start w/going to www.cherokee-nc.com under genealogy info... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 3:41 PM Subject: Re: [MOSTONE-L] Cherokee Trail > [email protected] wrote: > > >In a message dated 2/8/2005 10:58:46 AM Central Standard Time, > >[email protected] writes: > > > > > > > >>[email protected] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>If someone had an ancester on the Trail of Tears how could the verify it?My > >>> > >>> > >>>cousin says his maternial ancestores(Mays) was on the trail of tear and the > >>> > >>> > >>>Mays name was found a lot connected with the Cherokee's. > >>>Any information on where to check is appreciated.He has looked in the > >>>Dawes/Gurin rolls like them but they dont tell anythingon the Trail of > >>> > >>> > >>tears > >> > >> > >>>Thanks Linda > >>> > >>> > >>>==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>Don't know he said he had checked I thought here was only 2 rolls. Linda > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > > > >>Has he checked all the rolles there about 13 rolls in all > >> > >> > >> > > Indian Rolls > > > > > > > > 1817 Emigration Roll: The roll of the Arkansas Cherokees. Most old > > settlers are on this list. > > > > > > > > 1835 Henderson Roll: Census taken after the New Echota treaty has > > over 16,000 Cherokee Indians from Alabama, Tennessee and the Carolinas > > also called the Removal Roll. > > > > > > > > 1848 Mullay Roll: 1,517 Indians, These Cherokees were the ones who > > stayed behind and hid in the mountains. > > > > > > > > 1851 Siler Roll: Cherokee remaining east eligible for payment 1,700 > > Indians. > > > > > > > > 1851 Old Settlers Roll: Old settler in Indian Territory prior to > > 1835 treaty. This Roll documents people who went to Oklahoma after 1828. > > > > > > > > 1852 Chapman Roll: Taken by an agent, Albert Chapman: To see who > > received payment determined by Siler Roll. > > > > > > > > 1852 Drennen Roll: For who was in Indian Territory after the trail > > of tears. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1867 Kern- Clifton Rolls: Rolls of the freedmen. > > > > > > > > 1883 Hester Roll: Eastern Cherokee Roll includes ancestors on > > Chapman Roll numbers age and degree. > > > > > > > > 1890 Wallace Roll: Roll of the freedmen > > > > > > > > 1896 Swetland Roll: Census for the Cherokees who were in North > > Carolina on previous Mullay Roll. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1898-1914 Dawes Roll: Final Roll for the Cherokee Nation. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1908 Churchill Roll: Documents both enrolled and rejected Cherokees > > and blood quantum and degree. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1908 Guion -Miller Roll: Eastern and Western Cherokees (Excluding > > Old settlers) > > > > > > ==== MOSTONE Mailing List ==== > > >