Cherokee (Schooner, 1849)

Description

Identification

Construction and Ownership

Built at:: Racine, Wisconsin
Vessel Type:: Schooner
Hull Materials:: Wood
Bow Type:: Plain Head
Ownership Notes:: Miller, M., (1849); Canfield, Roswell, (1854-1855); Canfield, Edmund, (1854-1856); Canfield, John, (1854-1856);
Master(s):: Markle, H. M., (1849); Canfield, Roswell, (1854); Golden, J., (1855-1856);

Power

Hull Dimensions

Tonnage

Enrollments/Registration

September 10, 1849*: Port: Chicago Number: 44 of 1849
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: New Vessel; Next document: Chicago 11-25-1853
November 25, 1853: Port: Chicago
Document Type: Registration
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Milwaukee 3-22-1854
March 22, 1854: Port: Milwaukee Number: 5 of 1854
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Lost Papers
Next document: Chicago 6-25-1855
June 25, 1855: Port: Chicago Number: 56 of 1855
Document Type: Enrollment
Reason: Changed Owner
Next document: Chicago

History

Classification:: a. Schooner, Cherokee (1849- )
Nationality:: American (1849- )
Chronology:: 1. 5/28/1851, Point Au Barque, ashore and released, $1, 200 loss;
2. 11/14/1856, Lake Michigan, capsized, sank, (lumber), (10 lives lost), cargo $1, 000 loss, hull $3, 000 loss;

Notes

General notes:: *Enrollment is missing from the records;
She went to Europe in 1854;
Sources:: 1. Master Abstracts: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
2. Enrollment: Chicago, Illinois; Milwaukee, Wisconsin;
3. John Poole's notes;
4. J. H. Beers, History of the Great Lakes, Vol. I, p. 678;

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