In 1904 the Eastern Cherokees won a million dollar judgment against the United States because of it's violations 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 their descendants if they were deceased. Over 46,000 people filed claims. This series of volumes presents 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, and had to prove their descent, the quantity of genealogical information in these volumes is impressive.