EXTRACT OF EASTERN CHEROKEE APPLICATION # 31263

(disposition card)

No. 31263
Action: Admitted
Name: John W. Goble and 6 children
Residence: Boaz, Ala
Reason:

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:   John W. Goble

2. Residence and post office: RFD 3, Boaz, Ala

3. County:   Marshall

4. State:   Alabama

5. How old are you? :   G35 years  : Born:  April 25, 1872

6. Where were you born?:  Gilmer Co, Ga

7. Are you married?   Yes

8. Name and age of wife or husband:   Georgia Goble   

9. To what tribe of indians does he or she belong?  Cherokees

10. Name all of your children who were living on May 28th, 1906, giving their ages.

             Name                         	Age                     Born
    
    	Emma Goble			16			July 12, 1891
    	Leonard Goble			13			February 9, 1894
    	Duncan Goble			11			March 1896
    	May Goble			 9			January 1898
    	Mollie Goble			 5			May 1902
    	Harvey Goble			 2			June 4, 1905
    

11. Give names of your father and mother's name before marriage:  
    Father - English name:   Starlin Goble
    Indian name:   none
    
    Mother - English name: Nancy Goble
    Indian name:   none
    Maiden name:  

12. Where were they born?  
    Father:   Rayburn Co, Ga
    Mother:   Forsyth Co, Ga

13. Where did they reside in 1851, if living at that time?
    Father:   Gilmer Co, Ga
    Mother:   Gilmer Co, Ga

14. Date of death of your father and mother -
    Father:   June 15, 1907
    Mother:   living

15. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where.
    Mother enrolled in about 1858 with cherokees in Forsyth Co, Ga

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

    
    Name:                       	Born:                	Died:
    
    Rachel Wood			1855 August 27		living
    Rebecca Blankenship		about 1849		living
    Anna Quarles			about 1847		living
    Ben M Goble			October 7, 1864		living
    Susan Hensley			1867			living
    George Goble			January 15, 1874	living
    
    

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

       Father's Side                                Mother's Side
       Neal Goble                                   Jack Langley
       Sallie Goble nee Johnson                     Sarah Langley
    

18. Where were they born?  Dont know

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

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

    
    Lock Langley - dead
    Jack Langley - Ind Ter
    Cynthia Langley - Ind Ter
    Catherine Langley - Ind Ter
    Rebecca Langley - Ind Ter
    
    

21. Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where:  I do not know, but think I was enrolled with my parents

22. To expedite identification, claimant should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their parental and maternal ancestors back to 1835:
    My mother's name Nancy Goble nee Langley 1/4 Cherokee, her mother Sarah Langley nee Parrish was 1/2

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.

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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,) ________________________________________

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26 day of July, 1906.

My Commission expires
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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 William J. Wilson and George L. Brock, who, being duly sworn, on oath depose and say that they are well acquainted with ____________________, who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known ____ for _____ years and _____ years, respectively, and know _____, to be the identical person ____ represents ________ to be, and the statements made by _____ are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in _____ claim.

Witnesses to mark     Signature of witnesses.

_______________ ________________

Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of ______, 190__

My Commission expires _____
_____________________
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.

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