Joyce... The other day when I mentioned I was trying to find info on Cherokee land records & you said to send you a copy of the document so you can look at it & see if you can help. Well, I haven't had a chance to dig out the paper. But I did finally find it in the archives of this group. So I'm reposting what I had already posted in hopes that you know what it means like you said you might or that someone else who reads it can pop out of the wood work to give me some ideas. I've contacted the Cherokee Realty & the CNO (by email) about this & a company that dealt with deeds (I forget what it is, but I believe it was the Cherokee Realty too or something connected to them) So........what's the possibility's? Alli :) Ok.....this is going to be a little long in reading, but I need some help. Here goes Cherokee Nation to Cherokee Realty & Investment CO. (Inc.) Town of Pryor Creek, Indian Terr., Cherokee Nation Commission to the five Civilized Tribes By: Wm. A/H. Martin...Clerk C.B. Markham....Register of Deeds. The Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory To All to Whom these Presents shall Come--(not misspelled)Creeting: Whereas, A Townsite Commission, heretofore appointed under the Act of Congress approved May 31, 1900 (31 Stats. 221), and acting under authority of the Act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stats. 716), ratified by the Cherokee Nation, August 7th, 1902, has appraised the lots in the town of Pryor Creek Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; and Whereas, The plot of said town was approved by the Secretary of the Interior on the 17th day of September 1902 and was duly placed of file; and Whereas, Said Commission has appraised all of the town lots included in said plat at their true value, excluding improvements, which appraisal has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and Whereas, The said Commission has awarded the real estate described hereinbelow to Cherokee Realty & Investments CO. (Incorporated) who which paid Four Hundred and fifteen and 25/100 ($415.25) dollars, the full amount of the purchase price, into the treasury of the United States, to the credit of! the Cherokee Nation of Indians, with the United States Indian Agent, at Muskogee, Indian Territory, and is therefore entitled to a patent. Now, Therefore, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, do, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress of the United States, hereby grant, sell, and convey unto the said..Cherokee Realty & Investment CO. (Incorporated) its successions and assigns forever all the right, title and interest of the Cherokee Nation, a foresaid in and to Lot 2 numbered South 9 and South 38 feet of 11 in Block....numbered 23, lot 2, block 23, south 71 feet of lot 15, North ???(can't read the handwritten #) in the town of Pryor Creek Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and according to the plat thereof on file as aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, have herunto set my hand and caused the Great seal of said Nation to be affixed, at the date hereinafter shown. Oct. 15, 1907 W.C. Rogers Principal Chief of the C.N. Dept. of the Interior Approved : Mar. 24, 1908 James Rudolph Garfield/Garfield Secretary By Olives? A. Phillips Clerk Repeat the above again but where it says "Whereas, The said, Commission has awarded the Real estate described hereinbelow to.......(below section) is my great grandma's name.....who paid....$20 the full amt. of the purchase price......(etc)....... NOW, THEREFORE, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief.....grant, sell and convey unto the said........my grandma's name...her heirs & assigns forever, all the right.....(etc)..... James Rudolph Garfield...secretary by Olives A. Philps..clerk *********************** My aunt seems to think this is the land allotment received if you've been approved on a roll. She also said that one of the ancestor's were on some roll before the Trail of Tears the "Original Rolls from Georgia" Is there such a thing? I'm trying to get her to get more specific, we'll see. But if ya can help make sense of this land record, I'd appreciate it. Alli :) ________________________________________

>From Google: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treetop/Choctaw/Districts.htm RECORDING DISTRICTS IN INDIAN TERRITORY Recording Districts were created in Indian Territory primarily for Indians to record the land which they received under allotment. IT WAS A PLACE WHERE WHITES COULD ALSO RECORD DOCUMENTS AND SOME MARRIAGES MAY BE THERE. Indian Territory Recording Districts were abolished at Statehood, November 16, 1907, when the county division system was adopted. However, some pre-statehood records still exist in Oklahoma county court houses of those locations. The following list of 30 Recording Districts, and towns where records were kept, may provide a clue for research: 5. Pryor Creek Mayes Co. CHEROKEE NATION named changed to Pryor Jan 26, 1909 named for Nathaniel Pryor early-day Osage Indian agent Also see: http://www.oklahomagenealogy.com/mayes/pryor.htm Joy From: Alli :) Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:44 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce So........what's the possibility's? Alli :)

Thank you Joy I will check this out :) Alli :) -----Original Message----- From: cherokeegene-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokeegene-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joy King Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:04 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce >From Google: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treetop/Choctaw/Districts. htm RECORDING DISTRICTS IN INDIAN TERRITORY Recording Districts were created in Indian Territory primarily for Indians to record the land which they received under allotment. IT WAS A PLACE WHERE WHITES COULD ALSO RECORD DOCUMENTS AND SOME MARRIAGES MAY BE THERE. Indian Territory Recording Districts were abolished at Statehood, November 16, 1907, when the county division system was adopted. However, some pre-statehood records still exist in Oklahoma county court houses of those locations. The following list of 30 Recording Districts, and towns where records were kept, may provide a clue for research: 5. Pryor Creek Mayes Co. CHEROKEE NATION named changed to Pryor Jan 26, 1909 named for Nathaniel Pryor early-day Osage Indian agent Also see: http://www.oklahomagenealogy.com/mayes/pryor.htm Joy

