CHEROKEE BY BLOOD 

 Records of Eastern Cherokee Ancestry in the U.S. Court of Claims 1906-1910 

  Volume 1, Applications 1 to 1550 

In 1904 the Eastern Cherokees won a million dollar judgment against the U.S. Because of its violation of the treaties of 1835-36 and 1845. The payments were to go to all living persons who had been members of the Eastern Cherokee tribe at the time of the treaties, or to their descendants if they were deceased. Over 46,000 people filed claims. This series of volumes presents present detailed abstracts of those applications, including numerous verbatim transcriptions of affidavits by the applicants, their families and friends. Since most of the applicants were descendants, rather than original tribe members, and had to prove their descent, the quantity of genealogical data in these volumes is staggering.

About 9/10 of the applicants lived west of the Mississippi in the early 1900s when they made their applications, with the balance living predominantly in the southeast. Although the applicants had to have Indian ancestry, the majority were nominally white; and a significant number of blacks are also included.

Surname Index (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

482-page, soft-cover book. $42.00

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