Newt Askew, et/William quint Askew,et al.vs.Choctaw and Chicasaw Hations.Testimony taken this 2Dth day of May, 1904 in the above styledcause before the Hon * Henry S. Foote, Associate Judge of the Choctawand Chicasaw Citizenship Court tou.wit:Hattie MacCarley was sworn as stenographer, and the followingwitnesses were sworn*By Mr. Norman*,Direct examination.Er. P. D. Wright * a witness, testifies Ei3 follows to..wit:q, What is year name? A, P. D, Wright *0„, What is your age? A. I am going on 72 years old,q, Where do•you_reSide? A, in this county, far end of this county,fts born and raised in Lauderdale County * Alabama,9,, Did you know a party * daring his life time * who lived in this countyand was named Aaron Askew? A * Yes sir *S. Lo you know whethaf this Aaron Askew we are speaking about was anIndian? A. Yes sir he was an indian.5, what color eyes did he have? A, Eyes * well it has been so Ikagdon't remember, He had tolerable high cheAc bones,5. De you know what the color- of his Akin was? A. Yea t wassort od brown,5. How long did you know him? A. I. knew him ever since I was bigenough to know people, I lived ttithin two or three miles of him,5. Did you not bring with you a deed? 4k, Yes sir,Let us have that if you please,The following document a copy of which is marked Tidxhibit A.is hereby filed by agreement as evidence in this cause and made a partof this dcrosition,
,Exhibit A„, • Offered ly agreement and aw4tted in evidenee„k (:f ("Vst.,'T,te.t (AA,04., e w.m.'e.—A. CAK, 8, Foote.No. 1334,John quinoy Adams President of the United. StatesofAmerica,To 11 whom thshse presents shall came,Gre;tingtKnow ye, that Aaron Askew of Lauderdale County,Alabama, havingdeposited in the General Land Office a certificate of the Register ofthe and office at HUntsville, whereby it appears that f41 paymenthas_ ny,een m440 for the oat half of the northeast quarter of sectiontwenty seven in Township one of range Nine west * containing seventy nineacres and sixtym•eight hundredths of an acre, of the lands directed tobe sold at Huntsville, Alabama, in pursuance of the laws providing fOrthe sale c)f the lands of the United States, in'Mississippi and Alaba ma,There is granted by the United States unto the L.4d Aaron Askew and-his heirs the half quarter lot or section of land above described; To HaveHave and To Hold the said halt quarter lot Or section of land, withappentenances unto the said Aaron Askew and to his heirs aric assignsforever,In testimony whereof, I have cauad these letters to be madePatent, and the seal of the General Land Office to be hereto affixed.Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the twenty0fifth day of'April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty . fiveand of the Independence of the United States of America the forty ninth,( Signed) By the President, 3 0 Q. Adams,G, W. Gilham, Conmissioner of the General Land Office,( Seal,)Recorded in Vol. NO, 14PagState of Aaabaxna,Lauderdale County,19 S. W, Frierson, a Notary Public in and for said state andcounty do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and exact copy of
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