Seborn Underwood

Per: <Martchenke@aol.com> - September 10, 1999: Information she obtained from NARA regarding claims for Cherokee Nation admission:

Applicant: Seborn Underwood claims being part Cherokee Indian. Application date: 2-28-1907. Witnesses for Seborn Underwood: W.H. Sims and J.W. ? (can't read). Seborn stated that he lived in Raxter, TN at the time of his application, but was born in Haywood County, NC in 1833. He further gave his father's name as Joel or Joal Underwood and Mother was Seney Seaveless or Seoveless. Father born in Wilks CO., NC and died in 1889, Mother born in Rayborn Co., GA and died in 1884.

Seborn's sister also made the same claim: Applicant name: Avaline Underwood, Others in that family that have applied are James, Polly Ann, Fronie. They claim their Grandparents to be Bill Doolen AKA William Wedgebar Underwood and Anna Seaveless. States they were born in Wilks County, NC. List Maternal Grandparents as: Samuel and Ann Seaveless. At times the name of Ann is shown to be Anna or Annie Slaveless.

Obviously there are some discrepancies between these sibling applications related to parents; as far as I know all applications were denied (but am certainly open to correction if that is not so).