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

                                                                                              _______________________

                                                                             Total          $1907.00

 

 

 

Scraper – Full Blood National Archives, Record Group 75, Entry 247 Book B pg 300

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

                                                                           __________________

 

                                                                          $1907.00

 

 

 

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

 Joe Scraper Jr – April 2008