Jane Elizabeth Bunch

Eastern Cherokee Application
1907

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Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
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 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 - Jane Elisabeth Bunch
English name: Jane Elisabeth Bunch, part Chickasaw
Indian name: Jane Elisabeth Bunch, part Cherokee
2. Residence: Lowry City Mo.
3. Town and post office: Lowry City
4. County: St. Clair
5. State: Missouri
6. Date and place of birth: Born July 11, 1848, St. Clair County, Mo.
7. By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each
claim separately: I claim my Cherokee Blood by my Father John Carr Bunch, who claimed to be 1/4 Cherokee Blood
of the Eastern Cherokee.
8. Are you married: I am a widow.
9. Name and age of wife or husband: husband. Dead. His name was Bunch.
10. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage.
Father - English name: Indian, John Carr Bunch - Cherokee
Indian name: John Carr Bunch - Cherokee
Mother - English name: Nancy H. Bunch - Chickasaw
Indian name: Nancy H. Bunch - Chickasaw
Maiden name: Nancy H. Talley - Chickasaw
11. Where were they born:
Father: Born in Virginia
Mother: Born in Missouri
12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
Father: St. Clair County Mo.
Mother: St. Clair County Mo.
13. Date of death of your father and mother:
Father: August 9, 1863
Mother: May 14, 1881

Submitted by John Corbin

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