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Six Killer – Claim # 233
Georgia Archives - Burns & Waters Valuation Book B - Island Town Valuations #2
 
Island Town, Chatooga River

 

Dec 1836         Six Killer  F. _  near Poe                                  1.00

Dwelling house 20 x 16 feet, hewn logs & joist,

story & half high, puncheon floor, neatly lain

up inside, one chimney                                                60.00

One dwelling house 30 x 16 hewn logs & joist,

neatly painted up, one chimney                                                60.00

Cook house 20 by 16 ft, round logs, one chimney          25.00

Crib 8 by 12 ft, round poles                                       10.00

Two fodder houses 12 by 14 each, round poles                    20.00

Two corn cribs round logs at 10 each                              20.00

Set of stables 40 by 60 ft, round logs                               50.00

1 field 12 acres at 7 dollars per acre                               84.00

one field 18 acres at 7 dollars per acre                              126.00

one field 12 acres at 7 dollars per acre                               84.00

one small lot          at                                                        5.00

37 peach trees at .75 cents each                                         27.25

6 apple trees at 2 dollars each                                        12.00

                                                                                        _______________________

                                                                                  $587.25

 

 

 

National Archives, Record Group 75, Entry 224 Vol 25 pg 150

Coosa River near Fort Armstrong, Cherokee County Alabama

Nov 15th 1836

 

No. 149 – SixKiller – Full Blood Cherokee
One house 14 – 16 feet, 1 story, skelped logs, board 

ruff, board loft, lined with boards, puncheon floor,

board door shutter, wooden chimney rock back hearth & jamb                  30.00

One house 16 – 14 feet, 1 story, round logs, board ruff, dirt floor                25.00

One crib 8 – 7 feet ½ story, round logs, board ruff, puncheon floor              8.00

2 acres in one field upland, ordinary fence, $9.00 per acre                         18.00

                                                                                                   _________________________

                                                                                         total       $81.00

 

 

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

 Joe Scraper Jr – April 2008