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Search the Dawes Rolls, 1898–1914. Use the Dawes Rolls to trace your ancestry to one of the Five Tribes. The Five Tribes include Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole. In general, the Dawes Rolls list individuals who lived with their nation in Indian Territory, who chose to apply, and were approved by the Dawes Commission.
The documents include first and last name, roll number (in most cases), tribal affiliation, and in a few cases blood quantum is listed. The index includes more than 11,000 names. These materials are part of the Union Agency Records and they pertain to the Five Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw (including Mississippi Choctaw), Muscogee (Creek ...
Dawes Rolls and American Indian Ancestry The following resources are available for researching your Indian ancestry. If you are searching for a connection to one of the Five Tribes—Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminole—consult the Dawes Final Roll.
The Dawes Commission set up offices in Mississippi and began the process of interviewing applicants. While other tribes maintained records and census rolls that could verify an applicant's identity, the Mississippi Choctaw had few records.
Dawes Final Rolls. The Dawes Rolls list individuals who chose to enroll and were approved for membership in the Five Tribes (Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole). Enrollment for the Dawes Rolls began in 1898 and ended in 1906. Search the Dawes Final Rolls.
The Delaware and the Dawes Roll. The Dawes Commission enrolled Delaware applicants in two ways. Individuals listed on the Delaware Register of 1868 (in correlation with the Delaware Adoption Treaty of 1868) were enrolled on a Cherokee Delaware card.
Some Oklahoma birth and death information is available online through Ok2Explore, a free searchable index from the Oklahoma State Vital Records Division. The index includes births that occurred more than twenty years ago and deaths that occurred more than five years ago. Visit Ok2Explore now.
The roll contains the payee's Cherokee authenticated (1880) roll number, Wallace Roll number, Clifton Roll number, office (payment) number, relation to head of household, age, and sex. The bound copy includes annotations in red ink with field numbers of Dawes enrollment cards.
Ancestry Library Edition® offers US Census, ship logs and passenger indexes, WWI draft registration cards, vital records, American Indian records, and the Social Security Death Index. Fold3 includes military records, documents, and photographs dating from the Revolutionary War to recent conflicts.
Commonly known as the Dawes Rolls, the official title of this record group is "Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory." Enrollment for the Dawes Rolls began in 1898 and closed in 1907; a few individuals were added to the rolls 1914.