Miller Application # 20307 Peter Loveless Purcell, Missouri Or Miami, 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 ************************************************************************ Info only…….. I don’t have the complete application. Rejected Cousin to Miller app. # 1171-Lewis H. Scruggs Minor children- Jonathan Loveless- 11 years Jesse Loveless- 2 years-hard to read 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- Peter Loveless Indian Name- 2. Residence- Purcell, Missouri Town and Post Office- Purcell, Missouri County- Jasper State- Missouri Date and Place of Birth- Carthage, Missouri November 3, 1866 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 Clara J. Loveless, my mother, and my grandmother (mother’s mother) Ann Parker, whose Maiden name was Stubblefield. First she married Scruggs, later Parker. My mother married Herrell and later Loveless. Are you married? yes Name and age of wife or husband- Ida Loveless 44 years Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name before marriage- Father- English name- Jonathan Loveless Indian name- Mother- English name- Clarissa J. Loveless Indian name- Maiden name- Clarissa J. Scruggs Where were they born? Father- Indiana Mother- Missouri Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time Father- Missouri Mother- Missouri Date of death of your father and mother? Father- Mother- Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and if not living, give date of death- 1. Eliza Creech (1/2 sister) b. 1840? 2. Louis Herrell (1/2 brother) b./ 1848 3. Lucy Hinkle (1/2 sister) b. 1850 4. Miza Rinehart (1/2 sister) b. 1855 5. James H. Herrell (1/2 brother) b. 1860 6. Charley Loveless b. 1868 State English and Indian name of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible- Father’s Side Mother’s Side Ann Parker Louis Scruggs Where were they born? Ann Parker was born in East Tennessee. Louis Scruggs was born in Virginia. 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- Jesse Scruggs Dead Indian name- Residence- English name- James Scruggs Dead Indian name- Residence- English name- Misie Scruggs Dead Indian name- Residence- English name- Louis Scruggs Dead Indian name- Residence- Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where- Witness’ Signed-