Addressee :
His Excellency Governor Sevier
Contents :
Persons Residing in the Cherokee Country,
not natives of the land 1797.
11 March 1797
Knoxville
Sir,
My instructions from the Honorable the Secretary of War require that I report
to you the names of all persons residing in the Cherokee country not natives
of the land.
For this purpose I have collected the following schedule of their names and
employment which I am induced to believe is tolerably accurate.
| Names | Nation | Employment |
|---|
| John McDonald | Scotch | Trader & Spanish
Agent |
| Daniel Ross | Do | Do |
| John Rogers | | Do |
| Thomas Harrison | | Blacksmith |
| William Woodward | | Do |
| James McBride | Do | Hireling |
| Richard Cross | | Taylor |
| William Thompson | Irish | Trader |
| Thomas Tanbridge | Do | Who bears the
worst of character |
| Richard Ratliff | | Trader |
| Drury Spencer | | Hireling & cowboy |
| Alexander Campbell | | Trader |
| ________Stofield | Dutch | Unknown |
| Hickman Henslee | | Hireling and idler |
| John Whizenhunt | | Trader |
| John Melton | | Do |
| William Smith | | Do |
| William Ratley | | Unknown |
| John LeGrand | | Cooper |
| John Levett | | Trader |
| Jack Civile | Negro | Do |
| Anthony Civile | Do | Servant & Jack |
| Daniel McKoy | | Unknown |
| William Allen | | Old, Condemned as
unfit for service |
| William Colson | | Unknown |
| Stepanus Sheppard | | Unknown |
| William Chambers | | Do |
| ________Carter | | Do |
| William McDonald | | Do |
| Caldwell Eastridge | | Do |
| Miles Eastridge | | Late employed by
Chisholm & Rogers |
| James Welch | | |
| Eve Vann | | Unknown |
| Samuel Riely | | Trader |
| Clement Vann | | Unknown |
| Robert Brown | Scotch | Trader licenced 1st
Feby for 2 years |
| john Francois | Negro french | Unknown |
| Stephen at Levett's | Span | Unknown |
| Jones | | |
| Lucas at Rogers | Span | Do |
| Peter | | |
| Benjamin Harris | | Taylor and trader |
| Tonio Vance at Harris | Span | Unknown |
| John Wright | | Trader |
| Thomas Gegg Esquire | English | A Magistrate
under the territorial gov't |
| Tonio at Pine Log | Span | Unknown, a
troublesome bad character |
| Jacob Hogner | Dutch | Stolen horse buyer do
do do |
| John Meyers | Do | Do do |
| Christian Russell | Do | Trader |
| Bob Kilgore | | The worst of bad
characters |
| Daniel Love | Dutch | do do do |
| Ellis Harlin | | Trader, licenced 18th
January for 2 years |
| Marmaduke Daniels | | Licensed
hireling to Harlan |
| Caleb Starr | | do do do |
| Anthony Foreman | | Trader & idler |
| Murwood Timberlack | | Do |
| John McPherson | | None |
| Joseph Browner | | Licensed hireling
to Brown |
| George Philips | | None and ranks high
among the most worthless |
| John Welch | Dutch | Trader |
| Benjamin Hawkins | Dutch | Trader |
| Mitchel Sandwich | | Do |
| Stephen Graves | | Unknown |
| John Christy | Dutch | Do |
| John Gunter | | Trader |
| Peter, at Gunters | Span | none |
| ________ Jones | | None |
| John Cameron | Scotch | Do |
| Thomas Cordery | | Do |
| _______ Underwood | | None, Worn out
of Service |
| Several Spaniards whose names
I could not learn |
The blanks in the second column are either Americans or unknown. Those whose
characters are noted in the third column I have represented according to the
best information I have been able to receive.
I am very respectfully,
Sir,
your most obedient
Silas Dinsmoor
