Bunch
Indian name: Ge-ne De-soo-go-ski
Maiden name: Jennie “ “ “ “
11. Where were they born?
Father: Born in Flint District
Mother: Born in Flint District
12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
Father: In Flint District
Mother: In Flint District
13. Date of death of your father and mother—
Father: Died during the late war Mother: Died in 1865
14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where: Enrolled to claim in the payment of 1852 is about all I can tell
15. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if
not living, the date of death:
NAME.
BORN. DIED.
Alex Bunch about 1860 Living
Jennie
Bunch about 1856 Aug 1887
16. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible:
FATHER’S SIDE MOTHER’S SIDE
Oo-sar-nar-le was not living in
1851
Grandmother not living in 1851 Arly De-soo-go-ski
17. Where were they born? North Carolina
18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that
time? Flint District, C. N.
19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths:
(1) English name: Don’t Know
Indian name: Ne-gar-we Oo-sar-nar-le
Residence: Flint District
(2) English name: Lucy Oo-sar-nar-le
Indian name: Loo-se
“ “ “ “
Residence: Flint District
(3) English name: Don’t Know
Indian name: Ah-yo-ster Oo-sar-nar-le
Residence: Flint District
(4) English name: Betsy Justice nee De-soo-go-ski
Indian name: Gwadsy “ “ “ “
Residence: Flint District
{Note: 1, 2, & 3 are marked Father’s side. Number 4 – Mother’s side.}
20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or
other benefits? If so, state when and
where: In all payments since I was
born and by Daws Commission in 1902 to share in the Allotments of the Cherokee
Nation
REMARKS
Ne-gar-we, father’s brother- I claim share
Da-gar-le-ga
De-soo-go-ske
Gar-no-ske-ske
De-soo-go-ske
Da-le-ye-ske
De-soo-go-ski.
Are all my Uncles that I claim a share in. All of Flint District.
I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
(Signed) Jug Bunch
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 day of Oct 1906.
The Affidavit is witnessed by George Quinton , having known Jug Bunch for 10 years, and Maria Lynch having known him for 15 years.
Supplemental Application for Minor Children May 21st 1907
Jug lists birth at about June 1859 and his wife’s age at about 48.
Names of all your children living on May 28, 1906:
1. Esther Bunch 17 May 6, 1890
2. Jack “ 14 Nov
25, 1892
3. Susie “ 10 June
17, 1896
4. Nancy “ 6 Nov 9, 1900
