Cherokee Indians from Georgia -J-
Janes, Miriam. (Daughter of Sally Hail, suppose to live in Hamilton County, Tennessee) William H. Janes, Nancy Ann Janes, Sarah E. Janes, Isaac M. Janes. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.
Jolly, John, Chief (Oolosleeskee).
Johnson or Joncinnih, age 50. (Refused to enroll, lives in Valley River, Cherokee County, North Carolina) Jin-nih, wife, age 30. Yo-noo-kil-lah, son, age 4. John Davis, age 2, son.
Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.
Johnson, Caroline, age 22 (Daughter of Joseph Elliott). Mary Johnson, daughter, age 4, Tabitha Johnson, daughter, age 2. Sarah J. Johnson, daughter, age 1. Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.
Johnson, China.
"My name is China Johnson. I was born in Murray County, Georgia 1867; I claim my Indian blood through my both mother and father. My father was born in South Carolina; I do not know what district; my father was born in 1832; my mother was born in Murray County, Georgia about 1846; my father claimed his Indian blood through his mother, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Martin; my grandmother was born in South Carolina; I never saw my grandmother through whom I claim and do not know when she was born; my mother got her Indian blood through both her father and mother; my mother's father's name was Jackson Langley; I do not know my grandmother's name on my mother's side; I am unable to trace my Indian ancestry back father than my grandparents ; in 1835 I think my ancestor's on my mothers side lived in Murray County, Georgia...my mother and father were enrolled...I was about fourteen years old when they were enrolled (1881); I was also enrolled at that time; my sisters, Margaret Jane Howell, Sarah Catharine Elizabeth Howell, and Georgia Ann Howell were enrolled at the same time. Mary Meranda is also my sister and was enrolled; in 1892-5, my father and Margaret Jane Kerby (nee Howell) and I....went to the Indian Territory and were enrolled before Chief Harris in Going Snake District, near Tahlequah, Indian Territory. I was also enrolled as a member of the Cherokee Nation in 1901, Muskogee, Indian Territory before the Dawes Commission under the name of China Johnson...my father was a sixteenth Cherokee and my mother was a quarter; James F. Smith is the guardian of my sister's child. Carl Miller, the son of Catherine Miller (nee Howell) (Application 43887)." Signed China "X" Johnson, Springplace, Georgia, July 11, 1908.
Ref: U. S. Court of Appeals, Application 13861, admitted.
Jones, Wesley. "We understand that last Thursday, Mr. Wesley Jones, while on his way home from Pine log, was bitten by a rattle snake, and died the same day. He had been to a blacksmith shop-while there his horse left him, and he was obliged to walk, which occasioned his early death. As there was not a house very near, he was deprived of a speedy remedy. A Cherokee came to him, when he was unable to go any further, but the poison had made rapid progress, for he died soon after, while his friend was absent to procure medicine and assistance. Mr. Jones was a white man, with a Cherokee family. : CHEROKEE PHOENIX, published on Wednesday August 13, 1828.
Jordan, Annice, age 53. Nancy Richardson, age 28, daughter, Noah Jordan, age 21, son. Eliza Jordan, daughter, age 23. Maria Stuart, age 30, daughter. REJECTED. "The for last named person are the children of Annice Jordan whose name is written over theirs. The two last live in Lumpkin County, Georgia, the others live in Cherokee County, Georgia, they claim Cherokee blood for themselves and a great number of children. They produce not the slightest degree of proof. From her own account Annice Jordan was raised more than three hundred miles from the nearest point of the Cherokee County and does not know any one who can state that she is of Cherokee descent." Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.
Jordan, Katie, age 30 (Lives in Cherokee County, North Carolina) REJECTED. "I understand that this woman is an illegitimate daughter of a white woman, her father is said to have been a native, she is recognized as a Cherokee so far as to receive pay for removal and substance , I learned she has children but she did not furnish me with their names. NO.82 Saunders 37 male This Man is the Son of an Indian woman by a Negro man owned by William H Thom living in Buffalo town, North Carolina." Ref: 1851 Cherokee Census Claims, East of the Mississippi. David W. Siler Report.
Justice, Charles. Listed as living in a Cherokee Town, Raccoon Town, on Racoon Creek. Ref: Ref: Chattooga County, The Story of a County and Its People by Robert S. Baker.
Junaluska, Marie "is one of the few members of the younger generation who grew up speaking Cherokee. Recognized as an outstanding translator, she was recently elected to the Tribal Council." Ref: Living Stories of the Cherokees Collected and Edited by Barbara R. Duncan (1998).
Jurdon, Annie.
"I think my mother was born in Dawson County, Georgia 1828; my grandmother's name was Annie Jurdon...in 1882 my mother and I were enrolled at Lumpkin County, Georgia....my uncle, Jack Jurdon, and my sister, Derry Ann Roberts, went to the Territory about twenty-five years ago and got their money and land and were admitted to the Cherokee Nation at that time...."/s/Riley Dangler, Calhoun, Georgias. Jul 9, 1908. U. S. Court of Claims 1906-1908. Misc. Test #7612. Claim rejected.