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For additional titles on the Cherokee Nation see also Five Civilized Tribes

#CH-51

1890 Cherokee Nation Census
1890 Cherokee Nation census in the same format used by the Federal 1890 census. This is an excellent connection between the transcription of the 1880 Cherokee census (see below) and the Dawes Roll. Full index.
Paper, 2 volumes, 1863 pages.

Author Benge
Price $88.58

#CD-21

1890 Cherokee Nation Census
See description above. CD uses Adobe Acrobat Reader, inncluded on CD. CD is readable on PC and Macintosh systems.

Author Benge
Price $24.00

#CH-47

1880 Cherokee Nation Census
"One of the pivotal rolls for eligibility status for enrollment, whether Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole or Freedmen was the 1880 Cherokee Census." This book is a transcription complete with census card numbers which were added in 1900. A full name index
Paper, 644 pages.

Author Benge
Price $73.00

#CD-07

1880 Cherokee Nation Census
CD -Same as above. The format preserves the look of the original page and is fully searchable.
CD is readable on PC and Macintosh systems.

Author Benge
Price $20.00

 

1842 Cherokee Claims Books
"One of the pivotal rolls for eligibility status for enrollment, whether Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, Seminole or Freedmen was the 1880 Cherokee Census." This book is a transcription complete with census card numbers which were added in 1900. A full name index
Paper, 644 pages.

Author Chase
#CH-150

1842 CLAIMS SALINE DISTRICT - 227 pages $20
#CH-151

1842 CLAIMS SKIN BAYOU (SEQUOYAH) - 253 pages $20
#CH-152

1842 CLAIMS TAHLEQUAH
– 352 pages
$25
#CH-153

1842 CLAIMS GOINGSNAKE
– 379 pages
$25
#CH-154

1842 CLAIMS FLINT VOL 1
– 363 pages
$25
#CH-155

1842 CLAIMS FLINT VOL 2
– 362 pages
$25
#CH-156

1842 CLAIMS FLINT VOL 3
– 372 pages
$25
#CH-157 1842 CLAIMS FLINT VOL 4
– 376 pages
$25
#CH-158

1842 CLAIMS DELAWARE VOL 1
– 328 pages
$25
#CH-159 1842 CLAIMS DELAWARE VOL 2
– 326 pages
$25
#CH-160

1842 CLAIMS DELAWARE VOL 3
– 320 pages
$25

#CH-125

1900 Census Cherokee Indian Nation, Vol 1
Parts of Muskogee and Sequoyah Counties, IT, including Indian population
and general population. Indexed, paper, 95 pages

Author Elsworth & Emler
Price $21.50

#CH-126

1900 Census Cherokee Indian Nation, Vol 2
Indian and general population for parts of Sequoyah County, IT including town of Sallisaw. Indexed, paper, 72 pages

Author Elsworth & Emler
Price $21.50

#CH-127

1900 Census Cherokee Indian Nation, Vol 3
Indian and general population for parts of Sequoyah County, IT with
town of Muldrow. Indexed, paper, 100 pages

Author Elsworth & Emler
Price $21.50

#CH-128

1900 Census Cherokee Indian Nation, Vol 4
Indian and general population for parts of McIntosh and Muskogee
Counties and town of Webbers Falls. Indexed, paper, 84 pages

Author Elsworth & Emler
Price $21.50

#CH-129

1900 Census Cherokee Indian Nation, Vol 5
Indian and general population for parts of Muskogee and Wagoner
Counties, and town of Fort Gibson. Indexed, paper, 79 pages

Author Elsworth & Emler
Price $21.50

#CD-22 African-Cherokee Connections: Reconstructed Families from the Miller Roll
Excellent source for both Cherokee and African research. All applications that have African connections were completely extracted. All notes, affidavits and letters are included and the number of every application where the individual is mentioned. Census records are included for some families, and Freedman enrollment information added where available. Over 8,000 families and nearly 30,000 names. Electronic text CD, using Adobe Acrobat Reader, included free on the CD.
CD is readable on PC and Macintosh systems.
Author Edgington
Price $39.95

#CH-111

Alabama Volunteers; Cherokee Disturbances and Removal 1836-1839
Compiled from NARA microfilms in alphabetical order this work gives the
name and unit of those known to have served.
Paper, 43 pages

Price $15.00

#CH-32

A.K.A. - Also Known As
Cherokee and pioneer names they were known by before and after the
Civil War and the forced removal west. Fully indexed.
Paper, 42 pages.

