GUION MILLER COMMISSION INDIAN RECORDS FOR CANZADA TYNER

CANZADA TYNER'S MILLER APPLICATION #27755

Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington, D.C.

SIR:

I hereby make application for such share 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, 1906 and May 28, 1906 in favor of the Eastern Cherokees. The evidence of identity is herewith subjoined.

1. State full Name
English name: Canzada Tyner
Indian name:

2. Residence and Post Office:
Campbell

3. County:
11 District

4. State:
Ind. Terr.

5. How old are you
28,Born January 23,1878

6. Where were you born?
Cherokee Nation

7. Are you married?
yes

8. Name and age of wife or husband:
Joseph Tyner

9. To what tribe of Indians did she belong?
Cherokee

10. Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their ages:
(1) Cora May 3 Dec 19, 1903
(2) William Walter 17 mos Jan 12, 1906

11. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage.
Father - English name: John W. Tyner
-------- Indian name:

Mother - English name: Louiza
-------- Indian name:
-------- Maiden name: Louiza Matthews

12. Where were they born?
Father: East Tennessee
Mother: Mo

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

14. Date of death of your father and mother -
Father: living
Mother: Jan 14,1898

15. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so, state when and where and with what tribe of Indians:
Father for the present allotment Cherokee

16. Name all of your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if possible:
(1) Martha (can't read) 1868 (can't read)
(2) Mary B. 1870
(3) Caldonia 1881
(4) Minnie 1887
(5) John 1889

17. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's and mother's side if possible:
Fathers Side: Hiram Tyner & Martha
Mother's Side: Edward Matthews & Elizabeth

18. Where were they born?
East Tennessee don't know

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

20. Give names of all their children, and residence, if possible:
(1) John Tyner don't know
(2) Lewis Tyner
(3) Fannie
(4) Mary
(5) Martha and Jefferson
(6) Angeline

21. Have you ever been enrolled of annuities, land or other benefits? If so state where and with what tribe:
only for the present allotment in Cherokee Nation

21. To assist in identification, claimants should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of the paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835:
father John Tyner grandfather Hiram Tyner great grandfather Lewis Tyner

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

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 day of June, 1907.
My commission expires Jan, 12, 1908

Personally appeared before me W. L. Campbell and A. S. Williams who being duly sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with Canzada Tyner who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known her for 10 and 10 years respectively, and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be and that the statements made by her are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in her claim.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 22 day of June, 1907
My commission expires Jan 12, 1908