Submitted by: catz@kcisp.net Catherine Widener Miller Application # 323 Bettie Rogers nee Whitmire Nowata, Oklahoma ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** (Admitted. Applicant’s maternal grandfather and grandmother enrolled respectively as Johnson Robbins at Goingsnake District Group # 684 and Sarah Hummingbird at Goingsnake District Group # 517.) Commissioner of Indian Affairs Washington, D. C. Sir: I hereby make application for such share as me be due me of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decrees of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith subjoined. 1. State Full Name: English Name: Bettie Rogers Indian Name: Qua-tsa 2. Residence: Nowata 3.Town and Post Office- Nowata 4.County: Cherokee Nation 5.State: Indian Territory 6.Date and Place of Birth: In May 1882 in Cherokee Nation 7.By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each claim separately: For my mother-Rachel Gerhart nee Robbins *(surname of Gerhart is hard to read) Elizabeth Robbins, my father’s sister who died with descent *(Maybe she should be her mother’s sister instead of father’s sister). My grandparents, Johnson and Sarah Robbins My great grandfather, Hummingbird My grandfather’s brothers and sisters-Austena or Stena Robbins, Thomas and Nancy Robbins My grandmother’s brothers and sisters- Aky, Janus, and Jensie Hummingbird 8.Are you married? Yes 9.Name and age of wife or husband- David Rogers, 47 years of age 10.Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name before marriage- Father- English name- Joshua Whitmire Indian name- not known Mother- English name- Rachel Gerhart Indian name- Rachela Maiden name- Rachel Robbins 11.Where were they born? Father-In Cherokee Nation Mother-In Cherokee Nation 12.Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time Father-In Cherokee Nation Mother-In Cherokee Nation 13.Date of death of your father and mother? Father- about 1884 or 85 Mother- 1890 14.Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- On Emigrant payroll in Goingsnake District 15.Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, give date of death- George Whitmire Hayden, IT Eliza Rose Lenapah, IT 16.State English and Indian name of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible- Father’s Side Mother’s Side Isaac and Elizabeth Johnson and Sarah Glass nee Whitmire Robbins nee Hummingbird *(Elizabeth Whitmire nee Glass) 17.Where were they born? Maternal grandparents in Cherokee Nation 18.Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? In Goingsnake District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory 19.Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths 1.English name- Rachel Gerhart, my mother, dead Indian name- Residence- 2.English name- Sallie Drew dead Indian name- Residence- 3.English name- Elizabeth Robbins Died without descent Indian name- Residence- 4.English name- Indian name- Residence- 3.Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- In Cherokee Authenticated Roll of 1880 and am a Cherokee Allottee. 4.To expedited identification, claimants should give the full English and Indian names, if possible of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1836. My great grandfather, Robbin, was living on Chicamanga Creek in Georgia in 1835. My great Grandfather Hummingbird lived on SittingDown Creek in Georgia in 1835. Signed-Bettie Rodgers September 19, 1906 Affidavit (The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well acquainted with this applicant) Personally appeared before me, Eliza A. Journeycake and L. A. Keys, who being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with Bettie Rogers, who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known her for 7 years and 10 years, respectively, and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, and that the statements made by her are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in this claim. Signed: Eliza A. Journeycake Signed: L. A. Keys September 19, 1906 Oscar L. Rogers-notary public Applications # 403, 362, 11492, 16752, 42746 are grouped together 403-Eliza J. Rose nee Whitmire (sister)* 362-George Whitmire (brother)* 11492-William P. Drew (first cousin)* 16752-Katie Walker (first cousin)* 42746-Charles Whitmire *(this miller app. # was added ‘after the fact’, it seems. This Charles Whitmire’s application was rejected, so it seems. However, this Charles could be related if, Charles’s father, Jonathan 'Johnson' Sr. Whitmire, is in fact Joshua Whitmire’s father. I really don’t think that this Charles belongs to this family group.) Bettie Rogers Dawes # 21982, Census Card # 9783 Miller # 22782, app. # 323 *Transcribers notes Transcribed by Catherine Widener, 2002