Miller application # 1195-Mahala Ihrig-and 7 children Manford, Ok. ************************************************************************ 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 # 551 and claims through same source. Miller applicaiton # 551-Edwin Lawson and 6 children Keystone, OK Rejected. It does not appear that applicant's parents were ever enrolled or were parties to the treaties of 1835-6 and 1846. Applicant claims his great grandfather was Dennis Wolfe and enrolled in 1835, but there is no proof presented to establish that fact, except that he was told that Dennis Wolfe was enrolled in 1835.. Knows nothing about the Wolfe family. Applicant's father, mother, grandfather, George Wolfe, and two sisters and one brother were living in East Tennessee in 1835, but at least 100 miles away from the Cherokee Domain; and they lived in Arkansas in 1851, but none were ever enrolled. Under these circumstances it seems extrememly doubtful whether the Dennis Wolfe, the alleged great grandfather of claimant, is the same person as the Dennis Wolfe enrolled in 1835, and if he should have been, it is clear that the immediate ancestors of claimants had left the tribe prior to 1835. The William Martin on the roll of 1835 could not have been the father of claimant, as it is shown by testimony of Alfred M. Martin, that the father was a white man and they make no claim through him (Misc. Test. P. 2822) Misc. Test. P. 2822. No. 552 (551)-Alfred M. Martin: "My name is Alfred M. Martin; I was born in Hawkins County, Tenn., 1845; I claim my Indian blood through my mother; I make no claim through my father; my mother was born in Clebourne County, Tenn., 1807; my mother got her Indian blood through her father; My grandfather's name was George Wolfe; I do not know where my grandfather through whom I claim was born. I do not when [sic] he was born or when he died; he lived in East Tenn. in Hawkins County; I don not know when he lived there; my grandfather, George Wolfe, claims his Indian blood through his father, Dennis Wolfe. I think that I have heard that my greatgrandfather, Dennis Wolfe, was born in N.C. and that he came to Tenn.; I do now know when he was born or when he died; in 1835 my mother and grandfather through whom I claim were living in Hawkins County, Tenn.; in 1851 I was living in Benton County, Ark.; my mother died in 1851 in Benton County, Ark.; I do not know whether my great grandfather, Dennis Wolfe, was enrolled in 1835* ["*and also his seven children, three boys and four girls-I don't know the names of the children."-handwritten not at bottom of testimony] my uncle told me that my great grandfather was enrolled and I went to Claremore, Okla. and found out the same fact there; I do not know the names of any of my ancestors who received money or land; my great grandfather, Dennis Wolfe, was said to be a half Cherokee; I do not know whether my grandfather, George Wolfe, was ever enrolled or not; I do now know why I and my mother wer not enrolled in 1851." Signed Alfred M. 'X' Martin, Bentonville, Ark., September 5, 1908 EXCEPTION CASE. Alfred M. Martin, app. # 552. Rejected., Total number of exceptions filed in this group-80. Orginial recommendation renewed. Miller application # 552-Alfred M. Martin Garfield, Ark. Rejected. Uncle of # 551 and claims through same source. All this information came from 'Cherokee by Blood' by Jerry Wright Jordan Vol. 1. I would suggest that you go ahead and obtain the miller app.s. This is only a condense version, not showing all the info. These miller app.s are full in very useful information.