Author Garrett
Price $20.00

#CH-56


THE BAKER ROLL : The Final Roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina
This roll was prepared by US Agent Fred A Baker, acting on a US Act of 1924, which was designed to terminate the Eastern Band as a tribe, with all land, money and property to be turned over to the government for final disposition. After efforts to terminate the tribe as a political entity, the tribe used the 1924 Baker Roll as its base roll.
Alphabetical Index
New heavy wire binding, oversized pages, 9”x12”
Paper covers, 308 pages
Author Blankenship
Price $45.00

#CH-59 The Brainerd Journal - A Mission to the Cherokees, 1817-1823
Back in print! The journal of the Brainerd Mission is an indispensable source
For Cherokee history and culture in early 19th Century. This is the detailed
transcription of the journal entries highlighting the missionary activities and
Cherokee personalities and politics. Extensive notes, bibliography.
Indexed, 5 ½ x 8 ½, hardback, 584 pages.
Author Phillips
Price $70.00

#CH-48

Buffalo Ridge Cherokee: A Remnant of A Great Nation Divided (BACK IN PRINT) The Cherokee heritage of a long neglected people living in the Buffalo Ridge area of Stapleton, Virginia. An obscure and forgotten part of Native American culture. A short history of the Cherokee nation. Detailed genealogies
Bibliography, Index Paper, 255 pages

Author Rice
Price $29.00

 

Cherokee by Blood: Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U.S. Court of Claims, 1906-1910
Detailed abstracts of the applications to the Miller Roll for payment established by Congress to Compensate the Eastern Cherokees for the violations of the treaties of 1835, 1836 and 1846. Approximately halfway through the applications each volume has full every name index.

Author Jordan
#CH-34 Vol. 1, Applications 1-1550
Paper, 482 pages.
$40.00
#CH-35 Vol. 2, Applications 1551-4200
Paper 485 pages.
$40.00
#CH-36 Vol. 3, Applications 4201-7250
Paper, 485 pages.
$40.00
#CH-37 Vol. 4, Applications 7251-10170
Paper, 490 pages.
$40.00
#CH-38 Vol. 5, Applications 10171-13260
Paper, 489 pages.
$40.00
#CH-39 Vol. 6, Applications 13261-16745
Paper, 505 pages.
$40.00
#CH-40 Vol. 7, Applications 16746-20100
Paper, 490 pages.
$40.00
#CH-41 Vol. 8, Applications 20101-23800
Paper, 489 pages.
$40.00
#CH-42 Vol. 9 Applications 23801-27800
Paper, 487 pages.
$40.00

#CH-106

Cherokee Cavaliers
200 letters that chronicle more than forty years of history in the old Cherokee
Nation – from removal through the Civil War to Reconstruction. – as recorded
in the correspondence of the Ridge-Watie-Boudinot families. Better known as the Treaty Party, they agreed in 1835 to the removal of the Cherokee Nation west into Indian Territory. As a result the family leaders were killed by the opposing faction under Chief John Ross. John Rollin Ridge, author and 49er; Stand Watie, Confederate General; and E. C. Boudinot, Cherokee delegate to the Confederate Congress, expressed themselves in the letters included here. Indexed, paper, 319 pages

Author Dale, Litton
Price $21.95

#CH-05

Cherokee Citizenship Comm. Docket Books 1880-1884
A full transcription of many cases regarding rights to citizenship in the Cherokee Nation.
Paper, 262 pages.

Author Bowen
Price $48.50

#CH-103

Cherokee Claims for Transportation & Subsistence
Special File 154, Volume 1

The Treaty of New Echota promised compensation for property and expenses due to the forced migration of the Cherokee people. To receive these payments, individuals had to prove their Cherokee citizenship. This is first of two volumes to help researchers navigate the records that resulted.
Paper, 222 pages

Author Stricklin
Price $24.50

#CH-18

Cherokee Connections
A useful introduction to Cherokee research with a good bibliography
Paper, 56 pages

Author Gormley
Price $9.95

#CH-02

Cherokee Drennan Annuity Roll of 1851
The Drennan Roll is a census roll of emigrant Cherokees taken in 1851 with payment made in 1852 at Fort Gibson to cover losses, expenses of removal, and subsistence costs as a result of the removal.
Paper, 389 pages.

Author Chase
Price $29.95

#CH-18

Cherokee Indian Rolls - Doubtful and Rejected
As classified by the Dawes Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.
Paper, 263 pages.