These appear to be two separate land allotments. One for a township of Pryor Creek and one to your grandmother. I don't know anything about your lineage but it certainly appears that she is receiving the land because of some relationship to the Cherokee. Joyce Gaston Reece -----Original Message----- From: Alli :) Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 1:44 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce Joyce... The other day when I mentioned I was trying to find info on Cherokee land records & you said to send you a copy of the document so you can look at it & see if you can help. Well, I haven't had a chance to dig out the paper. But I did finally find it in the archives of this group. So I'm reposting what I had already posted in hopes that you know what it means like you said you might or that someone else who reads it can pop out of the wood work to give me some ideas. I've contacted the Cherokee Realty & the CNO (by email) about this & a company that dealt with deeds (I forget what it is, but I believe it was the Cherokee Realty too or something connected to them) So........what's the possibility's? Alli :) Ok.....this is going to be a little long in reading, but I need some help. Here goes Cherokee Nation to Cherokee Realty & Investment CO. (Inc.) Town of Pryor Creek, Indian Terr., Cherokee Nation Commission to the five Civilized Tribes By: Wm. A/H. Martin...Clerk C.B. Markham....Register of Deeds. The Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory To All to Whom these Presents shall Come--(not misspelled)Creeting: Whereas, A Townsite Commission, heretofore appointed under the Act of Congress approved May 31, 1900 (31 Stats. 221), and acting under authority of the Act of Congress, approved July 1, 1902 (32 Stats. 716), ratified by the Cherokee Nation, August 7th, 1902, has appraised the lots in the town of Pryor Creek Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory; and Whereas, The plot of said town was approved by the Secretary of the Interior on the 17th day of September 1902 and was duly placed of file; and Whereas, Said Commission has appraised all of the town lots included in said plat at their true value, excluding improvements, which appraisal has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior; and Whereas, The said Commission has awarded the real estate described hereinbelow to Cherokee Realty & Investments CO. (Incorporated) who which paid Four Hundred and fifteen and 25/100 ($415.25) dollars, the full amount of the purchase price, into the treasury of the United States, to the credit of! the Cherokee Nation of Indians, with the United States Indian Agent, at Muskogee, Indian Territory, and is therefore entitled to a patent. Now, Therefore, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, do, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid Act of Congress of the United States, hereby grant, sell, and convey unto the said..Cherokee Realty & Investment CO. (Incorporated) its successions and assigns forever all the right, title and interest of the Cherokee Nation, a foresaid in and to Lot 2 numbered South 9 and South 38 feet of 11 in Block....numbered 23, lot 2, block 23, south 71 feet of lot 15, North ???(can't read the handwritten #) in the town of Pryor Creek Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, and according to the plat thereof on file as aforesaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I, the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, have herunto set my hand and caused the Great seal of said Nation to be affixed, at the date hereinafter shown. Oct. 15, 1907 W.C. Rogers Principal Chief of the C.N. Dept. of the Interior Approved : Mar. 24, 1908 James Rudolph Garfield/Garfield Secretary By Olives? A. Phillips Clerk Repeat the above again but where it says "Whereas, The said, Commission has awarded the Real estate described hereinbelow to.......(below section) is my great grandma's name.....who paid....$20 the full amt. of the purchase price......(etc)....... NOW, THEREFORE, I, the undersigned, the Principal Chief.....grant, sell and convey unto the said........my grandma's name...her heirs & assigns forever, all the right.....(etc)..... James Rudolph Garfield...secretary by Olives A. Philps..clerk *********************** My aunt seems to think this is the land allotment received if you've been approved on a roll. She also said that one of the ancestor's were on some roll before the Trail of Tears the "Original Rolls from Georgia" Is there such a thing? I'm trying to get her to get more specific, we'll see. But if ya can help make sense of this land record, I'd appreciate it. Alli :) ________________________________________ =====*NOTICE THIS*===== Cherokee genealogy; certain conversation is allowed to do genealogy; and sort fact from (fiction). Rude people will be moderated asap! List archive http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=cherokeegene please take non genealogy to Cherokee@rootsweb.com Dual admin. Dan and Joyce ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHEROKEEGENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

>From what I gathered from the paper (& I'll have to dig the actual paper out) is that someone paid the 400 & something dollars to the Cherokee Nation, but she only had to pay $20 (which for her might as well been $400) But! If it's true that's it is because she's connected to the Tribe.....that would be a huge breakthrough for me. Now I just have to get someone from the CNO to answer me so I can find out for sure LOL -----Original Message----- From: cherokeegene-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cherokeegene-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joyce Gaston Reece Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:59 AM To: cherokeegene@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CherokeeGene] land ---Joyce These appear to be two separate land allotments. One for a township of Pryor Creek and one to your grandmother. I don't know anything about your lineage but it certainly appears that she is receiving the land because of some relationship to the Cherokee. Joyce Gaston Reece