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Subject: [WI-FREEDMEN] MILLER APP.# 22342 Joshua Holt, Pack, Hutchinson, Miller, Campbell,
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:58:19 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 # 22342
Action Taken- REJECTED
Name of applicant--JOSHUA HOLT
No. of children--X
Residence--VINITA, OK
Reason----..... THEY WERE SLAVES (can't make out the irst word )

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---JOSHUA HOLT
Indian name-

#2)Residence--VINITA, INDIAN TERRITORY
and Post Office--

#3)County--

#4)State--

#5)How old are you?--1848

#6)Where were you born? --IN FLINT DISTRICT, INDIAN TERRITORY

#7) By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more then one
relative living in 1851, set forth each claim seperatly:THRU MOTHER WHO WAS
THE SLAVE AND BILL HOLT A CHEROKEE INDIAN

#8)Are you married?--YES

#9)Name and age of wife or husband--JANE HOLT, ABOUT 42

#10)To what tribe of Indians do he or she belong?--

#11)Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their ages.

#12)Give names of your father and mother, and your mothers maiden name before
marriage.
Father- english name-JHONAS PACK
Indian name-
Mother- english name-EASTER HOLT
Indian name-
Maiden name-EASTER HOLT

#13)Where were they born?
Father- DON'T KNOW
Mother- IN GEORGIA

Page #3

#14)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at this time?
Father-DEAD
Mother- IN THE CHEROKEE NATION IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY

#15)Date of death of your father and mother:
Father---1849
Mother---1904

#16)Were they ever enrolled for money, annuities, land, or other benifits? If
so, state when and were.---MOTHER WAS ON THE KERN AND CLIFTON ROLL ONLY

#17)Name all your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if
possible.

Name--TECUMSEH HOLT
DOB---1852
DOD---LIVING

Name--SUSAN HUTCHINGSON
DOB---1833
DOD---LIVING

Name--SALLIE MILLER
DOB---1847
DOD---LIVING

Name--BETTIE HOLT
DOB---1846
DOD---LIVING

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

mothers side---NELLIE CAMPBELL

#19)Where were they born?---IN GEORGIA

#20)Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?--ALL DEAD SAVE
NELLIE CAMPBELL WHO WAS LIVING IN THE FLINT DISTRICT

#21)Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
English Name:----ALL DEAD MANY YEARS AGO
Indian Name:---
Residence:----

English Name--
Indian Name:--
Residence:---

English Name:--
Indian Name:--
Residence:---

Page 4
#22)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;--WALLACE AND KERN AND CLIFTON ROLLS


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

Remarks- Section)
Under this head the applicant may give any additional facts which will assist
in providing his
claim.------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Signature- JOSHUA HOLT

Wittnesses--JUNO MARTIN
COLUMBUS McNAIR

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 30TH day,of APRIL,1907

Notary Public- signatureAffidavit)--JACOB JONES
Commission Expires--NOV. 17TH, 1910

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

Personally appeared before me JUNO MARTIN and COLUMBUS McNAIR, who being duly
sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with JOSHUA HOLT who
makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known HIM for 55
years and 50 years, respectively, and know HIM to be the identical person HE
represents HIMSELF to be, and that the statements made by HIM are true, to
the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in
HIS claim.

Witnesses to mark-
JUNO MARTIN
COLUMBUS McNAIR

Signatures of witnesses-
JUNO MARTIN
COLUMBUS McNAIR

Subscribed and sworn to me, before me this 30TH day of APRIL, 1907.

Notary signature-.JACOB JONES
Notary commission expires-.NOV. 17TH, 1910.

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.

.
Bright Star
Freedmen Project

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