The Dawes Roll (Final Rolls) is a list of those members of the Five Civilized Tribes who removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the 1800’s and were living there during the period of 1898-1914. If your Cherokee ancestor was in the East then you should use the Guion Miller Roll taken in 1906, or the Baker Roll taken in 1924. The Baker Roll is considered the final roll for the Eastern Cherokee Tribe.
If your ancestor was not living in Indian Territory during 1898-1914, they will not be listed on the Dawes Roll!!
Only those Indians who RECEIVED LAND under the provisions of the Dawes Act are listed. It also lists those Freedmen who received land allotments as provided for in the Dawes Act. These pages can be searched to discover the enrollee’s name, age, sex, blood degree, type, census card number and roll number. Check the headings in each column. Type denotes whether the record is from a Dawes card.
Dawes is a list of those members of the Five Civilized Tribes who removed to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) during the 1800’s and were living there during the above dates.
Search the Dawes Roll
The search below will allow you to find your ancestor in the Dawes Rolls. A partial search is allowed in the name fields, card and roll require exact matches. I suggest you start with first and last name, and then when you find a match you want to further investigate, click on the card link and that will show you the remaining family members who appear on the card with the individual.
The following letter guide was furnished by the National Archives. These letters can appear both on Type and Card number.
| A – Adopted AD- Adopted Delaware BB – By Blood D – Doubtful or denied F – Freedman FD – Freedman, doubtful or denied FM – Freedman, minor | FRR – Freedman, rejected IW – Intermarried White MCR – Mississippi Choctaw Rejected NR – Not Registered, Non Resident O – Owner – at one time a slave OS – Old Series* Old Settler P – Parent |
* Old Series – At one time this person had another card, and the information was transferred to a new card.
im currently reconstructing my grandmothers paper file tree after losing it after her passing. i only saw it once and apparently our connection was the “holt” line for cherokee tribe, as my grandmother told me. pearl holt is close to the age of a pearl holt on the familysearch mormon site, but im about stuck there… i didnt fill in the info thats on that site, someone far removed from this end of the family did but a lot of it lines up when looking closer to my branch by the looks of it. also, 3 generations of women would use pearl and/or holt as part of their name, allegedly, while the familysearch site only shows their legal name or family names. i dont know how i would go about confirming this using the rolls and their info as reference. feel free to reply, id appreciate all the help i could get, i really want to help finish the paperwork that she never got to complete.
If you searched our database you would find 2 Pearl Holt’s on the Final Rolls. They refer to two different individuals.
https://accessgenealogy.com/native/final-rolls.htm?search_tribe=&search_card=&search_roll=&search_first=pearl&search_middle=&search_last=holt
The first is Pearl Holt, daughter of Earl and Parker Holt. Earl was 23 and a citizen living in the Going Snake district around Westville. His wife was a non-citizen. Pearl was 2 years of age at the date of application for enrollment in July 1900. Their census card, BB303, is below. I cannot find the application for this family as their file was empty when it was microfilmed.
The second individual is Pearl Alberty, wife of James Holt, and mother to Jacob Holt, 2 years of age, who was recorded as a minor freedmen on census card MF315.
My great great grandmother on both side of my family (it’s the same woman. So my dads great grandma is also my moms great grandma) was named Arminta Hammonds. From what my grandmother told me, was full blood Cherokee, and minta’s family came from Dickenson, Virginia in 1817. But that’s all the information I have, as everyone who could have answered any questions have unfortunately passed away. My cousin said she found out great great great great grandmother on the registry, but I can’t find anything.
We would need to know more information than you have provided to help you. Do you know Arminta’s parents’ names? Do you know who she married? Dates, locations, anything beyond what you’ve provided?
I can state that Hammonds do appear on the Final Rolls but they were Creeks and certainly did not come from the vicinity of Dickenson.
I have a great great grandmother who was supposedly Cherokee, named “Nancy Herron” on my dad’s side of the family, and also a great great great grandmother, also Cherokee, named “Martha Flanary Hickman” on my mom’s side. I don’t know anything except their names. How could I still go about searching them up for free? I plan to have a DNA test done within the next few months but until then, is there some way I can find a bit of info with just a name?
