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states to share in the fund. Ninety percent of these
individuals were living west of the Mississippi River,
but all of them were considered to be Eastern Cherokee
by blood, that is, descendants of the Cherokee
Nation that had been evicted from Alabama, Georgia,
North Carolina, and Tennessee in 1835. (Mr. Miller
submitted a supplemental report in January 1910 that
resulted in another 610 eligibles.)
Volume VIII represents an additional 4,100 applications.
Mr. Bowen culled every shred of genealogical
value from the applications, which in every case
provides the application number, applicant’s name
and city of residence, number of other persons in
the applicant’s family, references to family members
found in other applications, and the disposition of
the application. In some instances, Mr. Bowen has
supplemented the core elements found in the abstracts
with references to other family members by
name, relationship(s), and dates of birth and/or death.
In a number of cases, these applications refer to the
origins of Native Americans other than Cherokee
(Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Slave, etc.). Mr. Bowen
notes these connections in the index to each volume,
in parentheses, next to the individual’s name.
Eastern Cherokee By Blood 1906-1910—
Volume IX Applications 30,200-34,185
Transcribed by Jeff Bowen;
2008; 5.5x8.5; 283 pp;
softbound. Order from the
publisher at: Clearfield Company,
Inc., 3600 Clipper Mill
Road, Suite 260, Baltimore,
MD 21211; or www.genealogical.com;
CF9929 ISBN:
9780806353968; $31.50 plus
$4.00 p&h.
Between May 1905 and
April 1907, the U.S. Supreme
Court authorized the Secretary
of the Interior to identify the descendants of Eastern
Cherokees entitled to participate in the distribution
of more than $1 million authorized by Congress. The
purpose of the authorization was to settle outstanding
claims made under treaties between the U.S. government
and the Cherokees in 1835-36 and 1845.
On May 28, 1909, Mr. Guion Miller, representing
the Interior Department, submitted his findings with
respect to 45,847 separate applications for compensation
(totaling about 90,000 individual claimants).
Miller qualified about 30,000 persons inhabiting 19
states to share in the fund. Ninety percent of these
individuals were living west of the Mississippi
River, but all of them were considered to be Eastern
Cherokee by blood, that is, descendants of the Cherokee
Nation that had been evicted from Alabama,
Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee in 1835. (Mr.
Miller submitted a supplemental report in January
1910 that resulted in another 610 eligibles.)
Volume IX represents just under 4,000 applications.
Mr. Bowen culled every shred of genealogical value
from the applications, which in every case provides
the application number, applicant’s name and city of
residence, number of other persons in the applicant’s
family, references to family members found in other
applications, and the disposition of the application.
In some instances, Mr. Bowen has supplemented the
core elements found in the abstracts with references
to other family members by name, relationship(s),
and dates of birth and/or death. In a number of
cases, these applications refer to the origins of Native
Americans other than Cherokee (Choctaw, Seminole,
Creek, Slave, etc ). Mr. Bowen notes these connections
in the index to each volume, in parentheses, next to
the individual’s name.
Military
American Militia in the
Frontier Wars, 1790-1796
By Murtie June Clark; Originally
printed in 1990; Reprinted
2008; 5.5x8.5; 393
pp; softbound. Order from
the publisher at: Clearfield
Company, Inc., 3600 Clipper
Mill Road, Suite 260, Baltimore,
MD 21211; or www.
genealogical.com; CF1001;
ISBN: 9780806312774; $38.50
plus $4.00 p&h.
This book is a compilation
of the records of the state militia
organizations that were authorized and paid by
the federal government to fight in the Indian Wars
from 1790 until 1796, shortly after Anthony Wayne’s
legendary victory at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
More specifically, it is a transcription of the muster
rolls and pay rolls of the state militia troops who
were paid to protect the frontier or who fought alongside
federal troops in the various frontier campaigns.
In addition, it contains data on some of the militia
troops called out to quell the Whiskey Rebellion, the
infamous western Pennsylvania tax revolt of 1784.
From the records of the Adjutant General’s Office
located in the National Archives, Murtie June Clark
compiled data from the surviving federal records of
the militia organizations of the following states and
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