CAMDEN COUNTY, GA - Jernigan, Capt Aaron  to Gov McDonald, Military supplies purchased 1842

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Extracted from:
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
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By Tara D. Fields
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March 06, 2004
History and Genealogy of Camden and Charlton Counties, Georgia 
http://www.camdencounty.org

Document: TCC638 
[Letter] 1842 Feb. 10, Camden County, Georgia [to] Charles J. McDonald, Governor of Georgia, Milledgeville, Georgia / Capt[ain] Aaron Jernigan

author: Jernigan, Aaron 
date: February 10, 1842 
extent: 4p 
summary: Captain Aaron Jernigan, stationed
in Camden County, Georgia, writes to Georgia
Governor Charles J. McDonald (1839-1843) to
request that the state reimburse him for
military supplies that he purchased. He also
informs the governor that a man reported
seeing fresh signs of Indians (ostensibly
Seminoles) leading into the Okefenokee
Swamp. The same man reportedly saw a person
going into the swamp who he believed to be
an Indian, and a party of men was dispersed
sometime afterward to search the area, but
made no discovery of Indians. Jernigan
further claims that he has heard report of
Indian trails leading into the western
border of the Okefenokee Swamp.
 
repository: Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries 
collection: Telamon Cuyler 
box: 52 
folder: 07 
document: 02 

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Camden County Georgia 
February 10th 1842 
Sir
I have the honor to inform your Excellency
that recently the waggon [wagon] master
reported to Captain Casey the Commanding
officer at fort Moniac that he had just saw
fresh Indian signs in about six or seven
miles of his post, the signs were leading
into the Okefeenokee Swamp, and in the dusk
of the evening he Saw Some person going into
a part of the Swamp which made up near the
road. They were moving very briskly, and
appeared to have a gun on their Sholder
[Shoulder], and was in a dark dress, and he
Suposed [Supposed] it to be an indian but
the light of the day being So far past that
he was unable to ascertain positive whether
it was an indian or not. as he incamped
[encamped] near that place Some time after
night he Saw the light of fire Some distence
[distance] in the Swamp, as there was but a
Small force with the train there was no
pursuance in either case. The officer
Commanding after receiving this report he
dispatched a Lieut and a party of men who
proceeded on the road to where the Signs
were Seen and they made no discovery of the
Indians on the road, So they returned to
their post without making any further
examinations (so says the waggon [wagon]
master) I hear that there has been trails of
Indians Seen recently leading into the Swamp
[added: on the west border.] When Genl.
[General] Nelson was in command in this
district in 1840. he Sent me with a
detachment of my company to escort a train
from Camp Johnson to Centrevillage, and to
make Some purchases for the qr. master
[quartermaster] and to Send a Supply of
Subsistence up to the troops that were
opperating [operating] with him, and to
furnish my own company with Such Supplies as
they might need. in consequence of there
being no coffee in Centrevillage and knowing
that Coffee was a part of subsistence that
men in the field dislike very much to do
without, [deleted: [illegible]] So on my
return I purchased one hundred and five
pounds of coffee from Burris Brewer, 18 lbs
of which I issued to my company and the
remainder 87 lbs I turned over to Lieut
[Lieutenant] James M. [unclear: Burnside]of
my company and sent him to the Suwannee with
it togeather [together] with other Supplies
where I expected the Genl. [General] and
qrmaster [quartermaster] was, and on his
arrival there he found them absent. So he
turned over the 87lbs of coffee together
with the other supplies to Lieut
[Lieutenant] Dugless of Captain Johnsons
Company and [unclear: takned [took]] his
receipt for the Same. now the qrmaster
[quartermaster] of the U.S. army refuse to
pay this claim only the 18lbs which was
issued to my company because I had no
evidence of its issue, more then [than] is
here in [herein] mentioned. and knowing that
this claim is just and [added: I] am
confident that the coffee above mentiond
[mentioned] was properly issued to the
troops under Genl. [General] Nelsons
command, and as the General Government
refuse to pay this claim I wish to ask your
Excellency if the State will pay this claim.
I also wish to call the attention of your
Excellency to another Small account of 4 1/2
bushels of salt issued to my company while
in the Service of the state in 1840. This is
also refused to be paid by the General
Government, because it was an over issue
beyond the regulation allowance. though I
made a remark on my abstract of issues an
extra quantity of Salt issued in consequence
of the provisions being mostly fresh. which
it is evident that Such provisions as we
were forst [forced] to use while we were in
the Service of the State Such as fresh beef
and pork. it required at least twice as much
Salt to the ration as what bacon [deleted:
and ] or pickled pork or beef would. I have
to request of your Excellency for this
account also to be paid. an immediate answer
on the receipt [deleted: will] of this will
much oblige your obt [obedient] Servent in
forming [Servant informing] me whether these
two accounts will be paid or not by the
State. they have been properly [deleted:
[illegible]] made out and well proven

I have the honor to be your Excellency Obt Servt [Obedient Servant] 
[Signed] Aaron Jernigan 

His Excellency Charles J. McDonald
Governor of Georgia 
Milledgeville Georgia 

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Capt. Jernigan 
1842