Citizens of Sixth District Who Paid for Union Soldiers’ Barbecue
Exhibit “A” to Deposition of William Cate To Support Claim to Southern Claims Commission
Claim of William Cate of Bradley county, Tennessee no. 15.774 and 20702
Cleveland, (August?) 25, 1865
We the undersigned citizens of the 6th district do agree to pay the (?) amounts subscribed to our names to be appropriated in provisions to make a barbecue for the returned Union solders to be given.
S. Beard.
L. Pierce $1
S. Hunt $1
J. Roberson $2
A. E. Blunt 50¢
C. Pierce 50¢
G.H. Gaut $5
(?) Craigmiles $5
A. Grant culard $1
William Cate $10
J. C. Gant $5
G.B. Thompson $2
J.H. Norman $1
D.B. Oneal $1
J.C. Tipton $1
H. Craigemiles culard 50¢
L.L. Osment 50¢
(?) Osment 50¢
Williams Low $1
Total $48
Links to each section of the transcribed file:
- Introduction & Part VIII — Conclusion
- Part I — William Cate’s Claimed Losses
- Part II — Notes from the Office of the Commissioners of Claims
- Part III — Depositions Taken in 1875 Regarding Claimant’s (Cate) Loyalty
- Part IV — Opinion Submitted by John B. Brownlow, U. S. Special Commission
- Part V — Additional Testimony for the Commissioners of Claims at Washington
- Depositions:
William Cate ~ Joseph H. Davis ~ Leonard Carrouth ~ Capt. A. E. Blount ~ John A. Steed ~ J. F. Larrison ~ Mrs. Sidney Henderson ~ Col. D. M. Nelson ~ Samuel Grigsby ~ Andrew J. Maples ~ John A. Hague ~ Herman Foster ~ Thomas L. Cate ~ James McGhee ~ Thomas Rains ~ D. B. Oneal ~ Thomas A. Cowan ~ C. L. Hardwick ~ Joseph Calloway ~ J. C. Steed ~ Joseph R. Taylor ~ William W. Wood(s) ~ James H. Brown ~ James S. Robertson ~ John H. Craigmiles ~ John H. Parker ~ John McReynolds ~ John W. Witcher
- Depositions:
- Part VI — Summary of All Evidence for and Against Cate’s Loyalty
- Part VII — Opinion of Witnesses by John W. Ramsey
- Part VIII — William Cate’s Letter to Judge A. O. Alder
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