Going to need more than just names. There are plenty of people across the country the last couple of hundred years with those names. Do you know where they lived? Do you know when they were born or died (even approximate dates)? Names of spouses or children? I always find it best to work backward from those you know for sure. What were the names of your grandparents and where did they live and their approximate birth/death dates?
-I am trying to research my ancestry and I have been told I have Indian in me. I am trying to find the evidence and I was hoping you might be able to help. This is what I have found: Nancy Kyshire Bridges 1780-1870 born NC she married Andrew Jackson 1764-1858 born in PA. Their daughter has direct lineage to me is Lora Louisa Jackson 1818-1903 born in TN, her daughter was Martha Jane Jackson 1849-1937 born in Missouri. Her daughter was Sara Frances Bloodsoe born in 1867 Missouri. Do you have records of any of these descendants? I believe these descendants have Cherokee heritage. Thank you so much for any help.
Take a DNA test. Family lore about Native ancestry is very common and usually incorrect. You aren’t going to find any records of Cherokee from the 1700s. No Cherokee would be on a census or any other US government document. Avoid copying misinformation from family trees on Ancestry. People often just make stuff up or have no idea what they are doing. If you don’t have a paper trail to a Tribal citizen from the 1800s, only a DNA test would show Native ancestry.
My current understanding of those tests, and DNA in general, however, is that you may have ancestry that does not show up in the test because it only show genes inherited by you. Your mother could show Cherokee, for example and you do not because you did not happen to inherit any of those particular genes.
I’m guessing that means those genes won’t be getting to your children either, but I don’t actually think that’s necessarily so. There is much that is not understood. (I mean if they’re not there, they’re not there, but maybe they are and just not detected by a specific test or the way testing is being done right now…who knows?).
Anyhow, my point was that folks who have family lore about being Cherokee or grandparents who were, etc. may find they don’t have the genetics, but that the grandparents were, in fact, Cherokee and through one of those freak biology type things, they themselves did not happen to receive any of those genes. It would still be disappointing to them, I’m sure, but again, there is much we still don’t understand about genetics. Also, genes are not the only thing we get from our forebears…folks pass down a lot more than that. (Odd example maybe, but I know my great-great-grandma climbed trees into old age and my kids and I are big tree-climbers…no, we do not happen to be literate monkeys, lol…so, if none of her DNA happened to show up in my kids but they’re still climbing trees…y’know?)
To Nick:
DNA can be filtered out over time, but it takes many generations. If you are talking about a Great Grandparent or 2x Great Grandparent, it should show up. If you have an ancestor who was full blood Native in the last 6 or 7 generations, it will likely show up. With each succeeding generation past that, it will get more and more likely not to show up. The larger the data pool, the more reliable the DNA results. But when asking about something from the 1700s and there is no paper trail; a DNA test is the only option to see if there is any Native ancestry. Family lore is very unreliable, particularly when going that far back.
I have found who I believe to be my great-great-great grandmother on the rolls under James Fannie Warren, but I do not see her daughter, my great-great grandmother Mary A B Warren. All I can find was that she was born in Indian Territory in 1890 and in the 1900 census she is listed with birthplace as Indian territory, but I can find nothing past that. I see two of Fannie’s children on the rolls. There are also two cards under her name, one with a D and one without. Which one would be accurate? Also, it seems as though Fannie’s roll card has her first name as her husband’s name, was this common?
I think you have different “Fannie Warren’s” mixed up. James Fannie Warren was born as James Fannie Monroe. She intermarried with a non-Tribal citizen, Joseph Warren, and they had two children, John Henry and Willie Demoris. She and Joseph divorced and she and her two kids were living with her Father in-law in 1900. By 1910, she had married Henry French. John Henry moved to Idaho in 1918. By 1930, his Mom and sister had also moved to Idaho. I found another Fannie Warren around the same age, who was born in Texas and moved to Oklahoma around 1900.
