United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

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Record Description
Record Type	Enrollment Records
Record Group	RG 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Collection years	1908-1910
Microfilm Publication	M685. Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee By Guion Miller, 1908-1910. 12 rolls
National Archives Identifier	2110769 Search within this Series
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What is in This Collection?

This collection contains Eastern Cherokee enrollment records that were created by the U.S. Court of Claims. These records were used to determine who was eligible for funds under the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845 between the United States and the Eastern Cherokee tribes. The records are part of Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and are from microfilm publication M685, Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908-1910.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

• Name
• Ages
• Gender
• Degree of Indian Blood
• Enrollment Date, place and number
• Parents and their enrollment date and place
• Spouses
• Divorces
• Children
• Grandchildren

Collection Content

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Inventory

Film	DGS	Roll	Collection
830434	DGS 7156848	1	Applications index, A-Z v. 1-2 1908-1910
830435	DGS 7156103	2	Applications, 1-6000 v. 1-2 1908-1910
830436	DGS 7156104	3	Applications, 6001-16000 v. 3-4 1908-1910
830437	DGS 7156105	4	Applications, 16001-31000 v. 5-7 1908-1910
830438	DGS 7156106	5	Applications, 31001-45857 v. 8-10 1908-1910
830439	DGS 7156107	6	Report on exceptions with supplemental roll 1909-1910
830440	DGS 7156108	7	Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 1-2 1908-1909
830441	DGS 7156109	8	Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 3-4 1908-1909
830442	DGS 7156110	9	Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 5-6 1908-1909
830443	DGS 7156111	10	Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 7-8 1908-1909
830444	DGS 7156112	11	Miscellaneous testimony taken before special commissioners v. 9 1908-1909
830444	DGS 7156112	11	Sizemore testimonies v. 10 1908
830444	DGS 7156112	11	Poindexter and Creek testimonies v. 10 1908
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Combined index of Eastern Cherokee rolls A-Z 1851
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Chapman roll 1851
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Drennen roll 1851
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Names of Eastern Cherokees added to Siler roll by act of Congress 1854
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Index to Old Settler roll 1851
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Index to Hester roll 1851
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Miscellaneous notes and drafts 1851
830445	DGS 7156113	12	Hester roll 1884

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• Identifying information such as residence

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

• Add any new information to your records
• If the individual or family are listed in the rolls, check for additional tribal records
• Learn about tribal customs such as inheritance
• Contact the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), or an agency associated with the tribe
• Contact Tribal archives and libraries

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

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Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in the United States.

• Finding Your Indian Ancestor
• Starting Native American Research
• American Indians Beginning Your Search
• Indigenous Peoples of North America - A Beginner's Guide
• Searching for Native American When the Tribe is Unknown
• United States Guided Research
• United States Record Finder
• United States Research Tips and Strategies

Other FamilySearch Collections

These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

• Edward E. Hill. Guide to records in the National Archives of the United States relating to American Indians. Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office, 1981 FS Library 970.1 H551g
• Records relating to enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, 1908-1910, 1835-1910
• Eastern Cherokee applications, August 29, 1906 - May 26, 1909
• Eastern Cherokee Indian reservation rolls, 1848-1970
• Decisions in enrollment cases under the act of June 4, 1924; 1926-1928
• Applications for enrollment of the Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• Applications from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Muskogee Area Office, relating to enrollment in the Five Civilized Tribes under the Act of 1896: M1650
• Eastern Cherokee census rolls

FamilySearch Historical Records

• United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970
• United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940
• United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940

FamilySearch Digital Library

• compiled by Edward E. Hill, comp. Preliminary inventory of the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, record group 75. 2 volumes. Washington, D.C. : National Archives & Records Administration, 1965
• 1851 census of Eastern Cherokee Indians, known as the Drennen Roll
• compiled by Gaiselle Kerner, Preliminary inventory of the records of the United States Court of Claims : (Record group 123)

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