On 9 November 1906 Mary (Polly) Caroline [Davis] Garland, daughter of Isaac Davis, entered a claim for a share of the money appropriated for the Eastern Cherokee Indians by the Act of Congress approved 30 June 1906, in accordance with the decree of the Court of Claims of 18 May 1905 and 28 May 1906. In her claim she stated the following:
Father's name was Isaac Davis his father's name was Meshack Davis who married Lydia Bentley her mother's name was Easter Downing a full blooded Cherokee Indian from whom we claim. [1]