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- Volume 1 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 1 through 124.
- 1855 - 1856 August 17
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Volume 2 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 125 through 205.
- 1856 August - 1859 June
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Volume 3 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages 206 through 319.
- 1859 August 10 - 1861 August 21
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Volume 4 of the Zillah Haynie Brandon diaries, including pages pages 320 through 387.
- 1862 January 11 - 1871 August 1
- Diary entries are chronological but irregular (sometimes months apart, sometimes years). Topics discussed include family matters and health; religion; homes in northwest Georgia (near a settlement of Cherokee Indians) and Gaylesville in Cherokee...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Diary kept by Sarah Espy from 1859 to 1868, while living in Cherokee County, Alabama.
- 1859-1868
- In the diary Espy discusses topics such as family life, church activities, weather, household chores, and her experience during the Civil War. Transcriptions are available: http://home.mchsi.com/~mlyle/diaryintro.html [not on the ADAH website].
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from John J. Walker an emigrating agent for the Creek Indians in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Governor Clement C. Clay.
- 1836 June 2
- In the letter Walker argues that the removal of the Creek Indians has been delayed by the chief Hopoethleyahola (Opothleyaholo) and not by the merchants who have been contracted to provide them with supplies for their journey: "we have agents...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Adam James on the Tombigbee River, to "the head Chiefs in the Creek Nation."
- 1813 November 29
- James was a Scotsman living in the Choctaw nation in Noxubee County, Mississippi. In the letter he complains that Creek warriors have recently stolen horses from settlers: "I want you to put a stop to it as we want to keep in friendship." He...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Confederate pension application filed by Mary Ann York of Jackson County, Alabama.
- 1898
- Mary Ann was the widow of Merida York, who had served as a private in Company D of the 3rd Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Captain Henry Burbeck at the fort on the St. Marys River, between the United States and Spanish Florida.
- 1790 August 16
- In the letter Knox explains that the Creek nation and the United States have just signed the Treaty of New York, a pact of "peace and strict friendship." He is sending this message with Creek representatives who are returning home, and he instructs...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Captain Henry Burbeck at the fort on the St. Marys River, between the United States and Spanish Florida.
- 1790 August 17
- In the letter Knox discusses the new garrison at St. Marys; the reenlistment and recruitment of soldiers; and the cost of salaries and supplies. He also mentions the Creek representatives who will pass the fort on their way home after signing the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copies of three letters from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Major Richard Call.
- 1791 March - July
- In the first two letters (written March 17 and May 25, 1791), Knox discusses gathering troops "for the purpose of marking the line next October mentioned in the treaty of the Creeks" (referring to the new boundary lines agreed upon in the Treaty of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Secretary of War Henry Knox to Major Richard Call.
- 1791 September 27
- In the letter Knox explains the process Call must follow to obtain supplies for the troops he commands. He then discusses provisions to be given to Creek Indians who will be involved in drawing the new boundary lines agreed upon in the Treaty of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Governor Clement C. Clay in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to Colonel John Currie.
- 1837 February 21
- In the letter Clay responds to a message he has just received from Currie, which was sent almost two months before ("What can have been the cause of this delay, I am wholly unable to explain"). He explains that he has called several companies of...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Major General Thomas S. Jesup in Washington, D.C., to Governor Clement C. Clay in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
- 1836 May 19
- In the letter Jesup reports that he will be in command of the soldiers enforcing the Creek Indian removal in Alabama. The president has authorized him to request additional volunteers or militia from the state, so he asks Clay to organize troops to...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Samuel Dale to William Wyatt Bibb in St. Stephens, Alabama.
- 1818 May 3
- In the letter Dale discusses the appointment of men to military and public offices. He also mentions that "Mr Files gives mee some infermation of Mjr Davis having killed and taken some Indians." [Original spelling retained.]
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Letter from Samuel Dale to Governor William Wyatt Bibb in the Alabama Territory.
- 1818 September 23
- In the letter Dale discusses several scouting expeditions he has made recently, and he reports that "I am under a full belief there is no Indians of the disaffected in this quarter." He then asks about the future of the fort he established in...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Handwritten copy of a letter from Big Warrior and Alex Cornels at Tuckabatchee, writing on behalf of the Creek chiefs.
- 1813 April 18
- In the letter they discuss the recent murder committed by Little Warrior, a Creek Indian. The men believe that Little Warrior "will endeavour to do all the mischief he possibly can as he is now outlawed in his own Country and men out in all...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Payroll for a regiment of seventy-five Choctaw Indians, who served in the militia of the Mississippi Territory from February 1 to 16, 1814.
- 1814
- Included on the roll are the names and ranks of the soldiers; the dates of the pay period and their service; the amount of pay each received; and the signatures of the men.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Transcripts of extracts of letters regarding the Georgia-Alabama Boundary Survey Commission.
- 1824-1826
- In the first letter, dated Governor George M. Troup of Georgia addresses concerns (probably raised by John Murphy, governor of Alabama) about the locations of Indian towns that will be used as references when determining the boundary between the...
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection
- Voucher for money received from A. G. McGeehee, supervisor and commissioner of the Alabama state saltworks.
- 1864 January 9
- The money paid for the transportation of 51 slaves from Prairie Buff to Mobile, and from Mobile to the saltworks in Clarke County.
- Alabama Textual Materials Collection