Thanks very much, Charlotte. I will follow up on your suggestions. The only tricky part is that Sickey Sanders didn't register for any of the later rolls. How he got his land is a mystery to me. His son, (my grandfather), Andy Sanders did register for all the rolls he was alive to do (born 1880), and HE got allotments. Had it not been for his application saying who his father was, I wouldn't be able to track Sickey Sanders at all. That's why I was so excited to see mention of Sickey Sanders place on Nathaniel Dow Willis' interview with the WPA. AGain, thanks, Ginger Goodell At 07:24 AM 04/10/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Ginger, > >My ggrandmother was born in Welling. They had alloted land near Welling. I >looked at their land plats and there was no Sanders. However when I compared >the old land plats to todays maps: Welling was Township 16 North, 23 >East.....I have 17 North, 23 East. > >You may be able to get the land plats from The Cherokee County Clerk office, >call them, I think the said $5.00 fee. Also. If you have his Dawes #, email >NARA and specify that you want his Allotment papers (they don't include them >with the Dawes Jacket), fee $10.00. They don't have the plats in them, but >they give his meridean info to find his land, plus they have the deed in it. >Oklahoma Historical Society will send them for $15.00 for out of State >requests. >I got my land plat copies from a person who volunteered to send them to me >at the Indian TerritoryL maailing list on rootsweb. > >Hope one of these work for ya. > >Char > >Subject: [OKCHEROK] Sickey SANDERS in Welling, OK > > >> My great grandfather was a Cherokee named Sickey SANDERS, aka Cicery or >> Sick-a-ta-wia. According to one of the Pioneer Papers interviews, Sickey >> had a "place" on which the interviewee worked in the late 19th century, >> near what is now Welling, OK. Can anyone advise me how I might ascertain >> just what land Sickey SANDERS owned? >> Many thanks for any thoughts or ideas. > > >