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
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Total
$1907.00
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
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$1907.00