This is a muster roll for the Cherokee Indians who emigrated West of the Mississippi in 1834 with Lt. J. A. Harris as the conductor. Unlike other Cherokee muster rolls these citizens of the Cherokee tribe traveled West before the 1835 Henderson Roll could be taken. If you can’t find your ancestor on the Henderson Roll you should check this list!
I am not certain when in the process of travel this muster roll was recorded. Was it at the beginning, middle, or end? Because of this I cannot confirm that all these individuals arrived safely in Indian Territory. The only names recorded on these rolls were the 216 Heads of Families, and as can be seen below, they did not always accompany members of their family on the trip. There were a total of 903 individuals who arrived with this group, or were added before rations were distributed. Some members arrived West but seeing the conditions returned East of the Mississippi, like the family of John and Eliza Ward.
Births and deaths occurred along the route and after arrival. Samuel Lattimore had 5 individuals in his family group die, James Henson had a birth along the route.
Unless noted in remarks, each family was supplied with Corn, Beef, Salt in kind.
Register of Cherokee Indians who have emigrated to the West of the Mississippi
Removed in wagons and steam boats by Lt. J. A. Harris and arrived in the new country on 16 May 1834.
| Heads of Families | Male under 25 | Female under 25 | Male over 25 | Female over 25 | Male Slaves | Female Slaves | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Fox | 2 | 1 | One died 13 Nov 1834 | ||||
| James McGray | 2 | 4 | 1 | Two died 13 Nov 1834 | |||
| William England | 4 | 3 | |||||
| Alexander McGray | 2 | 1 | |||||
| David Ross | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| William Woody Russell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Returned east; one birth 16 May 1834 | ||
| Samuel Simons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Elijah Sourjohn | 1 | ||||||
| Hosea Morgan, Sr. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | deserted in June 1834 | ||
| Hosea Morgan, Jr. | 1 | ||||||
| Bryant Ward | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Anny Sourjohn | 1 | 2 | Returned east | ||||
| Herman Bolin | 1 | ||||||
| Ruth Ward | 1 | 2 | 1 | One birth 14 Nov 1834 | |||
| Samuel Downing | |||||||
| William Griffin’s wife | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Betsy Gore & husband | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Jacob Saunders & wife Auley | 1 | 1 | Jacob Saunders returned east | ||||
| James McDaniel & wife | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | One died 15 May 1834 | ||
| Samuel Ward | 1 | 1 | Samuel Ward died 7 Oct 1834 | ||||
| George H. Ward | 2 | 3 | |||||
| Charles Ward | 1 | Returned east | |||||
| Bears Foot | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 died 1 Jun, one birth 1 Aug, 3 died 1 Oct, 1834 | ||
| Coo-eis-ter | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Jim Carey | 1 | 1 | 1 | Supplied with corn for 6 months. All were dead in July 1834. | |||
| Daniel Reynolds | 2 | 1 | 1 | Daniel Reynolds returned east. | |||
| Stephen Spaniard | 1 | 1 | |||||
| John Woodward | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Birth & death 1 Sep 1834. | ||
| Mariah Spaniard | 6 | 1 | Child died 20 Sep 1834 | ||||
| Polly Spaniard | 2 | ||||||
| Green Rogers | 1 | Died | |||||
| Mistaken Gritts | 1 | 1 | one increase | ||||
| Moses Gritts | 1 | ||||||
| Spanish John | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Jack Spaniard | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 died 27 Aug 1834 | |||
| Seaqueache | 2 | 5 died, 2 returned east | |||||
| Edward Spaniard | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Che-u-ne-cha | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Arneh | 1 | Child died 20 Dec. | |||||
| Cosrooneh | 1 | 1 | Dead 20 Dec. | ||||
| Arneh | 1 | ||||||
| Moss | 1 | 1 | Two died 25 Aug 1834 | ||||
| Pratts | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Anna Wekeh | 1 | Dead | |||||
| Samuel Nellums | 1 | ||||||
| Jesse Townsend | 1 | 1 | Child died 20 AUg 1834 | ||||
