KEITH LOWREY wrote: > "I have aquestion about when the Dawes Roll terminated. I have both > Cherokee Roots, Vols and they lest the Dawes Roll as 1898-1914. My > father was b. in 1905, a br. was born in 1906 and both have Dawes > enrollment #s. They had another br. b.1908 and a sis. b. 1909. The > last two are not on the Dawes".<snip> The "Dawes Roll" (actually "The Final Roll of the Five Civilized Tribes" -- compiled BY "The Dawes Commission") opened in 1898 and closed for regular enrollment "as at 1 Sep 1902". The tribes decided to allow the enrollment of children born to those parents who were enrolled, and (again- according to the tribe) this roll closed later- . That enrollment was called "Minors" or "New Borns", according to the preference of each tribe. The Cherokees called theirs "Cherokee By Blood- Minor Children" and that enrollment was closed "as at 4 March 1906". As in any endeavor of this magnitude (compiling and certifying 101,000 people), there were some omission due to errors made by both the commission and individuals. In order to correct these errors, these files were accumulated and presented to Congress in one group (fully documented) and on 1 Aug 1914 Congress passed an Act approving the addition of these people to the rolls. THEREFORE-- the people who are listed on the Dawes rolls are a mixture of those who were enrolled during the period of -- "1898 to 1914". <snip>" So, again my question is, Why does the Dawes show as running through 1914--- and the Guion Miller shows it runs through 1909!" <snip> The Guion Miller enrollment was entirely separate and distinctly different from the Dawes roll, both in its' purpose and requirements. It was opened in 1906 and closed in 1909. Hope this helps Jerri Chasteen