This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/oZEBAIB/3210.3323.1.2 Message Board Post: I will be mailing you a copy of the Supreme Court Case showing that Woody Russel did own land and was paid for it by the Federal Government. His son Perry G. according to the court case refused to pay $250 and was denied membership in the Cherokee Tribe.