Samuel Parker 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:
am unable to do so
Remarks:
(Under this head the applicant may give any additional information that he believes will assist in proving
his claims.)
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 swar that the foregoing statements made by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Signature  Samuel Parker Bunch
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of January, 1908.
My commission expires Sept. 4, 1910
James H. Reading, Notary Public.

Affidavit
(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well acquainted with
the applicant.)
Personally appeared before me W.P. Candle and James R. Kelly, who, being duly sworn, on oath depose
and say that they are well acquainted with Samuel Parker Bunch, who makes the foregoing application
and statements, and have known him for 20 years and 25 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.
Signature of witness
W.P. Candle
James R. Kelly
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of January 1908.
My commission expires Sept. 4, 1910
James H. Reading

Submitted by John Corbin

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