Miller Application # 20310 Emerson Tate Carthage, Missouri ************************************************************************ 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. <> Submitter: Catherine Widener (catz@kcisp.net ************************************************************************ Rejected Cousin to Miller app. # 1171-Lewis Scruggs 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- Emerson Tate Indian Name- Unknown 2. Residence- Carthage, Missouri Town and Post Office- Carthage County- Jasper State- Missouri Date and Place of Birth- -blank- By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each claim separately: Through my mother Eliza Creech and my grandmother C. J. Loveless, my mother’s mother and my great-grandmother Ann Parker whose maiden name was Stubblefield, first married Scruggs, later Parker. Are you married? No Name and age of wife or husband- Have none Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name before marriage- Father- English name- Ben Tate Indian name- unknown Mother- English name- Eliza Tate later Edmonds then Creech Indian name- Maiden name- Eliza Herrell Where were they born? Father- Missouri Mother- Missouri Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time Father- Carthage, Missouri Mother- Carthage, Missouri Date of death of your father and mother? Father- 1863 Mother- Living Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- No Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, give date of death- 1. Sarah Woods b. 1867 2. Ida Lloyd b. 1869 3. Clarissa Nichols b. 1871 4. John Edmonds d. August 1, 1903 State English and Indian name of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible- Father’s Side Mother’s Side Unknown Emerson Herrell Clarissa Loveless, first Herrell Ann Parker, first Scruggs Louis Scruggs Where were they born? Grandmother-Jefferson City, Missouri Grandfather- born Tennessee Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Carthage, Missouri Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths English name- Louis Herrell Indian name- Residence- Fredrick, OK English name- Lucy Hinkle Indian name- Residence- Carthage, Missouri English name- Miza Rinehart Indian name- Residence- Carthage, Missouri English name- James Herrell Indian name- Residence- Carthage, Missouri English name- Eliza Creech Indian name- Residence- Hendrick Town, Missouri English name- Peter Loveless Indian name- Residence- Purcell, Missouri English name- Charles Loveless Indian names- Residence- Carter, New Mexico Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- My grand mother C. J. Loveless and my great grandmother Ann Stubblefield-Scruggs-Parker, and my mother Eliza Tate-Edmonds-Creech who lived in Carthage, Missouri in 1851. REMARKS My mother, Eliza Creech is a grand-daughter of Ann Parker whose maiden name was Stubblefield born in 1811. My grandmother C. J. Loveless who’s maiden name was Scruggs was born in Missouri in 1829, Ann Parker was enrolled in 1896 by Dawe’s Commission, her number is 30824. Signed Emerson Tate March 15, 1907 Personally appeared before me A. M. Wallingford and E. C. Hiatt, who being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with Emerson Tate, who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known him for 5 years and 15 years, respectively, and know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be, and that the statements made by him are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in this claim. Signed A. M. Wallingford and E. C. Hiatt March 15, 1907