Extract of Warrants for Colonel Henley's government drawn by Secretary of War on the Treasurer
Document 1797Extract of Warrants for Colonel Henley's government drawn by Secretary of War on the Treasurer. Warrants favor Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, Indian Agents, and interpreters.
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[Extract of Warrants for Colonel Henley's Government]
Extract of Warrants drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer of the United States
Date | No. | In whose favor | Purposes | Amount Dollars | Cents
1796
Dec 30 | 1704 | Col. John Hall, a Cherokee Indian | as a present | 50 | —
1797
Jan'y 4 | 1770 | Capt. John Chisholm | for his services from the 25 November 1796, the day he arrived in Philadelphia to the 4th February 1797, allowing him to return to Knoxville, at which time the Service expires | 219 | —
· | 1774 | John Rogers | on account of defraying the expenses of Eleven Indians & himself from Philadelphia to Knoxville: for which sum he is to be accountable to David Henley Agent for the War Department at Knoxville | 500 | —
· | [undecipherable] | James Carey, Interpreter | on account of defraying the expenses of the Cherokee Indians from Philadelphia to Knoxville: for which sum the above James Carey to be accountable to David Henley Agent for the War Department at Knoxville | 1.000 | —
· | 1787 | John Pitchlynn, Interpreter | on [account] of the expenses of the Choctaws from Philadelphia to Knoxville for which sum the above John Pitchlynn to be accountable to David Henley Agent of the War Department at Knoxville | 400 | —
Type
Extract
Description
Extract of Warrants for Colonel Henley's government drawn by Secretary of War on the Treasurer. Warrants favor Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, Indian Agents, and interpreters.
Date
01/07/1797
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1797010790001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry, Secretary of War
Colonel John Watt, a Cherokee
Captain John Chisholm
John Rogers
James Carey, Interpreter
John Pitchlyn, Interpreter
Indians
David Henley
Choctaws
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Notable items
warrants
expenses

