Polly Jane Bilbrey was living with Malissa Jane Talley, Sibby Ann Talley and Matilda Clay Talley in the Taylors Crossroads community of Overton County, Tennessee when a claim was filed for funds appropriated by Congress, approved June 30 1906, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905 and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Cherokee Indians.
This claim was filed because she was of Indian descent on her father's side of the family.
She gives her birth date as May 7, 1883.
On the claim, she states that her father's name is James E. Talley (son of Sam Talley and Matilda Clay Smith Talley and grandson of David Demps) and her mother's name is Elizabeth Bilbrey (no Indian blood). She stated her grandmother on her mother's side of the family was Salley Bilbrey.
She lists her brothers and sisters as Mary E. Bilbrey (now Conner) born about 1881, Louis Bilbrey born about 1867 and Burris Bilbrey born November 23, 1870.
This claim was filed because she was of Indian descent on her father's side of the family.
She gives her birth date as May 7, 1883.
On the claim, she states that her father's name is James E. Talley (son of Sam Talley and Matilda Clay Smith Talley and grandson of David Demps) and her mother's name is Elizabeth Bilbrey (no Indian blood). She stated her grandmother on her mother's side of the family was Salley Bilbrey.
She lists her brothers and sisters as Mary E. Bilbrey (now Conner) born about 1881, Louis Bilbrey born about 1867 and Burris Bilbrey born November 23, 1870.
Polly Jane Bilbrey was living with Malissa Jane Talley, Sibby Ann Talley and Matilda Clay Talley in the Taylors Crossroads community of Overton County, Tennessee when a claim was filed for funds appropriated by Congress, approved June 30 1906, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905 and May 28, 1906, in favor of the Cherokee Indians.
This claim was filed because she was of Indian descent on her father's side of the family.
She gives her birth date as May 7, 1883.
On the claim, she states that her father's name is James E. Talley (son of Sam Talley and Matilda Clay Smith Talley and grandson of David Demps) and her mother's name is Elizabeth Bilbrey (no Indian blood). She stated her grandmother on her mother's side of the family was Salley Bilbrey.
She lists her brothers and sisters as Mary E. Bilbrey (now Conner) born about 1881, Louis Bilbrey born about 1867 and Burris Bilbrey born November 23, 1870.
This claim was filed because she was of Indian descent on her father's side of the family.
She gives her birth date as May 7, 1883.
On the claim, she states that her father's name is James E. Talley (son of Sam Talley and Matilda Clay Smith Talley and grandson of David Demps) and her mother's name is Elizabeth Bilbrey (no Indian blood). She stated her grandmother on her mother's side of the family was Salley Bilbrey.
She lists her brothers and sisters as Mary E. Bilbrey (now Conner) born about 1881, Louis Bilbrey born about 1867 and Burris Bilbrey born November 23, 1870.
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