| Samuel Oostenacah & two orphans | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Che-law-na Cha | 1 | ||||||
| Jane Wilson | 1 | ||||||
| Jesse Christy & wife | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Henry Bolinger & Owistee | 1 | 1 | H. Bollinger returned east, one birth 14 Nov. | ||||
| Sally Kell | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Polly E. Ward | 1 | 2 | 1 | Child died 17 May 1834 | |||
| Alexander McDonald | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Thomas McGray | 1 | ||||||
| I-yoh-kah (young woman) | 1 | Dead | |||||
| Jack Griffin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Daniel Griffin’s wife & part family | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| James Wicked | 1 | Since dead | |||||
| George C. Woodall | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Chow-u-kah | 2 | ||||||
| John Miller | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 dead & 1 birth 13 Nov. |
| Joseph Dobson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Joseph Dobson died 1 Sept. | ||
| Ruby Tucker | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Elijah Groundhog | 1 | ||||||
| John McDaniel & mother | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Jane Blackwell | 1 | ||||||
| George Vann | 1 | ||||||
| Bears Paw | 1 | 1 | 1 | One dead 13 Nov 1834 | |||
| James Wilson | 2 | 1 | |||||
| W. H. Stiff | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| William Van | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hiram Bright | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Doctor Coke | 1 | Died | |||||
| Nancy & Phineas Nell | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Jackson Smith | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Good Money & wife | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | One dead | ||
| McGray, Sr., Lisy, Rebecca & Milly | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Ruth McGray | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Lewis McGray | 1 | Died in July | |||||
| James B. Henson | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | Birth 15 Aug. | ||
| Will Tucker | 1 | 1 | Child died 16 Sept. | ||||
| James Walkingstick | 3 | 1 | 1 | Child died 25 Aug. | |||
| Amos Richardson | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Thomas Swimmer | 2 | 1 | |||||
| William Elders | 1 | Emigrated before in I. Woodard’s family | |||||
| George Bridgemaker | 1 | ||||||
| The Ridge | 1 | ||||||
| Thomas Fields | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| We-te-coh-kee or Widow Skitts | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| New Chowa | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Nancy Reed | 2 | 1 | |||||
| William Bolin | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | One dead | ||
| Thomas McDonald | 2 | 3 | Thomas McDonald died 3 Sept. | ||||
| Daniel McDonald | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Spencer Shelton & wife | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Robert Shelton | 1 | ||||||
| William Brewer | 1 | 2 | 2 died | ||||
| Robert Field’s wife | 1 | 1 | Child died | ||||
| Mrs. Cheek | 1 | 2 | Mrs. Cheek died 20 Dec. 1834 | ||||
| William Wilson | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 died | |||
| Thomas Griffin | 1 | ||||||
| Chair or Otter | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Elizabeth Shepherd | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Sour Kraut | 1 | Dead | |||||
| Jew Otterlifter | 1 | ||||||
| Mrs. Lacy | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 died 20 July |
Removed by commutation and came by themselves (Arr. means date of arrival):
| Heads of Families | Male under 25 | Female under 25 | Male over 25 | Female over 25 | Male Slaves | Female Slaves | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Templin & Eliza Ross | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 18 May 1834 – 5 died or did not arrive |
| Martin Whirlwind | 2 | 1 | Arr. 6 May 1834 | ||||
| Amos Thornton | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | ||
| Lucy Maw | 2 | 3 | 1 | Arr. 6 May 1834 – 2 dead | |||
| Jacob P. Gowan | 1 | Arr. 12 May 1834 – Emigrated before in 1818 or 1819 | |||||