If you can give me more information regarding your tree, I can trace it and see where you went wrong. I would need the names of your Great Grandparents and GGreat Grandparents, as well as dates of birth (approximate is okay) and where they lived.
Hi. My Great Great Great Grandmother, Anna Chapel Rogers Lenoir is listed in the Rolls and then removed. She was the daughter of John and Sarah Rogers. They played a big part in the New Echota treaty. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Her daughter Mary Octavio Lenoir is still listed. Census card# 5457 Cherokee Roll By Blood#42743
What information do I need to register myself. If it is even possible.
Hi Johanna, The Cherokee enrollment process is handled entirely by the Cherokee Tribe themselves. A condition of enrollment is that your ancestor had to have been on the final Dawes Roll. The fact that Annie C. died in 1901 before the roll was completed and then was removed, will be difficult to overcome (I think). The enrollment process was not perfect and there are a lot of court cases subsequent to the final rolls in which individuals were either added later or stricken. You can access the tribal enrollment department for the Cherokee Tribe in Oklahoma here https://cherokee.org/all-services/tribal-registration/. There is both a number you can call, and an email you can use. I would reach out to them and please let me know what they say.
This is a very interesting situation and a little more information would have been helpful. You didn’t mention which of Annie Lenoir’s children you were a descendant. It isn’t Mary, as she had no children. This is what I believe happened. Annie married an American white man, John Lenoir. When Cherokee Nation was removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s, Annie and John remained in Georgia and assimilated into American culture. The family were counted in the American census and were American citizens. By 1890, Annie was living with her unwed daughter Mary. A couple of Annie’s siblings had stayed in Cherokee Nation and been removed to Indian Territory. In the 1890s, Annie and her daughter Mary moved to the Chelsea area, where her brother Jackson lived. The rest of Annie’s children remained in the southeast. Technically, they should not have been added to the Dawes Rolls, because they became American citizens and remained in Georgia. They did not come to Indian Territory until after the Dawes Committee had already begun. But one way or another, because they had family there, they were both added to the rolls. Annie died in 1901, before her application was completed and she did not receive an allotment of land from the Tribal lands. Mary received her. Annie received a roll number, #13055. I assume you are descended from one of her children who remained in the southeast. I doubt you would be eligible for citizenship, for this reason. Call Cherokee Nation’s citizenship office and explain the situation and find out for sure. If they say you can enroll, you would need to prove lineage to Annie Lenoir. Which means birth certificates/death certificates going back several generations.
Hi There, Looking for more information on my 9th great grandmother Mary Deer of the Cherokee Deer Clan born in 1648 that has a daughter named Xuala with Chalaiwa in 1665. I would look forward to any info you have. I am not currently registered as part of the any Cherokee clan but would like more information on the ancestry.
Hi Amber, unfortunately the genealogy you describe is made up. Sorry if you fell for the ruse of others. There were no records kept of Cherokees in the 1600’s… zilch, nada. So, any purported genealogy including those dates is made up.
Yes, there is a lot of that on Ancestry. People blindly copy trees from other people and quite a lot of it is made up. Always follow a paper trail when doing genealogy. Don’t ever assume that other people’s trees are accurate.
I am trying to find my husband’s Cherokee family connection so he can register as a tribal citizen. His great-grandmother was registered but when all the records were entered digitally into the computer system, they realized that they had given her the wrong person’s number. She was deceased and they canceled her children’s membership cards too. Her name was Mary Frances Jones (1889-1981) born in Arkansas. Mary’s mother was Winnia Adaline Wagnon. Born 9-9-1856 Harrison, MO; Died 1-30-1936 Bixby, OK. Winnia married James (Jim) Knox Polk Jones (part Indian) (1846-1910) on 10-26-1876 Arkansas. At some point Winnia remarried and when she died her last name was Hankins. She is listed on the US Census in 1930 as Winnie Hankins as Cherokee. That is about all I’ve been able to find. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Not sure where you got your information, but a lot of it is just not accurate. None of these people are on the Dawes rolls. If Mary Frances Jones once received a Tribal card, it would have had to have been through fraudulent means. James Knox Polk Jones is not on the Dawes rolls. It would seem that they moved into Indian Territory around 1899/1900. They were not Tribal citizens. No one received an allotment. They are listed as renters on the 1900 US census. In other words, they came into Indian Territory and rented land from a Tribal citizen. They are all listed on all census as white, including the 1930 census (Tribes are not a race and are not listed on a US census). Also, Cherokee citizens before 1900, would not be on the US census. Your husband is not eligible for Cherokee citizenship.
