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Trail of Tears Map
Depicts the routes taken by each of the five civilized tribes.

The Trail of Tears Roll is the name given by researchers to two different lists, both individually important, which provide an early glimpse into the Cherokees who went west in the early 1830’s. Lending to the confusion is the fact that both lists were created in 1835.

Trail of Tears Participants

Search and read both Trail of Tears roll’s, which provide an early glimpse into the Cherokee participants who were forced west in the early 1830’s.

Trail of Tears Evaluation Roll
- Cherokee Muster Rolls, 1834 – 1838
  When Hernando de Soto arrived in the 1530s, he encountered the Cherokee, an Iroquoian-speaking tribe located in the southeastern United States. By the early 1800s, the Cherokee and other tribes had adopted European customs and were known as the “Five Civilized Tribes.” Federal policies led to the forced removal of the Cherokee in the 1830s, notably through the Indian Removal Act. The collection we call the Cherokee Muster Rolls from 1834-1838 document families during this tumultuous period, including those who emigrated and those who evaded removal.
1835 Henderson Roll
This is the 1835 Cherokee East of the Mississippi Census or otherwise known as the Henderson Roll. In 1835, the Cherokee Nation contained almost 22,000 Cherokees and almost 300 Whites connected by marriage. This roll enumerates 16,000 of those people under 5,000 different families. These families primarily resided in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

25th Congress, 3rd Session Senate Report

Don’t overlook the official United States Senate report in your research. While short of names, these letters sorted in order of earliest to latest, provide historical context to the movement of the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears.

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Trail of Tears Participants

25th Congress, 3rd Session Senate Report

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