| Michael Waters | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Drum | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 – Only 4 lived to see rations | ||
| William & Mary Dougherty | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Arr. 17 May 1834 – 1 died 27 Jul. & 2 died 12 Aug; 1 birth 12 Aug. | |
| Robert Dougherty | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 17 May 1834 | ||
| James Dougherty | 1 | Arr. 17 May 1834 | |||||
| Horse Fly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 17 May 1834 – 2 lived ro receive rations, 1 died since | ||
| Thomas Hill | 1 | Arr. 6 Jun 1834 | |||||
| James McDaniel | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – 8 dead |
| John McDaniel | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – Dead | |||||
| Riley Thornton | 1 | 1 | Arr. 14 May 1834 | ||||
| John Spears | 1 | 1 | Arr. 6 May 1834 | ||||
| James Miller | 1 | Arr. 6 May 1834 | |||||
| John McIntosh, Sr. | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | Arr. 6 May 1834 – 1 died 1 May 1834 | ||
| John McIntosh, Jr. | 1 | Arr. 27 Apr 1834 | |||||
| John F. Wheeler | 2 | 2 | Arr. 6 May 1834 | ||||
| Samuel Lemons | 2 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – 2 dead 14 Nov. | ||||
| Alexander Shook | 4 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 12 May 1834 – 1 dead & Shook gone back | |||
| Robert B. Van | 1 | Arr. 14 May 1834 | |||||
| Benjamin Paden | 1 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 15 Apr 1834 – 1 birth 15 Apr 1834 – returned east | |||
| William Hicks, Jr. | 1 | Arr. 8 May 1834 | |||||
| William R. Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Arr. 26 May 1834 – 1 dead | |
| Eliza Campbell | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | Arr. 26 May 1834 – 1 dead | ||
| Jeremiah Horn | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | ||
| J. W. Griffin | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 12 May 1834 – 4 dead |
| Daniel P. Melton | 3 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 24 May 1834 – 2 dead | |||
| Jesse Wolf | 1 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – 1 dead 16 May & 1 dead 13 Nov 1834 | |||
| Thomas & Alexander Wolf | 2 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – Alexander died | |||||
| Jack Wolf | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | |||||
| John Candy | 2 | 1 | Arr. 12 May 1834 | ||||
| Young Wolf | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | ||
| Joseph Coody | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Arr. 16 May 1834 |
| Mary Scales | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – Mary Scales died on the way | ||
| W. S. Coody | 2 | 2 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | ||||
| Jackson McDaniel | 1 | ||||||
| D. R. Coody | 1 | ||||||
| Joseph Perdue | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | |||||
| John Nave | 1 | Arr. 5 May 1834 – Dead | |||||
| William S. Holt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – One birth on arrival |
| Betsey Whitney | 1 | 2 | Arr. 10 Jun 1834 – 2 died on the way, 1 birth 9 June 1834 | ||||
| Isaac S. Whitney | 1 | Arr. 10 Jun 1834 – Dead | |||||
| Daniel A. Perdue | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Rachel Casey | 5 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 6 May 1834 – 1 died 6 Jun 1834 | |||
| George Richmond | 1 | 1 | Arr. 4 May 1834 – Richmond & wife dead 1 Nov 1834 | ||||
| Richard Burgess | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 25 Feb 1834 | |||
| William C. Griffin | 1 | 1 | Arr. 5 May 1834 | ||||
| John Wilson | 1 | Arr. 3 May 1834 | |||||
| William McIntosh | 1 | Arr. 1 May 1834 | |||||
| Martin Ward | 1 | Arr. 9 May 1834 | |||||
| Stephen Carroll* | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Arr. 4 May 1834 | |
| David Carter* | 1 | 2 | 4 | Arr. 4 May 1834 | |||
| Washington Blalock | 2 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 5 Jun 1834 – 2 died 1 Sept. | |||
| Wilson Carter | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Robert Waters | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Samuel McIntosh | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||
