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The Choctaw Indians who chose to remain in the east could receive land allotments or, later, scrip for public lands in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, or Arkansas. The records are in the National Archives, Records Group 75. These are the records of the claims commission connected with the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The records of scrip certificates surrendered for land are in the Bureau of Land Management, Records Group 49. Most of these records have been microfilmed. A book that lists those who filed for land allotments or scrip is: | The Choctaw Indians who chose to remain in the east could receive land allotments or, later, scrip for public lands in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, or Arkansas. The records are in the National Archives, Records Group 75. These are the records of the claims commission connected with the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. The records of scrip certificates surrendered for land are in the Bureau of Land Management, Records Group 49. Most of these records have been microfilmed. A book that lists those who filed for land allotments or scrip is: | ||
*Goss, Joe R. ''A Complete Roll of All Choctaw Claimants and Their Heirs Existing Under the Treaties Between the United States and the Choctaw Nation as Far as Shown by the Records of the United States and of the Choctaw Nation''. 1889. Reprint, Conway, Arkansas: Oldbuck Press, 1992. | *Goss, Joe R. ''A Complete Roll of All Choctaw Claimants and Their Heirs Existing Under the Treaties Between the United States and the Choctaw Nation as Far as Shown by the Records of the United States and of the Choctaw Nation''. 1889. Reprint, Conway, Arkansas: Oldbuck Press, 1992. {{FHL|550606|item|disp=FHL book 970.3 C451g}} {{Worldcat|26891849|disp=At many libraries, Worldcat}} | ||
A helpful history of the Choctaw people from the 1500s to about 1930 is: | A helpful history of the Choctaw people from the 1500s to about 1930 is: | ||
*Debo, Angie. ''The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic.'' The Civilizations of the American Indians Series; 6. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. | *Debo, Angie. ''The Rise and Fall of the Choctaw Republic.'' The Civilizations of the American Indians Series; 6. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1961.{{FHL|85394|item|disp=FHL book 970.3 C451d}} {{Worldcat|326526|disp=At many libraries, Worldcat}} The book contains an extensive bibliography and a map showing Choctaw land cessions between 1801 and 1830 in Alabama and Mississippi. | ||
Land and property records are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Land and property records are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||