Wilburn Wells CARNES Eastern Cherokee Application: page 2

Wilburn Wells Carnes’ Cherokee Application, page 2, transcribed 14 Jun 2010 by Teresa McVeigh from microfilm obtained from NARA by Jim Gilmer.

14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where: Unknown

15. Name all your brothers snd sisters, giving ages, and if not living, the date of death:

Name                     Born   Died

(1) Wiley F. Carnes 1851 Living

(2) Amanda Payne 1845 Living

(3) Matilda McClain 1842 Living

(4) Isabel Carnes 1847 Living

(5) Julia McClain 1853 Living

(6) James Carnes 1840 About 1863

(7) Wm Carnes 1855 1858

16. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father’s and mother’s side, if possible:

Father’s Side             Mother’s Side

Richard Carnes         Wm. Herring

Delphia Carnes           Herring

17. Where were they born? On Paternal side Pickens Co. Ga. And South Carolina respectively

18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time? Franklin Co., Ga.

19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living; if not living, give dates of deaths:

Holloway Carnes Dead

Wells Carnes         “

Richard Carnes      “

Wm Carnes           “

Sam’l Carnes         “

Sallie (Carnes) Walters) “

Betsy Carnes                “

Lydia Carnes                 “

Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where: No

Wilburn Wells Carnes' Eastern Cherokee Application: page 1 (March 20, 1907)

Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.

Sirs:
I hereby make application for such share as may be due me of the fund apporpriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905 and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of idenity is herewith subjoined.

1. State full name--
English name: Wilbern Wells Carnes
Indian name:
2, Residence: Cherokee County
3. Town and Post office: Ball Ground
4. County: Cherokee
5. State: Georgia
6. Date and place of birth: Feby 11" 1849. Franklin Co. Ga.
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: My father Wells Carnes
8. Are you married? yes
9. Name and age of wife or husband: Olivia Carnesa Oct 25 1862
10. Give names of yoiur father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage.
Father--English name: Wells Carnes
             Indian name:
Mother--English name: Clara Carnes
              Indian name:
              Maiden name: Clara Herring
11. Where were they born?
Father: Franklin Co. Ga.
Mother: South Carolina
12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
Father: Franklin Co., Ga.
Mother: Franklin Co. Ga.
13. Date of death of your father and mother--
Father: Dec 25" 1858  Mother: 1897

(Transcribed 13 Jun 2010 by Teresa McVeigh from microfilmed records obtained from NARA by Jim Gilmer)

Marriage License of Wells CARNES and Clarissa HARRING (HERRING), Franklin County, Georgia, 27 Sep. 1839

Marriage License, Microfilm on Georgia's Virtual Vault, Franklin County, Georgia Marriage Book 1834-1850, p. 89, transcribed by Teresa McVeigh 10 Jun 2010:

Georgia
Franklin County}

T[o] any Judge Justice of the Inferior Court Justice of the Peace or minister of the Gospel you are hereby authorized to join in the holy state of matrimony Wells Carnes and Clarissa Harring given under my hand this 26th day of September 1839.

Thos King CCO

The above was solemnized by me this 27th day of September 1839.

John B Wade, P.G.