Price $43.75

#CH-145


The Cherokee Nation in the Civil War
The impact of the Civil War on residents of the Indian Territory was espciallly devastating. Cherokees fought for both the Union and Confederate armies. They suffered a war within a war with regular forces, guerillas, and bushwackers all contributing to the destruction. This book is a social history of the war and how it affected the Cherokee Nation, still recovering from the upheaval of the forced removal to the west.
Maps, photos, notes, extended bibliography, index
Hardback, 199 pages
Author Confer
Price $24.95

#CH-17

Cherokee Proud
Both a guidebook for tracing Cherokee ancestors and a snapshot of Cherokee history and culture. Second Edition, Paper, 308 pages

Author McClure
Price $22.95

#CH-33

Cherokee Ration Books, 1836 - 1837 - 1838 New Echota
Photocopied pages from ration books held in private hands never microfilmed and are not in collections of the National Archives or states archives. The index has 4752 names.
Paper, 213 pages.

Price $38.50

#CH-110

Cherokee Reserves Letters 1828-1840
Transcribed from the original documents received by the Office of Indian Affaris from the Cherokee reserves the claims made by the “Reservees” or their heirs against the government after the liquidation of the reservations and the remaining Eastern Cherokee homeland.
Illustrations, Index, 320 pages

Stricklin $29.95

#CH-10

Cherokee Roots Eastern Cherokee Rolls, Vol. 1
Name index to Eastern rolls from 1817 to 1924.
Paper, 126 pages.

Author Blankenship
Price $9.95

#CH-11

Cherokee Roots Western Cherokee Rolls, Vol. 2
Name index to Western rolls, Old Settler, Drennen, Dawes and Miller.
Paper, 306 pages.

Author Blankenship
Price $17.95

#CH-107

Cherokee Tragedy: The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People
A sympathetic and balanced account of the Ridge-Watie family from 1790
through 1840 that has become a classic of Cherokee history. This is the story of the betrayals and machinations that led to the Trail of Tears and resettlement in Indian Territory. Second Edition, Revised. Notes, illustrated, bibliography, indexed Paper, 416 pages

Author Wilkens
Price $24.95

#CH-98 Cherokee Trail Diaries; Volume 1 - 1849 A New Route to California Gold Fields Volume 2 - 1850 Another New Route to the California Gold Fields
Volumes 1 and 2 are bound together. Diaries and recollections are used to create a Step by step document of the Cherokees and whites who went overland to California from Indian Territory and western Arkansas in 1849 and 1850. Names and family connections of 100'sof individuals and their day by travel.
Many maps, bibliography, 8 ½ by 11, index, paperback, 418 pages.
Author Fletcher
Price $29.95

  Cherokee Trail Diaries; Volume 3 1851 - 1900 Emigrants, Goldseekers, Cattle Drives, and Outlaws
A continuation of the first two volumes, this one looks at the continued emigration to California and the cattle drives from the Indian Territory and Arkansas to California. Later travel over the trail in both directions is noted in detail. Excellent maps. Bibliography, index, 8 ½ by 11, paperback, 445 pages.
Author Fletcher
#CH-99 Paperback $29.95
#CH-100 Hardback $39.95

#CH-108 The Cherokees
The standard narrative history of the Cherokee Nation follows the tribe
as the people move from being warlords of the southern Appalachians to dealing with the problems of European civilization.
Illustrated, bibliography, indexed Paper, 355 pages
Author Woodward
Price $24.95

#FC-12

Dawes Commission - The Final Rolls
Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes and - Index to the Final Rolls

The only rolls used for land allotments in the Indian Territory and the basis for the official identification of degrees of Indian blood among the Five Civilized Tribes - Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaws and Seminoles. Enrolled were Citizens by Blood, Citizens by Marriage, New Born by Blood, Minors by Blood, and Freedmen. The rolls give name, age, sex, degree of Indian blood, and the number of the census or enrollment card. The census cards give information on relationships, birth dates, residences, former owners in the case of Freedmen. These rolls, printed for the first time in nearly 100 years, are the reference of choice for any researcher working with these tribes.
2 vols. 635 and 634 pages, hardbound.

