Miller application # 1171 Lewis H. Scruggs Claremore, 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. <> Submitter: Catherine Widener (catz@kcisp.net ) ************************************************************************ Miller Application # 1171 Lewis H. Scruggs Claremore, Oklahoma Rejected It does not appear that ancestors were ever enrolled, or were parties to the treaties of 1835-6 and 1846. Ancestors of applicants lived in Missouri in 1835 and 1851. They show no connection with Eastern Cherokees. See Misc. Testimony P. 2284 and 3909. MISC. TEST. P. 3009. 21097-Ida A. Bruner: " I am 38 years of age. I claim my Indian blood through my mother and she claims through her mother. My father and my husband are white men. My mother was born in about 1854 in Carthage, Missouri, and died when she was sixteen years old. Her mother's names was Clarissa J. Loveless. Her maiden name was Scruggs. My mother's mother is still living at Carthage, MO. She has filed application. She claimed through her mother Ann Parker. Ann Parker was married twice. The first time she married a Scruggs and the second time she married a Parker. She was a recognized Cherokee citizen, and was enrolled by the Daws Commission. Her number is 30824. She died about two years ago somewhere in the Indian Territory. I think she had an allotment with the Cherokees. I don't that application was ever made for me to the Dawes Commission but I am not sure. None of us ever got anything except my great grandmother. I have an uncle named Peter Loveless, who is a half brother of my mother on their mother's side that lives in Miami, Okla. He has made application. My mother has a full sister living at Carthage, Missouri named Lucy Hinkle. She gave in her testimony at Carthage about a month ago. I depend entirely for my claim of Indianblood through Ann Parker. Ann Parker's madden (sic) name was Stubblefield. I don't know what name Ann Parker was going by in '51. I think she married Parker along about the time of the war or a short time before, but am not sure. My mother has a sister living in Carthage named Eliza Creach. She also has another sister living at Carthage, but I don't remember her last name. Her first name is Miza. My mother has a full brother living near Carthage, Lewis Herrell Also another full brother living somewhere in Oklahoma by the name of James Herrell. Another half brother on the mother's sie name Charley Loveless, He lives near Carthage but I don't think he made application as he was in New Mexico when we all made our applications." Signed- Ida A. Bruner, Ottawa, Kansas October 20, 1908 MISC. TEST. P. 2284 Appl. # 20315-1171 " My name is Lucy Hinkle, I live at Carthage, Missouri. I was born in 1851 in Carthage, Missouri. My mother was born, I think, in 1829 in Cole County, Missouri. My mother's name before she was married was Clarissa Scruggs. My mother is living, and has filed an application. Her name is now Clarissa Loveless. Her number is # 20303. I claim through my grandmother, Ann Stubblefield. She was born in Tennessee. She came to Missouri when she was about 13 years old. She was married four times. Her maiden name was Stubblefield, My grandmother was born, I think, in 1811. My grandmother was enrolled at Tahlequah. She died in 1907. She got land. Her roll number on the Five Civilized Tribes is # 30824. She was 87 years old when she was enrolled by Dawes Commission, make her date of birth 1811. She moved to I. T. from Texas about 13 years ago. She move out from Tennessee (grandmother) when she was about 13 years of age her own accord. I could not say I ever heard my mother, or grandmother say anything about the Treaty of 1835. I don't know whether my grandmother was ever enrolled before. My mother had three brothers and two sisters. Her brothers were Hayden, Jimmie, Lewis. I think Lewis Scruggs made application to the Dawes Commission. He died three years ago at Claremore, Oklahoma. My grandmother had a brother Will and a brother Robert Stubblefield." Signed Lucy Hinkle Carthage, Missouri August 27, 1908 EXCEPTION CASE.- Clarissa Nichols (App. # 20300) and 1 child. 