Theft of Horses and the Murder of John Moreland, Etc.
Document 1799Governor Jackson discusses a number of matters including the theft of horses from the Cheehaw King, the murder of John Moreland by two Coweta braves, the sale of some of Georgia's frontier land, continued complaints against Colonel Gaithers, federal reimbursement of Georgia's expenses, and the need to pay the militia.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Governor Jackson discusses a number of matters including the theft of horses from the Cheehaw King, the murder of John Moreland by two Coweta braves, the sale of some of Georgia's frontier land, continued complaints against Colonel Gaithers, federal reimbursement of Georgia's expenses, and the need to pay the militia.
Date
03/09/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Louisville, Georgia
Repository
Document number
1799030940101
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1
Note
Cited in McHenry to Jackson, 07/11/1799.
Notable persons
James McHenry
James Jackson
Indians
Peter Hutchinson
Merit Mitchell
thieves
the Cheehaw Mico
scout of Militia
Peace Officer
Judge Clay
frontier settelrs
Creek Nation
two Coweta fellows
John Moreland
murderers
Moreland's neighbors
Cherokees
Doctor Wright
Colonel Hawkins
Mr. Baldwin
Messrs. Taliaferro and Jones
Commissioners to this State
Lieutenant Colonel Gaithers
distressed Militia yet unpaid
Captain Way
Notable locations
War Department
Executive Department Georgia, Louisville
west side of the Oconee
Montgomery County
Western Waters
northwestern frontier
Green County
the Apalachee
towns of Mobile and Pensacola
Liberty County
Notable items
unpleasant occurances on our frontier
two horses stolen from Cheehaw King
retaliation on the neighboring inhabitants
danger
sufficient proof
federal jail
trial at the next circuit
General Government
maintaining and preserving peace
lungs
affidavit of the Surgeon
interposition of State Officers
violence to two camps
ill blood
compensation
general system of hostility
expenses of the King
last session of our Legislature
sale of our western territory
general system of depredation
capture of the thieves
Moreland's murder
complaints against Gaithers
Ensign McCall's letters
sense of the legislature on the Intercourse Law
sale of all our land west of the Chatahoochee
public boundary between Georgia and the Union
disunion
Indian rights
contract
sovereignty
vast empire
credit
plantation
advances
arrears
confinement