Oklahoma Historical Society has copies of papers when they enrolled..and the Eastern Cherokee Claims. Also, all you've gotta do is write the Bureau of Indian Affairs called BIA in Washington, D. C.The name is Wurteh. Sarah Fields was a white woman. TheThornton Family in Oklahoma were Cherokees. A group of Cherokees left the Tribe and came to Arkansas in 1817 and were known at first as the New Settlers. Anytime a Cherokee left the Tribe then he was on his own and could not claim anything. The Trail of Tears took place in 1838 and as they came through Arkansas the Cherokees living there were given the chance to rejoin the Tribe and come into Indian Territory. When enrollment took place many did not enroll because they didn't trust the Government and thought this was another ruse to steal anything else they could. OHS would have the what you are calling a Petition 1301. None of this is free tho.How is Napoleon Bonapart related to Old Trader? Old Trader if my Granffather back there, however his first wife is my Grandmother -not Wurteh. Oleta E. Benge Kite in OKC. On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:53:25 EDT DocJeep371@aol.com writes: > I have traced my ancestory back to Trader John Benge who was married > to > Warteh of the Red Paint Clan around 1861. A decendent of his > Nepoleon Boneparte > Thornton applied for enrollment along with several of his siblings > on > petition #4301. How do I find out the results of this petition? > His Indian blood > may have been through the Sarah Fielder side of the family or from > a claim of > Cherokee by marriage through John Benge. Any help out there for > this? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > >

Whoa The BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) DOES NOT do genealogical look up. At present with all the slashing of the budget, the enrollment office now has one person and she handles only tribal enrollment issues. When I started with the BIA there were 7 employees handling enrollment problems for the tribes. The office has never provided independent research for the general public. The BIA public information office may have a packet of information on searching Indian ancestry but that would include only the most obvious information such as providing email addresses for National Archives and Record Service or the Fort Worth regional office of the Archives and perhaps a list of local Family History Centers. The BIA is not available on line currently. I am an retired BIA employee. Lathel Duffield ----- Original Message ----- From: J W Kite Jr<mailto:obengekite@juno.com> To: indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com<mailto:indian-territory-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS] Requesting information about petitionsof enrollment Oklahoma Historical Society has copies of papers when they enrolled..and the Eastern Cherokee Claims. Also, all you've gotta do is write the Bureau of Indian Affairs called BIA in Washington, D. C.The name is Wurteh. Sarah Fields was a white woman. TheThornton Family in Oklahoma were Cherokees. A group of Cherokees left the Tribe and came to Arkansas in 1817 and were known at first as the New Settlers. Anytime a Cherokee left the Tribe then he was on his own and could not claim anything. The Trail of Tears took place in 1838 and as they came through Arkansas the Cherokees living there were given the chance to rejoin the Tribe and come into Indian Territory. When enrollment took place many did not enroll because they didn't trust the Government and thought this was another ruse to steal anything else they could. OHS would have the what you are calling a Petition 1301. None of this is free tho.How is Napoleon Bonapart related to Old Trader? Old Trader if my Granffather back there, however his first wife is my Grandmother -not Wurteh. Oleta E. Benge Kite in OKC. On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:53:25 EDT DocJeep371@aol.com<mailto:DocJeep371@aol.com> writes: > I have traced my ancestory back to Trader John Benge who was married > to > Warteh of the Red Paint Clan around 1861. A decendent of his > Nepoleon Boneparte > Thornton applied for enrollment along with several of his siblings > on > petition #4301. How do I find out the results of this petition? > His Indian blood > may have been through the Sarah Fielder side of the family or from > a claim of > Cherokee by marriage through John Benge. Any help out there for > this? > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:INDIAN-TERRITORY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message