Samuel Parker 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 -
English name:  Samuel Parker Bunch.
Indian name:  Bunch
2. Residence:  Meade, Meade County, Kans.
3. Town and post office:  Meade
4. County:  Meade
5. State:  Kansas
6. Date and place of birth:  December 25, 1850 St. Clair Co., 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.
Jesse Bunch, Grandfather, Indian.  John Carr Bunch, Father, Indian.
8. Are you married?  Yes
9. Name and age of wife or husband:  Lucy Bunch,  Fortey years
10. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage.
Father - English name:  John Carr Bunch.
Indian name:  Bunch
Mother - English name: Nancy Holiday Tally
Indian name:  Tally
Maiden name:  Nancy Holaday Tally
11. Where were they born?
Father:  Virginia
Mother:  Missouri
12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
Father:  St. Clair Co., Missouri
Mother:  St. Clair County, Missouri
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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