Runabout Scraper – Claim No. 35

National Archives, Record Group 75, Entry 224 Vol 25 pg 58

Spring Creek Valley, Cherokee County, Alabama

October 14^th 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

Runabout Scraper Full Blood Record Group 75 Entry 247 Book B pg 199

Spring Creek Valley Cherokee County, Alabama

Valuation $207.00

No. 580 S. A. Turnley + $32.80 paid 2683

Sent West January 1839 174.20

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$207

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

Joe Scraper Jr – April 2008