EXTRACT OF EASTERN CHEROKEE APPLICATION # 15755

(disposition card)

No. 15755
Action: Admitted
Name: Rebecca A. Blankenship and children
Residence: Tailscreek, Ga
Reason: mother to # 24
Enrolled Chapman # 1915

Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington, D.C.

Sir:
I hereby make application for such shares as may be due me of the fund appropriated by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906, in accordance with the decrees of the 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:   Rebecca A. Blankenship
   Indian name:

2. Residence:   Tailscreek, Gilmer County, Georgia

3. Town and Post Office:   same

4. County:   Gilmer

5. State:   Georgia

6. Date and place of birth:   March 21, 1846 Gilmer County, 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:  Is the daughter of Nancy Goble who is daughter of Nancy Langley who was daughter of Sallie Parris

8. Are you married?   Yes

9. Name and age of wife or husband:   Marcus R. Blankenship

10. Give names of your father and mother's name before marriage:

       Father - English name:   James Starling Goble     
         Indian name:    same
    
       Mother - English name:   Nancy Goble nee Nancy Langley   
         Indian name:    same
         Maiden name:    same    
    	

11. Where were they born?

         Father:     In Gilmer County, Ga    
         Mother:     In Gilmer County, Ga    
    	

12. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?

         Father:     In Gilmer Co, Ga      
         Mother:     In Gilmer Co, Ga    
    	

13. Date of death of your father and mother -

         Father:    not dead     
         Mother:    not dead    
    	

14. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where
    do not know of my own knowledge but am informed they were

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

            Name:                         Born:                Died:
    	

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
         Langley				              Sallie Parris
         don't know recollect		              Nancy Langley
         first names
    	

17. Where were they born?   Gilmer Co, Ga I think but can't be certain about that

18. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?    I am informed in Gilmer Co, Ga

19. Give names of all their children, and residence, if living, if not living, give dates of deaths:
    can't give them

20. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where:

21. To expedite identification, claimant should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their parental and maternal ancestors back to 1835:

REMARKS.
(Under this head the applicant may give any additional information that he believes will assist in proving his claims.)

I hereby appoint Belva Lockwood...........

NOTE: -- Answers should be brief but explicit; the words "Yes," "No," "Unknown", etc. may be used in cases where applicable. Read the Questions carefully.

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I solemnly swear that the forgoing statements made by me are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

(Signature,) /s/ Rebecca A. Blankenship (her mark)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 day of Jan, 1907.

My Commission expires 1 Jan 1909
/s/ C.W. Bramlett, JP
Notary Public.

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AFFIDAVIT

(The following affidavit must be sworn to by two or more witnesses who are well acquainted with the applicant.) Personally appeared before me Bertha A. Chester and William C. Ratcliff, who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with Rebecca A. Blankenship, who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known her for 30 years and 35 years, respectively, and know her, to be the identical person she represents to be, and the statements made by her are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in her claim.

Witnesses to mark     Signature of witnesses.

/s/ Thos. F. Greer     x (her mark) Bertha A. Chester

/s/ J.H. Ray              x (his mark) William C. Ratcliff

Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _____, 190_.

My Commission expires

/s/ C.W. Bramlett, JP _____
Notary Public.

NOTE. - Affidavits should be made, when ever practicable, before 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.