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In 1906 WILLIAM P. WATERS' grandaughter, ZILPHA L. WATERS, filed Eastern Cherokees Application No. 7581 for a share of money appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by the Act of Congress approved June 30, 1906 in accordance with the decrees of the Court of Claims of May 18, 1905, and May 28, 1906. The application was received 23 Dec 1906 by the Indian Office, Eastern Cherokees. Action taken on Application #7581 was "Rejected." It states that Zilpha L. Waters and no children were residents of Glade Springs, Virginia. Reasons for rejection: SIZEMORE Case.
Zilpha's application states the following:
English name: ZILPLHA L. WATERS
Indian name: None
Residence: Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia
Date and place of birth: Ashe County, NC on August 24th 1870
By what right do you claim to share? If you claim through more than one relative living in 1851, set forth each claim separately: by Cherokee Indian blood through my mother and by the Decree of the Supreme Court of the United States of April the 30th 1906
She was married to WADE H. WATERS, age 37 years.
Her father was WILLIAM HOLLOWAY and LOUISA HOLLOWAY, nee LOUISA WATERS. Her father was born in Wilkes County, NC; her mother was born in Ashe County, NC. In 1851 they lived at Ashe County, NC. Both parents were listed as still living. She had never enrolled for annuities, land or other benefits.
Children's names:
(1) MARY L. WATERS
(2) JULIUS E. WATERS
(3) HARY C. WATERS
(4) GEORGE W. WATERS
(5) WALKER S. WATERS
Her siblings, ages, and if not living, date of death were:
(1) SARAH I. HOLLOWAY, born Nov 185h 1868
(2) GEORGE W. HOLLOWAY, born Mch 29 1872
(3) MARY J. HOLLOWAY, born June 16 1873, died June 15 1898
(4) NANCY R. HOLLOWAY, born Nov 25 1881
(5) LILIE G. HOLLOWAY, born Sept 20 1884
(6) MARTHA DINA HOLLOWAY, born Mch 11 1876
(7) JOHN A. HOLLOWAY, born Dec 15 1879, died Dec 1880
Her paternal grandparents were DANIEL HOLLOWAY and SARAH HOLLOWAY, born in Wilkes County, NC. Her maternal grandparents were WILLIAM P. WATAERS and ZILPHA WATERS, born in Ashe Co., NC. They resided in 1851 at Ashe County, NC.
The names of her grandparents children were listed as follows:
WATERS Family
(1) MARY WATERS, living, Johnson City, TN
(2) MARTHA WATERS, deceased June 4th 1892
(3) MARK M. WATERS, deceased Mch 25 1889
(4) LOUIS N. WATERS, deceased March 1892
(5) ADA WATERS, Dead
(6) JOHN P. WATERS, living, Johnson County, Tennessee
(7) ALBERT G. WATERS, living, Johnson County, Tennessee
(8) LOUISA WATERS, living, Damascus, Virginia
(9) GRANVILLE WATERS, Dead
HOLLOWAY Family:
(1) WILLIAM HOLLOWAY, living, Glenford, Virginia
(2) NANCY HOLLOWAY, Dead
Have you ever been enrolled for annuities, land or other benefits? If so state where and when: on the Roll prepared by W. H. BLEVINS and filed by R. V. BELT Atty. and Receipted for by W. A. JONES, Comm. Nov 25 1902.
To expedite identification, claimans should give the full English and Indian names, if possible, of their paternal and maternal ancestors back to 1835: ZILPHA L. WATERS a daughter of LOUISA HOLLOWAY whose maiden name was LOUISA WATERS a Daughter of ZILPHA WATERS Daughter of POLLY THOMPSON a Daughter of JAMES & LYDIA BLEVINS whose maiden name was LYDIA SIZEMORE, a daughter of NED SIZEMORE a full blood Cherokee Indian.
She added: by the Decree of the Supreme Court of the United States of April 30 1906 those Indians who have migrated and became citizens are to share equal part capita with the Eastern band of Cherokee and others of the same class. I accept that Decree as final.
Signature Zilpha L. (X) Waters
Sworn to 24 December 1906, before Notary Public Sam'l W. Keys
Witnesses were E. M. ATKINS and S. MULLINS, who have know Zilpha L. Waters for 1 year and 1 years respectively and know her to be the identical persons that she represents herself to be.
Signed: E. M. Atkins, Steven Mullins
Sworn to on 26 December 1906
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