Six Killer Broomstown Claim No. 95 (also No. 39)

M574 R17 mfr 117 Special File 104 Claims for losses during the Creek War

Six Killer claims against the United States

9 barrows 4 years old 41.00

21 sows & young barrows and shoats 31.50

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$72.50

To which he states that the first of these hogs

were killed by General Cocke’s Army, and the

last army, Doherty’s, killed the rest as they went

on to the Creeks, and had laid near their town

for some time.

Note: {General John Cocke and General George Doherty operated under Maj. General Andrew Jackson in working to drive the Indians from their lands during the 1812-14 time frame}

Six Killer Broomstown Claim No. 103 (also No. 50)

M574 R17 mfr 118 Special File 104 Claims for losses during the Creek War

Six Killer, Sallawee brother, Claims against the United States

1 sow $3.00

To which he states that the hog was killed by the waggoners this spring.

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

This small seemingly insignificant claim is important in that it confirms that Sixkiller and Sallawee were brothers. Emmet Starr lists Sixkiller and Scraper as brothers in his unpublished notes, yet he does not mention Sallawee. The Miller application of Charley Scraper does mention all three as brothers, and other Miller applicants also show this relationship.

Joe Scraper Jr & Michael Wren– July 2008