600 W. 36th Street Rosedale, Kansas Rejcted, Original recommendation renewed. Miller Application # 1171 Lewis H. Scruggs Claremore, Oklahoma Rejected It does not appear that ancestors were ever enrolled, or were parties to the treaties of 1835-6 and 1846. Ancestors of applicants lived in Missouri in 1835 and 1851. They show no connection with Eastern Cherokees. See Misc. Testimony P. 2284 and 3909 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: Lewis H. Scruggs English Name- Indian Name- 2. Residence- Claremore 3. Town and Post Office- Claremore 4. County- Cherokee Nation 5. State- Indian Territory 6. Date and Place of Birth- Claremore, Indian Territory 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: By my father 8. Are you married? NO 9. Name and age of wife or husband- None 10. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage- Father- English name-Lewis H. Scruggs Indian name- Mother- English name- Julia Scruggs (White woman) Indian name- Maiden name- Julia Schultz 11. Where were they born? Father- Carthage, Missouri Mother-Wise County, Texas 12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time Father- Missouri Mother- Not born 13. Date of death of your father and mother? Father- December 21, 1903 Mother- Living 14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- Don't know 15. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, give date of death- None Listed 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 Lewis H. Scruggs (white) Ann Parker nee Stubblefield 17. Where were they born? In the State of Georgia 18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Carthage, Missouri 19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths (1) English name-Clarissa Loveless Indian name- Residence- Carthage, Missouri (2) English name- Hayden Scruggs (dead) Indian name- Residence- (3) English name- Miza Penington (dead) Indian name- Residence- (4) English name- Jim Scruggs (dead) Indian name- Residence- (5) English name- Lewis H. Scruggs (dead) Indian name- Residence- 20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- Have not Application # 1171 This is inserted in the Miller application. 1. State your father's Indian name. ( if any) State your father's English name. His name was Lewis H. Scruggs, Sr. He did not have any Indian name. 2. State your mother's Indian name. (if any) State your mothers' English name. Julia Scruggs, a white woman. 3. State Indian names (if any) and English names of your grandparents. Lewis H. Scruggs, Grand-father, Ann Parker nee Scruggs nee Stubblefield, Grandmother 4. Do you claim through your father's or mother's side? Through my father, Lewis H. Scruggs, son of Mrs. Ann Parker, nee Scruggs nee Stubblefield. 5. Where were your Indian ancestors born? I don't know 6. If your grand-parents are not full bloods, give Indian and English names of their parents, if they were Cherokee Indians. His grand-mother, Mrs. Ann Parker, about four years ago made application to the Dawes Commission for enrollment as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and it was rejected, and she Appealed to the courts and was finally admitted and allowed to file. You can get the history Of her family from the records of her case. 7. Through whom do you claim? He claims through his father and grand-mother, said Ann Parker whose maiden name was Stubblefield. Signed Julia Scruggs (gdn. Of Lewis H. Scruggs, also his mother) Letter in Miller Application # 1171 from the Office of A. F. Mood, attorney at law, Claremore, Indian Territory. November 5, 1907 Mr. Guion Miller, Washington D. C. Dear Sir: I send you herewith a certified copy of the filing of Annie Parker, who was the mother of Lewis H. Scruggs, Sr., who was the father of Lewis H. Scruggs, Jr., which shows that this Annie Parker, the grand-mother of Lewis H. Scruggs, was a Cherokee and on the Cherokee Roll. You can get the history of her family by calling on the Dawes Commission for the record of her application for citizenship as she was admitted a few years ago by the courts after her application was rejected by the Dawes Commission. She died recently in Sherman, Texas, and she claimed to be 94 years old when she filed which would make her about 98 when she died. The father of Lewis H. Scruggs was about 61 years old when he died three years ago. The applicant, Lewis H. Scruggs, was born on October 6, 1900. Annie Parker went from Carthage, Missouri to Sherman, Texas, and then to the Indian Territory, and about three years ago she went back to Sherman, Texas, where she died. Yours respectfully, Julia Scruggs