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The Hester Rolls are a Cherokee census roll that was taken in 1883 by Joseph G. Hester. The census listed new citizens of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, whether by birth or by adoption. [1] Other Cherokee census rolls include: 1835 Census of Cherokees Living East of the Mississippi River (also known as the Henderson Roll) 1848 Mullay Roll
The Baker Roll of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was created by the Eastern Cherokee Enrolling Commission after it was commissioned by the United States Congress on June 4, 1924. The purpose of the Baker Roll was to collect and compile data from older Eastern Cherokee censuses and determine tribal affiliation.
The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians has roughly 12,500 members. At this time there are lawsuits and counter lawsuits in the Cherokee Freedmen issue in the Cherokee Nation. With an estimated 284,247 members, per the 2010 census, the Cherokee Nation is the second largest Indian tribe behind the Navajo. Combined there are over 800,000 persons ...
Cherokee people on the Baker Roll (11 P) D. Dawes Rolls (5 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Cherokee census rolls" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
The Cherokee Nation and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians use the Guion Miller Roll and the Dawes Rolls in order to determine eligibility for tribal citizenship. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians only uses the Baker Roll to determine eligibility for tribal citizenship.
Freedmen (persons formerly enslaved by Native Americans or adopted by the Cherokee tribe) New Born Freedmen; Minor Freedmen; Delaware Indians (those adopted by the Cherokee tribe were enrolled as a separate group within the Cherokee) More than 250,000 people applied for membership, and the Dawes Commission enrolled just over 100,000.
Members of Bell’s family did travel to Texas in the 1840s and stayed for about 20 years before they returned to the Cherokee Nation, according to a 1972 book, “Genealogy of Old & New Cherokee ...
Moses Whitmire (ca. 1848–1884), Trustee for the Cherokee Freedmen of the Cherokee Nation and who brought suit on September 26, 1891, on behalf of the Cherokee nation against the United States Government to protect the rights and citizenship of the Cherokee under the Treaty between the United States Government and the Cherokee Nation, of July ...