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Jane Elizabeth Bunch
Eastern Cherokee Application
1907
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21. To expedite identification, claimants should give the full
English and Indian names, if possible, of
their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835:
don't know
Remarks:
(Under this head the applicant may give any additional information that he
believes will assist in
proving his claims.)
I further claim under my Grand Father Jessee Bunch who claimed 1/2 Cherokee
Blood and my
Father John Carr Bunch was 1/4 Indian Cherokee.
Note. - Answers should be brief but explicit; the words "Yes," "No," "Unknown,"
etc., may be
used in cases where applicable. Read the questions carefully.
I solemnly swear that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the best
of my knowledge
and belief.
Signature Jane E. Bunch
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of March 1907.
My commission expires Sept. 4th, 1910
James H. Reading, Notary Public
Affidavit
(The following affadavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well
acquainted with
the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me Jonas Rothgeb of Lowry City Mo. and J.W. Shepherd
of Lowry City
Mo., who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted
with Jane Elizabeth
Bunch, who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known her
for 25 years and 30
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.
Signature of witness
Jonas Rothgeb
J.W. Shepherd
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th day of March, 1907.
My commission expires September 4th, 1910
James H. Reading, Notary Public
Note - Affidavits should be made, whenever practicable, before a notary public,
clerk of the court, or
before a person having a seal. If sworn to before an Indian agent or disbursing
agent of the Indian service,
it need not be executed before a notary, etc.
Submitted by John Corbin