[Letter] 1832 Jan. 30, Bryan County, Geo[rgia], [to] Wilson Lumpkin, [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville, Geo[rgia] / Major Geo[rge] M. Waters
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) |
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| Creator: | Waters, George M. |
| Title: | [Letter] 1832 Jan. 30, Bryan County, Geo[rgia], [to] Wilson Lumpkin, [Governor of Georgia], Milledgeville, Geo[rgia] / Major Geo[rge] M. Waters |
| Date: | 1832 Jan. 30 |
| Description: | This is a letter dated January 30, 1832 from George M. Waters to Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia (1831-1835), echoing an earlier letter to General John Coffee (tcc700). Waters asserts that several individuals, including John Hamilton, Andrew Hamilton, Zachariah Slayton, Philip Coleman, Clinton Webb, Mr. Green, and John Miller, unlawfully cleared and cultivated his land along the Chattahoochee River. Waters claims this land as a Cherokee descendant, which some of the above individuals disputed in their own legal claims (tcc701). Waters states that the unlawful intrusion has limited the number of acres that he himself is able to cultivate. He therefore asks the governor to have these individuals removed from his property. Another letter related to this dispute is tcc704. Document ID: tcc703. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Subjects: | Cherokee Indians--Land tenure | Cherokee Indians--Claims | Cherokee Indians--Legal status, laws, etc. | Georgia |
| Contributors: | Hargrett Library | Digital Library of Georgia | Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | 4 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 01, folder 46, document 08. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:tcc703 |
| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 |