| Thomas Wilson | 1 | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | ||||
| William A. Nave | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – One died 2 July |
| Elizabeth Halfacre | 2 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – 1 died 5 Jun, 1 died 28 Jul, 1 returned east | ||||
| Feilding Maw | 1 | Arr. 13 May 1834 – died Sept. 1834 | |||||
| Daniel Griffin | 4 | Arr. 6 May 1834 – Griffin died 18 Jul 1834 | |||||
| N. B. Hyatt | 1 | 1 | Arr. 6 May 1834 – Hyatt since died | ||||
| John Bean | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – One birth 15 May 1834 |
| Samuel McDaniel | 2 | 1 | Arr. 14 Oct 1834 – One died on the way | ||||
| Nolla Sidun* | 1 | 3 | 1 | Arr. 14 oct 1834 | |||
| Jack Woodard | 1 | Dead | |||||
| John Sidun | 1 | Arr. 14 Oct 1834 – Dead | |||||
| George Freeman | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| John Pinder | 2 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – Pinder, white, separated from family, deserted | ||||
| Ezekiel Starr | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – Slave died 10 May 1834 |
| Isaac Bushyhead | 1 | 3 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | |||
| Samuel Lattimer | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – 5 died |
| George Wilson | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 8 May 1834 | ||
| Alexander, William, & Archibald Wilson | 3 | Arr. 8 May 1834 | |||||
| George Bushyhead | 1 | Arr. 12 May 1834 | |||||
| Milo Hoyt | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Arr. 16 May 1834 – Gone to Ohio | |
| Samuel Quinton | 1 | 4 | 2 | Arr. 4 May 1834 | |||
| Sally Goddard | 1 | Arr. 8 May 1834 – J. Crittenden enrolled with her but returned east, incl. in Hiram’s | |||||
| Elijah Moore | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Margaret Bean | 1 | Arr. 8 May 1834 – One increase on arrival | |||||
| Elizabeth & Caleb Bean | 1 | 1 | Arr. 8 May 1834 | ||||
| David Thompson | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Arr. 1 Jun 1834 – 3 died 15 Aug, 1 died 10 Sep, 1 died 25 Sep, all in 1834. | |
| James Walkingstick | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Tooker | 1 | Arr. 10 May 1834 | |||||
| Sally Stuart | 1 | 2 | 4 | Arr. 16 May 1834 | |||
| William Easley Lacy | 1 | Arr. 20 Aug 1834 | |||||
| James Davis | 1 | Arr. 12 May 1834 | |||||
| John Barnes | 3 | 3 | 1 | Arr. 30 Aug 1834 | |||
| John & Elizabeth Ware | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 14 May 1834 – Returned east |
| John Duncan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 14 may 1834 |
| John Beck | 1 | 1 | Arr. 14 May 1834 – One birth on the way | ||||
| Archibald Foreman | 4 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 22 May 1834 – All except Archibald returned east | |||
| Edward Foreman | 1 | Arr. 22 May 1834 – Dead | |||||
| Alexander Foreman | 1 | Arr. 10 June 1834 | |||||
| Austin Copland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Arr. 10 June 1834 – One birth 23 Jan 1835 |
| Benjamin, Nancy, & Sally Cooper | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Arr. 30 May 1834 – One died 27 Nov 1834 | |
| Thompson Sinyard | 1 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 30 May 1834 – One died before arrival, three returned east | |||
| Charles G. Duncan | 5 | 3 | 1 | Arr. 30 May 1834 | |||
| William Ratliff | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 30 May 1834 | |||
| Philip Ussery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 30 Jun 1834 | ||
| James Buffington | 2 | 2 | Arr. 10 Nov 1834 | ||||
| Adam & Eleanor Bibles | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 10 Nov 1834 | |||
| Ezekiel Buffington | 1 | 1 | Arr. 10 Nov 1834 | ||||
| Ellis & Lydia Buffington | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | Arr. 10 Nov 1834 | |
| Felix W. Riley | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 11 Mar 1835 | |||
| George Harlan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 1 Apr 1835 | ||
| Joshua Roach | 1 | 1 | 1 | Arr. 1 Apr 1835 | |||
| Thomas & Eliza Gordon | 1 | 1 | Arr. 1 Apr 1835 | ||||
| Silas Chote | 6 | 2 | 1 | Arr. 1 May 1835 – One died on the way |
