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COURT OF CLAIMS EASTERN CHEROKEES
August 3, 1907

Robert Huntsinger
County: Buncombe
State: NC
How old: 55 years b. 1852
Where Born: Polk Co., NC
Married: yes
Wife's name: Florence Huntsinger
What tribe does she belong? Cherokee & Seminole
Name children: Mollie age 20, b. 1887 (could be Mallie)
Father: Adam Huntsinger
Mother Hasey Goude

Where were they born?
 Father:  Don't know, was a Dutchman.
 Mother: Cherokee, NC.

Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Polk Co, NC
Date of death Father: Ten years ago
Mother: 1861
Were they enrolled for money, annuities, land or other benefits? Don't know.

Name all of your brother's and sisters:
Twin brother: Space (SP) Huntisnger b. 1852
Pete                                   1850
Tom                                    1848-1904
Patsey                                1854
Elizabeth                            1846

Where were they born? All lived in Cherokee, NC

Claimant should give English and Indian names if possible of their parents
and grandparents back to 1835: Mother died when I was nine years old. Don't
know anything about her people.

Give additional facts that would support this claim: I had one uncle, Brother
to my mother, George Goude. He was a full-blooded Indian.

Signature: Robert Huntsinger
August 3, 1907
Affidavit
Signed by John C. Murray and M. L. Merrill who being duly sworn on oath
depose and say that they are well acquainted with Robert Huntsinger, who
makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known him for 7
years, and know him to be the identical person he represents, and statements
made by him are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they
have no interest whatever in his claim.

Signed: John C. Murray and M. L. Merrill



April 10, 1908
App.: 32130
Letter to Robert Huntsinger

Sir:

Relative to your application for participation in the fund arising from the
judgment of the Court of Claims in favor of the Eastern Cherokee, state where
you resided in 1882, and why you were not enrolled at that time.
Why was the parent through whom you claim not enrolled in 1851, and where was
he or she residing in 1834-35, if living at that time? Where were your
grandparents on the side through which you claim residing in 1834-35?
If you were a slave, please state whether a slave of Indians or White people.

Very Respectfully,

Special Commissioner
_________________________
July 18, 1908
Application: 32130
Robert Huntsinger being first duly sworn deposes and says:
My name is Robert Huntsinger. I live at R.F.D. 2, Box 54, Fletcher, NC. I was
born in 1852 Polk Co., NC.  I claim Seminole Indian Blood. My uncle always
told me that it was Seminole. I claim through my mother who was a Seminole
Indian.
Subscribed and sworn to before me at Asheville, NC. This 18th day of July
1908.
G. H. Bradley, Ass't to Special Commissioner, U. S. Court of Claims.

___________________________

Buncombe No. 32130
No date.
Name: Robert Huntsinger not enrolled.
Robert Huntsinger residence Fletcher, NC
Action: Reject

It does not appear that any ancestor was a party to the treaties to 1835 & 36
to 1846. Nor does it appear that any ancestor was ever enrolled. Shows no
real connection with the Eastern Cherokee's.

Not signed.


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