Price $125.00

#CH – 55

Dawes Roll “Plus” of the Cherokee Nation
This is the classic cross reference between the 1898 Dawes Roll and the 1906 Guion Miller Roll. Surnames are listed alphabetically then by Dawes Roll number, so that family groups may be identified. The enrollment card number, ages, addresses and degree of Cherokee blood are also listed.
New heavy wire binding, oversized pages 9”x12”
Paper covers, 216 pages
Author Blankenship
Price $35.00

#CD-14

Eastern Cherokee Census Records, 1899 -1927
Digital microfilm image reprints of the Eastern Cherokee census records from rolls 22 to 24 of the NARA publication M595. Includes 22 different census records.
Graphic Image - CD is readable on PC and Macintosh systems.

Author Introduction by Buswell
Price $29.50

#CH-130 Eastern Cherokee Census, 1915-1922, Vol 1 1915-1916
Transcription of the census of the Eastern Band of Cherokees taken by Henderson. Alphabetized and microfilmed, this is the first time this record has been available as a publication. Each volume covers two years.
Paper, 150 pages
Author Bowen
Price $21.50

#CH-131 Eastern Cherokee Census, 1915-1922, Vol 2 1917-1918
Transcription of the census of the Eastern Band of Cherokees taken by Henderson. Alphabetized and microfilmed, this is the first time this record has been available as a publication. Each volume covers two years.
Paper, 150 pages
Author Bowen
Price $21.50

#CH-49 Exploring Your Cherokee Ancestry
Explanations of the various rolls, and census materials. The best basic
introduction to Cherokee research. Sample forms. Applications for
tribal membership are included.
Paper; 71 pages
Author Mooney
Price $12.95

#CH-15

Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee, Vol. I
Rolls 1 to 195 completed out of 348 total rolls of microfilm, alpha. By Applicant
Paper, 408 pages.

Author Page
Price $46.00

#CH-97 Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee, Volume 2
This volume contains extracts of rejected applications from rolls 196-282 of
Microfilm and includes 13,050 applications. Each applicant was asked to provide name, residence, age, place of birth, names of spouse, parents, siblings, grandparents, and aunts and uncles.
8 ½ by 11, paper, 361 pages.
Author Page
Price $48.50

#CH-102 Extract of the Rejected Applications of the Guion Miller Roll of the Eastern Cherokee, Volume 3
Extracted from NARA microfilm roll 283 to 348. Alphabetical listing by applicant. This volume completes the set.
Paper, 8 ½ by 11.
Author Page
Price $38.00

#CH-49

Exploring Your Cherokee Ancestry
The best basic introduction to Cherokee family history research. Explanations of the various rolls and census schedules. Sample forms. Application forms and information on applying for tribal Membership.
Paper, 71 pages

Author Mooney
Price $12.95

#CH-112

Forgotten Oklahoma Records: Cherokee Land Allotment Books
Transcribed from original records housed in Ottawa County Courthouse,
Miami, Oklahoma, now on film at Oklahoma Historical Society. This
book deals with lands allotted in Ottawa County. Information includes name,
age, sex, degree of blood, number of acres and legal description.
Hardbound, Indexed, 460 pages

Author Cook
Price $65.00

#CH-132

General Stand Watie's Confederate Indians
An aristocratic, prosperous slaveholding planter and leader of the Cherokee mixed bloods, Watie was recruited in Indian Territory to fight the Union forces on the western front. He organized the First Cherokee Rifles, and was commissioned Colonel. He became brigadier general in 1864 after the battles of Wilson’s Creek and Pea Ridge. He was the last Confederate general to surrender.
Photos, bibliography, index
Paperback, 239 pages
Author Cunningham
Price $19.95

#CH-58 Guide to Cherokee Indian Records Microfilm Collection
The 129 rolls of microfilm held by the Oklahoma Historical Society are one of the largest collections of Cherokee records in the nation. Records include Cherokee Citizenship; census, enrollment, district and supreme court records; land, permit, and estate records; tribal council and school records; slave and freedman records; Civil War Records. Also, the Guide describes other materials relating to Cherokees in other OHS Collections including Grant Foreman's unpublished manuscript, History of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Confederate Army and the original papers of Cherokee genealogist Emmet Starr. Index, photos, map, appendices.
8 ½ x 11, paperback, 115 pages.
Price $22.95

#CH-101

History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore
2003 reprint of 1921 original. This is the classic of Cherokee genealogy. More than half the book is devoted to genealogies and biographies. School lists, military organizations, elected offices are full of family history. The biographies averaging a paragraph of more, focus on the genealogical events of birth, marriage, and death over a period of several generations. For over 80 years Starr's work has never been superseded.
5 ½ by 8 ½ ; hardbound, 672 pages.

