Special
Commissioner of the Court of Claims
601 Ourey 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 hereby
subjoined.
Note:
Answers to all questions should be short, but complete. If you can not answer, so state.
1. State full name
English name: Chesley Malone
Indian Name: The Same
2. Residence and post office:
Cookeville, R.F.D. #1
3. County: Putnam
4. State: Tennessee
5. How old are you? (left blank) Born 3 - 15 – 1852
6. Where were you born? Overton Co.
Tennessee
7. Are you married? Yes
8. Name and age of wife or husband: (left blank )
9. To what tribe of Indians does he belong:
Cherokee
10. Name all your children
who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their ages:
(1) John F. Malone 11-9-1877
(Mrs)(2) Laura E. Upton 10-10-1880
(Mrs)(3) Millie Masters 10-14-1887
(Mrs)(4) Martha E. Flatt 8-25-1886
(Mrs)(5) Mary M. Bost 1-29-1889
(6) Albert T. Malone 10-27-1891
11. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother’s name
before marriage
Father-English name: his name Bob
Johnson, I hear
Indian name:
I never saw him.
Mother-English
name: Candis Malone
Indian name: Malone
Maiden name: Candis Malone
12.
Where were they born:
Father: East Tennessee, my people say
Mother: North Carolina, near Ashley