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From: "Betty A. Pace" <>
Subject: [PACE-L] FW: Pace, Polly nee Scruggs
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 06:20:01 +0000

> Subject: Pace, Polly nee Scruggs

> You found this information at
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~itgenweb/apps/pace-polly.htm

> Miller Application # 36283

> Polly Pace nee Scruggs
> Owasso, Oklahoma

> Rejected
> Sister of 7501- James C. Scruggs

> Special Commissioner of the Court of Claims
> 601 Ouray Building
> Washington, D. C.

> Sir:
> I hereby make application for such share as may 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 - Polly Pace nee Scruggs
> Indian name

> 2. Residence and post office - Owasso, Indian Territory

> 3. County - Cherokee Nation

> 4. State - Indian Territory

> 5. How old are you? 33 years Born December 30, 1873

> 6. Where were you born? Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory

> 7. Are you married? I am a Widow

> 8. Name and age of wife or husband -
> Nelson Pace, died September 19, 1905

> 9. To what tribe of Indian does he or she belong? White

> 10. Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving
their
> ages.

> 1. George W. Pace 17 years
> 2. Benson Pace 15 years
> 3. Samuel P. Pace 13 years
> 4. Seymore Pace 9 years

> 11. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name
before
> marriage-

> Father - English name - George W. Pace (White)
> Indian name

> Mother - English name - Julia Ann Pace (Cherokee)
> Indian name -
> Maiden name - Julia Ann Pack

> 12. Where were they born?
> Both in Tennessee

> 13. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
> Both in Tennessee

> 14. Date of death of your father and mother

> Father - Living in Chelsea, I. T. Mother - October 4, 1884

> 15. Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land or other
benefits?
> If so, state when and where.

> . Father is white, but mother is Cherokee and mother came to Indian
> Territory in 1870, from TN

> 16. Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residences
if
> possible-

> 1. James C. Scruggs April 11, 1870 Chelsea, I. T.
> 2. Polly Pace nee Scruggs December 30, 1875 Owassa, I. T.
> 3. George G. Scruggs October 4, 1880 Chelsea, I. T.
> 4. John P. Scruggs March 25, 1868 Adair, I. T.

> My mother’s mother had brother and sisters as follows---
> Thomas Evans (Cherokee) d. about 1890
> John Evans (Cherokee) d. about 1898
> Pruda Evans (Cherokee) d. when just a girl

> It is thought that the last above named were on the 1835 roll.

> 17. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father’s
> and mother’s side, if possible-

> Father’s side
> White people

> Mother’s side
> Benson Pack (Cherokee)
> Mary Pack nee Evans (Cherokee)

> 18. Where were they born ?

> The Packs were born in North Carolina and they with the above named
Evans
> were born in Old Cherokee Nation, North Carolina

> 19 Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?

> In Tennessee

> 20 Give names of all their children, and residence if possible-

> 1. Jane Pack d. Tennessee maybe
> 2. Hannah (?) nee Pack d. Had heard maybe Ohio
> 3. James Pack d. Died in Civil War
> 4. Pruda (sic) Pack d. been dead 19 or more years
> 5. Benson Pack “
> 6. Julia Ann Scruggs (mother) d. at Chelsea, I. T. 23 years ago .

> 21. Have you ever been enrolled for money, annuities, land or other
> benefits? If so, state when and where.

> 22. To assist in identification, claimant should give the full
English
> and Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents
back to
> 1835.

> REMARKS

> Signed-

> AFFIDAVIT

> Personally appeared before ? and ? , who being duly sworn, on oath
depose
> and say that they are well acquainted with ? who makes the
foregoing
> application and statements, and have know ? for ? years and ?
years,
> respectively, and know ? to be the identical person ? represents ?
to be,
> and that the statements made by ? are true, to the best of their
> knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in his
claim.

> Witness to mark Signatures of Witness


> Submitted by Catherine Widener

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