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Two publications listing Cherokees east of the Mississippi in 1835 are:  
Two publications listing Cherokees east of the Mississippi in 1835 are:  


*Tyner, James W. ''Those Who Cried: The 16,000: A Record of the Individual Cherokees Listed in the United States Official Census of the Cherokee Nation Conducted in 1835''. N.p.: Chi-ga-u, 1974. {{FSC|438530|item|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C424tj}} Non-Cherokee census takers in 1835 made lists of Cherokees in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. There are some errors because they did not understand the native languages. The government defined a person as an Indian if he or she had one-quarter degree of Indian blood. The book is indexed and has excellent maps for that period.
*Tyner, James W. ''Those Who Cried: The 16,000: A Record of the Individual Cherokees Listed in the United States Official Census of the Cherokee Nation Conducted in 1835''. N.p.: Chi-ga-u, 1974. {{FSC|438530|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C424tj}} Non-Cherokee census takers in 1835 made lists of Cherokees in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. There are some errors because they did not understand the native languages. The government defined a person as an Indian if he or she had one-quarter degree of Indian blood. The book is indexed and has excellent maps for that period.


This book provides the name of the head of the household and the number of whites and full-, half-, or quarter-blood Indians in the home. It also shows occupations, number of slaves owned, whether the people read English or Cherokee, and may mention if they owned a home, farm, or mill.  
This book provides the name of the head of the household and the number of whites and full-, half-, or quarter-blood Indians in the home. It also shows occupations, number of slaves owned, whether the people read English or Cherokee, and may mention if they owned a home, farm, or mill.  
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A list is available of the Cherokees living in Alabama in 1851:  
A list is available of the Cherokees living in Alabama in 1851:  


*Siler, David W. ''The Eastern Cherokees, A Census of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia in 1851.'' Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthus, 1972. {{FSC|60983|item|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C424sd}} This list contains the names of each person’s father, mother and children, with their ages and relationship (De Kalb, Jackson, and Marshall Counties). An index is included.
*Siler, David W. ''The Eastern Cherokees, A Census of the Cherokee Nation in North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia in 1851.'' Cottonport, Louisiana: Polyanthus, 1972. {{FSC|60983|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C424sd}} This list contains the names of each person’s father, mother and children, with their ages and relationship (De Kalb, Jackson, and Marshall Counties). An index is included.


For a history of the Cherokees to about 1835, and a map showing the Cherokee towns in the Alabama area, see:  
For a history of the Cherokees to about 1835, and a map showing the Cherokee towns in the Alabama area, see:  


*Malone, Henry Thompson. ''Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition''. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1956. {{FSC|81182|item|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C424ma}} See the maps before the preface. At the end of the book there is a bibliography.
*Malone, Henry Thompson. ''Cherokees of the Old South: A People in Transition''. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1956. {{FSC|81182|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C424ma}} See the maps before the preface. At the end of the book there is a bibliography.


==== Additional Cherokee Records  ====
==== Additional Cherokee Records  ====
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For a history of the [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw nation]], see:  
For a history of the [[Chickasaw Indians|Chickasaw nation]], see:  


*Malone, James H. ''The Chickasaw Nation: A Short Sketch of A Noble People''. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton, 1922. {{FSC|572741|title-id|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C432m}} A map at the end of the book shows the Mississippi and Alabama lands ceded by the Chickasaws in 1835.
*Malone, James H. ''The Chickasaw Nation: A Short Sketch of A Noble People''. Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton, 1922. {{FSC|572741|title-id|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C432m}} A map at the end of the book shows the Mississippi and Alabama lands ceded by the Chickasaws in 1835.


=== Choctaw  ===
=== Choctaw  ===
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*Snider, Billie Ford. ''Full Name Indexes, Eastern Creek Indians East of the Mississippi.'' Pensacola, Florida: Antique Compiling, 1993. {{FSC|700946|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6126087; book 970.3 C861sb}} This source lists ancestors of the Eastern Creeks living in 1814 and descendants to about 1972. The final chapter contains a detailed history of the Creeks from the 1600s to 1973 and offers suggestions for Eastern Creek Indian ancestral research.  
*Snider, Billie Ford. ''Full Name Indexes, Eastern Creek Indians East of the Mississippi.'' Pensacola, Florida: Antique Compiling, 1993. {{FSC|700946|item|disp=FS Library fiche 6126087; book 970.3 C861sb}} This source lists ancestors of the Eastern Creeks living in 1814 and descendants to about 1972. The final chapter contains a detailed history of the Creeks from the 1600s to 1973 and offers suggestions for Eastern Creek Indian ancestral research.  
*Stiggins, George. ''Creek Indian History: A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians''. Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Public Library Press, 1989. {{FSC|483336|item|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C861s}} A bibliography is found on pages 166–70.  
*Stiggins, George. ''Creek Indian History: A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians''. Birmingham, Alabama: Birmingham Public Library Press, 1989. {{FSC|483336|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C861s}} A bibliography is found on pages 166–70.  
*Eggleston, George Cary. ''Red Eagle and the Wars with the Creek Indians.'' New York: Dodd, Mead and Company Publishers, 1878. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/533302-red-eagle-and-the-wars-with-the-creek-indians-of-alabama?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] - free.
*Eggleston, George Cary. ''Red Eagle and the Wars with the Creek Indians.'' New York: Dodd, Mead and Company Publishers, 1878. Digital version at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/533302-red-eagle-and-the-wars-with-the-creek-indians-of-alabama?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Library] - free.


