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I.    CLAYTON

A.   DAWES ROLL

1.   Dawes CD. -Transparencies

2.   Books- Dawes Plus, Cherokee Roots by Blankenship USA Section

3.   Microfilm - #1186. General Index. Census Cards. Delaware DI-D328. All five tribes. Upstairs in Native American Drawers. Third Row back at end of USA Drawers.

B.   OTHER ROLLS/CENSUS RECORDS

1.   Guion Miller Plus by Blankenship, Cherokee by Blood by Jordan, 9 Volumes, USA Section. Vital Information from the Guion Miller Roll, 1906-1909 by Edgington and Buswell. 973.08997 55 E 23 USA Section.

Microfilm # 1104 Guion Miller General Index.

2.   Microfilm- 1896 Cherokee Roll, 1880-1895 Old Settlers Roll, #685, Roll12-1851 Drennen Roll, Chapman Roll, 1884 Hester Roll. 1835 Census, #7RA07 1880 Cherokee Census. #7RA60 1890 Cherokee Census

3.   Microfilm-1832 Creek Census, 1893 Creek Citizenship, 1895-96 Creek Citizenship Commission, 1878 Chickasaw Annuity Roll (Also in book form), 1893 Chickasaw Payroll.

4.   M295 Lists census records of most federally recognized tribes. 1885-1940. 1860 Western Arkansas enrolled Citizens living in I. T. at end of roll.

1900 Oklahoma Federal Census-Indian Territory Rolls includes the five tribes and Peoria, Quapaw, Seneca, Wyandotte, Seminole, Modoc, Ottawa, Shawnee.

1910 Oklahoma Federal Census denotes Indian citizenship with a listing that continues below the Standard enumeration. Gives tribal affiliation, degree of white blood, if any, etc.

5.   Books- Choctaw Claimants and Their Heirs, 1830. USA

1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek Reserves Roll, USA

Register of Choctaw Emigrants to the West, Oklahoma Section.

Choctaw Marriage Records, Choctaw Nation, IT. 8 Vols. Oklahoma Section.

Abstract of Creek Indian Census Cards. Oklahoma

1855-56 Chickasaw District Roll, Oklahoma

Chickasaw Annuity Rolls: 1857-1866, Oklahoma

1890 Chickasaw Census, Oklahoma. Cherokee Drennen Roll. USA. Oklahoma

Siler Roll. USA

Only the Names Remain, by Garrett. V. I-V. Oklahoma

Marriage Records, Cherokee Nation, I. T. 8 Vols. Oklahoma Section.

C. MISSIONARY RECORDS.

I.    Guide to Cherokee Documents in Northeastern US. By Kutsch. USA. Includes references to other of five tribes. Draper Paper Indian References.

2.      Moravian Records of North Carolina by Fries, V. I, II. NC Section.

3.      History of Wachovia, NC Section.

Moravians in NC by Reichel, NC Section.

3.   McLoughlin, Wm. G. Cherokees and Christianity 1794 --1870. Central Library.

After the Trail of Tears. Central Library

Show transparencies of Sale Creek Mission School.

D. GENEALOGIES/TRADERS

I.    History of the Cherokee Indians by Starr. USA

Notes of Dr. Starr. By Baker and Hampton. 3 Volumes. USA.

Genealogy of Old and New Cherokee Families by Bell. USA: Separate Index.

Unhallowed Intrusions by Shadburn. GA Section.

Whites Among the Cherokees by Warren. GA Section.

Passports of Southeastern Pioneers, 1770-1823 by Potter. GA Section.

Cherokee Nation, 1890 Census. Whites living with permit. Oklahoma Section.

Check county histories where your people resided.

2.   The Colonial Records of South Carolina. Indian Trade, 1710-1718. Documents relating to Indian Affairs, 1750-1754. Documents Relating to Indian Affairs, 1754- 1765.

E.   CEMETERIES

1.   Our People and Where They Rest by Tyner and Timmons. 12 Volumes. Oklahoma Section. Master Index by Chasteen. Oklahoma Section.

Cemeteries and Burial Places of Delaware County, 4 Volumes, Oklahoma.

Check county histories and cemetery books of counties where family resided.

McCurtain County Oklahoma has cemetery books of the Choctaw Nation, Oklahoma. Also check for probate and wills in court houses where people resided.

F.   MILITARYRECORDS

1.   The Confederate Cherokees-John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles by Gaines. Central Library-Social Sciences-970.5GI42.

2.        Index to Civil War Records, Watie's Cherokee Regiments by Chase.

3.        M258, Rolls 79,80,90. Indexed. NARA

M861 Ro1174, Actual Service Records. NARA

Indian Home Guards by Chase. M594, Roll 225. Volunteer Union 1 et Indian Guards.

NARA.

Muster Roll of Cherokees at Battle of Horseshoe Bend. War of 1812. Internet Site.

Check Mexican War Service Records and Pension Records, same for Civil War. On

microfilm upstairs.

G.  TEXAS CHEROKEES AND ALLIED TRIBES.

Annual Report of American historical Association. The Austin Papers. By Barker.

TX section. 976.4A937.

The Bexer Archives (1717-1836) TX. 976.4b456.

R.B. Blake collection. V. XVIII - V. XIX, East TX, Census, 1796-1834. Index.