Author Starr
Price $75.00

#CH-08

Index to Civil War Records - Watie's Cherokee Regiments (Confederate)
Complete service records can be requested from the National Archives using information in this index.
Paper, 32 pages.

Author Chase
Price $ 9.95

#CH-22

Index to the Cherokee Freedmen Enrollment Cards Dawes Comm., 1901-1906
Key to the Dawes Commission roll for former slaves of the Cherokees.
Paper, 207 pages.

Author Page
Price $21.00

#CH-06

Index the Payment Roll of the Old Settler Cherokees - 1896
By using this index, researchers can go directly to the microfilm of the payment roll and find the entry for the Old Settler, or his heirs, who received payment.
Paper, 41 pages.

Author Chase
Price $10.00

#CH-54 The Journal of Rev. Daniel S. Butrick
May 19, 1838 - April 1, 1839 - Cherokee Removal
Rev. Daniel Butrick left a detailed first-hand account of the events of the removal from the round-up of the Cherokees and their time in the concentration camps to the journey west. Map, index.
8 ½ x 11, paperback, 70 pages.
Price $15.00

#CH-09

Memoir of Catharine Brown; A Christian Indian of the Cherokee Nation
Experiences of a student at Brainerd Mission. Originally published in 1820.
Paper, 132 pages.

Author Anderson
Price $18.50

#CH-57

Miller Roll “Plus” of the Cherokee Nation
Those accepted on the Miller Roll are listed alphabetically by surname and then by roll number. Ages, relationships, addresses are listed. Dawes roll numbers and card numbers are listed for those who appear on that roll. A separate listing shows those who applied and were rejected as not being Eastern Cherokees. New heavy wire binding, oversized pages 9”x12”
Paper covers, 276 pages
Author Blankenship
Price $40.00

#CH-53

Miscellaneous Cherokee & Choctaw records 1800-1900
Payment rolls for the Cherokee and Choctaw. Eastern Cherokee 1871 Annuity Roll with name and Miller Roll number. 1856 Choctaw Annuity Roll; Choctaw students, and Civil War soldiers. These rolls are extracted from the BIA records in Washington D.C. Indexed.
Paper, 49 pages.

Author Curry
Price $14.00

#CH-43

Nancy Ward & Dragging Canoe
Introduction to two 18th century Cherokees influenced by tribal relations and trips to London. Nancy Ward was an advocate of peace, her cousin, Dragging Canoe, waged war against white settlers. Bibliography, indexed.
Paper, 90 pages.

Author Alderman
Price $9.95

#CH-12

North Carolina Eastern Cherokee Indian Census 1898-1899, 1904, 1906, 1909-1912, 1914
Indexes to National Archives census rolls.
Paper, 277 pages.

Author Bowen
Price $34.95
#CD-23 Only the Names Remain, Volumes 1 through 6
Now available on single CD, this series links the Drennen Roll and the Guion Miller Applications. The names of all family groups and family members living in the IT recorded in the Drennen Roll, cross-referenced with applications numbers or relatives who later filed on Miller Roll. Index.
CD is readable on PC and Macintosh systems.
Author Garrett
Price $23.50

#CH-46

The Texas Cherokees, A People Between Two Fires, 1819 - 1840
About 1819 several hundred Cherokees settled in east Texas. Index, bibliography.
Paper, 174 pages.

Author Everett
Price $17.95
#CD-01

Vital Records from the Guion Miller Roll
The key to unlocking the family histories included in the applications made in 1906 to prove Eastern Cherokee ancestry back to 1835. Extracted from the applications. Each entry includes given name, surname, women's maiden and married names, individual listings for each minor applicant. Year, state of birth, and address of applicants given. Includes many Anglo, Scots-Irish, several thousand African, as well as Creeks and Choctaws who all claimed Cherokee descent.
CD is readable on PC and Macintosh systems.

Author Edgington & Buswell
Price $29.95
#CH-13

Volunteer Soldiers in the Cherokee War 1836-1839
Soldiers and Militia who served during the "Removal".
Paper, 206 pages.

Price $34.95
#CH-105

Whites Among the Cherokees
“Written by the participants”. Extractions and copies of primary
documents of the interaction between Cherokees and whites in
Georgia before the removal. Cherokee genealogies.
Bibliography, Index, hardback, 303 pages.

Author Warren
Price $26.95

 

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