My great grandfather James Wilborn Mikles was born in Indian Territory Oklahoma August 26, 1894.
My grandmother always told us that her father was Cherokee or part Cherokee. I can’t find any information to confirm this.
I don’t see anything to confirm this either. He clearly wasn’t a Tribal citizen, as neither he nor his parents are on the Dawes Rolls. His parents were Josiah Archibald Michaels (born in 1852 in Bellfonte, AL) and Susan Jones (born about 1855 in Tennessee). They are all listed on the US census as white. At some point, they both had immigrated to the Fort Smith area in Arkansas and that is where they married in 1876. In the 1880s or ’90s, they moved across the border into Choctaw Nation, IT. They worked as sharecroppers, as the 1900 census shows them as renters.
Family lore regarding Native ancestry is very common, especially in Oklahoma. It is usually not true. A DNA test will tell you if there is any Native ancestry, but if there was, it is from several generations back and likely through the Susie Jones line, as that has the least amount of information.
I am looking for information on my great grandmother Rosa Elizabeth Cook great grandfather Henry Cook
When asking for genealogy help, please provide more information. Where did they live? Maiden names? Approximate birth and/or death dates? Other descendants?
My Great Grandmother was Susanna Sizemore. Eastern Cherokee Walkers.
Your ancestor would not have been on the Final Rolls, as these were for the Cherokee out West. Search the Guion Miller Rolls for your ancestors.
Hi! I was given a list of ancestors and family members that are potentially ours, that belong on the list. I went through a situation of adoption, and was left several things and letters by my Cherokee father. We’ve done a ton of research but documents and certificates have been difficult to obtain. If you guys don’t have time to tell me about every single one I understand. Really, the information I’m looking for are kids these enrolled members have or parents if you guys are able to tell me this, or if there’s connections to the members enrolled listed below.
– Samuel McKinney (there are two, one is 2046 and the other is 2678, on the Dawes Rolls) – birth date would be around 1850
– Susie McKinney (5148) – Dawes Rolls – birth date would be around 1886
– John Payne – Baker Rolls – birth date would be around 1879
– Martha McKinney (4672) – Dawes Rolls – birth date would be 1858
– Mary Moses (554) – Dawes Rolls – birth date would be around 1852
– Alfred Payne (2373) – Dawes Rolls – birth date would be around 1857
– Louisa Stringer – Guion Miller Rolls – birth date would be around 1861
– Mary McKinney (3786), (22965) (4171) – Dawes Rolls -1812 is birthday
– Mary Odell (10425) (10731) – Dawes Rolls -1829 is birthday
Generally, when one builds a tree. one starts with the family that they know and work backward. It seems you want to check these random people and try to go forward and see if there is a connection. I looked at a few of these, the first two are Choctaw, the third is Creek. It really eats up a lot of time, particularly since I don’t know who I am looking for. If you know the names of your bio Dad and his parents, where they lived, and approximate birth or death year; that would be much easier to find descendants on the rolls.
It looks like you found family names and found people on the rolls with the same name and want to know if they are the same person. I can quickly tell you the following:
Samuel McKinney (2046 ) Choctaw born around 1895
Samuel McKinney (2678) Choctaw born around 1847
Susie McKinney (5148) Creek born around 1886
Martha McKinney (4672) Choctaw born around 1851
Mary Moses (554) Chickasaw Freedman (black) born around 1884
Alfred Payne (2373) Seminole Freedman (black) born around 1889
Mary McKinney (3786) Cherokee born around 1898
Mary McKinney (22965) Inter-married white born around 1870
Mary McKinney (4171) Cherokee born around 1895
Mary Odell (10425) Cherokee born around 1888
Mary Odell (10731) Choctaw born around 1855
John Payne – Baker Rolls – None
Louisa Stringer – Guion Miller Rolls – None
This truly isn’t the way to do it. Yu build a tree and follow where it takes you. Where did your ancestors live?
