IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION o In the Court of Claims.

OF DAVID H. HIXON

TO BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FUNDS

OF THE CHEROKEE NATION

AFFIDAVIT OF ASA M. HIGGINS

STATE OF GEORGIA,

I am 80 years of age, and was born in Jackson county, Georgia,

June 18, 1833. I have lived in Walker county, Georgia, 75 years.

My father was Caleb Higgins who lived near Lafayette, in Walker county and helped to remove the Indians in 1838. I remember when the Indians were here, and knew some of them, Including Chief John Ross, who lived here in Rossville, and SecondChief Dick Wilkinson.

I have known the applicant, David H. Hixon, for many years. HeIs of good character and fully entitled to belief. He has been justice of the peace at Rossville, Walker county, Georgia, for about five years, and has lived in the county all his life, practically.

I have known applicants father, George Hixon, who also resides in this county, and knew applicant’s grandfather, David Hixon, who also lived in this county, away back years before the civil war.

I also knew by reputation applicant’s great-grandfather, Tim Hixon, who lived on Lookout mountain and in the valleys east of it. He was generally known as an arrow maker of the Cherokee Indian tribe , and to be of their blood, and recognized as belonging to their tribe.

This same Hixon family have been in Walker county, and I have been personally acquainted with them all along since I was young, many years before the civil war.

this December 5, 1913. And I certify that I have known deponent

personally 25 years, and that he is entitled to full credit.

Notary Public,

Rossville, Walker County, Georgia.

My commission expires January 2, 1917

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