National Archives, Record Group 75, Entry 224 Vol 25 pg 58
Spring Creek Valley,
Cherokee County, Alabama
October 14th
1836
No. 35 – Runabout Scraper -
full blood Cherokee
One house 16 by 15 ft, 1
story, hewn down, sealed in side
with boards, puncheon
floor, board door shutter, board roof,
wooden chimney rock back
hearth & jambs 40.00
½ acre yard enclosure,
ordinary fence 6.00
One stable 14 by 12, 1
story, round logs,
board roof, troft &
rack 18.00
5¾ acres in one field
upland, good fence, $8 per acre 46.00
One house 13 by 13 ft, 1
story, round logs, board roof,
lined with boards, board
door shutter, puncheon floor,
wooden chimney rock back
hearth & jambs 30.00
One acre lot, good fence 15.00
4 acres in one field
upland, good fence, $8 per acre 32.00
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187.00
One well 20 ft deep 20.00
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Total 207.00
No. 580 S. A.
Turnley + $32.80 paid 2683
Sent West January 1839
174.20
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$207
Joe Scraper Jr –
April 2008