You can contact the Cherokee heritage center in Oklahoma. They do have all the records on the Cherokee Nation. It is worth a shot. Here is there link http://www.cherokeeheritage.org/ I did contact them on my Sanders line and was told they have all the records and can search for you for a fee. Good Luck Joy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark & Sherry Finchum" <finchums@usinternet.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 1:59 PM Subject: [LCT] Cherokees in TN 1820 > There would have been numerous Cherokee's on the 1820 TN Census. You just > won't find them listed as "Indian". You might find a listing as "M" for > Mulatto, if the census taker thought that their skin looked dark enough. > Most of them will just be listed as white. > > Of course, this is providing that the 1820 Census of their counties has > survived. Many of the 1820 counties are missing. > > Many of the Cherokee had married into the European families and had > assimilated into the "white" culture. Especially the females. > > The Cherokee Rolls of the same time period were only taken in the > strictest > of Cherokee territories. Reservation Rolls:1817 were those wishing to > stay > in the east. They, in order to avoid the pressing encroachment on their > lands, had applied for a 640 tract of land in the East that would revert > to > the government upon their death. Others on the Emigration Rolls 1817: > filed to emigrate to Arkansas country and then went on to Oklahoma after > 1828. > > In 1835, the Henderson Roll lists over 16,000 Cherokee residing in AL, GA, > TN, and NC that were to be removed to Oklahoma after 1838-1839 "Trail of > Tears". Many of those listed, avoided the trip. Some hid in the NC > mountains, others claimed to be white, still others were able to aquire > land through white friends, and never left. > > -Sherry > >>From: "Robert Jackson" <rljddj63650@charter.net> >>To: TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com >>Message-ID: <000601c50659$881969b0$0200a8c0@Jackson> >>Subject: Cherokee Indians on Early TN Census? >>MIME-Version: 1.0 >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; >>x-avg-checked=avg-ok-72407759 >> >>Does anyone know if full blooded Cherokee Indians would have been listed > on early Tennessee census....1820-1840? >> >>Robert L. Jackson >> > > Jesus is my rock! > > If you would like to know him also, visit: > http://www.godssimpleplan.org/gsps.html > > Visit my webpage! > http://www.sorrellsgenealogy.com > > Middle TN Cousins visit: > http://www.chestnutridgecousins.org > > Our hobby: > http://www.indiancreekproductions.com > > Searching East TN families: > ALEXANDER,ANDERSON,BRADBURN,BROOKS,BUIE,CLARK,CLAIBORNE, > COLEMAN,CRONDAS,DICKSON,ELLEDGE,EVANS,FARMER,HODGE/S, > INGLE,JAMES,LINN,LORD,McGHOILL,McINTIRE,McLEAN,MORECROFT, > PAINE/PAYNE,RANDLES,RHODES,SANDRIDGE,TEAGUE,and THURMAN > > Searching Middle TN families: > ALEXANDER,ALLEN,ANDERSON,BLALOCK,BOURLAND,BRENTS,BROWNE, > BURNES,CLAYTON,CONNALY,CONWELL,CORDING,COX,CREIGHTON, > CRITTENDEN,DAVIDSON,DAWSON,DEAL,FREEMAN,GALLAGHER, > GILBERT,GLIDEWELL,GRAHAM,HARRELL,HAWKINS,HAYES,HILL, > HOLLAND,KING,LAMBERT,LANDIN,LISTON,MARSH,MAXWELL, > McADAMS,McCANDLESS,McKNITT,McWHORTER,MEALER,MILLINGTON, > NASH,REDD,REESE,ROBERTS,RUSSELL,RYALLS,SCOTT,SIMPSON, > SMITH,SORRELL/S,TOLLY,TRENT,WAGSTER,WALLACE, > WHITE,WHITLOW,WHITSETT,and WILSON > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >