This was posted to the Arkansas Family History Association mail list on Rootsweb and I thought it may be of value to those of you researching Cherokee ancestors. Gene Pennington (Group 7) Research Director Pennington Research Association www.penningtonresearch.org =========================================================== From: Dusty Collins [[email protected]] Subject: [email protected] Guess it didn't make it to the list, but I replied last night that I have a copy of the following and will be glad to do lookups (this is CHEROKEE records only): 1817 RESERVATION ROLL: A listing of those desiring a 640 tract in the east and permitted to reside there. 1817-1835 EMIGRATION ROLLS: Those who filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and, after 1828, to Oklahoma 1835 HENDERSON ROLL: A census of over 16,000 Cherokee residing in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina to be removed to Oklahoma under the treaty of New Echota (1835) 1848 MULLAY ROLL: A census of 1,517 Cherokees remaining in North Carolina after the removals of 1838. 1851 SILER ROLL: A listing of some 1700 Eastern Cherokees entitled to a per capita payment pusuant to an act of Congress of 1850 1851 OLD SETTLER ROLL: A listing of Cherokees still living in 1851 who were already residing in Oklahoma when the main body of Cherokes arrived in the winter of 1839. 1852 CHAPMAN ROLL: Prepared by Albert Chapman as a listing of those Cherokee actually receiving payment based on the SILER census. 1852 DRENNAN ROLL: The first census of the new arrivals to Oklahoma of 1839 (the "Trail of Tears" group) 1869 SWETLAND ROLL: Prepared by S. H. Swetland as a listing of those Cherokee and their descendants who were listed as remaining in North Carolina by MULLAY in 1848. 1883 HESTER ROLL: Compiled by Joseph E. Hester as a roll of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in 1883. 1898-1914 DAWES ROLLS: Final roll for allotting the land a terminating the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. This roll turned out to be not as final as the govt. expected. Upon reorganization of the Cherokee Nation o Oklahoma in the 1970's the Dawes Roll became the only means of certifying membership. In other words - if your ancestor is not on the Dawes Roll - forget about enrolling!! While the Cherokee do allow this rule to be challenged in their tribal courts, there has never been a case of an exception made. 1908 CHURCHILL ROLL: List to certify members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Rejectees are also included. 1909 GUION-MILLER ROLL: All Eastern Cherokee, not Old Settlers, residing either east or west of the Mississipp. Ordered by Court of Claims as a result of a suit won by the Eastern Cherokee. 1924 BAKER ROLL: Supposed to be a final rollof the Eastern Cherokee. sherry [email protected] ==== AFHA Mailing List ==== Sign up today for our Winter 2000 lecture series! http://www.rootsweb.com/~arfha ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi