Monthly Archives: October 2012

Mapping Indian Town on Hatteras Island

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Baylus Brooks and I’ve been working for the past three years or so on reassembling the early land grants from the part of Hatteras Island where the Indian town was located.  I did a lot of the original land grants … Continue reading →

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John Lawson Legacy Days

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Roberta Estes

We’re not sure when John Lawson was born, because we know little about him before he arrived in the fledgling colony of Carolina in August of 1700.  He was obviously quite literate, judging from the fact that he wrote a … Continue reading →

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Houmas Indians of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The photo above is a group of mixed Houmas Indians in Bayou Lafourche in 1907 The Draft Registration for WWI was really a wonderful historical opportunity.  While other documents, such as the Indian Census, were taken only of tribal members, the … Continue reading →

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US Indian Census Rolls 1885 – 1940

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Did you know there was a special yearly Indian census from 1885 – 1940 in the US?  Well, there was, although it didn’t exactly incorporate everyone. The US Indian Census Rolls data base is found on Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1059&enc=1 The database … Continue reading →

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Leander Gansworth – Tuscarora or Seneca?

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Roberta Estes

In the Carlisle Indian School records, I often find the same stuent name with a different tribe association.  Some are very close, like Mohawk and Saint Regis.  Those most likely are the same person because the St. Regis are a tribe of … Continue reading →

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Tuscarora Identified by Land and Other Transactions – Part 15 – Final

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Roberta Estes

In Summary These transactions, sales, petitions and letters tell a long a sordid history of the land transactions between the Tuscarora and their “good friends,” the white people across three centuries.  Included are stories of betrayal, by the whites and … Continue reading →

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Tuscarora Identified by Land and Other Transactions – Part 14

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The Final Bertie County Transactions 1831 – Bertie County Deed book 163 page 418 William Chew et als, Indians, to the People of North Carolina This indenture made this 19th day of November in the year 1831 between William Chew, … Continue reading →

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Tuscarora Identified by Land and Other Transactions – Part 13

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Roberta Estes

The Tuscarora Attempt to Purchase Land Again Between 1818-1831, the Tuscarora in New York were attempting to purchase land.  To do so, it appears that they sold the balance of their land in NC.  The following is found under NC … Continue reading →

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Tuscarora Identified by Land and Other Transactions – Part 12

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Roberta Estes

Accounting An 1805 accounting shows two entries of interest: Cash paid Joseph B. Littlejohn assistant for the Indians – $24 Cash Paid Esther Gibson the Indian – $10 Another accounting shows: 1805 – Cash paid J. C. Guion and Joseph … Continue reading →

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Tuscarora Identified by Land and Other Transactions – Part 11

Posted on October 18, 2012 by Roberta Estes

How Ugly is Ugly? In 1803 the lands of the Tuscarora were surveyed.  William L. Byrd III, in his book, makes the following observations: 1.  James Pugh, Williams 1766 150 year lease calls for 8000 acres but is 21,752.5 acres … Continue reading →

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