Wanda, Here is some info I copied from a site some time ago and at the time forgot to cite who had wrote it. I'm sure they put it out there to help fellow searchers though. 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. Conway, AR: Oldbuck Press, [199_?]. Reprint of the 1889 edition originally printed by Robt. D. Patterson Stationery Co., St. Louis. [197] p. ISBN 1568690029; 1568690037 (pbk.). United States. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, (As Approved by the Secretary of the Interior on or Before March 4, 1907, With Supplements Dated September 25, 1914) [Also Known as Dawes Commission Rolls]. Washington, DC: National Archives, 1961. 3 reels of 35 mm. microfilm. Series: National Archives Microfilm Publications, T529. Contents: Reel 1. Choctaw and Chickasaw Rolls -- Reel 2. Cherokee Rolls -- Reel 3. Creek and Seminole Rolls. Watson, Larry S. 1830 Choctaw Roll, "Armstrong Roll." Laguna Hills, CA (23011 Moulton Pkwy C-8, 92653): HISTREE, 1988. ISBN: 0042594967. [237] p. Indexed. Watson, Larry S. 1830 Choctaw Roll, "Armstrong Roll." Laguna Hills, CA (23011 Moulton Pkwy C-8, 92653): HISTREE, 1988. ISBN: 0042594967. [237] p. Indexed. Some agencies with Indian records (from Kay Kirkham's Our Native Americans and their...) American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions 14 Beacon Street Boston, MA. "For a period, American Indian Missions were considered foreign missions and there are records, 1817-1883, relating,to the following tribes: ... Chickasaw..." Federal Archives and Records Center 4900 Hemphill Street Fort Worth, TX 76115 Oklahoma Historical Society Indian Archives Division Historical Bldg. Oklahoma City, OK 73105 "They have many Federal Indian Agency records, 1870-1920's, records of the Five Civilized Tribes, etc." Red River Valley Historical Association Department of Social Sciences Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK 74701 "Materials concerning Choctaw, Chickasaw Indians including tribal record books and correspondence of Indian chiefs." United States National Park Service Natchez Trace Parkway Library and Visitor's Center RR #1, NT 143 Tupelo, MS 38801 "200 items on Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians." University of Oklahoma Bizzell Library Western History Collection 630 Parrington Oval Norman, OK 73019 "Materials relating to southwest and American Indians; papers of the Five Civilized Tribes, Pioneer papers, 116 paper volumes, private papers of Indian chiefs." Also, I don't know your lines geographical region or time span but in a book I have, The Choctaw - Jesse O. McKee, it states: Pres. G. Cleveland formed a committe (Dawes) to negotiate termination of the Five Civilized Tribes' land titles. The US was to didvide this land equally among all citizens of these Indian Nations, except for the black freedman, who would receive 40 acres. The Choctaw and the Chickasaw originally rejected the plan, but were soon convinced to and together drafted the Atoka Agreement. The Dawes Commission set about compiling a roll that would list everyone entitled to allotment. This was complicated by people claiming to be Choctaw, but who never lived in and were never citizens of the Nation. In 1900, Congress legislated that these applications were not valid, although it did make an acception for the Mississippi Choctaw if they could prove they were descendents of the Choctaw who had requested tracts in their homeland in 1830 'Treaty.' Col. William Ward, the agent who had the responsibility of registering these requests, had left very poor records. Unable to verify the claimants' descent, the US government was flooded with more than 6,000 applictions for allotment, most of which were fraudulent. Many of the actual descendents refused to come forward because they were afraid it was just another scheme of the US government to stael their MS homes. The government closed the tribal rolls on March 4, 1907, with many disputes outstanding. In my opinion, the Commission only had to gain by denying, with the fraudulant claims and poor records serving as a good excuse. Therefore they did not have to allot land to these people. I hope this helps. Lisa