GUION MILLER COMMISSION INDIAN RECORDS FOR CHARLIE TYNER

CHARLIE TYNER'S MILLER APPLICATION [#27753]

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:
Charlie Tyner
Indian name:

2. Residence and Post Office
Campbell

3 County:
Sequoyah

4. State:
Ind. Terr.

5. How old are you
27 Born June 18, 1880

6. Where were you born?
Logan Co., Ark.

7. Are you married?
No

8. Name and age of wife or husband:

9. To what tribe of Indians did she belong?

10. Name all your children who were living on May 28, 1906, giving their ages: None

11. Give names of your father and mother, and your mother's name before marriage.
Father - English name: John H. Tyner
-------- Indian name:
Mother - English name: Elizabeth B. Tyner
-------- Indian name:
-------- Maiden name: Elizabeth B. Webster

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

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

14. Date of death of your father and mother -
Father: 1901
Mother: living

15. Were they ever enrolled for annuities, land, or other benefits? If so state when and where and with what tribe of Indians:
no

16. Name all of your brothers and sisters, giving ages, and residence if possible:
(1) Joseph F. Tyner Feb 28, 1871
(2) Fannie B. Linder Aug 5 1875
(3) William E. Tyner Dec 14, 1883
(4) Maud Tyner May 28 1885
(5)
(6)

17. State English and Indian names of your grandparents on both father's and mother's side if possible:
Fathers Side Lewis Tyner & grandmother don't know
Mother's side White people & unknown

18. Where were they born?
East Tennessee
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) Mary Tyner Arkansas
(2) Fannie Tyner Alabama
(3) Robert " Ind. Ter.
(4) Susie " Ind. Ter.
(5) James " Ind. Ter.
(6)

21. Have you ever been enrolled of annuities, land or other benefits? If so state where and with what tribe
no

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

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

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 28 day of June, 1907.
My commission expires
Jan, 12, 1908

Personally appeared before me L. R. Lee and K. E. Londagin who being duly sworn, on oath depose and say they are well acquainted with Charlie Tyner who makes the foregoing application and statements, and have known him for 5 and 5 years respectively, and know him to be the identical person he represents himself to be and that the statements made by him are true, to the best of their knowledge and belief, and they have no interest whatever in his claim.

Witness to mark

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28 day of June , 1907 Jan 12, 1908