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Subject: [MD-AfricaAmer-L] MILLER APP.# 13523 Ellen Lynch, Beck, Back, Wetherford, Buffington,
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:33:52 EST

Hi Everyone,

PLEASE NOTE ALL RESPONSES TO QUESTION ARE IN CAPS.

Below are the questions asked on the Miller Applications I have sent you info
on in the Freedmen Project work. I hope to get at least two a week submitted.
For those of you who cannot afford these NARA applications, I would advise
that after you confirm it is your line, that you send for the packet, for
source proof. Remember geneology is nothing without documentation.

Page 1)
Application # 13523
Action Taken- REJECTED
Name of applicant--ELLEN LYNCH
No. of children--X
Residence--FORT GIBSON, OK
Reason---- APPLICANT BORN 1859 AND IS ENROLLED BY DAWES COMMISSION ALSO
CHEROKEE FREEDMEN 101 --(see letter)

Page 2)

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, appoved June 30, 1906, in accordance
with the decrees of the COURT of CLAIMS of May 18,1905, and May28, 1906, in
favor of the eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith
subjoined.Note: Answers to all questions should be short, but complete. If
you can not answer, so state.

Question # 1)State full name:
English name---ELLEN LYNCH
Indian name-

#2)Residence--CHEROKEE NATION
and Post Office--FT GIBSON

#3)County--CHEROKEE NATION

#4)State--INDIAN TERRITORY

#5)How old are you?-- BORN 1859

#6)Where were you born? --CHEROKEE NATION

#7) Bywhat right do you claim to share? If you claim through more then one
relative living in 1851,set forth each claim seperatly:MY FATHER RUTHERFORD
BECK, GRANDMOTHER CYNTHIA BACK, & GRANDFATHER JOSEPH BECK AND UNCLES CHARLES
WETHERFORD, ELLIS BUFFINGTON,JOHN AND JOSEPH BECK,& UNCLE HEAD BECK.

#8)Are you married?--YES

#9)Name and age of wife or husband--W.M. LYNCH, AGE 40

#10)Give names of your father and mother, and your mothers maiden name before
marriage.
Father- english name-RUTHERFORD BECK
Indian name-
Mother- english name-TEMPY BECK
Indian name-
Maiden name-

#11)Where were they born?
Father- CHEROKEE NATION
Mother- CHEROKEE NATION

Page #3

#12)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-CHEROKEE NATION
Mother- CHEROKEE NATION

#13)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---UNKNOWN
Mother---UNKNOWN

#14)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---NONE

#15)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.--
NONE

#16)State English name and Indian names of your grandparents on both
father's side, and mother's side, if possible.
fathers side---JOSEPH BECK


mothers side---UNKNOWN

#17)Where were they born?---CHEROKEE NATION

#18)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--

#19)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:----RUTHERFORD BECK
Indian Name:---
Residence:----
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name--CHARLES WETHERFORD BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- ELLIS BUFFFINGTON BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- JOHN BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- JOSEPH BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- ARY BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- POLLY BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- BETTY BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- SUSAN BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- HEAD BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

English Name:-- JEFF BECK
Indian Name:--
Residence:---
dob--
dod--DEAD

Page 4
#20)Have you ever been enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other
benifits? If so, state when and were,and with what tribe of Indians.
ANSWER;---ALLOTED LAND BY THE DAWES COMMISSION


#21)To assist in identification, claiment should give the full English and
Indian names, if possible, of their parents and grandparents back to
1835.-----
JOSEPH BECK SR.

Remarks- Section)
Under this head the applicant may give any additional facts which will assist
in providing his claim.-----JOSEPH BECK AND FAMILY RESISED IN DELAWARE
DIST.IN 1851.
HEAD BECK MAY HAVE BEEN ENROLLED BY SOME OTHER GIVEN NAME, BUT HEAD IS THE
ONLY NAME I KNOW HIM BY, HE WAS THE OLDEST SON OF JOSEPH BECK SR.

Legal- Section )
I solemnly swear that the forgoing statements made by me are true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.

Signature- ELLEN LYNCH

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22ND day,of JANUARY, 1907

Notary Public- signatureAffidavit)--HENRY EIFFINT
comm.exp.-- OCT 16, 1907

(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses, who are
well acquainted with the applicant.)

Personally appeared before me ELIZA ANDRE and EMMA S. CUNNINGHAM, who being
duly sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with ELLEN LYNCH
who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known HER for 10
years and 10 years, respectively, and know HER to be the identical person SHE
represents HERSELF to be, and that the statements made by HER are true, to
the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in
HER claim.

Witnesses to mark-
E

Signatures of witnesses-
ELIZA ANDRE
EMMA S. CUNNINGHAM

Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 22ND day of JANUARY, 1907.

Notary signature-.HENRY EIFFINT
Notary commission expires-.OCT 16,1907

NOTE: Affidavits should be made, whenever practicable, before a notary
public,or clerk of the court, if sworn to before an Indian agent or
disbursing agent of the Indian service, it need not be before a notary,
etc.--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------------------------------MY PERSONAL NOTE:Pages after
that include letters written to the BIA about their claim. Some have
additional papers, others do not.

LETTER ATTACHED TO APPLICATION:

APPLICATION NO. 13523-866
FORT GIBSON, OK
JAN 28,1909

MR GUION MILLER, WASHINGTON D.C.,

SIR,
YOUS OF 22 INST RECIEVED AND I WILL SAY IN REPLY, I WAS ENROLLED BY
THE DAWES COMMISSION UNDER THE NAME OF ELLEN LYNCH, MY ROLL NUMBER IS 101.

VERY RESPECTIVLY,
ELLEN LYNCH





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