V. 60- Transparencies of Nacogdoches Day book.

II.    Ft. Worth Branch of National Archives-Handout.

1.   Dawes CD List -12 pages-Ft. Worth

2.   NARA List of Records-http://www.nara.gov - Show transparency and catalog which can be borrowed from reference desk at Clayton.

III. Oklahoma Historical Society

1.   Dawes CD Records List

2.   Catalog of Microfilm Holdings, Archives/Manuscript Div. OHS. Oklahoma Section

3.   Indian Pioneer Papers. 112 Volumes. V. 111 missing. Interviews conducted in the early 1900's of Oklahomans of every walk of life, including many Indian citizens. See Internet site.

4.   A Guide to the Indian Tribes of Oklahoma. By Muriel Wright. Oklahoma Section.

IV. Internet Websites -Handout

V.   Property Records

1.   Cherokee Property Evaluations in TN. By Hoskins. TN. Section.

2.   GA Evaluations: Rev. Walkers Book. Creek Evaluations in GA Archives.

3.   Dawes Land Allotment Records -CD

4.   1842 Claims Books by Mary Belle Chase. Oklahoma section.

 

VI. Trail of Tears (If time allows.)

1.   Show and explain transparencies.

2.   Claims Books by Mary Belle Chase. Oklahoma Section. .


CHEROKEE

1817 -1819   Register of Cherokee Who Wished to Remain in the East (P I 163, e. 217). A21.

1817-1838        Cherokee Emigration Rolls and Muster Rolls. A23 -

1835             Index to the Henderson Roll. T496.

1848                          Mullay Roll of Eastern Cherokee. 7RA06.

1851                          Index to the Siler Roll. M685, roll 12.  

1851             Siler Roll of Eastern Cherokee. 7RA-06.

1852                          Chapman Roll of Eastern Cherokee. M685, roll12.

1853                          1852 Index to the Drennen Roll. M685, roll 12.

1854                          Drennen Roll of "Emigrant Cherokee." 7RA01.

1867             Powell RolL A29.

1867             Tompkins Roll 7RA04.

1867-1897    Freedmen rolls and indexes (included Wallace Roll). 7RA51, rolls 1-2.

1878-1889    Lists of claimants and dockets of the Citizenship Commission. 7RA25, rolls 1-4.

1880                          Index and census, schedules 1-6. 7RA07, rolls 1-4.

1880             Payment roll ("Lipe Roll"). 7RA33, rolls 1-2.

1881             Roll of North Carolina Cherokees who removed to Cherokee Nation. 7RA 74, roll 1-

1883             Census. 7RA29, rolls 1-2.

1883             Census ( an 1897 copy with Sequoyah District missing). 7RA56, rolls 1-2.

1883                          Payment roll. 7RA51, rolls 1-3.

1886             Census. 7RA58, rolls 1-2.

1887-1889    Lists of persons rejected for Cherokee citizenship. 7RA71, roll I.

1890                          Census (No index), schedules 1-6. 7RA08, rolls 1-6.

1890             Payroll. 7RA59, rolls 1-2.

1893             Census (includes Delawares, Shawnees, and Freedmen). 7RA54, rolls 1-2.

1894             Payment roll and index ('"Starr Roll"). 7RA38, rolls 1-5.

1896             Index to Old Settlers Payment Roll. T985.

1896             Old Settlers Payment Roll. 7RA34.

1896             Census. 7RA 19.

1896             Index to census not including Freedmen. 7RA 71.

1896             Applications. M1650, rolls 21-54. I

1896             Index and Dockets A-C of Citizenship Cases. 7RA70, rolls 1-2.

1897             Index to Freedmen Payment Roll. 7RA51 , roU 2.

1897             Index to Freedmen Strip Payment Roll. 7RASl, roll 2.

1897                          Freedmen Payment Roll. 7RA51 , roll 2.

1897             Copy of 1890 -roll 7RA60, rolls 1-3.

1898-1914    Index to Final Roll -Dawes Roll. M1186, roll I.

1898-1914    Enrollment cards -Dawes Cards. Mll86, rolls 2-38.

1898-1914    Applications for enrollment on the Final Roll Dawes Applications. M1301, rolls 174-399.

1898-1939    Census. Cherokee (North Carolina). M595, rolls 22-26.

1899-1905    Dawes Commission townsite plats. 7RA 18, roll 1. Page 2

1900-1907    Lease royalty records. 7RA30, rolls 3-9.

1907             Index to rejected applicants. 7RA24, roll I.

1908-1910    Index and Guion Miller roll M685, rolls 1-1.2.

1906-1909    Eastern Cherokee Applications of the U. S. Court of Claims ("Guion Miller applications") M-1104, rolls 1-348.

1910             Payment to intermarried whites. 7RA80, roll I.

1910             Index and Cherokee Equalization Payroll. 7RA82, rolls 1-4.

1912             Index and payroll. 7RA91, rolls 1-3.

1917-1918    Register of Indians in World War I. 7RA34 7.

1926-31        Baker Roll of Eastern Cherokees in North Carolina. A35.

n.d.               List of "Colored Persons on the Clifton Roll not on 1880 Rol1s. " 7RA51 , roll 2.

n.d.               Index to orders for removal of restrictions. 7RA297, roll I.