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| ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[American Indian Genealogy|American Indians]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Carolina Genealogy|North Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Indians of North Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Eastern_Cherokee_or_Guion_Miller_Roll|Guion Miller Roll]]'' <br><br> | |||
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=== Definition, Value, Search Strategies, and Contents === | === Definition, Value, Search Strategies, and Contents === | ||
'''The Guion Miller Roll''' is a list of Eastern Cherokee Indians who applied for compensation because of a 1906 lawsuit, and judgment in the tribe's favor in the United States Court of Claims.<br><br> | |||
'''Value.''' This set of records helps genealogists because each application usually has several generations of relatives with their names listed both in the Cherokee language, and as an English translation.<ref name="Hair">Josiah Hair, [http://www.powwows.com/2012/07/25/guion-miller-roll-of-the-eastern-cherokee-27-aug-1906-18-may-1909/ Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee: 27.Aug.1906 – 18.May.1909] in ''PowWows.com'' (accessed 9 May 2014).</ref> | '''Value.''' This set of records helps genealogists because each application usually has several generations of relatives with their names listed both in the Cherokee language, and as an English translation.<ref name="Hair">Josiah Hair, [http://www.powwows.com/2012/07/25/guion-miller-roll-of-the-eastern-cherokee-27-aug-1906-18-may-1909/ Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee: 27.Aug.1906 – 18.May.1909] in ''PowWows.com'' (accessed 9 May 2014).</ref> | ||
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:*'''''General Index''''' of admitted and rejected applications, a typescript index of the ''Guion Miller Roll'', including roll number, name, and residence. Some pages show handwritten supplemental names in the margin. | :*'''''General Index''''' of admitted and rejected applications, a typescript index of the ''Guion Miller Roll'', including roll number, name, and residence. Some pages show handwritten supplemental names in the margin. | ||
'''Claimants''' were asked to prove they were: | |||
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*Members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaties, or | *Members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaties, or | ||
*Descended from members who had not been affiliated with any other tribe | *Descended from members who had not been affiliated with any other tribe | ||
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*'''OKGenWeb''' selected [http://okgenweb.org/~apps/acontents.htm Applications alphabetically], and selected [http://okgenweb.org/~apps/acontent.htm Applications nummerically]. Applications 1906-1909 may include name, residence, age, marital status, spouse, tribe, children, parents including mother's maiden name, parents' birthplaces, parents' residences in 1851, parents' death dates, siblings and their ages and residence, grandparents and their residences, uncles/aunts and their residences, and Cherokee ancestors back to 1835. Computerized manuscript extractions. | *'''OKGenWeb''' selected [http://okgenweb.org/~apps/acontents.htm Applications alphabetically], and selected [http://okgenweb.org/~apps/acontent.htm Applications nummerically]. Applications 1906-1909 may include name, residence, age, marital status, spouse, tribe, children, parents including mother's maiden name, parents' birthplaces, parents' residences in 1851, parents' death dates, siblings and their ages and residence, grandparents and their residences, uncles/aunts and their residences, and Cherokee ancestors back to 1835. Computerized manuscript extractions. | ||
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'''Copy the summaries '''and compare them with the application papers looking for new clues. Update you ''Research Log'' and family history information.<br><br> | '''Copy the summaries '''and compare them with the application papers looking for new clues. Update you ''Research Log'' and family history information.<br><br> | ||
[[Image:Guion Miller Report.png|left| | [[Image:Guion Miller Report.png|left|450px|Guion Miller Report.png]]'''(left)''' ''Report Submitted by Guion Miller, Special Commissioner, May 28, 1909'', vol. 4, page 107.<br>'''(below)''' ''Roll of Eastern Cherokees'' (Guion Miller Roll), upper part of page 84 online (that is, printed page 80).<br><br> | ||
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|+ '''Eastern Cherokee General Index, Applications, Report, Roll, and other related records (Guion Miller Roll)''' | |+ '''Eastern Cherokee General Index, Applications, Report, Roll, and other related records (Guion Miller Roll)''' | ||