JNMBARNES@aol.com wrote: > Jerri, > I have a roll question. I recently became aware of the Wallace > Freedmen Rolls that were taken in the Cherokee Nation, I think IT as well as > Eastern Cherokees, in the early 1890s and then declared fraudulent and > disregarded or ruled bogus or whatever by Congress, so I have to come to > believe after reading several very short blurbs about them. > Jim- Glad to: WALLACE ROLL: 1890/93 listing of Freedman AREA: Cherokee Nation of Indian Territory (ONLY) INFORMATION: 3,524 entries. Individual's name, sex, age, and residence. Entries cross-referenced to the Clifton Roll. HISTORY: A census taken in 1890 of those Cherokee Freedman eligible to receive a per capita payment as authorized by an Act of Congress of 19 Oct 1888. The roll was prepared by Special Agent John Wallace and was based on an 1883 census of the Cherokee Freedman. It includes a list of authenticated Freedman who appear on the 1883 roll, individuals who died between 1883 and 1890, individuals who were admitted by Wallace, and "Free negros". The list also includes a list of individuals whose rights to participate in the payment were in question by the Commission for Indian Affairs and supplemental lists of individuals who were admitted by the Sec'y of the Interior. The U.S. Court of Claims, by a decree of 8 May 1895, adjudged the entire roll to be fraudulent and it was never recognized by the Cherokee Nation. AVAILABLE: FWFRC- (Ft Worth Federal Records Center)