Submitted by:  catz@kcisp.net    Catherine Widener

Miller Application # 159

                                        Pickens E. Willis

                                       Dawsonville, Georgia
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( Applicant enrolled by the Act of Congress. Brother, Priestly Willis enrolled by Chapman # 2005. Applicants father dead in 1851.
Mother enrolled Chapman # 2009 as Mary Burnhill, see remarks in app.)

*(I find that the surname for Mary Burnhill may be Barnhill, instead.)

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- Pickens E. Willis

Indian Name- Unknown

2. Residence- Dawsonville, Georgia Dawson County

   3.Town and Post Office- Dawsonville, Georgia 
   4.County: Dawson 
   5.State: Georgia 
   6.Date and Place of Birth: March 17th, 1830 in Dawson, Co., Georgia 
   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: 

     I claim through my mother she was living in 1851

      

      

   8.Are you married? Yes 
   9.Name and age of wife or husband- Francis Willis, 68 years old 
  10.Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name before marriage- 

     Father- English name- William Willis

     Indian name- Unknown

     Mother- English name- Mary Willis

     Indian name- Unknown

     Maiden name- Mary Dougherty

  11.Where were they born? 

     Father-Don’t know Mother-I think Lumpkin County, GA

  12.Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time 

     Father-Dead in 1851 Mother- 1851 in Lumpkin County, GA

  13.Date of death of your father and mother? 

     Father-Don’t know Mother-March 16, 1894

  14.Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- 

     Mother in 1851 in Lumpkin County, Georgia

  15.Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, give date of death-

   1.Priestly E. Willis 
   2.Susan Willis 
   3.Edwin R. Willis 
   4.William H. Willis

   3.State English and Indian name of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible- 

     Father’s Side Mother’s Side

     Daniel Willis James Dougherty

     Indian name Unknown Indian name Unknown

   4.Where were they born? Don’t know 
   5.Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? 

     They were not living in 1851

   6.Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths

   1.English name- William Willis d. Unknown 

     Indian name- Unknown

     Residence-

   2.English name- Mary Dougherty 

     Indian name- Unknown

     Residence-

   3.English name- Susan Dougherty 

     Indian name- Unknown

     Residence-

   4.English name- Charles Dougherty 

     Indian name- Unknown

     Residence-

   5.English name- Benjamin Dougherty

     Indian name- Unknown

Residence-

   3.Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where-

In 1851 in Lumpkin County, Georgia. In 1893 at Tahlequah, Indian Territory according 

to my recollection.

 

Witness’

Signed-

 

 

                                            REMARKS

Grouped with…………

2812-(duplicate of 159)

2813-(duplicate of 159)

4622-(duplicate of 159)

5056-Sarah M. Hulsey nee Willis (neice)*

25436-Martha Jane Rosalee Shed nee Husley (grandniece)*

25437-William Roscoe Husley (grandnephew)*

25040-Alvin Alonzo Husley (grandnephew)*

32956-Charlie McDuffey Husley (grandnephew)*

39273-Ella J. Thrasher nee Husley (grandneice)*

10433-Nancy Brooksher nee Husley (rejected, shows no connection to with Eastern Cherokees)*

15893-William Husley (rejected, brother to Nancy Husley, above, shows no connection to this family)*

Grouped with……..

22650-Nathaniel Dow Willis (son)*

23196-Eliza Darnell nee Willis (daughter)*

10633-Ester Janie Martin Nee Willis (daughter)*

22769-Andrew E. Willis (son)*

23428-Eula Pinson nee Darnell (granddaughter)*

26734-Russell R. Howard (grandnephew)*

24553-Charles P. Howard (grandnephew)*

24554-Ella Jones nee Howard (grandniece)*

24555-Helen Mooney nee Howard (grandniece)*

37217-Fannie Jenkins nee Gunter (I don’t’ know the family tie here, number may be wrong.)*

29088-William B. Willis (think this is his son, don’t have the miller app. to find out.)*

29089-Mary E. Latty nee Willis (granddaughter?, she is daughter of William B. Willis)*

28177-Edna Marshall (I don’t know how she connects to this family, yet)*

*Transcriber notes

Dawes # one-residence in Georgia

Miller # 3025, app. # 159

re-admitted to Cherokee Nation by Commission for Cherokee Citizenship, September 13, 1887

Transcribed by Catherine Widener, 2002