Site hosted by Angelfire.com: Build your free website today!
Scraper Claim No. 153 National Archives, Record Group 75, Entry 224 Vol 25 pg 153

 

Coosa River above Fort Armstrong Cherokee County Alabama

Nov 15th 1836

 

No. 153 -  Scraper --  full blood Cherokee

84 peach trees, bearing $1.00 each                                           84.00

2 acres in one field Coosa bottom, good fence, $12 per acre                  24.00

42 acres woodland Coosa bottom, good new fence, $4 per acre         168.00

600 rails split, 50 cents per hundred                                                 3.00

A pair of houses 14 x 14 ft, 1 story, skelped logs

8 ft passage, one room lined with boards

puncheon floor, one room and passage, dirt floor,

2 board doors, shutters board ruff, 2 wooden chimneys,

rock back hearth & jamb                                                             60.00

one rail pen 10 x 10 ft, 1 story, board ruff                                     3.00

¼ acre yard enclosure good fence                                             4.00

2- 1/8 acre lots, ordinary fence                                                     4.00

1/8 acre horse lot, good fence troft rock & bars                                    6.00

One shelter, 9 x 9 ft board ruff on forks                                            2.00

5 acres in one field upland good fence $10 per acre                            50.00

One house 20 x 16, 1½ story, hughed (hewn) logs, dobed (daubed),

lined with boards, plank loft, puncheon floor, one door cased faced

& bottom shutter, piazza 20 x 12 ft, puncheon floor, board ruff nailed on,

wooden chimney rock back hearth & jamb                                     100.00

One house 14 x 14, 1 story, skelped logs, daubed,

lined with boards, board ruff puncheon floor,

wooden chimney rock back & hearth                                        35.00

One smoke house 9 x 12, 1 story, round logs board ruff,

dirt floor, board door shutter                                                          15.00

One stable 14 x 16 ft, 1½ story, round logs, board ruff,

rail loft, board door shutter, good troft                                             25.00

One crib 9 x 12, 1½ story, round logs, board ruff, puncheon floor     15.00

One house 16 x 16, 1 story, round logs, uncovered, dirt floor, new      25.00

One house 11 x 12 ft, 1 story, split logs, board ruff, board door

shutter, black shirventts fin place         (servants fine place?)                    20.00

One house 12 x15, 1 story, split logs, board ruff, board

door shutter, dirt floor                                                                  20.00

One corn crib 13 x 6 ft, 1 story, split logs board ruff puncheon floor     10.00

One corn crib 14 x 10 ft, 1 story, round logs

board ruff puncheon floor                                                             12.00

One rail pen 10 x 10, 1 story, board ruff, board floor                         3.00

½ acre yard enclosure, good fence & double gate                       10.00

¼ acre hog lot, good fence                                                     4.00

½ acre garden lot, good fence                                                      8.00

14 apple trees – bearing, $3.00 each                                           42.00

20 apple trees, small, $1.00 each                                                    20.00

24 peach trees – bearing, $1.00 each                                           24.00

16½ acre in one field upland, good fence, $10.00 per acre            165.00

22 peach trees - bearing, $1.00 each                                         22.00

14 apple trees, large, $4.00 each                                                    72.00

½ acre lot, good fence                                                                6.00

30 acres in one field upland, good fence, $10.00 per acre             300.00

One house 14 x 16, 1 story, hewn logs, board ruff,

puncheon floor, wooden chimney rock back, old                            20.00

One crib 10 x 18 ft, 1 story, round logs, board ruff, board floor      20.00

50 acres in one field upland, good fence, wooded $8 per acre       400.00

26 peach trees, bearing, $1.00 each                                           26.00

6 apple trees, large $5.00 each                                                     30.00

5 acres in one field, upland, good fence, $10.00 per acre                50.00

                                                                                              _______________________

                                                                             Total          $1907.00

 

 

 

Scraper – Full Blood National Archives, Record Group 75, Entry 247 Book B pg 300

Coosa River above Fort Armstrong, Cherokee County, Alabama

 

Valuation                                                              $1907.00

 

1838 Aug 30  Advance to Scraper                                    $953.50      No 6805

         sent West January 1839                              $953.50

                                                                           __________________

 

                                                                          $1907.00

 

 

 

Transcribers Note: Some corrections made to punctuation & spelling for clarity.

 Joe Scraper Jr – April 2008