Drennen Rolls

Drennen Rolls: First census of the new arrivals of 1839. This was the first enumeration of Indians after the Trail of Tears; many believe that this roll is a list of those who were on the Trail.  At this time no evidence has been found to prove or disprove that information.

The Drennen roll is a per-capita payment made to Cherokees living in the west who removed as a result and after the Treaty of 1835 Article 9.

The roll was prepared by John Drennen and contains the payee’s name, Cherokee district and then family group. We have been unable to determine what the numbers in the comment section represent, they were originally placed behind the person’s name in the original records.

As mentioned by a commenter, the number in the notes field is often the number for the enrollment application of the individual.

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  1. Doing some family research and found one of my ancestors here on the Drennen rolls. Just fyi on the notes (at least for my great-great grandfather) the number is that of his enrollment application for the Eastern Cherokees. Some of these documents can be found here: https://catalog.archives.gov/

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  2. Any information on my ( maternal)gr-gr grandfather, Henderson Lafayette Green, or his wife, my (maternal) gr-gr grandmother, Mary Ann ‘Martha’ Strickland Green? He came from Tennessee, and she from Alabama. They were Cherokee. Thank you, Laurie Milam

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  3. Looking for any information on my Grandmother and her family. Irene Totsie Watson, I dont know who her father was.

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  4. There is an error in the Drennan Rolls for:
    6587 227 Henry Green Going Snake 8011
    The original document states Henry Drew NOT Henry Green
    Thanks

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  5. Looking for Judge James “Jim’ Brown. Read he is #45 on Sequoia district. of Drennen
    roll. He was leader of attachment #9 Trail of Tears. This is my husband’s 3rd great Grandfather
    thank you

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  6. Group 117 Skin Bayou district, Martha Stansell 3925;
    3925 is the application number of her daughter Elizabeth Tieaskie.

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  7. looking for any history of Ezekiel Starr in the Canadian or Going Snake district.

    Thank you,
    Johnnie Mae Morris-Freeman

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