Judement Oct. 16, 1887

Abstract

CONTENT: Acknowledgement of receiving $11,556.93 from Samuel Day as his share of a debt owed Justin Colvin. This sum was Day's share of a settlement and the document releases Day and his heirs from liability. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY: The Day Family were anglo Indian traders, on the Navajo Reservation in eastern Arizona. The patriarch of the family, Sam Day, Sr.(1845-1925) moved to Arizona in 1880 to survey extensions to the southern and eastern boundaries of the Navajo reservation. He established a trading post on the reservation and later became an Arizona Territorial Legislator and United States Indian Commissioner. His family included wife, Anna Day (1872-1932) and their children, Charles L. Day (1879-1918), Samuel Day, Jr. (1889-1944), and William Day. All were involved in Indian trading on the Navajo Reservation. In addition Sam Day Jr., became a United States Deputy Marshall.