Rolls were prepared in 1832 of the Lower Creeks and the Upper Creeks. They contain the names of principal chiefs and heads of households, where they resided, number of people in the household and whether they owned slaves:  
Rolls were prepared in 1832 of the Lower Creeks and the Upper Creeks. They contain the names of principal chiefs and heads of households, where they resided, number of people in the household and whether they owned slaves:  


*Abbott, Thomas J. ''Creek Census of 1832 (Lower Creeks).'' Laguna Hills, California: Histree, 1987. {{FSC|571201|item|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C861a}} This is indexed by name.  
*Abbott, Thomas J. ''Creek Census of 1832 (Lower Creeks).'' Laguna Hills, California: Histree, 1987. {{FSC|571201|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C861a}} This is indexed by name.  
*Parsons, Benjamin S. Creek Census of 1832 (Upper Creeks). Laguna Hills, California: Histree, 1987. {{FSC|613309|item|disp=FS Library book 970.3 C861pa}} This is indexed by name.
*Parsons, Benjamin S. Creek Census of 1832 (Upper Creeks). Laguna Hills, California: Histree, 1987. {{FSC|613309|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.3 C861pa}} This is indexed by name.


=== Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs  ===
=== Agencies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs  ===
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*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]
*[[American Indian Vital Records Supplements in Census Rolls|Vital records]]


The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Washington has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. {{FSC|247426|item|disp=FS Library book 970.1 H551o}}</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. {{FSC|207428|item|disp=FS Library book 970.1 H551g}}</ref>, and others.  
The following list of agencies that have operated or now exist in Washington has been compiled from Hill's ''Office of Indian Affairs...''<ref>Hill, Edward E. ''The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1880: Historical Sketches'', Clearwater Publishing Co., Inc. 1974. {{FSC|247426|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.1 H551o}}</ref>, Hill's ''Guide to Records in the National Archives Relating to American Indians''<ref>Hill, Edward E. (comp.). ''Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians''. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981. {{FSC|207428|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.1 H551g}}</ref>, and others.  


*[[Choctaw Indian Agency (Mississippi)|Choctaw Agency]], 421 Powell, Philadelphia, MS, 39350
*[[Choctaw Indian Agency (Mississippi)|Choctaw Agency]], 421 Powell, Philadelphia, MS, 39350
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*Pickett, Albert James. ''History of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, From the Earliest Period''. Sheffield, Alabama: R.C. Randolph, 1896. {{FSC|192476|item|disp=FS Library film 924406; book 976.1 H2p}} This book gives a chronological history of the events affecting the American Indians to about 1820.  
*Pickett, Albert James. ''History of Alabama and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, From the Earliest Period''. Sheffield, Alabama: R.C. Randolph, 1896. {{FSC|192476|item|disp=FS Library film 924406; book 976.1 H2p}} This book gives a chronological history of the events affecting the American Indians to about 1820.  
*Young, Mary Elizabeth. ''Redskins, Ruffle shirts and Rednecks: [[American Indian Allotment Records|Indian Allotments]] in Alabama and Mississippi 1830–1860.'' The Civilization of the American Indian Series. Norman. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. {{FSC|404569|item|disp=FS Library book 970.1 Y86r}} This book describes the opening up and sale of Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indian lands until about the 1840s. An excellent bibliography is found at the end of the book.
*Young, Mary Elizabeth. ''Redskins, Ruffle shirts and Rednecks: [[American Indian Allotment Records|Indian Allotments]] in Alabama and Mississippi 1830–1860.'' The Civilization of the American Indian Series. Norman. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. {{FSC|404569|item|disp=FS Catalog book 970.1 Y86r}} This book describes the opening up and sale of Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek Indian lands until about the 1840s. An excellent bibliography is found at the end of the book.


=== Reservations  ===
=== Reservations  ===
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=== References  ===
=== References  ===


''Redskins Ruffle shirts and Rednecks-Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi 1830-1860. ''by Mary Elizabeth Young. C. 1961 University of Oklahoma Pres. Norman, Oklahoma. Library of Congress number: 61-15150. {{FSC|404569|item|disp=FS Library book970.1 Y86r}}  
''Redskins Ruffle shirts and Rednecks-Indian Allotments in Alabama and Mississippi 1830-1860. ''by Mary Elizabeth Young. C. 1961 University of Oklahoma Pres. Norman, Oklahoma. Library of Congress number: 61-15150. {{FSC|404569|item|disp=FS Catalog book970.1 Y86r}}  


::This book contains maps showing: Location of Creek allotments and original counties of the Creek Cession Land Offerings.
::This book contains maps showing: Location of Creek allotments and original counties of the Creek Cession Land Offerings.
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