Georgia Indian Depredation Claims

Download or read book Georgia Indian Depredation Claims written by Carlton J. Thaxton and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1081 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstracts of claims compiled in a WPA project in 1938, published in seven typescript volumes as "Georgia Indian depredation claims against the Creek Indians," dating from 1787-1825. This compilation was from original documents in the Georgia Dept. of Archives and History. An 8th volume has the spine title "Georgia Indian depredations 1827-1830," and is a part of this series of claims, but it is a federal document, entitled Indian Depredations in Georgia, 21st Congress, 1st session, House of Representatives, War Department, Document no. 25, and is dated 1830. These claims and letters tell a story of frontier life found nowhere else than in diaries and letters. They mention the deaths of husbands, wives and children and the loss of homes, horses and farm animals, crops and personal property. Many of these claims are witnessed by neighbors and local officials, so there are many names involved other than those of the claimants. This book contains abstracts of documents, full text of some documents which could not be easily abstracted, a name index and a place name index.--From Preface, p. iv.