I can tell you that Mary Odell 10425 is my great great grandmother’s daughter. She is listed on the Dawes roll age 10 and as having died in 1900. I don’t recognize any of the other names on your list so I believe that particular Mary Odell is not related. If your Mary Odell was born in 1929 it’s highly unlikely she would be in the Dawes Roll unless listed in an application as an ancestor.
Can you tell me about John Brantley, 5963 15025?
I believe he is the one in my family tree.
So if our Cherokee family members never lived in Oklahoma, they aren’t considered Cherokee by citizenship? And there’s no other way to obtain it other than them being on the Dawes Rolls? Our culture has been passed down through our family for generations and I intended to continue it.
They usually need to have been enrolled in the Dawes index or one of the Eastern Cherokee rolls such as the Hester Roll. Understand that being descended from a Cherokee does not make you a Cherokee. Either in the tribe’s eyes or the US Government.
How about Indian removal act
My dads name was Robert Leeker. His mothers maiden name was Delores Cudney. Her grandfather was Irish and his wife was full Cherokee (Oklahoma I believe). I will keep digging, but I need to know more. Both my dad and Delores have Cherokee American Indian listed on their birth certificates.
Always list dates (even approximate) for birth or death years and where these people lived. It makes it so much easier.
Delores Cudney Kaufman was born October 31, 1926 to Wallace and Vera May Hiddleston Cudney in Olathe, Kansas. Wallace Cudney was born about 1902 in Kansas to Charles and Laura Russell Cudney.
Charles Cudney was born in 1843 in Canada. Charles’ father, George was born in New York in 1803. His Mother, Francis Bedford, was born in Canada in 1808.
Laura Russell was born in 1864 in Olathe, Kansas to James Porter Russell and Elizabeth Jane Wood Russell. James Porter Russell was born in Tennessee around 1829 to Matthew Armstrong Russell and Mary Jane Reed Russell, who were both also born in Tennessee. Elizabeth Jane Wood Russell was born about 1833 in Virginia to Jeremiah Bedford Wood and Martha Fragle Wood; both of who were born in Virginia.
All of these people are listed as “white” on various census. I see no connection to the Cherokee Nation nor do I see any connection to Ireland this far back. It is odd that two separate generations have “Cherokee American Indian” written on their birth certificate. No one in my family has our Tribe affiliation written on our birth certificates. Where is this written? Could it have been written later or was it part of the original certificate?
My father’s father and sister are Cherokee Nation her name was rose Rinehart my family never told me
Where did your Father and Aunt live and what were the birth/death years (or approximate). There is no one named “Rinehart” on the Dawes rolls. Without more information, I can’t say anymore.
Was this Rosa’s maiden name? I’m looking for a Rosa cook married to Henry cook
I’m attempting to verify the information I have found on my ancestor. Her name is Jenni Vann, roll #28953, card # Cher BB 28952-28956. I have found an image and would like to verify it is authentic.
What type of image Allis?
I have a great grandmother, her name was Elizabeth Smith she was born around 1900-1914 i believe. She had a son named Don, married a man with last name McCullough. I’ve been trying to find her for years, I really want to get citizenship.
Location, location, location. It makes a difference. The final rolls covered individuals in Indian Territory before 1907 and the reservations in Oklahoma after 1907. With so common of a name like Elizabeth Smith, the specifics will matter.
I’m trying to figure out how to connect to someone in the registry. I have a great, great, grandmother, Nan Henley that was Cherokee Indian and born in 1867. The registry pulls up a Nannie Henley. How do I determine if they are the same person?
Type the Card number in the search form. It’ll give you all of the other Henley’s on it. Since Nannie was a child at the time, the actual packet wouldn’t have much on her. Here’s an image of their card.
Realize this Nannie was living in Indian Territory and would have been born in 1902.